MyWiki:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-12-22

• Year in review: Looking back on 2016
  Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation

• News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
  WMF reflects, to some degree, on its past approaches to strategic planning

• Special report: German ArbCom implodes
  The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud

• In focus: Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment
  A proposal from the Inspire Campaign to address harassment was recently implemented to prevent unconstructive and malicious editing on user pages

• Op-ed: Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia
  Even a well executed outreach event can yield disappointing results

• In the media: In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
  Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign

• Featured content: The Christmas edition
  Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

• Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
  And a roundup of recently-added tools

• Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues
  Four weeks of popular article analysis

• Blog: Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced
  Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them

• Recent research: One study and several abstracts
  Privacy and Tor, and several other studies