Goings-on

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Goings-on in the last two months

February 2012

	8–27:	The vote on the Stewards elections 2012.
	24:	Input is requested to help evaluate Wikimedia Community Fellowship project ideas.

January 2012

	15–28:	Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012.
	18:	The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support.
	28:	Translation tools workshop: Siebrand will train Meta Wiki users in using the translation tools recently installed here.
	15:	Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month.
	12:	Members of the Wikimania 2013 jury announced.

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September 2011

	15:	Voting for 2nd 2011 Stewards elections begins.
	7:	Candidate submissions for the 2nd 2011 Stewards elections end.

August 2011

	22:	Candidate submissions for 2nd 2011 Stewards elections begin.
	20:	Proposed letter of agreement between Wikimedia Foundation and Brazilian volunteers.
	20–21:	Fifth annual Russian Wiki-Conference in Voronezh.
	4-7:	Seventh annual Wikimania Conference in Haifa, Israel.

July 2011

	23:	Details for Image filter referendum are published.
	16:	Proposal for Civipedia, a Citizens' Information project.

June 2011

	17:	The elections for the Wikimedia Foundation community-elected trustees results are published.
	12:	The elections for the Wikimedia Foundation community-elected trustees ends.

May 2011

	29:	The elections for the Wikimedia Foundation community-elected trustees start.
	5–22:	Candidate submissions for the elections of the Wikimedia Foundation community-elected trustees.
	21:	2nd Annual Convention (WikiCon) of Wikimedia Philippines at the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Philippines.

April 2011

	30:	Round 1 of the Fifth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Competition (to select the best featured picture of 2010) starts.
	19:	Voting begins for the Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 logo contest.
	18:	The Wikimedia 2011 semi-annual survey begins to create a profile of registered Wikimedia editors.
	15:	The Wikimedia Commons reaches ten million freely-licensed files in its database.

Meta: Goings-on (archived)

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Meta-wiki current version: 1.19wmf1 (r112130)

Wikipedia: Translation of the week

1. en:Psychological nativism & en:Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains/zh:富春山居图
2. en:Japanese clock/ja:和時計 & en:Naturalization Act of 1790
3. en:Social rejection & en:Paper mill
4. en:Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 & en:Bwana Devil
5. en:Indian nationalism & en:GRB 970228
6. en:Composite Index of National Capability & en:India–Japan relations
7. en:List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom & en:Akutan Zero
8. en:Cheese analogue & en:Computer museum
9. en:Jadeite Cabbage/zh:翠玉白菜 & en:IETF language tag
10. en:Left anarchism & en:International Food Policy Research Institute

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