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Board passes three resolutions

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees passed three resolutions in April which were made public this week. One resolution requires all stewards, OTRS volunteers, developers with access to nonpublic information, and users with "checkuser" or "oversight" access to provide identification and confirmation that they are 18 years of age, and of age in their jurisdiction. The identification would not be publicly provided except when required under the Wikimedia Privacy Policy. Deleted revisions are not considered nonpublic information for the purposes of this resolution, meaning that administrators who do not serve in any of the capacities listed above would be exempt from the policy.

The other resolutions create an Executive Director search committee and revise the Foundation's Mission and Vision statements.

Briefly

Among Wired Magazine's 15 Lamest Technology Mascots: The obscure Wikipede (an unofficial mascot introduced in 2002, along with the Miwiki).
The English Wikipedia has reached 500,000 assessed articles.
The Czech Wikisource has reached 2,000 pages.
The Min Nan Wiktionary has reached 5,000 entries.
The Nepali Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
The Bhojpuri Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
The Tamil Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles.
All Wikipedias have reached a combined 7,000,000 registered accounts.
The Tongan Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
The Czech Wikiquote has reached 500 articles.
The Serbian Wikiquote has reached 100 articles.