Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-10-17

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{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|1|2011-10-17|News and notes|Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|2|2011-10-17|In the news|Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2011-10-17|WikiProject report|History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2011-10-17|Featured content|Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2011-10-17|Arbitration report|Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|6|2011-10-17|Technology report|WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun}}