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Goings-on in the past two months

May 2013

	16:	A proposal to move Meta-Wiki to www.wikimedia.org is started.
	6:	A request for comment about the scope of the Ombudsman Commission is opened.
	1:	A demo of the proposed WikiLang project is launched right here on Meta! Everybody is invited to contribute, review, and share constructive criticism.
	1:	The Wiki Loves Public Art ([1]) contest starts. The participating countries are Austria, Finland, Israel, Spain (Barcelona), and Sweden.

April 2013

	24:	A proposal for starting a musical score transcription Wikimedia project is opened.
	24:	A request for comment on the interproject links interface is opened.
	16:	A request for comment concerning the removal of rights from inactive accounts is opened.

March 2013

	27:	WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner announces plans to step down this year, begins planning for the transition (wikimedia-l thread).
	8:	Help beta test mobile uploading with the new Wikimedia Commons app this week.
	7:	An urgent proposal about interwiki bots and the Wikidata interwiki migration is opened and quickly closed.

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February 2013

	21:	A proposal for adopting the multilingual dictionary OmegaWiki as a Wikimedia project is opened.
	21:	The results of the 2012 Picture of the Year contest was announced on Wikimedia Commons.
	17:	A new project called "WikiLang" is submitted as a proposal to document and help revitalise endangered and dead languages.
	08:	Steward elections are being held. Voting is open till 27 February 2013, 23:59 (UTC).

January 2013

	22:	Wikimania 2013 is now accepting travel scholarship applications. Apply by February 22.
	16:	The Wikimedia Foundation is offering new kinds of funding for projects, including grants for individuals. Get involved!
	15:	Wikivoyage, the free travel guide that anyone can edit, is officially launched.

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Wikipedia: Translation of the week

1. fr:Haggis sauvage/en:Wild haggis/sco:Wild haggis
2. en:Education in Cuba/es:Educación en Cuba
3. en:Singapore strategy
4. en:Asii
5. en:Central Cross-Island Highway/zh:中橫公路
6. en:Students for a Free Tibet
7. en:City Palace, Jaipur
8. en:Merchants of Doubt
9. en:2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties
10. en:Square Deal

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