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22 December 2016
Year in review
Looking back on 2016
Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation
News and notes
Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
WMF reflects, to some degree, on its past approaches to strategic planning
Special report
German ArbCom implodes
The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud
In focus
Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment
A proposal from the Inspire Campaign to address harassment was recently implemented to prevent unconstructive and malicious editing on user pages
Op-ed
Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia
Even a well executed outreach event can yield disappointing results
In the media
In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign
Featured content
The Christmas edition
Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted
Technology report
Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
And a roundup of recently-added tools
Traffic report
Post-election traffic blues
Four weeks of popular article analysis
Blog
Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced
Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them
Recent research
One study and several abstracts
Privacy and Tor, and several other studies
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