MyWiki:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-10-14

• 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