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17 January 2017
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Next steps for the
Signpost
Building toward better recruitment and retention
News and notes
Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
A close look at the history of approving administrators on English Wikipedia, and a roundup of news
Interview
What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?
The wiki environment can appear deceptively uniform, but it masks strikingly different editorial experiences
In the media
Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
The latest media reports
Featured content
One year ends, and another begins
Twelve articles, thirteen lists and twelve pictures were promoted
Arbitration report
Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
Various minor developments
Traffic report
Out with the old, in with the new
If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive
Technology report
Tech present, past, and future
Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit
Recent research
Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia
And several other research papers reviewed and summarized
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