News and notes Resigning arbitrator slams Committee Just two months into his second term as an arbitrator on the English Wikipedia, Coren resigned from the Committee with a blistering attack on his fellow arbitrators. At the heart of a strongly worded statement, posted both on his talk page and the arbitration notice board, was the claim that ArbCom has become politicised to the extent that "it can no longer do the job it was ostensibly elected for".
WikiProject report Making music This week, we composed a tribute to WikiProject Composers. The project was created during the final hours of 2004 and finalized in early January 2005. It has grown to encompass over 8,000 pages, including 26 Featured Articles and 23 Good Articles. WikiProject Composers faces a difficult workload, with a relative WikiWork rating of 5.45.
Interview Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries Ask librarians what they think about Wikipedia and you might get some interesting answers. Some will throw up their hands about the laziness of the Google generation and their overdependence on Wikipedia. Some see it as the "competition". And some will tell you it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Featured content Wikipedia stays warm Nine articles, seven lists, eleven images, and one topic were promoted to "featured status" this week on the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration report Richard case closes On Thursday, arbitrator Coren resigned, following closely on the heels of Hersfold's resignation on Wednesday. There are two open cases. A final decision has been given in the Richard case.
Technology report Visual Editor "on schedule" The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.
