[Wikimedia-l] [Wikizine] This Week: A Brief Summary

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Top stories this week:

WMF executive director Sue Gardner interviewed by The Telegraph in Sydney,
Australia. Read it at
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/data-plans-unnerving-wikipedia-boss/story-e6freuz0-1226576326861
 Highlights from January 2013, including individual grants, a data center
migration, and the launch of Wikivoyage, was published at
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/17/wikimedia-highlights-january-2013/

The Wikimedia Foundation has called their lawsuit against Internet Brands a
'victory for Wikivoyage and free knowledge" over the ability to fork
Wikitravel. *The Signpost *has in-depth coverage at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-02-18/News_and_notes

Wikimedia is looking<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-February/123987.html>for
a new member of the Board of Trustees to fill the appointed seat
vacated by Matt Halprin. The search is being conducted by an outside agency.

Smartphone photographers: join the WikiCommons mobile uploads testing week,
starting on Feb 25 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_QA/Commons_uploads

The 2012 Picture of the Year was announced after 3990 votes in Round 2.
View all the results at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2012/Results

Wikimedian Quote

“Wikipedia’s world is a beautiful world. You can see all cultures of the
world through the window of a language that you know.” - Doaa
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of
Egypt


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