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DYK for Mamie Shields Pyle

On 1 February 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mamie Shields Pyle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mamie Shields Pyle was instrumental in winning the right to vote for women in South Dakota? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mamie Shields Pyle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mamie Shields Pyle), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Discussion at Talk:Elena Kagan/GA1

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Elena Kagan/GA1. I have finished the review. DannyS712 (talk) 06:15, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

^^^ --DannyS712 (talk) 20:49, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Ruth Hanna McCormick

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Ruth Hanna McCormick has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:38, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@TWofingered Typist:, thank you so much for your input! I greatly appreciate your thoughtful edits. Knope7 (talk) 17:56, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome. She was a remarkable woman. I enjoyed the article. Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:57, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Elena Kagan

Hi Knope7,

I was going to ask about the complete reversion of edits I made to the Elana Kagan page. The Wikipedia guidelines suggest against a lot of direct quotations from sources and so I was attempting to paraphrase some of these as well as add in additional information about her return to academia (adding in she was the first female dean of Harvard Law School), etc. I didn't understand the comment made with the reversions; was there something wrong with the source I cited?

Cheers Lbmchenry (talk) 17:09, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message, @Lbmchenry:. I reverted your edit because the Elena Kagan article is under Good Article review, as you can see on the article talk page. The article does not have excessive quoting. I checked the source you added, and it didn't add anything new and it was not better than the source already included. While I generally don't have a problem adding an extra source, it is something the reviewer had previously made an issue. I felt your edit risked creating new problems in the review process without having a clear purpose. I hope you will continue to edit and learn as you go, but I have to watch what is being done on the Kagan article carefully to make sure it doesn't derail the process. Knope7 (talk) 02:31, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ruth Hanna McCormick

