body:
together in Hong Kong for this year's annual Wikimania conference,
organized by Wikimedia Hong Kong in partnership with the Wikimedia
Foundation and Wikimedia Switzerland (see also this month's movement
highlights
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_August_2013>).
The keynote of Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner was
titled "*The Year in Review and the Year Ahead*" (slides
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:SG_WM_presentation2013.pdf>, video
<http://new.livestream.com/socreclive/wikimania/videos/26943362>), and
the schedule <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/schedule> included many
other presentations by WMF staff and contractors:

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_HK_ZvD_25.JPG>
WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner presenting her Wikimania keynote

  * Steven Walling, Siebrand Mazeland, Diederik van Liere, Maryana
    Pinchuk, Howie Fung, Fabrice Florin, James Forrester (with Denny
    Vrandečić): "*What is a product manager, and why does Wikimedia need
    them?*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/What_is_a_product_manager,_and_why_does_Wikimedia_need_them%3F>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Product_Manager_Panel_Intro.pdf>)
  * Philippe Beaudette: "*Working together, but separately: a gathering
    of functionaries*" (workshop; abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Working_together,_but_separately:_a_gathering_of_functionaries>)
  * Arthur Richards; Siebrand Mazeland; James Forrester; Diederik van
    Liere: "*Hacking our teams: Flexible ‘agile’ development at the
    WMF*" (panel; abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Hacking_our_teams:_Flexible_%E2%80%98agile%E2%80%99_development_at_the_WMF>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_-_Hacking_our_teams.pdf>)
  * Tilman Bayer: "*Editor surveys: Taking the pulse of the community*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Editor_surveys:_Taking_the_pulse_of_the_community>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editor_surveys_(Wikimania_Hong_Kong,_August_9,_2013).pdf>)
  * Siebrand Mazeland and others: "*Ask the developers*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Ask_the_developers>)
  * Santhosh Thottingal, Niklas Laxström: "*MediaWiki i18n getting
    data-driven and world-reusable*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/MediaWiki_i18n_getting_data-driven_and_world-reusable>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_i18n_getting_data-driven_and_world-reusable.pdf>)
  * Niklas Laxström, Amir Aharoni: "*Multilingual Wikimedia Commons -
    What can we do about it?*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Multilingual_Wikimedia_Commons_-_What_can_we_do_about_it>)
  * Sumana Harihareswara, Guillaume Paumier, Quim Gil, Andre Klapper:
    "*Transparency and collaboration in Wikimedia engineering*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Transparency_and_collaboration_in_Wikimedia_engineering>,
    notes
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Submissions/Transparency_and_collaboration_in_Wikimedia_engineering>)
  * Dario Taraborelli (submitted with Ryan Faulkner): "*The UserMetrics
    API: Measuring participation in Wikimedia projects*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_UserMetrics_API:_Measuring_participation_in_Wikimedia_projects>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UserMetrics_Wikimania_2013.pdf>)
  * James Forrester, Roan Kattouw, Ed Sanders, Timo Tijhof (with Inez
    Korczyński): "*VisualEditor: The present and future of editing
    wikis*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/VisualEditor:_The_present_and_future_of_editing_our_wikis>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_-_VisualEditor_-_The_present_and_future_of_editing_our_wikis.pdf>,
    extended slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_-_VisualEditor_-_The_present_and_future_of_editing_our_wikis_-_Full_build.pdf>,
    video
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_-_VisualEditor_-_The_present_and_future_of_editing_our_wikis.webm>)
  * Siko Bouterse, Heather Walls (with Jake Orlowitz): "*Fun user
    experience is SRS BZNSS, and so can you*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Fun_user_experience_is_srs_bznss,_and_so_can_you>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fun_is_srs_bznss.pdf>)
  * Katy Love, Anasuya Sengupta (with FDC members): "*Nobody knows, but
    everyone cares: How to submit an awesome application to the Funds
    Dissemination Committee*" (panel and round-table discussion;
    abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Nobody_knows,_but_everyone_cares:_How-to_submit_an_awesome_application_to_the_FDC>)
  * Asaf Bartov: "*WMF's New Global South Strategy*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf>)
  * Diederik van Liere, Dario Taraborelli: "*Datafying Wikimedia: Data
    products and services to empower our communities*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Datafying_Wikimedia>)
  * Brandon Harris: "*Flow: The future of collaboration*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Flow:_The_future_of_collaboration>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flow_-_the_Future_of_Collaboration.pdf>)
  * Maryana Pinchuk: "*Roundtable on Messaging and Discussions*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Roundtable_on_Messaging_and_Discussions>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flow_roundtable_slides.pdf>)
  * Jessie Wild (with Martin Rulsch): "*Wikimania scholarships*"
    (discussion; abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimania_scholarships>)
  * Geoff Brigham, with the WMF legal team: "*Discussing Our Legal
    Strategy Going Forward: A Talk with the WMF General Counsel*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Discussing_Our_Legal_Strategy_Going_Forward:_A_Talk_with_the_WMF_General_Counsel>)
  * Luis Villa, Stephen LaPorte: "*Licensing Trends in Open Culture,
    Open Data, and Open Source*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_Culture,_Open_Data,_Open_Source>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Licensing-Culture,_Data,_Software-Wikimania2013.pdf>)
  * Pau Giner: "*Improving the user experience of language tools*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Improving_the_user_experience_of_language_tools>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_-_Improving_the_user_experience_of_Language_Tools.pdf>)
  * James Forrester: "*Improving 'admin tools'*" - workshop (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Improving_%22admin_tools%22_workshop>)
  * Matthew Roth, Victor Grigas, Tilman Bayer (with Eddie Erhart):
    "*Wikimedia storytelling: how we show the movement to the world*"
    (panel; abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimedia_storytelling:_how_we_show_the_movement_to_the_world>)
  * Steven Walling and others from the E3
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Engagement_Experiments>
team: "*Forget the tutorials,
    be bold! How one feature has attracted thousands of new editors*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Forget_the_tutorials,_be_bold!_How_one_feature_has_attracted_thousands_of_new_editors>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GettingStarted-Wikimania2013.pdf>)
  * Fabrice Florin: "*Notifications: A new editor engagement tool*"
    (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Notifications>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notifications_Slides_-_08-10-2013.pdf>)
  * Ryan Kaldari, Benny Situ: "*How to enhance your MediaWiki extensions
    with Echo notifications*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_to_enhance_your_MediaWiki_extensions_with_Echo_notifications>)
  * Marc-André Pelletier: "*Presenting the Tool Labs*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Presenting_the_Tool_Labs>)
  * Erik Moeller: "*Ghosts of Wikis Yet to Come: Three Stories of
    Wikimedia's Future*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Ghosts_of_Wikis_Yet_to_Come:_Three_Stories_of_Wikimedia%27s_Future>)
  * Jon Robson, Maryana Pinchuk: "*Wikipedia Mobile - The Trojan Horse.
    Why MediaWiki has a separate mobile site*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikipedia_Mobile_The_Trojan_Horse_-_Why_MediaWiki_has_a_separate_mobile_site>)
  * Fabrice Florin: "*Engaging users on Wikipedia*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Engaging_users_on_Wikipedia>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engaging_users_on_Wikipedia_-_08-11-2013.pdf>)
  * Matthew Flaschen and the E3 team: "*Make your user experience easy
    to learn: a guided tour*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Make_your_user_experience_easy_to_learn:_a_guided_tour>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_GuidedTour.pdf>)
  * Andre Klapper: "*Improving MediaWiki quality: How everybody can help
    with bug report triaging*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Improving_MediaWiki_quality:_How_everybody_can_help_with_bug_report_triaging>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania2013-Improving_MediaWiki_Quality_Bug_Management.pdf>)
  * Fabrice Florin: "*Article Feedback: New forms of collaboration
    between readers and editors*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Article_Feedback>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Article_Feedback_Slides_-_08-11-2013.pdf>)
  * LiAnna Davis (with Mohammed Ouda and Aya Mahfouz): "*Growing the
    Arabic Wikipedia through the Wikipedia Education Program*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Growing_the_Arabic_Wikipedia_through_the_Wikipedia_Education_Program>,
    slides
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_Wikipedia_Education_Program_Arab_World_slides.pdf>)
  * Howie Fung: "*A look into next year: WMF Product Roadmap*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Britannica_to_Wikipedia_to_%3F_Technology_disruption_and_how_we_organize_for_the_future>)

Pre-conference:

  * Various WMF Engineering staff took part in the Wikimania DevCamp
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/DevCamp> (hacking days)
  * Rod Dunican, LiAnna Davis, Sophie Österberg, Frank Schulenburg:
    Various sessions at the Education Program Pre-Conference
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Program_Pre-Conference>
  * Siko Bouterse, Heather Walls: "*IdeaLab Brainstorm*" (workshop;
    abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/IdeaLab_Brainstorm>)
  * Fabrice Florin, Rob Lanphier, Erik Moeller, Ryan Kaldari (with
    Andrew Lih): "*Multimedia Roundtable*" (abstract
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Multimedia_Roundtable>,
    slides <Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Multimedia_Roundtable_3.pdf>)

Beyond these, Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors also
participated in various other panels and workshops, and gave lightning
talks <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/lightning_talks>.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Student_contributions_to_Arabic_Wikipedia,_2012-13.png>
Students contributions to the Arabic Wikipedia, 2012-13

=== Wikipedia Education Program in the Arab World completes its third term ===

The third term of the Wikipedia Education Program in the Arab World
ended with strong results
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/wikipedia-education-program-arab-world-spring-2013/>.
The program began with a small pilot project at two universities in
Egypt in spring 2012. It has now turned into a force on the Arabic
Wikipedia, with students participating in the program in three
countries, adding content to Wikipedia as part of their university
coursework. Last term, students in Egypt, Algeria, and Jordan
contributed 12.79 million bytes of content to the Arabic Wikipedia.
That’s more than double the 5.97 million bytes of the fall 2012 term.

