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News and notes
Fundraising, flora and fauna
Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection
Discussion report
Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities
In the media
A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio
And this edition's roundup of media coverage
Technology report
Upcoming tech projects for 2017
A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch
Featured content
Variety is the spice of life
Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted
Traffic report
Debates and escapes
Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel
Recent research
A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report
We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events