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I am the tech beat editor for the Wikipedia Signpost, writing the tech report (BRION) each week. This covers bug fixes, new features, new bots and bot tasks, and other tech news. I also help out from time-to-time with News & Notes and other sections of the Signpost, and fill in when other editors are away.

2009-11-23

Uploading tool: New tool for photo scavenger hunts

Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Nominations closing November 24

Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser continues

News and notes: Government stubs, Suriname exhibit, milestones and more

In the news: The Decline of Wikipedia, and more

Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations

Features and admins: Approved this week

Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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I'm spending some time (as time permits) on the Arlington National Cemetery and related articles to get them into better shape. This coincides with work I'm doing with the OpenStreetMap project to map the cemetery, including the roads, sections, and POIs. [1]

I also have been working (slowly) on the Benjamin Henry Latrobe and related articles:

Other than that, I'm too busy at the moment with other things to have much time for editing other articles.

[edit] Did you know?

... that Sedgeley, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1799 and built in Philadelphia, was the first Gothic revival-style house in the U.S.?
... that Washington, D.C.'s location as the U.S. capital on the Potomac River was decided by Congress, with passage of the Residence Act of 1790?
... that silversmith Caleb Bentley made the brass cornerstone for the White House in 1792 and provided refuge to U.S. President James Madison when the British burned the building in 1814?
... that the United States Department of War was once headquartered in the Munitions Building, a temporary structure built on the National Mall (Potomac Park) in Washington, D.C.?
... that Julian Rotter developed the locus of control theory, which has been widely used in the psychology of personality?
... that it cost $1.4 billion to restore the Verizon Building, an art deco building that was damaged in the September 11 attacks?
... that approximately 10,000 people were sent to an emergency field hospital at a quarantine station on Ninoshima, an island near Hiroshima, following the atomic bombing in 1945?
... that the spy Aldrich Ames handed over U.S. secrets to the Soviets at the Brickskeller saloon near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.?