=== HTTPS by default for logged-in users ===

Following concerns over the privacy and security of Wikimedia users due
to recent revelations about surveillance on the Internet, on August 28
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/https-default-logged-in-users-wikimedia-sites/>
the Foundation made changes so that now all logged-in users are, by
default, accessing Wikimedia sites over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection.
Users can turn this off in their preferences. More information can be
found on Meta-wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/HTTPS>, in various
languages.

== Engineering ==

A detailed report of the Tech Department's activities for August 2013
can be found at:

    https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/August

Department Highlights

Major news in August include:

  * A discussion about using the secure HTTP protocol
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/future-https-wikimedia-projects/>
    on Wikimedia sites, followed by a switch to that protocol for all
    registered users
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/https-default-logged-in-users-wikimedia-sites/>;
  * The launch of the Notifications feature
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/30/notifications-launch-on-mobile/>
    on the mobile site;
  * A discussion about how security issues are handled
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/30/team-wikimedia-security-has-a-spot-for-you/>
    in our community;
  * The Wikimania conference, which was notably an opportunity for the
    Language engineering team
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/02/join-the-language-engineer-team-at-wikimania-in-hong-kong-next-week/>
    to meet with users and improve language support, particularly for
    the Javanese language
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/23/restoring-the-forgotten-javanese-script-through-wikimedia/>;
  * A much-anticipated upgrade of the software used by our volunteer
    e-mail response team
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/09/wikimedias-email-response-upgrade/>,
    OTRS.

=== VisualEditor
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal>
===

In August, the VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor> team
continued to work on this visual interface to edit wiki pages without
markup, and met with the Wikimedia community at Wikimania in Hong Kong
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013> to discuss how to best
improve it. The software saw three major updates this month, with other
smaller updates to fix urgent issues. The focus of this work was on
improving the stability and performance of the system, fixing a number
of bugs uncovered by the community, and making some usability improvements.

Work also continued on Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid>, the
software that converts wikitext to annotated HTML behind the scenes of
VisualEditor. The team continued to improve the compatibility with
existing wiki markup, thanks to the feedback provided by users after
VisualEditor was released in July. The infrastructure used for the
conversion between formats received a much-needed overhaul, notably to
improve performance by changing the storage back-end. Performance
statistics are now recorded, which will make it easier to identify
performance bottlenecks and catch regressions.

=== Editor engagement <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_editor_engagement> ===

In August, the Notifications
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Echo_(Notifications)> feature was
added to Wikipedia in French, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish.
It was well received, particularly the ability to notify people by
mentioning them in a discussion, and the ability to thank users for an
edit. Notifications should be added to all Wikimedia sites in the coming
months.

Development continued on the upcoming discussion system ("Flow
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal>"). New features were added to the
prototype, notably the revision history and a moderation tool.

A few changes were made to the Article Feedback Tool
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5> on the English and
French Wikipedias, like improvements to the opt-out tool. Feedback
notifications have also been added, to let users know when useful
feedback is given for a page they monitor. The article feedback tool
will be made available to other wiki projects interested in testing it
later this year.

This month, the Editor Engagement Experiments
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_engagement_experiments> team (E3)
primarily focused on development for its next and final test of the
Getting Started <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted> task
suggestion system, a part of a project aimed at onboarding new
Wikipedians. The team also worked on enhancements and bug fixes for the
GuidedTour feature, such as adding the ability to customize default tour
actions and better integration with VisualEditor.

=== Mobile <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering> ===

In August, the Mobile Apps team released a new version of the Commons
photo uploader app <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Commons> for
iOS and Android. The interface of the iOS version was improved, while
the Android version received incremental updates, such as better support
for upload campaigns (like Wiki Loves Monuments). The team also started
making plans for the next generation of the Wikipedia reader app, which
will be more closely integrated with the mobile web site, to ensure that
new features are always available through a web view, even where there
isn't specific native support.

The team continued to plan the re-architecture of Wikipedia Zero, the
program that allows free mobile access to Wikipedia on select carriers.
They also analyzed HTTPS requirements in support of a push for greater
usage of HTTPS across Wikimedia projects.

Last, the mobile editing feature on the mobile site
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_web_projects> continued to be improved.
Bugs were fixed, and the feature show at the section level of articles
was expanded. The first iteration of mobile notifications was also
activated on wikis projects where Notifications are enabled.

== Fundraising ==

=== Major Gifts and Foundations ===

  * ICANN donated $58,000.
  * We concluded our grant with the Stanton Foundation for VisualEditor
    and sent our final report to them.
  * We have a NYC fundraiser with Jimmy Wales on October 1st.

=== Online Fundraising ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_Chapters_Village_27.jpg>
Victor Grigas interviewing a Wikipedian at Wikimania

  * The fundraising team ran campaigns worldwide throughout August.
    Banners were displayed to 5% of readers for 1 impression per reader.
    The team continued to run A/B tests of banner messages, designs, and
    payment flows. In the month of August, approximately USD 1.8 million
    was raised from 130,000 donors. For more information on testing,
    please see the 2013 fundraising
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013> page on
    Meta-wiki.
  * The fundraising team completed the handover of the Wikimedia Shop
    <https://shop.wikimedia.org/>, now managed by contractor Juli
    Matthews, and is streamlining processes for order, fulfillment, and
    branding design.
  * Victor Grigas conducted several video interviews with Wikipedians at
    Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong.

== Grantmaking ==

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf?page=17>
Slides from the Global South Strategy presentation at Wikimania

Highlights

  * WMF's New Global South Strategy
    <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf>
    presented at Wikimania. Annotated presentation now on Commons.
  * Hosted successful first Grantmaking Learning Day
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/Learning_day_August_2013>
    with grantmaking stakeholders from all grantmaking streams:
    committee members, grantees, WMF grantmaking staff, WMF program
    evaluation staff.
  * Posted results and proposed process changes
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Process_Survey/2012-13_Round_2>
    for the Annual Plan Grants process, responding to feedback about
    2012-2013 Round 2.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-13_FDC_Round_2_Survey_Results.pdf>
FDC Round 2 survey results (PDF)

=== Annual Plan Grants (FDC) ===

  * At *Wikimania 2013*, Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) members
    hosted a session
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Nobody_knows,_but_everyone_cares:_How-to_submit_an_awesome_application_to_the_FDC>
    with entities considering an annual grant and other interested
    volunteers to discuss what makes a good proposal for an Annual Plan
    Grant.
  * Results of the 2012-2013 Round 2 *process and cost-benefit surveys*
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Process_Survey/2012-13_Round_2>
    are published, and complement the 2012-2013 Review
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Process_Survey/2012-13_Year_Review>,
    and process improvements are being made in response to these
    results. Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute to
    the surveys and process improvements.
  * *FDC eligibility* for 2013-2014 Round 1 continued during the month
    of August as entities who have submitted an LOI prepared to meet any
    outstanding or potential eligibility gaps listed on the eligibility
    status table
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Eligibility_status/2013-2014_round1>
    and eligibility checklist
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Eligibility_checklist/2013-2014_round1>
in
    preparation of the upcoming due date for confirming eligibility on
    15 September 2013. To prepare, FDC staff have held several IRC
    meetings and have reached out to each potentially eligible entity
    regarding next steps for achieving their positive eligibility steps.
  * The 2013-2014 Round 1 *Proposal Form* is now available on the FDC
    portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal> in preparation
for the upcoming proposal
    submission due date on 1 October 2013.
  * FDC Staff *visited several entities* now receiving Annual Plan
    Grants: Wikimedia Österreich, Wikimedia Sverige, and Wikimedia
    Nederland. Thank you to all chapters, volunteers, staff, and
    community members who participated in these meetings or supported them.
  * The second quarter *progress reports*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals>
    and one impact report were received and reviewed by FDC staff for
    completeness; a summary of these reports will be published in
    mid-September.

=== Project and Event Grants ===

  * In numbers: 8 grants approved and 2 reports accepted
  * Guidelines around documenting car travel for grantees have been
    updated: Grants:Index/Documenting_project_expenses
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index/Documenting_project_expenses>.

