Server-related events, problems, and changes included:

• 6 December - Special:Cite disabled on all sites except Wikipedia, Wikinews, and Wikiquote.
• 9 December - Changed Wikimedia homepage to an editable portal.
• 12 December - Restarted 'mint', which had been down for a few days.
• 13 December - IRC client restarted, allowing new channels on the Browne IRC server.