Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.

Wikipedia manipulated and copied – again

Historical and pop culture articles promoted.

How do you make an average of 3,600 edits a week for over a decade? And what do you learn when you've done it?

Plus the latest technology upgrades, tools and news.

Notable missing articles.

In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.

A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.