Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection

A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities

And this edition's roundup of media coverage

A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch

Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel

We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events