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Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition

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• The January Guild of Copy Editors backlog elimination drive has begun
• The two month long Articles for Creation Drive continues this month, so get busy!

Submit your project's news and announcements for next week's WikiProject Report at the Signpost's WikiProject Desk.

The year 2013 has come and gone, adding 50 new WikiProject Reports to our long list of projects we've had the privilege to meet. Last year saw the continuation of our Babel series, featuring WikiProjects from other languages of Wikipedia. We also expanded our selection of special reports, offering readers a growing collection of helpful tips and tools as they participate in WikiProjects. We plan to continue both of these features in the new year, but could use your help translating and interacting with Wikipedians at other language editions of Wikipedia. We also need your feedback to understand what new special reports you'll find most useful.

When I wrote my first "Where Are They Now?" feature in 2010, the WikiProject Report already had a small collection of previous interviews, but the Report appeared in the Signpost infrequently due to difficulties in finding editors with the spare time to conduct interviews and write the Report week after week. In 2010, I was part of a cadre of new writers joining the Signpost with high hopes for a renewal. We took turns writing the Report, resulting in weekly editions released with the greatest quality and consistency the column had seen up to that point. However, as real life took its toll on the time that other editors were able to commit, our weekly schedule was shouldered by fewer and fewer writers until only I remained. I have gladly held the torch for the past few years, but it was a huge relief when Buffbills7701 offered to carry some of the burden during the past five months. The Signpost could use many more writers like Buffbills7701, in this column and others. I welcome anyone willing to give it a try. Drop a note at the WikiProject desk and we'll find a spot for you in the schedule.

Following in the footsteps of our 2007—2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 retrospectives, today we're revisiting the projects we met in 2013. Where are they now?