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23 October 2013

Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community

The next twice-yearly round of Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) grantmaking is soon to close for community questioning and commentary. Ten nation-based Wikimedia chapters and one thematic organisation are asking for a total of more than US5ドルM of donors’ money from the Foundation’s renamed annual plan grant process. Aside from Wikimedia UK (708ドルk), the three biggest asks are from the German-speaking chapters: Wikimedia Germany is asking for 2ドル.4M and Wikimedia Austria 311ドルk; and the German-language-related Swiss chapter is applying for 500ドルk.

Your average week ... and a fish

Media, sports and Google Doodles dominate, though a very odd fish decided to crash the party.

Featured content

Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia

Twelve articles, four lists, and four pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including the article on cabbage.

Discussion report

More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia

MIT Technology Review published a long article on what it called "The decline of Wikipedia". Editor involvement has decreased since 2007; according to the article, this has had an adverse qualitative effect on content, particularly on issues pertinent to non-British and American male geeks.

WikiProject report

Elements of the world

This week, we headed to an elementary subject with WikiProject Elements. Founded by Mav in 2002, this project has grown to have 19 featured articles, 2 featured topics, and 68 good articles. The project also has a list of templates, and a periodic table of elements filled with pictures.

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