[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 7, Issue 51 -- 19 December 2011

News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/News_a… In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/In_the… Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/Discus… WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/WikiPr… Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/Featur… Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/Arbitr… Technology report: Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-12-19 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost