Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-01-17

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|0|2017-01-17|From the editor|Next steps for the Signpost|sub=Building toward better recruitment and retention}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|1|2017-01-17|News and notes|Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?|sub=A close look at the history of approving administrators on English Wikipedia, and a roundup of news}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|2|2017-01-17|Interview|What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?|sub=The wiki environment can appear deceptively uniform, but it masks strikingly different editorial experiences}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2017-01-17|In the media|Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more|sub=The latest media reports}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2017-01-17|Featured content|One year ends, and another begins|sub=Twelve articles, thirteen lists and twelve pictures were promoted}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2017-01-17|Arbitration report|Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases|sub=Various minor developments}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|6|2017-01-17|Traffic report|Out with the old, in with the new|sub=If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|7|2017-01-17|Technology report|Tech present, past, and future|sub=Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|8|2017-01-17|Recent research|Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia|sub=And several other research papers reviewed and summarized}}