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The Signpost: 30 April 2014

News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal

Like hammering a square peg into a round hole, the Wikimedia Foundation has submitted a draft annual plan for 2014–15 to its own Funds Dissemination Committee. Unlike the WMF's submission to the FDC's inaugural round in October 2012, the "proposal" does not seek funding.

Traffic report: Going to the Doggs

Not much to report this week. The same post-Easter celebrations (4/20, Earth Day) were popular again this year, except last year we were still reeling from the Boston Marathon bombing.

Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director

The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that its new executive director will be Lila Tretikov, until now a chief product officer in Silicon Valley.

WikiProject report: Genetics

This week, we unraveled the mysteries of WikiProject Genetics.

Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum

Ed Roley, Associate Director of Integrated Media at the Peabody Essex Museum, talks about GLAM engagement with Wikipedia.

Featured content: Browsing behaviours

Four articles and sixteen featured pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google

Can you predict the number of seasonal influenza-like illness in the U.S. using data from Wikipedia?

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
141	Royal College of Physicians (talk)	Add sources
29	Industrial Disease (song) (talk)	Add sources
52	So Far Away (Dire Straits song) (talk)	Add sources
16	On Every Street (song) (talk)	Add sources
4	1996–97 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team (talk)	Add sources
1,551	Cheo Feliciano (talk)	Add sources
414	History of Liverpool F.C. (talk)	Cleanup
89	Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest (talk)	Cleanup
117	History of the Eurovision Song Contest (talk)	Cleanup
30	Rosa López (talk)	Expand
536	Aroldis Chapman (talk)	Expand
469	Jerry Goldsmith (talk)	Expand
56	Mithila (ancient) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,894	Eurovision Song Contest (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
116	Sweep-picking (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
32	WKYT-TV (talk)	Merge
7	Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 (talk)	Merge
2,334	Mitochondrion (talk)	Merge
6	1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (talk)	Wikify
59	Green Shield Stamps (talk)	Wikify
30	John Kennedy O'Connor (talk)	Wikify
0	Antonín Engel (talk)	Orphan
2	Agustín Millares Sall (talk)	Orphan
0	Ali Miharbi (talk)	Orphan
34	Lady Writer (talk)	Stub
7	Aivaras Stepukonis (talk)	Stub
52	Marcus Lee (talk)	Stub
3	Reflection (Bobbie Singer song) (talk)	Stub
15	You and Your Friend (talk)	Stub
14	Alan Burns (author) (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 07 May 2014

News and notes: New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?

The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) introduced the first form of what are known as the "discretionary sanction" (DS) in 2009. A new DS regime, called Discretionary sanctions (2014), is the result of an elaborate review process involving both the community, since last September, and the committee, for more than a year.

Traffic report: TMZedia

For all the claims of Wikipedia bringing the world's knowledge to all who want it, it seems the human race most wants is a tabloid newspaper; a quick source for TV listings, pop culture facts, celebrity gossip and, above all, scandal—with some nice juicy racism thrown in too.

In focus: Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director

In a live video stream on 1 May, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that Lila Tretikov will be replacing Sue Gardner, its executive director. Gardner, who has been in the position since 2007, declared her intention to leave more than a year ago.

WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain.

In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne

Boston Children's Hospital postdoctoral fellow David McIver and a team have determined that using page view statistics from Wikipedia, they can track flu progression better than the Center for Disease Control can using Google searches.

WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision

Formed in 2003, the Eurovision WikiProject boasts four featured articles and 22 good articles. The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 is currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, so we went to the stage to talk with one of the project's members.

Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum

Four articles, two lists, and five pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