==== Grants funded in August 2013 ====

  * Grants:WM_CL/Annual_Program_Plan_2013-2014
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_CL/Annual_Program_Plan_2013-2014>
  * Grants:WM_EE/2013 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_EE/2013>
  * Grants:WM_RS/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Serbia_-_2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Serbia_-_2013>
  * Grants:WM_MX/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_MX/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013>
  * Grants:Alhen/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Bolivia
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Alhen/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Bolivia>
  * Grants:Wikimedia_Slovakia/Start-up
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Wikimedia_Slovakia/Start-up>
  * Grants:WM_IN/Program_Grant_April_December_2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/Program_Grant_April_December_2013>
  * Grants:WM_MK/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_–_Macedonia
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_MK/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_%E2%80%93_Macedonia>

==== Reports accepted in August 2013 ====

  * Grants:WM_CA/Start_Up/Report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_CA/Start_Up/Report>
  * Grants:WM_UA/Wiki_Loves_Earth/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_UA/Wiki_Loves_Earth/Report>

=== Participation Support ===

  * Plans are moving forward with the Learning & Evaluation team to
    gather *feedback on this program and conduct analysis* in September.
    The learnings will be used to make data-driven decisions about
    programmatic improvements; a redesign of the program based on the
    findings will begin in October.

==== Grants funded in August 2013 ====

  * Participation:OrenBochman/WikiSym_2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:OrenBochman/WikiSym_2013>
  * Participation:Vantharith/BarcampKampongCham2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Vantharith/BarcampKampongCham2013>

==== Reports accepted in August 2013 ====

  * Participation:Iopensa/WikiSym_2013/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Iopensa/WikiSym_2013/Report>
  * Participation:Paulproteus/OSCON_and_Community_Leadership_Summit/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Paulproteus/OSCON_and_Community_Leadership_Summit/Report>
  * Participation:Sucheta_Ghoshal/Open_Source_Bridge_2013/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Sucheta_Ghoshal/Open_Source_Bridge_2013/Report>

=== Individual Engagement Grants ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013,_idea_lab_02.jpg>
IdeaLab Brainstorm workshop at Wikimania

  * We launched
    <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/ieg-learnings-call-new-proposals/>
    an open *call for round 2 proposals and new committee members*. 11
    volunteers have submitted their candidacy
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-candidates> for
    the committee, and are currently being vetted for membership. Most
    round 1 members will also be returning to serve. The finalized round
    2 committee will be announced in early September, and IEG proposals
    are due 30 September.
  * 7 IEGrantees attended *Wikimania*, sharing their experiences in
    talks like:

      * wikiArS, involving art and design schools
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/wikiArS,_involving_art_and_design_schools>
      * Javanese Wikipedia
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Javanese_Wikipedia>
      * Fun user experience in srs bznss, and so can you
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Fun_user_experience_is_srs_bznss,_and_so_can_you>
      * Making page edits easier to view
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talks#Lightning_Talks_I>

  * An *IdeaLab Brainstorm
    <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2013_IdeaLab_Brainstorm>*
    session was held at Wikimania, generating lots of conversation and
    connections between attendees. 7 new ideas have been documented in
    the IdeaLab <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> so
far as a result.
  * Grantee Jeph Paul released
    <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/visualising-edits/> the first
    live demo of his *tool for visualizing edits*.

==== Reports accepted in August 2013 ====

  * Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina/Midpoint
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina/Midpoint>

=== Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_grantmaking_session_15.jpg>
Wikimania grantmaking session

*Welcome new team member: Jonathan Morgan
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Jtmorgan>!*

  * Jonathan has had a rich history working with the Wikimedia
    Foundation on various fronts, starting back in 2011 during the
    Wikimedia Summer of Research
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Summer_of_Research_2011>.
Since then, he
    has been actively engaged in the broader Wikimedia research
    community through his own PhD research on WikiProjects as complex
    systems, and developing tools to support WikiProject-based
    collaboration. He participated in the former WMF Fellowships
    program, helping design and launch the Wikipedia:Teahouse
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse>.
  * We are thrilled to have Jonathan working with us on the /Grantmaking
    Learning & Evaluation team,/ where he will use his research
    expertise to guide the fostering of an online grantmaking learning
    community and to evaluate the effectiveness of grantmaking streams.

A successful first grantee Learning Day
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/Learning_day_August_2013>
was hosted after Wikimania in Hong Kong.

  * The Monday following Wikimania in Hong Kong, we *hosted around 35
    individuals from different grantmaking streams* (including
    Individual Engagement, Annual Plan, Travel & Participation, and
    Project & Event) and each grantmaking committee, as well as staff
    from the Grantmaking and Program Evaluation teams at WMF.
    Conversation highlighted the ideals of the movement work that we
    should fund. We spent significant time working through a Annual Plan
    grant proposal case study in which we engaged from the perspectives
    of different stakeholders in the proposal process: WMF staff, FDC
    members, leadership of the submitting entity, and the broader
    Wikimedia community.
  * We left the time together with lots of interesting ideas for how to
    go forward as a learning community. We are working with our
    *grantmaking partners* on ways to encourage an online sharing
    community and plan similar useful events in the upcoming year.
  * Read the full summary of feedback from event.
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/Learning_day_August_2013/Feedback#Feedback_from_the_event>

Self-evaluation for grantmaking streams

  * *Annual Plan Grants*: Process feedback posted from FDC process
    2012-2013 Round 2
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Process_Survey/2012-13_Round_2>.
    Process changes resulting from the feedback received:
      o Revamping the *FDC portal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal>* - /Planned revamp
        before 2013-2014 Round 1/
      o Clarifying *eligibility requirements
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Eligibility>* -
/requiring Letter of Intent
        from all entities submitting proposals; ongoing monitoring of
        the eligibility of applicants and compliance with current grants
        and agreements throughout the eligibility process/
      o Simplifying *language* - /using less jargon and including more
        definitions on proposal form, working with Program Evaluation &
        Design team on a glossary of terms/
  * Created *surveys for internal evaluation* of Project & Event grants
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/Survey_drafts>.
  * In progress: developing first *Travel & Participation grants program
    analysis*
  * In progress: developing *IEG experience survey*

Overview of Learning & Evaluation for WMF grantmaking

  * Updated *public-facing information* about Learning & Evaluation for
    Grantmaking
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/About>
-
    landscape of different programs and our evaluation methods in place.
  * Close work with WMF Analytics to get the best *WikiMetrics* project
    possible and to get geo-data that our entire movement can use! (see
    Analytics update and Program Development updates)

=== Brazil Catalyst Project ===

==== Institutional Partnerships ====

  * The project proposal for a partnership between the Wikimedia
    Foundation and *Ação Educativa*
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_Catalisador_do_Brasil/Planejamento_2012-2013/Parcerias/A%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Educativa/Projeto>
    is almost finalized, and is to be submitted for community review in
    September. The Brazil Catalyst Program team and Ação Educativa have
    been working on a proposal to be submitted to the community and the
    Wikimedia Foundation vis-a-vis the fact the Catalyst Programs are
    moving to a grantee model.

==== Data & Experiments ====

  * *Timeline*: released a tool on Tool labs
    <https://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/Linha_do_tempo> that connects
    events to data on the PT-WP (such as editors' growth, articles
    metrics growth, etc.). This timeline is intended to help the
    community visualize how certain events (such as changes to the
    software, changes to the Wikipedia policies/rules, campaigns,
    changes to features, etc.) may have impacted the overall picture of
    the community.
  * *Geolocated edits* data
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio(a):HAndrade_(WMF)/A%C3%A7%C3%B5es_Geolocalizadas>
    updated to July (showing the provenance of IP edits on PT-WP per
    country).
  * Published *Monthly stats
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio(a):HAndrade_(WMF)/Estat%C3%ADsticas_Mensais>*
    with month-to-month and last-year-month variations of the numbers of
    active and new editors on PT-WP.
  * Wikipedia Education Program *students activity
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio(a):HAndrade_(WMF)/Dados_Wikip%C3%A9dia_na_Universidade>*
    on PT-WP analysed.

  * In progress: Configuration of Portuguese Wikipedia data for
    automatic update on Tool labs (ptwikis)
    <http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/>, instead of on Limn, in order to
    faciliate regular updates and the work in partnership with the
    community.
  * In progress: *Localization of Snuggle
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Snuggle>* for the PT-WP.
  * In progress: *Timeline
    <https://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/Linha_do_tempo>: development of
    an on-wiki interface* for adding events (such as software or policy
    changes) to the timeline, through the original events' page
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Arqueologia/Linha_do_tempo>,
    facilitating changes to the timeline made by any editor (not
    requiring technological expertise). The feature is meant to allow
    automatic change on the timeline by including new events on the
    Wikipedia page.
  * In progress: Improvement and evaluation of *Abuse Filters
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Filtro_de_abusos>*. This is part
    of the Antivandalism project and we've been supporting the community
    in enhancing tools to be used when emergency mode of CAPTCHA is
    definitely removed.
  * In progress: *Bot for WikiProjeto Medicina
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Usu%C3%A1rio(a):Wikiprojetosbot>*: The
    bot to engage newcomers in specific WikiProjects has been approved.
    The first version of if is meant to be used for the Medicine/Health
    Wikiproject in a partnership with the Ministry of Health, bringing
    professionals from the Brazilian health system to edit Wikipedia.

