Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-11/News and notes

A working group on ethnic and cultural edit wars, authorized and observed by the Arbitration Committee, has announced its membership. Fifteen users were named members:

Arbitrator FT2, speaking for the Arbitration Committee, explained the selections:

An additional eight users were named "observers". According to FT2,

These eight users will serve as observers:

The group will attempt to generate approaches to handle ethnic and cultural edit wars. A draft of suggested guidelines for the group has been created; these guidelines will be the basic structure under which the group operates.

A project to put Wikipedia on the iPhone has resulted in the release of a rough, but working implementation. A video is available on YouTube, documenting the process.

• User:Bryan has created a tool for searching for Ogg files on the Commons.
• The Limburgish Wiktionary has reached 10,000 and 15,000 articles, having more than tripled in size over the last ten days.
• The Georgian Wikipedia has reached 20,000 articles.
• The Macedonian Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles.
• The Hawaiian Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
• The Danish Wikipedia has reached 80,000 articles.
• The Zazaki Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles.
• The Irish Wikipedia has reached 6,000 articles.
• The Igbo Wikipedia has reached 500 articles.