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11 March 2013

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Signpost–Wikizine merger

I am pleased to announce that the Signpost and Wikizine have reached an in-principle agreement that will see Wikizine published as a special Signpost section at the beginning of each month.

Finance committee updates

During March, three of the Wikimedia Foundation's grantmaking schemes on Meta will reach important crossroads, which will shape how both the editing communities and Wikimedia institutions handle the distribution of donors' money across the movement.

Featured content

Batman, three birds and a Mercedes

Twelve articles, five lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including an image of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a front-engine, 2-seat luxury grand tourer automobile developed by Mercedes-AMG.

Arbitration report

Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns

There are three open cases, and a final decision has been given in the Doncram case.

WikiProject report

Setting a precedent

This week, we spent some time with WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court Cases.

Technology report

Article Feedback reversal

The WMF has aborted a plan to deploy version 5 of the Article Feedback tool (AFTv5) rolled out to all English Wikipedia articles.

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