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Volume 9, Issue 01, 07 January 2013

• Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die

• News and notes: 2012—the big year

• WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year

• Featured content: Featured content in review

• Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013

Volume 9, Issue 02, 14 January 2013

• Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat

• News and notes: Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme

• Special report: Loss of an Internet genius

• Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style, accessibility and equality

• WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy

• Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012

• Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months

• Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment

Volume 9, Issue 03, 21 January 2013

• News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward

• WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics

• Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review

• Arbitration report: Doncram case continues

• Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success

Volume 9, Issue 04, 28 January 2013

• In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia

• News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate

• Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics

• Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012

• WikiProject report: Checkmate! – WikiProject Chess

• Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests

• Arbitration report: Doncram continues

• Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems

Volume 9, Issue 05, 04 February 2013

• Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications

• In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry

• News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance

• Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes

• WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun – WikiProject Norway

• Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment

Volume 9, Issue 06, 11 February 2013

• Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia

• News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year

• In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in ownership dispute over island chain

• Discussion report: WebCite proposal; request for adminship reform

• WikiProject report: Just the Facts – WikiProject Infoboxes

• Featured content: A lousy week

• Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters

Volume 9, Issue 7, 18 February 2013

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit

• In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press

• WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines

• Featured content: Featured content gets schooled

• Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings

Volume 9, Issue 8, 25 February 2013

• News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year

• In the media: Former WMF board member creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for Fleishman-Hillard PR agency

• Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers; EPOV instead of NPOV

• Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization

• WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload

• Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'

• Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely

Volume 9, Issue 9, 04 March 2013

• Op-ed: We must do more to turn readers into editors

• News and notes: Outing of editor causes firestorm

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Television Stations

• Featured content: Slow week for featured content

Volume 9, Issue 10, 11 March 2013

• From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger; new writers

• News and notes: Finance committee updates

• Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes

• WikiProject report: Setting a precedent

• Arbitration report: Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns

• Technology report: Article Feedback reversal: watershed moment?; plus code review one year on

Volume 9, Issue 11, 18 March 2013

• News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee

• Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries

• Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm

• WikiProject report: Making music with WikiProject Composers

• Arbitration report: Another arbitrator resigns; Richard case closes

• Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule" for July rollout

Volume 9, Issue 12, 25 March 2013

• News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews

• Featured content: One and a half soursops

• WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh

• Arbitration report: Two open cases

• Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?

• Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages

Volume 9, Issue 13, 01 April 2013

• Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia? The WMF's surprising stats

• News and notes: Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions

• Featured content: What the ?

• WikiProject report: Special: FAQs

• Arbitration report: Three open cases

• Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt

Volume 9, Issue 14, 08 April 2013

• Wikizine: Introducing Wikizine; WMF scales back feature after outcry

• News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer

• Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry

• WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes

• Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History

• Technology report: Testing week for developers and their deployments

Volume 9, Issue 15, 15 April 2013

• Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?

• News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops

• Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear

• WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa

Volume 9, Issue 16, 22 April 2013

• News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag

• In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news

• Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention

• Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban

• Technology report: A flurry of deployments

Volume 9, Issue 17, 29 April 2013

• News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp

• In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax

• Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week

• Featured content: Wiki loves video games

• WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball

• Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases

• Recent research: Sentiment monitoring; Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers; UNESCO and systemic bias; How ideas flow on Wikiversity

• Technology report: New notifications system deployed across Wikipedia

Volume 9, Issue 18, 06 May 2013

• News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014

• In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions

• Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!

• WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!

• Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy

Volume 9, Issue 19, 13 May 2013

• News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list

• In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?

• Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map

• WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts

• Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases

Volume 9, Issue 20, 20 May 2013

• Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment

• News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles

• In the media: Qworty incident continues

• WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome

• Featured content: Up in the air

Volume 9, Issue 21, 27 May 2013

• Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money

• News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions

• In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing

• Featured content: Life of 2π

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates

• Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels

• Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?

Volume 9, Issue 22, 05 June 2013

• From the editor: Signpost developments

• News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; could WikiLang be the next WMF project?

• In the media: China blocks secure version of Wikipedia

• Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report

• Featured content: A week of portraits

• WikiProject report: Operation Normandy

• Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'

Volume 9, Issue 23, 12 June 2013

• Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons

• News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal

• Traffic report: Who holds the throne?

• In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"

• Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more

• Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange

• Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History

• WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing

Volume 9, Issue 25, 19 June 2013

• Op-ed: Two responses to "The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons"

• News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?

• In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia; Editing of Israel topics

• Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week

• Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting

• Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen

• WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee

• Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement

• Technology report: May engineering report: Flow enters consultation phase and other headlines

Volume 9, Issue 25, 26 June 2013

• News and notes: Election results released

• In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

• Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion

• Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden

• Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended

• Recent research: Controversial Wikipedia topics

Volume 9, Issue 26, 03 July 2013

• News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace

• In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing

• Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views

• Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more

• WikiProject report: Puppies!

• Featured content: Queen of France

• Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments

• Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series

Volume 9, Issue 27, 10 July 2013

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south

• Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project

• Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

• Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more

• WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales

• Featured content: The week of the birds

Volume 9, Issue 28, 17 July 2013

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix

• Featured content: Documents and sports

• Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

Volume 9, Issue 29, 24 July 2013

• News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India

• In the media: Wikipedia flamewars

• Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion

• Featured content: Engineering and the arts

• Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens

• Traffic report: Gleeless

Volume 9, Issue 30, 31 July 2013

• Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change

• News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013

• Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!

• Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia

• Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes

• Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha

• Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

Volume 9, Issue 31, 07 August 2013

• News and notes: Chapters Association self-destructs

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Freedom of Speech

• Featured content: The great Colorado River and the mysterious case of the grand duchess

• Discussion report: Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more

• Arbitration report: Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea party movement case

• Traffic report: Greetings from the graveyard

Volume 9, Issue 32, 14 August 2013

• Special report: Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness

• News and notes: "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches

• In the media: Chinese censorship

• Discussion report: Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS

• WikiProject report: For the love of stamps

• Featured content: Wikipedia takes the cities

• Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes; invitation to comment on applicants for checkuser and oversight ends 16 August

Volume 9, Issue 33, 21 August 2013

• From the editor: Call for contributors

• WikiProject report: Today's article for improvement

• News and notes: Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's coming out as transgender

• Traffic report: Bad Cat

• Discussion report: Skyscrapers, Gibraltar DYKs, Four Award, Secure login, and more

• Featured content: Afrobeat

• Arbitration report: Proposed decision posted in Infoboxes case; Tea Party movement case continues

• Technology report: Generating musical scores with LilyPond

Volume 9, Issue 34, 28 August 2013

• News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

• In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

• Traffic report: Reddit creep

• WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

• Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

• Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

• Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

Volume 9, Issue 35, 04 September 2013

• In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in the Azerbaijani Wikipedia

• News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

• WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

• Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

• Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

• Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

• Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

Volume 9, Issue 36, 11 September 2013

• News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

• In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

• WikiProject report: Traveling to Indonesia

• Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

• Featured content: Tintin goes featured

• Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

Volume 9, Issue 37, 18 September 2013

• News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

• Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

• WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

• Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

• Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

Volume 9, Issue 38, 25 September 2013

• Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

• News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

• Traffic report: Look on Walter's works

• In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

• Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage

• Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

Volume 9, Issue 39, 02 October 2013

• News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities

• Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership

• Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

• WikiProject report: U2 Too

• Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia

• Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

Volume 9, Issue 40, 09 October 2013

• News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed

• Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans

• In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia

• WikiProject report: Australian Roads

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns

• Featured content: Under the sea

Volume 9, Issue 41, 16 October 2013

• News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin

• WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology

• Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri

• Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more

• Featured content: That's a lot of pictures

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes

Volume 9, Issue 42, 23 October 2013

• News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community

• In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia

• Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Your average week ... and a fish

• Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Elements

Volume 9, Issue 43, 30 October 2013

• News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?

• Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years

• In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?

• WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying

• Featured content: Wrestling with featured content

• Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube

Volume 9, Issue 44, 06 November 2013

• News and notes: Alleged 'outing' of an editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban

• Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility

• Traffic report: Danse Macabre

• Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more

• Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

Volume 9, Issue 45, 13 November 2013

• Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance

• News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it

• Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block

• Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more

• WikiProject report: The world of soap operas

• Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

Volume 9, Issue 46, 20 November 2013

• From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

• News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting

• Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive

• Traffic report: Ill Winds

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election opens; WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators

• WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia

• Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures

Volume 9, Issue 48, 04 December 2013

• News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions

• Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more

• WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie

• Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who

• Featured content: F*&!

• Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review

• Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia

Volume 9, Issue 49, 11 December 2013

• News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced

• In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling

• Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion

• Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine

• Featured content: Viewer discretion advised

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released

Volume 9, Issue 50, 18 December 2013

• News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia

• Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more

• Traffic report: Hopper to the top

• Featured content: Triangulum, the world's most boring constellation

• Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset

Volume 9, Issue 51, 25 December 2013

• Recent research: Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments

• News and notes: IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions

• Discussion report: Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings

• WikiProject report: More Great WikiProject Logos

• Featured content: Drunken birds and treasonous kings

• Technology report: OAuth: future of user designed tools