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Hi. I noticed that your original edit seemed slightly misleading, as the Dean of Harvard Law was likely asking the question “Why are you here, taking the place of a man”? to arm himself when in discussion with other members of the faculty of law about admitting women to Harvard. I have made an edit, trying to make that clear, but I have worded it poorly. I have great respect for your work on the page, and I see that you aim to be neutral in controversial discussions, so I thought I’d come and ask for some help with how to word it. It is made clear that the question that Griswold posed made lots of the women feel uncomfortable, but it’s also made clear that they have accepted that he posed the question only to gain insight- not to demonstrate disdain towards their admittance to the school. I’d much appreciate it if you’d be able to reword my edit, in such a way that does both of our edits justice. Thank you ~ElsevierAnatomy~ ElsevierAnatomy (talk) 02:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ElsevierAnatomy: Thanks for starting a discussion. I think I would push back on your framing a bit. I am less concerned with Griswold's intentions than I am with how the comments were perceived. It's nice that Ginsburg learned years later it was not intended to be unkind, but she has repeated the story often as something that she found off putting at the time. The story does also illustrate what she dealt with as one of the few women at Harvard. My idea is to push Griswold's explanation to the footnote. It's relevant, but to me it's not nearly as relevant as Ginsburg's experience. I'm happy to discuss this further. Knope7 (talk) 02:05, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My issue with relegating the Griswold perspective to the footnotes is that the footnotes are not commonly read. Wikipedia is a place to access information and is a place for everyone. I do believe it is slightly unfair to frame it with no context. It reads in such a way that the statement made by Griswold is seemingly made in order to show his disdain or disapproval of the admittance of women to Harvard Law School. It is widely agreed that this was not his aim, and he was aiming to defend their admittance to the school, so needed direct evidence from the female members about why they wanted to study law and what they would gain. It is unfair to Griswold to leave such a statement in the article without context- and I do make the argument that a footnote is not sufficient in mitigation, nor does it add any context. I understand the submission that the experience at the time of the comment is wholly important, and it should definitely be included, but the understanding now is that Griswold was not making the comment with any malicious intent, but in fact the opposite. It is my belief that the article as of now, and specifically that part, is misleading. If one were to ask the average person reading the page whether they thought the comment was made in order to express a negative opinion on the admittance of women to Harvard, I wholeheartedly believe that every single person would believe it was.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElsevierAnatomy (talk • contribs) 02:19, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ElsevierAnatomy:, I don't think your response actually deals with the point I raised: Ginsburg's perception is what matters. She has told the story to illustrate how difficult it was to be one of the few female law students and how female law students needed to prove they belonged there. Again, Griswold's intention does not change the way the comment was perceived or the effect that it had on its audience. His attempts to provide an explanation later are a digression and that's why I think it is more appropriate for the footnote, if it is to be included at all. To further drive home that this story is not about Griswold, I'll point out that he is not mentioned by name. Only his title is mentioned. This is something that has been discussed on the article talk page before. Knope7 (talk) 02:36, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The statement "Why are you at Harvard Law School, taking the place of a man?" would appear to a the average person to mean “I believe that women are less entitled to a place at Harvard Law than men. I think that the statement and how it has been framed by you is misleading. It is right to make reference to feelings of discomfort at the time, as these feelings are very important and relevant to the experience of women during that period, but it is wrong to leave the quote without any context, leading it to read as though the Dean was devaluing their admittance. He was not doing that and RBG has made it clear that he was misunderstood. If RBG made it clear that his intentions were not to do so, it is important that they are included in the main text. You say that the story is not about Griswold, as he is not mentioned my name. That is surely a wholly meaningless statement. The mentioning of the Dean of Harvard Law and the inclusion of a comment like that, makes this about a figure of authority and the establishment being an oppressor of women and their rights and equality within education. Whilst the women were uncomfortable due to the comment, it wasn’t necessarily because they thought he was uncomfortable with them being admitted, it was possible that it was because whilst he essentially wasn’t against their admittance, they felt it wasn’t their place to make statements of ambition. This is due to their fear at the time, not his comment. I think that if we can’t come to a compromise on this, which would include the addition of some context on the main page, then it will have to be the talk page and then dispute resolution/ third opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElsevierAnatomy (talk • contribs) 02:49, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to add that your footnote “The Dean later claimed that he was trying to learn student’s stories” seems to show your opinion on this. RBG herself believed that people have misunderstood his comment. It is not as thought Griswold has claimed it and the women disagree. The women agree that his comment was innocent, and was posed not to show disdain, but to gain real insight. It is completely understandable that the women felt uncomfortable with the comment, but it was not because they thought that the comment was the Dean telling them that they should not be at Harvard Law, but because they did not know how to reply. Comments expressing ambition made by women were still not acceptable, which is absolutely relevant, but the comment itself was not malicious, and your quotation and wording of it is misleading as it is blatant in its attempt to make it appear so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElsevierAnatomy (talk • contribs) 02:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ElsevierAnatomy: First assume good faith. You are assigning motives to me, and I am asking you kindly not to do that. I don't agree that including Griswold's words is misleading and I think you are fighting against context that is not currently in the article. In my opinion, the article is written fairly. It uses Griswold's words, which have been often published and are not in dispute, but does not call him out by name or make any aspersions against him. Putting an explanation in the footnote is my suggestion for a compromise. Please feel free to start yet another discussion about this on the article talk page if you would like to try and change the consensus. 03:10, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I do assume good faith. “Yet another” suggests irritation or impatience on your part. The direct quotes mention Griswold but they also mention the context and they mention that his comments were not made maliciously. “I don’t agree that including Griswold’s words is misleading”. Complete straw man argument there, as I told you that including his words isn’t inherently misleading. Including his words without the context that they were made in and making them mean something different, is misleading. I, myself am growing tired of this discussion now as you seem to be looking for a way out of the discussion. It’s very frustrating, example being the straw man argument above, to see my argument being discarded. When looking on the RBG talk page, I only see those supporting my argument within the education subsection.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElsevierAnatomy (talk • contribs) 04:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Three- Revert- Rule

Hi. I’d just like to forewarn you that any further edits on RBG page that revert my edit will be classed as edit warring and will be editing in bad faith according to Wikipedia policies. You have reverted my edit there times now, so no more reverts are allowed under the policy. Any more will likely lead to a block or another sanction. Please seek further advice from another editor or talk page to implement your edit. ElsevierAnatomy (talk) 05:03, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You have removed properly sourced information without a justification or consensus. The conent should remain in the article pending any discussion on the article talk page. It was incorrect for you to undo my edit and you did tht twice. Please start a discussion on the artcile talk page as I have asked yoo to do multiple times and refrain from making further inaccurate statements about me and my editing. Knope7 (talk) 05:08, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The irony of this "warning" is this user has already reverted me 3 times tonight, thus already breaking the rule they are warning me not to break. Knope7 (talk) 05:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Try reading the rule and you’ll see that only only more than 3 reverts is classed as definitely breaking the rule.

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Jeannette Rankin

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Removing my revision on the Janet Reno page

Your argument for removing my edit was "The article covers this later on. The documents were turned over and the full House did not cite her for contempt. It's significant enough for the article but unnecessary for the lead." However, this is the issue that's covered at too small of a length in the body of his Wikipedia article, and clearly is a topic that defines her life and career. The citations for this are included in my original edit. At the very least, it's absurd that the AG only ONE sentence in her entire page mentioning her contempt citation. It should be included in the lead and I would ask that you consider my opinion. Perhaps we can agree on her lead including this plus more information on her career, which can be discussed in the talk page section. Thanks! Kozak4512 (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The contempt vote is not the issue that defines her life and career. That assertion that this defines her is not believable nor supported by reliable sources. I have responded in greater length on the talk page. Knope7 (talk) 04:47, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mae Jemison

Please clarify why you are removing my edit, which has been fixed to eliminate bias. VicWOODHULL (talk) 23:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I left several edit summaries. Note this is a WP:BLP and as such the material should be removed pending a consensus. Knope7 (talk) 23:17, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I’m obviously aware she’s living. Do you mind pointing me to where the summaries are?  VicWOODHULL (talk) 23:20, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Check the article edit history. You may want to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia before wading into such contentious territory. As I indicated on the article talk page, your attempt to add criticism may force us to also include Jemison's own words and views. You maybe calling more attention to the content you find objectionable. Knope7 (talk) 23:26, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Odd statement coming from feminist. You suggest I familiarize myself with how Wikipedia works before I can submit a relevant and non-biased edit? Or is that more of an elitist position...  either way, she wouldn’t have been invited to the commencement had her views been known. It’s important that others know.  It’s verifiable and true. At this point it’s a little unclear what your real issue with the edit is. VicWOODHULL (talk) 23:32, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We don't include abortion views for most people unless it is important to their public life. So far, you have failed to establish anything as a fact let alone establish why it is significant enough for an encyclopedia. There are a lot of places on the internet to voice your criticism of her speech and to let others know what you think of her speech. That is not the purpose of Wikipedia. You are attempting to add material that pushes a point of view without reliable sources, does not include at the BLP subject's own perspective or defense, and not establishing that this material is significant enough to include. The material you have proposed violates several well-established Wikipedia policies. We are trying to build an encyclopedia here. If you would like to further that mission, you are more than welcome but you need to follow established policies. Knope7 (talk) 23:42, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Nancy Pelosi

Hi there, Knope7. I was a bit taken aback by your summary deletion of Nancy Pelosi on WP:Women in Green. I think that at the very least, before deleting it, you could have discussed it with me on my talk page or raised your concerns on the WiG talk page. I take good note of your comments on the assessment here but your response there appeared to indicate that you did not in fact object to the GA assessment. In my opinion, when several editors get together to make significant improvements to an article, they should be given credit for their efforts. Deletion is tantamount to accusing them of insufficient scrutiny. I think it might be interesting to have reactions from Alanna the Brave and SusunW who are among the more active members of the WiG project. Up to now, in line with Dr. Blofeld's original intentions, I have been adding all deserving GA women's biographies to the achievements. If this is going to cause problems, maybe we should just stick to those WiR participants have worked on? (cc. StudiesWorld)--Ipigott (talk) 14:32, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for starting a discussion. Since a number of others have been pinged, this might be better suited for the project talk page rather than my talk page. I'm not aware of a firm policy on what to include as a recent success so I didn't see the harm in removing the article, particularly since as far as I could tell I was tbe only project member involved in the review in any capacity. From my perspective, it was a drive by nomination for an article I had long thought needed major work. I don't think I'm in a position to de-list but that doesn't mean I have no qualms about the article. It's more about being fair to the good faith reviewer and the process. My thinking in removing the article is the article was not promoted as part of out iniative and it's not a great example of the kind of effort typically put in to our nominations. IMO, if we want to endorse drive by nominatioms, we should do so carefully. Knope7 (talk) 15:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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On 1 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ruth Hanna McCormick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that no woman was chosen as a major political party's nominee for the United States Senate until Ruth Hanna McCormick won her state's primary in 1930? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth Hanna McCormick. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ruth Hanna McCormick), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Collaboration on Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Hey Knope7 -- I see you've gotten started on Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and I wanted to let you know I'm still up for collaborating. How could I be of most help right now? Let me know what I can do. Alanna the Brave (talk) 18:58, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Alanna the Brave: Thanks for the message! I think the souring needs to be improved, both to provide support for unsorced claims and to fill in facts missing from the article all together. Hopefully I'll have time in the next week or so to start diving in myself as well. Knope7 (talk) 00:15, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Hi There,

Regarding recent edit to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That section was not about Bush v Gore, it was about her role as a dissenter. I felt it was relevant to information about that role. I disagree that it is not significant based on the voluminous legal debates around Bush v Gore. It was significant enough that a national publication included it in its reporting years after the fact. Furthermore, I feel that it gives an important alternative viewpoint to the views expressed in the rest of the article (ie, the image of Ginsburg as a feisty fighter), which is important to the neutrality of the article. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you still think it should be left out. Schnapps17 (talk) 21:16, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate discussion and I have thought about your comments. My opinion is that a lot is written about Ginsburg everyday and not every time she is mentioned in a national publication is significant. There are stories that are picked-up and run across several national publications that are not included because they passed quickly. I don't think criticism from an unnamed former law clerk mentioned in one national publication is that significant. To me the sentence added to the Ginsburg article lacked context as to what she changed and why. Criticism is fine but it does need context and where appropriate response from the subject's perspective. I'm not swayed by the fact that this anonymous opinion was published four years after the case. I'm not the arbiter of what to include in the article, but I would continue to argue that the article is stronger without this piece of anonymous criticism.  Knope7 (talk) 00:17, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mae Jemison

On 21 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mae Jemison, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand and was a medical officer for the Peace Corps before becoming an astronaut? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mae Jemison. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mae Jemison), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Last word on 2020 Women in Green goals?

Hi Knope7 -- I'm hoping to launch the 2020 goals page for Women in Green tomorrow, but I wanted to check in with you again first, in case you hadn't seen the latest posts in the Talk page discussion. I know you had expressed concerns about possible backlash to a GAN review goal, but Sportsfan77777 has pointed out that many WikiProjects have members reviewing each other's GA nominations, and I think we can avoid any potential issues by making some ground rules like these clear to editors. We could give it a try this year, just to see how it goes. Please let me know what you think. :-) Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:38, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Alanna the Brave:, thank you for all of your hard work on putting together goals. I appreciate that I was able to voice my opinion, although it looks like I'm outnumbered. I don't have anything else to add, but I really do appreciate your reaching out. Thanks again! Knope7 (talk) 02:56, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, Knope7 -- I'm always glad to have your thoughts/contributions, and I didn't want to push this through without you. I'll set up the new goals page now. Onwards and upwards! Alanna the Brave (talk) 16:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Poehler

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Thank you, @Twofingered Typist:! I greatly appreciate your help improving this article. Knope7 (talk) 03:31, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 1 March 2020

• From the editor: The ball is in your court
  

How to stop abusive commercial editing.

