Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-11-19

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|1|2012-11-19|News and notes|FDC's financial muscle kicks in|sub=The WMF's Funds Dissemination Committee has published its recommendations for the inaugural round 1 of funding. Requests totalled US$10.4M, nearly all of the FDC's budget for both first and second rounds. The seven-member committee of community volunteers appointed in September advises the WMF board on the distribution of grant funds among applying Wikimedia organizations. The committee, which has a separate operating budget of $276k for salaries and expenses, considered 12 applications for funds, from 11 chapters and from the WMF itself for its non-core activities. The decision-making process included community and FDC staff input after October 1, the closing date for submissions. Taken together, the volunteers decided to endorse an average of 81% of the funding sought—a total of $8.43M, which went to 11 of the 12 applicants. This leaves $2.71M to be distributed in round 2, for which applications are due in little more than three months' time.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|2|2012-11-19|WikiProject report|No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles|sub=This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Turtles. The young project started in January 2011 and has accumulated 5 Featured Articles, 3 Featured Lists, and 6 Featured Pictures. The project maintains a combined to-do list and hot articles meter, a popular pages ranking, and a collection of resources for turtle articles. We interviewed Faendalimas and NYMFan69-86.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2012-11-19|Technology report|Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"|sub=WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner was forced to clarify this week that proposed structural changes to the Foundation's Engineering and Product Development Department were not a "done deal" and that it was "important that you [particularly affected staff] realise that ... your input is wanted". The reorganisation, announced on November 5 and planned for the middle of next year, will see its two components split off into their own departments.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2012-11-19|Featured content|Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect|sub=Seven featured articles, four featured lists and ten featured pictures – including the photograph that spawned the Streisand effect – were promoted this week.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2012-11-19|Discussion report|GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question|sub=Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include the question of ticker symbol placement and the notability of various types of creative performer.}}