May 2014

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
262	Anglicisation (talk)	Add sources
1	2011–12 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team (talk)	Add sources
327	Roskilde Festival (talk)	Add sources
132	Alan Clark (keyboardist) (talk)	Add sources
5,258	Czech Republic (talk)	Add sources
40	The Wilderness Society (United States) (talk)	Add sources
988	France in the Eurovision Song Contest (talk)	Cleanup
2	Tulane Green Wave football, 1990–99 (talk)	Cleanup
9	Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe (talk)	Cleanup
46	Ira Losco (talk)	Expand
25	Global Kryner (talk)	Expand
8	União Sport Clube do Uíge (talk)	Expand
20	Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
178	Mr. Jones (Counting Crows song) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
21	2009 Miami Hurricanes football team (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
65	Octopus (ride) (talk)	Merge
582	Vocal folds (talk)	Merge
3,798	Tangled (talk)	Merge
146	Gig (music) (talk)	Wikify
1	Tulane Green Wave football, 1980–89 (talk)	Wikify
10	Kasey Anderson (talk)	Wikify
1	Anton Vamplew (talk)	Orphan
3	ACRV1 (talk)	Orphan
3	Athenian Grain-Tax Law of 374/3 B.C. (talk)	Orphan
25	Heavy Fuel (talk)	Stub
31	Idris Sardi (talk)	Stub
56	The Notting Hillbillies (talk)	Stub
47	Private Investigations (talk)	Stub
93	Money for Nothing (album) (talk)	Stub
2	Sister (Sergio & The Ladies song) (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 14 May 2014

Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity

On 2 May 2012, the Wikimania jury announced that Hong Kong's bid to hold the 2013 event had beaten four other proposals. Moderator James Forrester wrote: "The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off a magnificent Wikimania,"—and indeed there were positive comments about the event from most attendees.

WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico

This week, the Signpost jumped over the ocean to chat with the Puerto Rico WikiProject.

News and notes: 'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia

Editors of Australian-related topics on the English Wikipedia may have noticed an odd addition if they viewed the article's talk pages. For example, on Talk:Darwin, Northern Territory, they might be drawn in by the question mark, nested within what is often a sea of WikiProject templates: "Need help improving this article? Ask a librarian at the National Library of Australia, or the Northern Territory Library." Just what is this?

Featured content: On the rocks

Six articles, seven lists, and four pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.

Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May

Eurovision is known for being political, and it was a doozy this week.

Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look

The Media Viewer is scheduled to launch on the English Wikipedia next week.

The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
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Op-ed: Peacemaker67 on Featured Articles involving Yugoslavia in World War II

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The Signpost: 21 May 2014

News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution

Last Sunday the board of Wikimedia Germany passed 9–1 a vote of no confidence in the chapter's executive director, Pavel Richter, who has held the position since 2009. With more than 50 employees, an annual budget approaching $10 million, and the right to conduct its own fundraising through the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) site banners, Wikimedia Germany is the second-largest organisation in the movement after the WMF itself. The decision was announced on the Wikimedia mailing list by the chapter chair, Nikolas Becker.

Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles

Thirteen articles, sixteen pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Traffic report: Doodles' dawn

It's a relief to see Google Doodles having an impact again; their wide coverage means that they inspire curiosity on many subjects which, for reasons of nationality, ethnicity or gender, might not be known in the English-speaking world. It's a shame then, that Wikipedia so often fails to keep up; articles on Google Doodles are almost invariably C-class, and seldom do justice to their subjects. Still, interest in Google Doodles has been waning in recent months—Audrey Hepburn last week was the first to top the list since December—so any rise in popularity is worth celebrating.

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
10	Jojon (talk)	Add sources
10	Party of the Republic (talk)	Add sources
11	2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team (talk)	Add sources
21	Edith's 50th Birthday (talk)	Add sources
44	KSTS (talk)	Add sources
176	Baikonur (talk)	Add sources
225	Valentina Monetta (talk)	Cleanup
4,603	2014 Crimean crisis (talk)	Cleanup
118	Live Is Life (talk)	Cleanup
2	2009–10 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team (talk)	Expand
6	2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team (talk)	Expand
12	Pernambucan Revolt (talk)	Expand
196	Four-letter word (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
14	Kayden Troff (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
79	Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
4	Gaidakot, Nawalparasi (talk)	Merge
14	History of Pernambuco (talk)	Merge
9	Captaincy of Pernambuco (talk)	Merge
23	Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue (talk)	Wikify
137	Discipline (academia) (talk)	Wikify
243	Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest (talk)	Wikify
0	Antônio de Barros Carvalho (talk)	Orphan
4	Augmented GeoTravel (talk)	Orphan
2	Arcade Building (Toronto) (talk)	Orphan
13	Uwingu (talk)	Stub
0	Aphirape (talk)	Stub
13	Brazilian Republican Party (talk)	Stub
8	1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team (talk)	Stub
2	Republican Party of the Social Order (talk)	Stub
19	Social Christian Party (Brazil) (talk)	Stub

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