Hi all,

We have have published our Impact Report for 2016, and I would like to draw your attention to some of the learnings and experiences we share in this comprehensive document. It has a special focus on Wikidata and community-centered Software Development and also covers our broad range of non-APG funded activities.

To make it easier to discover certain fields of our work in this long and beautiful document, I have picked some of the highlights for you. I invite you to read the report if you would like to learn about: * Wikidata – all the great features that were further developed and how Wikidata is getting ready for Commons and Wiktionary[1] * Technical Wishes Project – how an idea from WMDE is now movement practice and all the great technical features that were developed as a result[2] * Advocacy – An in-depth look at our policy work and what's at stake[3] * Open Science Fellow Program – how we want to revolutionize science from the bottom up[4] * New Editors – how we plan to make the onboarding of new Wikipedia authors more lovely experience[5] * Volunteers – how they put together the largest German-speaking conference and are building the grid of local hubs[6]

True to our approach of being a learning partner for the movement, we have also added a lot of shared learnings at the bottom of each section.[7],[8]

If you are coming to WMCON in Berlin this week, feel free to reach out to me and my colleagues directly with any questions or feedback. You can of course also get in touch via email or the talk pages. If you are not sure whom to best talk to, contact me and I will connect you with my colleagues.

Happy reading! Nicole

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime... [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikime...