News and notes Communication is key Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.
Arbitration report Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018 In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.
Traffic report The best and worst of 2017 A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.
