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Welcome to Wikimedia's goings-on, a central point for community-wide members to collect information about the project in many languages and report recent goings-on. This page should only be used to inform the various sub-communities of community-wide issues. For general discussion, see Meta:Babel.

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Goings-on in the last two months

May 2008

  8: Candidate submissions for the 2008 Board Elections begin.
  6: Flagged revisions is now running on the German Wikipedia.
  6: Proposal of a new Sister Project, called Wikisick (where every article is a real medical case), is started. See proposal details for Wikisick.
  5: Early registration for Wikimania 2008 is now open.
  5: A brainstorm for a new project, Wikimedia Radio, has been started. Your input is welcomed!

April 2008

  30: A discussion on introducing the Babel extension for Wikimedia was started.
  28: A community petition questions the recent decision to reduce community representation on the WMF board.
  22: Proposal of a new Semi-Wikipedia Project, called WikiTimeLine.net, is started. See proposal details for WikiTimeLine.
  21: Stuart West, a former senior executive at Yahoo! Inc. and TiVo Inc. was appointed as the new Treasurer of the Wikimedia Foundation by the Board of Trustees.
  15: Discussions on a Global Blocking extension for Wikimedia was started by creator/developer Andrew Garrett.
  11: The Wikimedia Blog is now open.


Older goings-on

March 2008

  29: Buenos Aires is selected to hold Wikimania 2009.
  24: A poll concerning suffrage and adminship requirements on Wikimedia Commons was held from 24 March to 31 March.
  24: The discussion about a rearrangement of the top ten wikipedias that are displayed on the wikipedia portal has started. Your comments are appreciated.
  17: Jimmy Wales has begun polling Facebook users as to their thoughts on showing advertisements on Wikipedia, and would like your input for future poll questions and options.
  15: The Board of Trustees selected its 2008 election committee members for the upcoming Board Elections.
  4: Wikimedia Australia and Wikimedia Hong Kong have both been approved by the foundation and are now officially recognised as Wikimedia chapters.
  4: Newly-appointed Board member Domas Mituzas is appointed to be the new Executive Secretary of the Wikimedia Foundation from March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 provided that his board term is extended through appointment or election beyond July 2008.

February 2008

  18: Wikimedia Foundation Chair Florence Devouard announced the appointment of two new trustees: Michael Snow, and developer Domas Mituzas (Midom).
  8: The Wikimedia Foundation issues its audited Financial Statements for fiscal year 2007.
  2: Stillman Wiki Wall Photo Contest opens. Please submit Wikimedia-related photos to be posted in the new San Francisco office.
  1: Wikimania call for participation open until 16 March 2008.

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  2. en:Constitution of Norway
  3. en:Armando Manzanero /
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  4. en:Chris Watson
  5. it:Ragazzi di via Panisperna /
    en:Via Panisperna boys
  6. en:Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
  7. nl:Saskia Uylenburgh /
    en:Saskia van Uylenburgh
  8. en:Joseba Sarrionandia /
    eu:Joseba Sarrionandia
  9. en:Kongō Gumi
  10. en:Awareness ribbon


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