From the editor:
Next steps for the
Signpost
Building toward better recruitment and retention
News and notes:
Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
A close look at the history of approving administrators on English Wikipedia, and a roundup of news
Interview:
What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?
The wiki environment can appear deceptively uniform, but it masks strikingly different editorial experiences
In the media:
Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
The latest media reports
Featured content:
One year ends, and another begins
Twelve articles, thirteen lists and twelve pictures were promoted
Arbitration report:
Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
Various minor developments
Traffic report:
Out with the old, in with the new
If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive
Technology report:
Tech present, past, and future
Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit
Recent research:
Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia
And several other research papers reviewed and summarized
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-01-17