Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2016-12-22

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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