Goings-on/2006

[edit] Goings-on in December 2006

	30 :	A new proposal for WikiCode is up, please review and comment.
	25 :	Previous week (12 17-23)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	23 :	Results of the steward elections have been announced.
	18 :	Previous week (12 10-16)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	17 :	Voting for steward elections has closed.
	12 :	Previous week (12 03-09)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	8 :	Jan-Bart de Vreede, Kat Walsh and Oscar van Dillen are appointed to the Board of Trustees : (en) English  - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	4 :	Previous week (11 26-12 02)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語

[edit] Goings-on in November 2006

	28 :	Previous week (11 19-25)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	20 :	Previous week (11 12-18)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	14 :	Previous week (11 05-11)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	15 :	Scheduled attendance for Wikinews or Commons
	6 :	Previous week (10 29-11 04)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	5 :	New project proposal: Lookup directory wiki.

[edit] Goings-on in October 2006

	31 :	The third round of votes on the new logos for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wiktionary is now officially OVER.
	31 :	Previous week (10 22-28)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	28 :	Florence Devouard is now the Chair of the Foundation board : (en) English  - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (gl) Galician Galego - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	26 :	A total of $5 million is available for "projects that show how online news can transform community life."
	20-22 :	Report from the Wikimedia retreat in Frankfurt : (en) English  - (fr) French Français - (pl) Polish Polski - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	22 :	Previous week (10 15-21)'s Foundation list summary : (en) English - (es) Spanish Español  - (fr) French Français - (it) Italian Italiano - (ja) Japanese 日本語
	15 :	Help to build a Copyright wishlist
	15 :	The third round of votes on the new logos for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wiktionary has been opened and will go on until 31 October. Vote for ONE logo per project NOW!

[edit] Goings-on in September 2006

	30 :	Requests for comments about the latest Board Election has begun.
	30 :	Twenty new Wikipedias have been created.
	30 :	The second round of votes on the new logos for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wiktionary has been opened and will go on until 15 October. Vote now!
	25 :	Taipei has been chosen as host city for Wikimania 2007.
	24 :	Results for the Board of Trustees election have been released; congratulations go to Erik Möller, who will complete the remainder of Angela Beesley's term.
	21 :	The first round of votes on new logos for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wiktionary has been closed. Now that we've determined which logos will go to the run-off round, you are invited to submit refined and new versions of the winning logo groups' designs!
	15 :	In Memoriam: September 11 wiki is locked. See announce on foundation-l.
	7 :	The first round of votes on new logos for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wiktionary have been started. Go and vote now!
	1 :	Voting on the board election has begun! After carefully considering the candidates, please vote from the local project where you have suffrage.

[edit] Goings-on in August 2006

	28 :	The curtain falls on the Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006 in Hong Kong .
	25 :	Wikipedia has passed 5,000,000 articles (across all languages)
	24 :	Beta Wikiversity testing site goes live.
	15 :	English Wikiversity launched. Logo contest underway.
	10 :	New language combination templates are available for translators. See the discussion about them.
	6 :	2nd Wikimedia Int'l Conference, Wikimania 2006 was ended. You may want to join bidding for the next year.
	5 :	New proposed wikimedia project: WikiBibliography.
	3 :	New proposed wikimedia project: SpeedWiki.

[edit] Goings-on in July 2006

	31 :	The vote for the logo of the Test Wiki has closed.
	31 :	The vote for the logo of Incubator has closed.
	25 :	The vote on the final name of Wikimedia Incubator has been closed, with the result of keeping the current name.
	24 :	Details of Election are now available. Candidates will be accepted from August 1. Help to spread out this news to your favorite projects!
	23 :	The 2006 Elections to the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will start soon, we're searching for translators .
	20 :	Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006 is now accepting registration .
	17 :	New proposal: Wikichildren .
	16 :	Single login will be implemented within a few weeks. Please update your email/password preferences across projects.
	15 :	Voting is now under way for the variant of the chosen logo for Incubator.
	14 :	A call for pamphlets and marketing materials
	11 :	A discussion about Scanning old books on wikisource has started

[edit] Goings-on in June 2006

	29 :	Voting is now under way for the new logo for Incubator.
	26 :	Naming discussion for Incubator wiki launched at Wikimedia Incubator/name.
	17 :	Proposal of a medical dictionary wiki
	11 :	Discussion started on a new logo for Wiktionary, a new logo for Incubator, and a new logo for Wikibooks.
	10 :	Meta:Language select goes live!
	8 :	The English Wikipedia has reached 1000 featured articles (see press release).
	5 :	New proposal: Wikicitizens
	2 :	New proposal: Wikiscope, a central viewer-based coordination of Wikimedia projects.
	2 :	A project for testing proposed wikis, called incubator, has been started.

[edit] Goings-on in May 2006

	30 :	Proposal for the next wikimarkup, "Wikimark2" (discussion)
	26 :	New proposals: WikiBrain, WikiPoll
	18 :	New proposal: WikiActivism, an information source on what various social movements are, and how to support them.
	14 :	The Swiss chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation has been created. Details on http://www.wikimedia.ch (in German)

[edit] Goings-on in April 2006

None occured this month.

[edit] Goings-on in March 2006

	30 :	A proposal to close the September 11 Wiki has been made.
	24 :	MetaProject to Overhaul Meta initiated.
	24 :	Fourteen new Wikipedias have been created.
	18 :	New proposal: Wikikernel, a new project incubator for new Wikimedia project proposals.
	14 :	New proposal: One encyclopedia per child.
	7 :	New proposal page posted for Wikiepic.

[edit] Goings-on in February 2006

	26 :	have a look at Google Grants.
	-	A first draft sorts out which features a future Multilingual MediaWiki should have.
	22 :	A new project proposal for a genealogy wiki currently at Rodovid.org
	11 :	at 21.00 UTC, a follow-up meeting will continue the discussions begun on February 5
	5 :	An Open meeting is to be undergoing Sunday February 5, 21.00 UTC If you are free to attend.
	3 :	Wikimedia Canada is well on its way to becoming a local chapter.
	1 :	A new Wikisource logo discussion and vote has started.

[edit] Goings-on in January 2006

	20 :	Spam Filter Project startup. Addresses deficiences in existing SpamBlacklist extension and $wgSpamRegex
	20 :	Arabic Wikipedia doing an IRC meet on Friday Jan 20, 14:00 EST / 19:00 UTC. irc.freenode.net, #wikipeda and #ar.wikipedia
	13 :	French language Wikipedia has begun using a new namespace for references cited within articles (see fr:Aide:Espace référence).
	10 :	End of the 2006 Stewards elections.
	5 :	German DVD/Book release - December 2005 was published on the Foundation website. Please help translate it on meta if you feel it is worth being understandable by editors of your language.
	1 :	A new system message : MediaWiki:Istemplate appears in the "what links here" lists of templates [1]
	1 :	A new system message : MediaWiki:Imagelistforuser has been created (purpose ?)