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Arequest for comment is in progress to determine whether theadministrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity atWP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.
Netherlands report: Historical aerial photographs from the Ministry of Defense; Texts on Dutch philosophers released under free license; Wikipedia manual; Images from Erfgoedhuis Zuid-Holland
Serbia report: Two Serbian museums welcomed their first Wikipedians in Residence
Greetings! As you are one of the folks who deals with IRC cloaks, me andAdotchar are wonder what is taking so long; I asked for one in late October, and Adotchar in November. I hope you can enlighten us as to what has happened with our requests, or where they are. Thanks,!dave16:28, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 January 2018
News and notes:Communication is key Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.
Arbitration report:Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018 In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.
Traffic report:The best and worst of 2017 A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.
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