==== Catalyzing Wikipedia - support community on online acitivites ====

  * Supported the community and the Editor Engagement (E2) Team in the
    *release of the Notifications Tool (Echo)* on the Portuguese
    Wikipedia
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/an%C3%BAncios#Nova_ferramenta_de_notifica.C3.A7.C3.B5es>,
    including translation of the tool and of the FAQ
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Notifica%C3%A7%C3%B5es>
  * *IRC office hours* with community - proposing prorities for the
    semester, discussing data on reverts, discussing new projects,
    sharing the status of the institutional partnership. A meeting
    report is available
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Projetos/Wikip%C3%A9dia/Reuni%C3%B5es/Reuni%C3%A3o_IRC_30-08-2013>.
  * Writing for Wikipedia community newsletter "Correio da Wikipédia"-
    sharing news of WMF and the Brazil Catalyst Program in the September
    1
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Correio_da_Wikip%C3%A9dia/Arquivo/01-09-2013>
    and August 17
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Correio_da_Wikip%C3%A9dia/Arquivo/17-08-2013>
    issues.

==== Education ====

  * Installation and Translation of the *education extension* (and its
    documentation) for the education program submitted at Bugzilla
    <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52870>
  * Configuration of a *mailing list* to support the creation of the
    network of professors, and exchange of experiences

  * Meetings with *potential partners*:
      o Meeting with *Abril Educação*: detailing the proposal for the
        Wikimedia Foundation, finalizing budget and discussing further
        agreements with other Brazilian organizations.
      o Meeting with the *Ministry of Education*: presenting the
        education program to the Brazilian government to discuss future
        support
      o Meeting with *SERPRO (government IT company)*: presenting the
        education program and discussing the possibility of including
        modules of Wikimedia projects tutorials in Digital Inclusion
        distance learning courses coordinated by SERPRO.
      o Meeting with *Bandtec/Colegio Bandeirantes*: discussed
        partnership with a secondary school, through the School's
        technology project
      o Meeting with *Universidade de Passo Fundo*: discussed joining
        the program Wikipédia na Universidade, engaging in class
        assignments activities
      o Meeting with *Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)*. There
        is a group of more than 5 professors willing to work with
        Wikimedia projects. Four of them are already collaborating with
        class assignments on Physics, Maths, German (translation) and
        Educational software. They are wiling to develop more activities
        as a university group with the support of WMF and the Brazil
        Catalyst program.
      o Meeting with *Piraí Digital* (a project in the first Brazilian
        city to deploy public wifi all over the city) coordinators to
        define and realize a workshop in September with teachers and
        local coordinators

==== Meet-ups and events ====

  * Oona, Henrique and Celio attended *Wikimania 2013* in Hong Kong.
  * Rodrigo attended the *CONSEGI* IT conference in Brasilia, where some
    meetings with members of goverment ministries members and of other
    IT departments took place.

== Program Development ==

Highlights

  * One month after the first launch in India, *Wikipedia Zero reports
    an increase of 12 million pageviews*. The launch, which has been
    achieved with our partner Aircel in July, has been the biggest
    launch for the Wikipedia Zero team so far. Overall, Wikpedia Zero
    has shown a tremendous growth over the last six months, with monthly
    pageviews increasing from *3 million in February to 35 million in
    August*.
  * In August, the Program Evaluation and Design Team designed and
    executed its first *Evaluation Capacity Survey*. Over 70 program
    leaders from different parts of world reported back on the current
    state of their evaluation capacity. The results, which will be
    published in September, will give an overview of how chapters,
    thematic organizations and unaffiliated volunteers across countries
    evaluated their programmatic activities in the past and how they're
    planning to grow their capacity in this area.
  * The third term of the *Wikipedia Education Program in the Arab
    World* wrapped up with strong results. What began with a small pilot
    at two universities in Egypt in spring 2012 has now turned into a
    force on the Arabic Wikipedia, with students participating in the
    program in three countries adding content to Wikipedia as part of
    their university coursework. Last term, students in Egypt, Algeria,
    and Jordan contributed 12.79 million bytes of content to the Arabic
    Wikipedia. That’s more than double the 5.97 million bytes added by
    students in the fall 2012 term. Samir I. El-Sharbaty, one of the
    Wikipedia Ambassadors and former student of the program, achieved
    Featured Article status for the article George I of Great Britain.
  * Thanks to the Analytics Team's new *WikiMetrics* tool, we now have
    data on the *performance of students in the Wikipedia Education
    Program U.S. and Canada* from spring 2013. They added 7.4 million
    bytes of content. That brings the total amount of high-quality
    content added by the U.S. and Canada program to the English
    Wikipedia after six terms to 43.4 million bytes – or the equivalent
    of 17 /War and Peaces/.

=== Wikipedia Zero ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Zero_Update_-_Metrics_Meeting_09.05.13.pdf?page=2>
Slides from the Wikipedia Zero update at the September 5 metrics meeting

  * The impact of the Wikipedia Zero launch with Aircel in India is the
    largest to date. It *added 12.0 million pageviews* to the overall
    pageviews of Wikipedia Zero, which grew from 19.6 million in July to
    34.9 million in August. Pageviews also grew strongly in Saudi Arabia
    (from 4.6 million to 7.3 million), and Pakistan (from 2.1 to 3.1
    million).
  * Overall *pageview growth is more than 1000% over the last six
    months*, driven by new operator launches (3 million to over 35
    million pageviews per month). We're now in 17 countries through six
    group level carrier partnerships covering 490M mobile subscribers
    (290M launched) – and growing.
  * *Carolynne Schloeder joined as Director, Mobile Programs*. Carolynne
    has more than 20 years of experience in the mobile and online
    business. Her hiring is part of an increased investment in Wikipedia
    Zero and mobile in general. Carolynne will be responsible for
    coordinating all phases and aspects of product development, the
    launch process and ongoing management of Wikipedia Zero. She will
    create a strategy for mobile programs and then lead and execute this
    strategy through strong collaboration with internal stakeholders and
    external partners.
  * At *Wikimania* in Hong Kong, Kul reviewed Wikipedia Zero's growth in
    Africa and initial findings from primary research conducted in
    Africa. Dan presented our Wikipedia via Text (USSD/SMS) solution to
    reach more people in Africa that use feature phones.

=== Wikipedia Education Program ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_metrics_meeting_2013-09-05_Education_Program_update.pdf>
Presentation slides about the Education Program from the metrics meeting
for August

Global

  * Nearly 30 Wikimedians gathered for a *pre-conference at Wikimania
    <http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Program_Pre-Conference>*
    focused on developing educational programs. Representing more than
    20 countries, the participants discussed challenges, solutions, and
    plans for educational efforts in their countries. Representatives
    from Namibia, the U.K., Germany, and the Wikimedia Foundation led
    sessions on fears, best practices, challenges, working with
    institutions, reaching out to different target groups, and program
    evaluation, among other topics.
  * We squashed some bugs and made minor improvements to the *Education
    Program extension*.
  * Talks are currently being executed and planned with the 53
    educational efforts going on around the world, to *gather deeper and
    more accurate information* about their efforts.
  * Steps are being taken towards a *global education cooperative* by
    initiating and keeping dialouges with global partners who are
    undertaking educational programs and who are capable of having this
    on their agenda.
  * General information of the global situation of education has been
    collected through *meetings with UNESCO and WWF*.
  * More specific academic information of the *status of academics in
    Sweden, Europe and the rest of the world* has also been collected as
    to take into account when looking at the education programs around
    the world.

United States/Canada Program

  * *Professors* who will be teaching with Wikipedia in the Fall 2013
    semester have begun *preparing their Wikipedia assignments* and
    creating Course Pages.
  * *Ambassadors* have been working with professors to consult on their
    assignment design and help them create Course Pages.
  * We released the numbers
    <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/26/wikipedia-education-program-us-canada-spring2013/>
    for the program over the past 3 years: students have *added 43.4
    million bytes to English Wikipedia*.
  * Students have begun completing the *online training for students
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students>* for
    the Fall 2013 semester.
  * We continued verifying and analyzing data for our *English Wikipedia
    plagiarism research project*.

