Server-related events, problems, and changes included:

• 13 December - srv30 broke while making a database dump
• 14 December - Stylesheet added for http://static.wikipedia.org/
• 15 December - Javascript counters removed from NL Portal and BE Portal
• 17 December - Track bar image installed for the fundraising drive
• 17 December - Interwikis to the Zh-min-nan Wiktionary fixed

A Wikimedia Foundation fundraising drive began Friday. The fundraiser, which will last for three weeks, ends on 6 January. At press time, US$54,479.66 had been raised, and the $16,285.68 raised on 18 December was the highest one-day total yet for a Wikimedia fundraiser. Although no specific goal has been set, Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO, indicated he hoped it could raise at least USD $500,000.

After a series of page moves, United States was inadvertently deleted for over an hour. The cause was a move conflict by administrators trying to fix the moves. When administrators tried to undelete the article, they were unable to do so. brion finally undeleted the article. Interestingly, the deletion log shows no page deletion during this time.

• The Slovenian Wikipedia has reached 20,000 articles.
• The Spanish Wikipedia has reached 80,000 articles.
• The Lithuanian Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles.
• The Chinese Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles.
• The Breton Wikipedia has reached 3000 articles.

The Arbitration Committee closed one case this week, brought against Rangerdude.

A case against Rangerdude was closed on Sunday. As a result, Rangerdude has been placed on probation for one year. Both Rangerdude and Willcmw were admonished regarding their actions with respect to separate Wikipedians with their own articles. Those Wikipedians, Cberlet and Nskinsella, respectively, were cautioned to "avoid over-involvement" in their articles. Finally, Nskinsella was cautioned about making personal attacks. The Arbitration Committee found that Rangerdude had edited with "an aggressive" POV at times, and had been involved in disputes with Cberlet. Willcmw, meanwhile, had quarrelled with Nskinsella, making an inappropriate edit at least once. Nskinsella had in turn made personal attacks against Willmcw.

Cases were accepted this week against Benjamin Gatti (user page) and Sortan (user page). Both are in the evidence phase.

Other cases against Gibraltarian (user page), Carl Hewitt (user page), voters on webcomics AFDs, Reddi (user page), EffK (user page), numerous editors on Neuro-linguistic programming, Johnski (user page), and a series of editors on Winter Soldier are in the evidence phase.

Cases against Copperchair (user page), Xed (user page), editors on climate change-related articles, AndriyK (user page), Fuelwagon and Ed Poor, editors Ted Wilkes, Wyss, and Onefortyone, numerous editors on Political Research Associates, and Ultramarine are in the voting phase.

A motion to close is on the table in the case against numerous editors on Ted Kennedy.