News and notes Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments2014-04-09
Community review is open for the four applications in the second and final round of applications to the WMF's Funds Dissemination Committee for 2013–14. Three eligible organisations have applied for funding under the newly named "annual program grants": Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Norway, and the India-based Centre for Internet and Society, which last November was recognised as eligible to apply for FDC funding purposes.
Arbitration report Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion2014-01-29
The Kafziel case has been closed, with Kafziel losing his administrator status as a result.
Technology report What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?2013-09-18
In this week's "Technology report", we look at how the growth of Wikidata can benefit Wikipedia. Gerard Meijssen is a highly active contributor and frequent blogger about Wikidata. We asked him to share his thoughts on how the new project benefits Wikipedia.
Technology report Making Wikipedia more accessible2013-09-04
In this week's "Technology report", we explore ways of making Wikipedia more accessible to users of screen readers. Graham87 is a highly active contributor who is also blind and accesses the site through a screen reader.
Technology report Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia2013-08-28
Wikipedia's traditional image gallery format, produced by the markup, has remained largely unchanged for years. The resulting layout, seen below, does not adapt well to variations in image size, and has been characterized by some critics as aesthetically unappealing.
Technology report Generating musical scores with LilyPond2013-08-21
Thanks to a new MediaWiki extension, editors can now use the popular LilyPond format to embed musical scores in articles.