Arab World Program

  * Tighe and LiAnna traveled to Amman after Wikimania for the
    *Wikipedia Education Program Arab World meeting* in Amman, hosted by
    Isra University. Six volunteers from Egypt (two professors and four
    students) and Faris participated in the two day meeting and end of
    term celebration at Isra University. Two Jordanian Wikipedians also
    joined the group. Photos: Commons:Category:First Celebration
    Conference, Jordan-August 2013
    <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:First_Celebration_Conference,_Jordan-August_2013>
  * The *Arabic version of the Online Training* for Professors,
    Ambassadors and students should be available before the start of the
    term in late September.
  * *New Arabic brochures* are being finalized and will be printed in
    Egypt for the new term. These resources will complement the "Welcome
    to Wikipedia" brochures that are already available in Arabic.
  * The *Education Extension is being translated* and should be
    available for the upcoming term on the Arabic Wikipedia.
  * Tighe and Faris are planning a *visit to King Saud University* in
    late October to formalize their participation in the Wikipedia
    Educaiton Program. A visit is also planned to the *King Saud bin
    Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences* to see about potential
    contributioons with a medical/health focus.
  * Tighe and Faris are planning a week long *visit to Jordan* following
    Saudi Arabia to do a workshop for new professors and Wikipedia
    Ambassadors. They will also meet with professors individually to
    discuss their plans for the semester. Additional meetings with other
    professors and organizations will be arranged to discuss future
    participation and strategy.
  * Tighe and Faris are speaking with two *contacts in Algeria* to look
    at options for continuing Wikipedia Education Program efforts in the
    country.

Communications

  * We released source files for the *"Illustrating Wikipedia" Commons
    brochure* in InDesign and Scribus, and the text is set up for
    on-wiki translation (see blog post link below for more details).
  * Four *blog posts*:
      o Students learn about history as a living, changing thing
        <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/20/student-learning-wikipedia-education-program/>
      o US, Canada students contribute massive amount of quality content
        to Wikipedia
        <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/26/wikipedia-education-program-us-canada-spring2013/>
      o Third term of Wikipedia Education Program Arab World wraps up
        <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/wikipedia-education-program-arab-world-spring-2013/>
      o A guide to getting started on Wikimedia Commons
        <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/29/wikimedia-commons-brochure/>
  * Two *newsletters*:
      o 6 August
        <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/News/6_August_2013>
      o 20 August
        <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/News/20_August_2013>

=== Program Evaluation and Design ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Program_Evaluation_Wikimania_2013_dinner_8.jpg>
Dinner after the Program Evaluation & Design Meetup at Wikimania

  * PE&D participated in a number of *events at Wikimania 2013*, which
    was the first time the PE&D team had appeared at Wikimania since the
    team formed:
      o At the *Education Program Pre-Conference
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Program_Pre-Conference>*
        (see also above), Frank gave a presentation about the PE&D team
        and concept, and our missions and how we can support community
        members and chapters doing the education program.
      o A *Program Evaluation & Design Meetup* was held in the evening
        during Wikimania. The team hosted over 20 community members from
        around the world, including many who were at the Budapest
        workshop, to provide them updates, deliverables, and to touch
        base about evaluation. Dinner was sponsored by WMF afterwards,
        which allowed for continued community building.
      o *Learning Day post-conference event
        <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups#Program_Evaluation_.26_Design_Q.26A_session_-_Sunday_13:00-14:00>*.
        The entire team attended, participating as support for the
        Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation team who organized the
        inspiring day of learning. The team also participated in
        facilitating break out sessions and were able to share their
        team mission and goals with program leaders from around the
        world who attended the day.
      o PE&D *shared a table with Learning & Evaluation at Wikimania*,
        fielding questions and concerns from community members from
        around the world and spreading the news of the teams formation
        and team mission through postcards, social media, networking and
        session participation.
  * Facebook group launched
      o After an informal community survey, PE&D launched a *Facebook
        group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/programevaluation/>*
        which has over 70 members and an active community being formed
        around program evaluation. Anyone can join!
  * First Google Hangout Held
      o The team held their *first Google Hangout
        <https://plus.google.com/events/chv4s9tqh2mrb29nlc4bn3kk2h4>*,
        and participants were guided through a step by step process of
        how to use WikiMetrics as an evaluation tool. A follow-up
        Hangout is scheduled for September 6.
  * Program Evaluation Portal progresses to October 1 launch.
      o Sarah, Community Coordinator, has been taking the lead alongside
        Jonathan Morgan, from Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation, to
        create a *shared portal space* which will launch in October on
        Meta, replacing the current Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs>
        maintained by the team.
  * *Evaluation Capacity Survey* closes; results are next
      o PE&D designed and executed a survey, which ran for two weeks,
        and surveyed over 70 program leaders from the movement regarding
        their capacity to evaluate – what they have done, what they
        haven't done, why, and wht they want to do regarding evaluation.
        Results will be shared publicly in the upcoming weeks, and will
        allow PE&D to have a better understanding of where the movement
        is at regarding evaluation, and will also allow the team to see
        how they can support the movement with tools, resources and
        communications.
  * PE&D was covered in the *Journal on Meta* and on the *Wikimedia
    blog* this past month:
      o A general overview about PE&D team and recent news: "Program
        Evaluation & Design team releases evaluation capacity survey,
        seeks WikiMetrics testers; related updates
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journal_on_Meta#Program_Evaluation_.26_Design_team_releases_evaluation_capacity_survey.2C_seeks_WikiMetrics_testers.3B_related_updates>"
        (Journal on Meta)
      o A community written blog by Amical about bringing evaluation
        into their organization: "Drafting a strategy plan with the
        community
        <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/26/drafting-a-strategy-plan-with-the-community/>"

== Human Resources ==

HR has continued to work on bringing on new employees and contractors,
and supporting the search for the Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation. It's been a busy month in terms of moving to the 6th floor,
planning for the AllHands meeting in September, and participating at
Wikimania. We launched a new commuter flex plan and benefits website,
and filed our second round of required government filings that describe
our demographics to them.

=== Staff Changes ===

New Requisition Filled

  * Carolynne Schloeder, Director of Mobile Programs (Programs)

Conversions

  * Jonathan Morgan, Evaluation Analyst (Grantmaking)
  * Timo Tijhof, Software Engineer – Features (Engineering)

New Legal Intern

  * Manprit Brar

New Contractors

  * Renee Bracey Sherman (continuing as Contractor for Fundraising)
  * Akshata Metha (Human Resources)
  * Sucheta Ghoshal (Engineering)

Contracts Extended

  * Amir Aharoni (Engineering)
  * Michael Guss (Administration)
  * Limayli Huguet (Administration)
  * Faidon Liambotis (Engineering)
  * Kirsten Menger-Anderson (Engineering)
  * Stefan Petrea (Engineering)
  * Michael Ray (Administration)
  * Sam Reed (Engineering)
  * Janet Renteria (Administration)
  * Santhosh Thottingal (Engineering)

Departures

  * Renee Bracey Sherman (continuing as Contractor for Fundraising)
  * Zack Exley
  * Amit Kapoor
  * CT Woo
  * Peter Youngmeister

Contracts Ended

  * Jennifer Bloom
  * Matthew Collins
  * Timothy Sandole
  * Brian Wolff

New Postings

  * Software Engineer - Editor Engagement
  * Software Engineer - Editor Engagement Experimentation
  * Legal Intern (Spring)
  * RFP - VP of Engineering (Search Firm Engagement)
  * User Experience Designer
  * Senior Software Engineer | Multimedia

=== Statistics ===

Total Requisitions Filled
    August Actual: 150
    August Total Plan: 174
    August Filled: 3, Month Attrition: 5,
    YTD Filled: 12, YTD Attrition: 7

Remaining Open positions to fiscal year end
    43

=== Department Updates ===

Real-time feed for HR updates

http://identi.ca/wikimediaatwork or http://twitter.com/wikimediaatwork

== Finance and Administration ==

  * The Business Office has begun work with KPMG on our annual audit.
    The audit report is scheduled to be presented to the Audit Committee
    at its September 19th meeting.
  * Completed financial review of FDC Q2 reports.
  * Consolidated Engineering on the 3rd floor of the New Montgomery
    building with a new space layout to accomodate the growth in
    Engineering.

== Legal, Community Advocacy, and Communications Department ==

==== Contract Metrics ====

  * Submitted : 14
  * Completed : 19

==== Trademark Metrics ====

  * Submitted : 11
  * Approved : 2
  * Pending : 8
  * Approval not needed: 2

==== Domains Obtained ====

(none)

==== Coming & Going ====

  * We welcomed Manprit Brar (Michigan State Law) as a new intern on the
    team.
  * Intern Matthew Collins (Columbia) left us - we wish him luck in his
    last year at CLS!

