MyWiki:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-01-16

• News and notes: Communication is key
  Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.

• In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media
  Wikipedia manipulated and copied – again

• Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics
  Historical and pop culture articles promoted.

• Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
  How do you make an average of 3,600 edits a week for over a decade? And what do you learn when you've done it?

• Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers
  Plus the latest technology upgrades, tools and news.

• Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?
  Notable missing articles.

• 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.