Goings-on/2008

This is the archive of Goings-on in 2008. See also archived Goings-on in 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004.

[edit] Goings-on in May 2008

	28:	SUL is now activated for all users, visit Special:MergeAccount to get started!
	23:	Questions to candidates in the 2008 Board Elections are now being submitted.
	8:	Candidate submissions for the 2008 Board Elections ended on 22 May.
	6:	Flagged revisions is now running on the German Wikipedia.
	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!

	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.
	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.

	29:	Buenos Aires is selected to hold Wikimania 2009.
	24:	A poll concerning suffrage and adminship requirements on Wikimedia Commons is open until 31 March, 00:00 UTC.
	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.

	18:	On Wednesday, 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.

	30:	Meeting in #wikimedia-ca to start Wikimedia Canada up again.
	29:	Veronique Kessler, appointed Chief Financial and Operating Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation. Hiring Veronique, Kul and Jay Walsh (Head of Communications) is announced with a press release.
	25:	The 2007 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year competition result is out and Broadway tower edit.jpg was chosen as the winner. (see here for more details)
	20:	The 2007 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year competition final vote.
	16:	New Jury selected for Wikimania 2009.
	15:	The vote on rewritten Stewards policy has opened.
	10:	The 2007 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year competition round 1 vote.
	10:	The vote on rewritten Stewards policy is being organized, whose start is planned on January 15.
	9 :	A new proposal for a Wikicommunity has been established. Please review and comment.
	8 :	A new proposal for a Policy on overuse of bots in Wikipedias has been established. Please review and comment.
	3 :	WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner, has hired a Kul Takanao Wadhwa as Head of Business Development of the Wikimedia Foundation .
	2 :	Page moves are now set to autoconfirmed on all Wikimedia wikis (bug 12071).
	1 :	Four (4) Stewards, namely Ausir, Romihaitza, Snowdog and Suisui have failed re-confirmation due to inactivity and thus have been removed as Stewards.