==== Other Activities ====

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-en.svg>
The new Wikivoyage logo
<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Privacy_suite_rollout_presentation_2013.pdf>
Presentation slides about the privacy policy draft rollout

  * The *Wikivoyage Logo Election 2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage/Logo_2013>* wrapped up,
    and selected a new logo for the Wikivoyage projects. LCA assisted
    with the discussion and vote as well as with trademark clearance. We
    are grateful to the community for their hard work on this and
    pleased to have been able to help.
  * The legal team completed an agreement recognizing the *first
    thematic organization
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Thematic_Organization>, Amical
    Wikimedia <http://www.wikimedia.cat/>*, a volunteer-driven,
    independent organization for Catalan language and culture.
  * Community advocacy continues to collaborate with the tech department
    on *VisualEditor*, with a focus on supporting the projects where
    VisualEditor is already in use, and on helping the community prepare
    for deployment in other language projects.
  * LCA continued the community discussion on trademarks
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_practices_discussion>,
and also discussed
    trademark policy with many chapters and individual community members
    at Wikimania. We have started preparing a new draft trademark policy
    based on the comments that we have received.
  * LCA is working closely with the *Wikipedia Zero* team to negotiate
    additional partnerships with mobile providers.
  * LCA gave *three talks at Wikimania 2013*: “Our Legal Strategy Going
    Forward: A Talk with the WMF General Counsel
    <https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Discussing_Our_Legal_Strategy_Going_Forward:_A_Talk_with_the_WMF_General_Counsel>”,
    “Open Culture, Open Data, Open Source
    <http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_Culture,_Open_Data,_Open_Source>”,
    and "Working together, alone: A gathering of functionaries
    <http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Working_together,_but_separately:_a_gathering_of_functionaries>".
  * We created and prepared to announce
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-input/>
    a *new draft of the privacy policy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy>*, with a
    request for comment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy> that will be
open
    through early January, 2014.
  * LCA worked with engineering to discuss and plan for *the HTTPS
    rollout
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/https-default-logged-in-users-wikimedia-sites/>*.
  * Deputy GC Luis Villa attended the *Creative Commons Global Summit
    <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Global_Summit_2013>*, where he
    briefly presented on how Wikimedians create and consume databases,
    and extensively discussed the Creative Commons 4.0 license process
    with the CC community, including discussions of database rights and
    license compatibility.

=== Communications Report, August 2013 ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_metrics_meeting_2013-09-05_-_editor_survey_WMF_satisfaction.pdf?page=2>
Slides from the metrics meeting presentation about some results from the
2012 editor survey

*Wikimania 2013* took place in August - the major communications effort
of the year. This year's Wikimania in Hong Kong was a major success from
a media and visibility standpoint. The WMF communications team worked
closely with the local organizing team to manage dozens of media visits
and interviews. The team also showcased their work in four events at
Wikimania, at a panel on Wikimedia storytelling
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimedia_storytelling:_how_we_show_the_movement_to_the_world.>,
a presentation on designing fun user experiences
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Fun_user_experience_is_srs_bznss,_and_so_can_you>,
a presentation on editor surveys
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Editor_surveys:_Taking_the_pulse_of_the_community>
and a workshop about the IdeaLab
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/IdeaLab_Brainstorm>.

==== Major announcements ====

    *Wikimedia Foundation announces 2013–14 Board of Trustees and
    elected officers at Wikimania in Hong Kong
    <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WMF_Board_Election_August_2013>*
    (8 August 2013)

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met immediately before the
kick-off of Wikimania, carrying out an important selection process and
naming new officers.

    *Wikimania Hong Kong 2013 press conference announcement
    <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimania_Hong_Kong_2013_press_conference_announcement>*
    (5 August 2013)

An invitation to local and international press to take part in the
opening ceremonies and press conference of Wikimania 2013.

==== Major Storylines through August ====

Wikimania brings global Wikimedians together in Hong Kong (August 9 to 11)

The annual Wikimania conference brought together nearly a thousand
Wikimedians from all over the world to meet, discuss, and build the
Wikimedia projects. This year's event garnered major coverage from
outlets around the world. Global and regional media based in Hong Kong
covered the event, providing mostly positive-tone coverage. This
Wikimania also saw some of the first major involvement from China-based
media outlets. Coverage ranged from stories about Jimmy Wales' keynote
and comments about Edward Snowden/PRISM and issues around censorship in
China, to the gender gap on Wikipedia, the history of Wikimedians in
Hong Kong, and the wide range of topics presented in sessions.

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295545/jimmy-wales-calls-wikimedians-fix-broken-journalism
    http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/09/wikipedia-co-founder-urges-vigilant-journalism/
    http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/498601/20130813/wikipedia-china-censorship-tiananmen-massacre.htm
    http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/wikimania-2013-whats-next-wikipedia
    http://www.hkej.com/template/dailynews/jsp/detail.jsp?dnews_id=3783&cat_id=3&title_id=619748

'Listen to Wikipedia' continues to gain attention (early to late August)

WMF staffer Stephen LaPorte's 'Listen to Wikipedia'
(http://blog.hatnote.com/post/56856315107/listen-to-wikipedia) gathered
significant attention on blogs and mainstream media in July and August
of this year. The tool produces a musical analysis of live activity on
Wikipedia. Media and bloggers have enjoyed writing about and promoting
the service, frequently suggesting it's a highly meditative way to
immerse oneself into our global knowledge project.

    http://www.techtree.com/content/news/4382/listen-wikipedia-turns-edits-music.html
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/listen-to-wikipedia-make-music-in-real-time
    http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/9/4607240/fall-asleep-to-the-sound-of-wikipedia

==== Other worthwhile reads ====

India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/06/indian-languages-drive-wikipedia-growth/>
| TechCrunch | August 6

ROM gathers ‘e-volunteers’ for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon Friday
<http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/14/rom_gathers_evolunteers_for_a_wikipedia_editathon_friday.html>
| August 14

Israel’s latest invention: Free hi-res aerial photos for all
<http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-latest-invention-free-hi-res-aerial-photos-for-all/>
| August 18

==== WMF Blog posts ====

Blog.wikimedia.org ran 25 posts in August 2013.
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/> Six posts were multilingual
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/multilingual-post/>, including Arabic,
Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Japanese, Kazakh, Russian, Spanish.
Some highlights:

  * *HTTPS by default for logged-in users
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/28/https-default-logged-in-users-wikimedia-sites/>
    | August 8, 2013*
  * *Wikimedia’s OTRS email response system gets an upgrade
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/09/wikimedias-email-response-upgrade/>
    | August 9, 2013*
  * *Illustrating Wikipedia from the air in Israel
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/15/illustrating-wikipedia-wikiair-israel/>
    | August 15, 2013*
  * *Notifications launch on mobile
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/30/notifications-launch-on-mobile/>
    | August 30, 2013*

==== Media Contact ====

Media contact through August 2013
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room/Media_Contact#August_2013

==== Wikipedia Signpost ====

For lots of detailed coverage and news summaries, see the
community-edited newsletter “Wikipedia Signpost” for August 2013:

  * Volume 9, Issue 31
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-08-07>,
    7 August 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 32
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-08-14>,
    14 August 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 33
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-08-21>,
    21 August 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 34
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-08-28>,
    28 August 2013

== Visitors and Guests ==

Visitors and guests to the WMF office in August 2013:

 1. Matthew Gaba (Google Payments)
 2. Linda Lam (Johnson & Dugan)
 3. Monica Ortega (Johnson & Dugan)
 4. Joe Sutherland (Volunteer: User:foxj)
 5. Jim Cubinar (Sports Club LA/SF)
 6. Ohad Gilberg (KPMG)
 7. Linda Lam (J&D)
 8. Angela Hill (Bay Area News Group)
 9. Peter Meyer (WMPC)
10. Wendy Wilson (ADP)
11. Leslie Lipari (BDE)
12. Chris Cavanaugh (CCS Consulting)
13. Lipo Ching (Mercury New)
14. Leila Zia (Stanford University)
15. Kelly Kolstad (KPMG)
16. Sizhe Liu (KPMG)
17. Valerie Aurora (TAI)
18. Frank Jiang (CCTV1)
19. Sun Zengtian (Chief Director, CCTV2)
20. Li Yahui (Director, CCTV2)
21. Liang Meng (Director, CCTV2)
22. Yu Chen (Consultant of Interview, CCTV2)
23. Nancy Rose (KPMG)
24. Karen Cordero (KPMG)
25. Robert Brownstone (Fenwick & West)

--
Tilman Bayer
Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications)
Wikimedia Foundation

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(BTW, in general I'm much more in favour of seeing detailed minutes that explain what was discussed, why it was discussed, and what individual people thought, rather than high-level summary minutes that say what was discussed without explaining the details. The [[Five Ws]] and the additional 'how' are an excellent guide here!)

Thanks,
Mike

On 21 Apr 2014, at 20:14, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> At the request of the WMF Board of Trustees, I am posting the minutes of the January 31 - February 1, 2014 meeting, which you may find here:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-01-31
>
> Best,
>
> Stephen LaPorte
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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This is one of those things where a controlled scientific test would be useful - another is the ongoing divide between those who think it important to template new editors and their articles as fast as possible in order that they know the flaws in their editing before they stop editing, and those like me who would like to slow down or better re channel the effort of templaters on the assumption that the faster they  template the newbies the quicker the newbies will leave.

It is very difficult to achieve consensus for change where large parts of the community work on diametrically opposed assumptions. Independent neutral research might make it easier to build consensus and better decisions.

Regards

Jonathan (WereSpielChequers)

> On 26 Aug 2014, at 17:06, wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
>
> Copy-pasters, spammers, and vandals will probably largely be put off by
> that requirement rather than bothering to fulfill it


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In the media: Wales on GamerGate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/In_the_media

Featured content: Still quoting ''Iolanthe'', apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Microsoft does ''The Signpost''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/WikiProject_report

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/Traffic_report

Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single

PDF version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24

https://www.facebook.com/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

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assembly. The General Assembly authorized the board to extend the board
with two board members from outside the community. These two members aimed
to strengthen the board’s professional capabilities, bringing a new and
fresh take on processes and activities, and contributing from their
 extensive connections and experience.

   - Prof. Karine Nahon <http://ekarine.org/about/>: an associate professor
   at the Information School (University of Washington), faculty adjunct at
   the department of Communication, affiliated faculty at the Center for
   Communication and Civic Engagement and former director of the
Center for Information
   & Society in University of Washington.
   - Prof. [[Sheizaf Rafaeli <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheizaf_Rafaeli>]]
   is Professor and Dean at the School of Management (Graduate School of
   Business Administration) Haifa GSB, University of Haifa Israel and
   additionally Founder and Director of the Sagy Center for Internet
Research and
   the Games for Managers Project.

Also, the Assembly decided to accept the board recommendation and to select
external member of the community, Adi Zamir, as a member of the Audit
committee - a step that will increase the ability of the committee to
monitor and make external and independent review of the organization
activities, as part of the professionalism steps of Wikimedia Israel.

   - *Adi Zamir* has education and experience in various fields. She is a
   Senior Project manager, Training and organizational consultant for CEO's
   and lecturer at the academic college of Tel aviv–Yafo. Adi's brings to the
   audit committee her varied experience.

Press coverage

September:

 ·       1.9 – ויקיפדיה העברית חוגגת את הערך ה-150
אלף<http://www.pc.co.il/?p=129622>  -
(PC News).

·    13.9 – צילום היסטורי  - (Hsharon local newspaper).

·    24.9 – ויקיפדיה: סדום ובה צדיק
אחד<http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/003-D-86851-00.html>– (News 1)

October:

·         10.10 באוקטובר: יוסי גורוביץ, זרוק לי אלף דולר ואכתוב בויקיפדיה
שהמתחרים שלך גרועים<http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/1,7340,L-3613991,00.html>,
באתר
כלכליסט<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98>

·         14.10 באוקטובר: ד"ר איתי גל, חדש בלימודי רפואה בת"א: קורס כתיבה
בוויקיפדיה <http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4440269,00.html>, אתר
Ynet <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynet>

·         15.10 באוקטובר: ראיון עם שני
אבנשטיין<http://player.glz.co.il/Player.aspx?FixedPoster=true&FixedPosterName=GLZAOD.jpg&ClipID=131015-13&Type=aod&Width=300&Height=200>,
בגל"צ <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%22%D7%A6>.

·         16.10 באוקטובר: עידו אפרתי, קורס לסטודנטים לרפואה: כתיבת ערכים
בוויקיפדיה<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rX3EwakhkY0pzZDQ/edit?usp=sharing>,
בעיתון הארץ <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5>.

·         22.10 באוקטובר: ויקיפדיה סגרה יותר מ-250 חשבונות עורכים בחשד
לכתיבת ערכים בתשלום <http://www.themarker.com/wallstreet/1.2146498>, באתר The
Marker <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marker>.

November:

·         3.11 מי מחבל ב'ויקיפדיה'? האתר הפופולארי מגייס שומרי
סף<http://www.103.fm/programs/Media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=FLMHJD&c41t4nzVQ=EIK>,
באתר 103fm <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/103fm> - ראיון עם ליאור גלוגר
מתוך תוכנית הרדיו של גיא
זהר<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%96%D7%94%D7%A8>ברדיו
ללא הפסקה<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%90_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%94>
.

·         13.11 בנובמבר: יעל בן ישראל, שיקיפדיה: אירוע מרתון ערכה להעלאת
המודעות לאופנה דיגיטלית<http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000893699>,
באתר גלובס <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1>.

·         24.11 בנובמבר: טום סימונייט, שקיעתה של
ויקיפדיה<http://alaxon.co.il/article/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94/>,
באתר אלכסון<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F>
.

·         28.11 בנובמבר: יאיר מור, ויכוח בוויקיפדיה על מצבו הבריאותי של ספי
ריבלין<http://www.mako.co.il/nexter-internet/Article-b3da06aa11a9241006.htm>,
באתר mako <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako>

·         29.11 בנובמבר: מתן צור, "אנשים עם ערכים", במגאזין "מוצ"ש" מבית מקור
ראשון<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F>-
ראיון עם חן
סרוב<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9:%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%A9>ועמיחי
בנעט<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9:Atbannett>בנושא
הכתיבה בוויקיפדיה

Wiki Loves Monuments Publications:

·         8.9-  זום וסיורים באתרי
מורשת<http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/262006>,
באתר ערוץ 7 <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5_7>.

·         12.9 - מורשת
משותפת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rRnRIVFA4ME1hVTA/edit?usp=sharing>,
מקור ראשון<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F>
.

·         13.9 -  בספטמבר: תומר ממיה, צילום היסטורי, מקומון צומת
השרון<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F>
.

·         15.9 - ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rU2syRFVWSFhtZzQ/edit?usp=sharing>,
בבלוג תפוז אנשים<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%96_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D>
.

·         16.9 -  יוצאים
מהבית<https://drive.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.il/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rYWxTbmR1ZzdCaWc/edit?usp=sharing>,
מוסף גלריה, עיתון הארץ<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5>
.

·         16.9 - תחרות 'ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי מורשת' נפתחה אתמול בישראל
ובעולם<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0S0VJeWdXZHhSTzQ/edit?usp=sharing>,
חדשות ירוקות Eco99fm<https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eco99fm&action=edit&redlink=1>
.

·         17.9 - חול המועד סוכות 2013: כל הארועים בכל
הארץ<http://travel.walla.co.il/?w=/2501/2678662>,
אתר וואלה <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94>תיירות.

·         19.9 - תחרות הצילום הבינלאומית לצילום ותיעוד של אתרי
מורשת<http://www.lametayel.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA+%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA+1809>,
חדשות התיירות, באתר,
למטייל<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C>
.

·         22.9 - בספטמבר: לאה סולומון יהושוע, ראיון עם אלעד בצלאלי, מנהל
מח' החינוך במועצה לשימור אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0aGpuSkx2N1BIa0U/edit?usp=sharing>.
שותפים לתשע, רדיו
דרום<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D>
.

·         24.9 -  הטיפ של אידית - אידית ממליצה על תחרות הצילום 'ויקיפדיה
אוהבת אתרי מורשת'<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0OUNod2l6dlQyNU0/edit?usp=sharing>,
פורסם ברשת מקומוני העיר<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8>
.

·         24.9 -  איריס לביא, ראיון עם דרור לין על מיזם צילומי אתרי מורשת
של ויקיפדיה<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0aGpuSkx2N1BIa0U/edit?usp=sharing>,
ימי הרדיו, רשת ב'<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%91%27>
.

·         28.9 - מיקי מירו, ראיון עם איציק אדרי, יו"ר ויקימדיה ישראל, תחרות
הצילום הבינ"ל 'ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת'<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0Rmt4R1J5ZXJjTTQ/edit?usp=sharing>,
בדרך אל הטבע, רשת ב'<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%91%27>
.

·         30.9 - יגאל שילון, ראיון עם יאן נסונוב, הרכז הטכני של תחרות
ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0OVB4Nl93STV6bkk/edit?usp=sharing>,
מסתובבים בלילה, גלי
צה"ל<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%A6%D7%94%22%D7%9C>
.

·         8.10 - זום על ישראל: 10 תמונות מזווית
אחרת<http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4437766,00.html>,
באתר ynet <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynet>.

·         9.10 -  רינה רוזנברג, נמלי ת"א ויפו - המצולמים ביותר בתחרות
"ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת"<http://www.themarker.com/consumer/tourism/1.2136710>.
באתר The Marker <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marker>.

·         10.10 - איריס ליפשיץ קלינגר, דברים טובים
לסופ"ש<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rY0k5Z19BV01pRjg/edit?usp=sharing>,
ידיעות אחרונות<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA>
.

·         14.10 - גיא לרר, ראיון עם ג'ימי ווילס, מייסד ויקיפדיה בביקורו
בארץ, לרגל תחרות "ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת"<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzJEXwnfQ-A>,
צינור לילה<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94>,
ערוץ 10 <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5_10>.

·         15.10 - סדר יום חדש, ראיון עם איציק אדרי, יו"ר ויקימדיה
ישראל<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w7j6J4a624>,
ערוץ 10 <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5_10>.

·         4.11 - דן לביא, ויקי
תמונה<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0UHdaNFh6WXY4Wm8/edit?usp=sharing>,
מהדורת ישראל היום<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D>
.

·         4.11 - נדן פלדמן: מייסד ויקיפדיה: "אנחנו משפיעים על העולם יותר
מפייסבוק" <http://www.themarker.com/technation/1.2156349>, TechNation מאתר The
Marker <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marker>.

·         7.11 - איריס לביא, ראיון עם דרור לין: ראש צוות התחרות: זוכי תחרות
ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0Y0RaMU1GTF9mLTQ/edit?usp=sharing>,
שש עם ענת דולב רשת
ב'<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%91%27>
.

·         7.11 -  מאורי הירש, זוכי תערוכת צילומי ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rZ3RUUHlIZjQxZEk/edit?usp=sharing>,
אקולייף, Eco99fm<https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eco99fm&action=edit&redlink=1>
.

·         7.11 - תחרות "ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי מורשת": 10 התמונות הישראליות
הזוכות <http://travel.walla.co.il/?w=/2501/2692326>, באתר
וואלה<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94>
.

·         10.11 -  Zoom on Israel: Pics from different
angle<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4439065,00.html>,
באתר ynet <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynet>.

·         12.11  -נמל יפו - האתר המצולם ביותר בתחרות
הצילום<http://www.frogi.co.il/sviva-society/7358.html>,
באתר פרוגי<https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99&action=edit&redlink=1>
.

·         12.11 -  עפרה פסדר, המלצות
השבוע<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6reEFIMG03a3QyS2M/edit?usp=sharing>,
מקור ראשון<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F>
.

·         13.11 - מה קורה היום: תערוכת תחרות 'ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת'<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0a0RNME9mQUx5MXM/edit?usp=sharing>,
במהדורה המודפסת של
כלכליסט<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98>
.

·         14.11 -  ליעד בר גיל, סדר יום חדש, בילויים לסופ"ש: תערוכה
בדיזינגוף סנטר בשם
'ויקיפדיה'<https://drive.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.il/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rZkhTeF9YZnRkZVk/edit?usp=sharing>,
ערוץ 10 <https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5_10>.

·         14.11 - סמנו לעצמכם: הדברים החמים שיעשו לכם את השבוע - תערוכת
ויקיפדיה אוהבת אתרי
מורשת<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DaZg3rm6rNndsYzNuZTZ0Rms/edit?usp=sharing>,
מגזין פנאי פלוס<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1>
.

·         23.11 - עידו גנוט, נועם ערמון: לא נרדמת תל
אביב<http://www.megapixel.co.il/blog/archive/42932>,
באתר הצילום "Mega Pixel <http://www.megapixel.co.il/>".

Blog posts

   -

   September 15<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%94-2/>-
International Photography Contest Wikipedia loves Monuments" 2013
opens
   today in concurrence to 52 more countries.
   -

    October 2<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%93-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99/>-
Student Association, the Foreign Ministry and Wikimedia Israel invite
you
   - researchers, students and academics to join the Wikipedia community and
   integrate writing Wikipedia articles in teaching as an academic task.
   -

   November 7<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%97/>-
Closing Event and announcing the winners on "Wiki Loves Monuments"
2013
   contest in Israel.

Regards,

Chen Davidi

Activity Coordinator

Wikimedia Israel
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News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01/News_and_notes

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01/Dispatches

Featured content: Brothers at War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01/Featured_content

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01/Traffic_report

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01/WikiProject_report

Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single

PDF version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-01

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Jan-Bart “your henchman” de Vreede

> On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:12, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all --
>
> As Lila noted, since January 2008 I've worn many hats at the Wikimedia
> Foundation, and in the six years before that I was a Wikipedian,
> MediaWiki developer, and member of the WMF board of trustees. I became
> involved in Wikipedia when I was 22 years old. :) The Wikimedia
> movement has accomplished amazing things, but I believe it's time now
> for me to do something different and new.
>
> It's been a long and incredible journey, and one I am privileged to
> have helped to shape. When I joined the Foundation in December 2007 we
> were a staff of a dozen people, with barely enough funds to keep the
> lights on. Since then, we've tackled challenges of a complexity and
> scale faced by few other organisations. In doing so, we’ve been
> generously supported by people all over the world who are grateful for
> the gift of free knowledge.
>
> I’m proud of and happy with what we've achieved. Reaching people on
> mobile. Pioneering new approaches working with universities.
> Painstakingly building a visual editing experience on top of wikitext.
> :) I’m glad we’ve taken a stand when it matters (SOPA blackout, NSA
> lawsuit) and that we don’t shy away from complex issues such as
> community health and diversity.
>
> I’m excited that Wikidata is growing in leaps and bounds with the help
> of Wikimedia Germany, and that more and more powerful tools and
> services are being built on the basis of Wikimedia APIs and data. I’ve
> always believed that Wikimedia chapter and affiliate organizations are
> key to the success of the movement, and I hope they are going to truly
> thrive in years to come.
>
> But it's time. As the leadership team begins to coalesce under Lila, I
> want to open up space for the organization to learn and explore anew
> -- and I’d like to rediscover for myself what it means to tackle
> challenges outside of my areas of comfort and familiarity.
>
> I’m very interested in the technical challenges of federated
> collaboration, and am looking forward to getting my hands dirty in
> that domain. I also want to explore how to make patterns of ethics,
> policy, and self-governance more accessible and re-usable for
> communities. In short, I’m itching to immerse myself in new problem
> spaces and new ideas.
>
> Lila, Damon, Terry, myself and others in the org have been discussing
> how to organize product going forward to set the org up for success in
> the years to come, and we’ll have an update on that very soon. This is
> a very natural point for me to pursue something new.
>
> What Wikimedia does in the world is wonderful & important. I’m sure I
> will continue to cross paths with many of you in future as I continue
> to move in free culture circles, and I very much look forward to it.
>
> I’ll continue to be @ WMF full-time through April, and will make
> myself available as necessary afterwards, for when the org needs human
> institutional memory that surpasses digital archives. I wish you all
> success and joy :-)
>
> Love,
>
> Erik
> --
> Erik Möller
> VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Thanks,
Mike


body:
and the phrasing at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#Process <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#Process>
specifically, "The candidates with the highest percentage of support will be recommended to the Board of Trustees for appointment."

So the "class" here would be the WMF board, not the community.

But, of course, IANAL.

BTW, it's more "community selected" than "community representative". There's an important distinction there.

Thanks,
Mike

> On 29 Dec 2015, at 13:19, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's more complex if they've acted illegally, certainly. Under the law
> they're citing, it looks like they have. Since community directors are
> elected by a "class" (editors meeting the eligibility requirements), the
> law states removal would be possible only by that class, one would presume
> by referendum in this case.
>
> I think we need to know if the Board considered this requirement.
> On Dec 29, 2015 5:33 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>> <grin> it is a great shitstorm</grin> Do remember that a community chosen
>> representative voted the other community chosen representative out. It is
>> not a case of he must be good, the others are bad. It is more complicated.
>> Thanks,
>>      GerardM
>>
>> On 29 December 2015 at 13:19, Gnangarra <gnangarra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> there are bigger questions than why like;
>>>
>>>   - how can this take place
>>>   - how can the community ensure its representatives independence in the
>>>   future,
>>>   - what effect will this have on other elected representatives on the
>>>   board
>>>
>>> The Florida statute(
>>> https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/617.0808 ) referred
>>> to earlier says that If a director is elected by a class, chapter, or
>> other
>>> organizational unit, or by region or other geographic grouping, the
>>> director may be removed only by the members of that class, chapter, unit,
>>> or grouping.  Do they even have ability to remove the person in the first
>>> place given the action of the board why are they also determining the
>> next
>>> steps in the replacing our representative.
>>>
>>> Gn.
>>>
>>> On 29 December 2015 at 19:53, Thomas Goldammer <thogol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2015-12-29 10:15 GMT+01:00 Isarra Yos <zhorishna at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It says a lot, but just what that is depends entirely on the context.
>>> And
>>>>> for community members who voted for him, that context could mean we
>>>> should
>>>>> also no longer have confidence in him elsewhere in the projects, or
>> in
>>>> the
>>>>> board, or have no bearing on either thing whatsoever. Not knowing
>> just
>>>>> means there's no indication what to trust.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather lose the trust and confidence in those 8 Board members than
>> in
>>>> him without knowing what was the cause for his disbarment. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the Board by-laws have to be changed, too. Throwing out a
>>>> community-elected member like this, without providing a reason, is no
>> way
>>>> to deal with the community who elected this member. It should be
>>> mandatory
>>>> that the Board provides reasons together with the announcement to avoid
>>>> exactly this kind of discussions and speculations, not a day (or more)
>>>> later.
>>>>
>>>> And as for no-cause disbarments for community-elected members in a
>>>> community-driven environment - uhm... I don't need to delve into that,
>>>> everyone can see the problem. The Board should just not be allowed to
>>>> disbar community-elected members without a cause, as that undermines
>> the
>>>> authority of the community over those seats on the Board.
>>>>
>>>> Th.
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News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/News_and_notes

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/In_the_media

Traffic report: Bowled over
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/Traffic_report

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/WikiProject_report

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, ''Freedom Planet'' & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/Featured_content

Gallery: Feel the love
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-02-11/Gallery

Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single/2015-02-11

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Anniversary: A decade of the ''Signpost''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Anniversary

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Interview

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Op-ed

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/News_and_notes

In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/In_the_media

Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Featured_content

Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Arbitration_report

Technology report: The future of MediaWiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Technology_report

Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single/2015-01-21

PDF version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

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