• News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
  

Falling behind Chinese websites.

• Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
  

A statistical insight into the English Wikipedia's very own online community newsletter.

• In the media: Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation
  

We're all over the map this month.

• Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?
  

Wikimedia or Wikipedia?

• Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed
  

Arbitration Committee and the "blue wall of silence".

• By the numbers: How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?
  

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• Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman
  

No more "Hidden Figures", let's work to make women visible on Wikipedia!

• In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019
  

Covering Wikipedia for another five years!

• Recent research: Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone
  

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• From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?
  

How long has Wikipedia been for sale? When will it stop?

• Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark
  

Kobe sets another record.

• Gallery: Feel the love
  

Renewing our vows.

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

• Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator
  

Getting across the Wikipedia experience to the press.

• Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
  

Or: how to best bite a newbie.

• Humour: The Wilhelm scream
  

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Hi Knope7! I'm looking for help and advice on an article I've recently expanded, GirlsDoPorn, about a long-term case of widespread sexual abuse in the porn industry. (Be warned, it's one of the most disturbing cases of sexual abuse I've read, or in this case written, about.) I'm reaching out to you because I saw you've worked on some legal articles such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and I'm looking for some legal advice. The case of GirlsDoPorn involved a lawsuit which awarded $12.75 million to women in damages, and I'm wondering how the article should discuss information from the lawsuit. Initially I've gone with use of "alleged", "reported" or "according to X" wherever a potentially legally damaging claim is made, to make sure I'm complying with WP:BLP. However, I'd like to be using the minimal amount of qualifiers that is appropriate, because I think such qualifiers can undermine the realities of what the women involved experienced. What can we say on Wikipedia of claims made by plaintiffs in a case that was found in favour of them?

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The Signpost: 29 March 2020

• From the editors: The bad and the good
  

Getting ready for anything.

• News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
  

Wheel war on Tatar Wikipedia.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
  

An interview with members of the COVID Project.

• Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
  

Wikipedia presents solid widely-consulted information on COVID-19 and related topics.

• In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
  

COVID-19, Zika, edit-a-thons, and macrons.

• Discussion report: Rethinking draft space
  

Plus: geonotices, reliable sources, and job titles.

• Arbitration report: Unfinished business
  

A new case, a case returns from limbo, and an RfC being prepared.

• In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
  

The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.

• Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
  

Individually and in organized groups, Wikimedians stand up and make a difference.

• Recent research: Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia
  

New research publications on "the fear of being erased" and other topics.

• From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
  

Five years ago with a different crisis.

• Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world
  

Going to movies and sport stadiums is history, and readers turn to Wikipedia for crucial medical information and updates.

• Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia
  

Images from the Whose Knowlege? campaign.

• News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time
  

The WMF responds.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2020

• News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pitches in.

• In the media: Coronavirus, again and again
  

Plus the importance of language.

• Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
  

The Wikimedia community discusses modifying or hiding the sidebar on the left of every page.

• Featured content: Featured content returns
  

Movies, roads, awards and more.

• Arbitration report: Two difficult cases
  

Even our best editors sometimes disagree.

• Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night
  

Coronavirus, coronavirus, and Joe Exotic.

• Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos
  

A coronavirus cruise can't stop Roy!

• Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias
  

And other new research results.

• Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
  

And it could get worse!

• By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic
  

What COVID-19 data are available from the WMF?

• Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together
  

In an increasingly factious world, Wikipedia's approach to collaboration and trust-building point to a brighter future.

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

• Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon
  

A Wikipedia editor reflects on his recent RfA and the health issues that became part of it.

• In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia
  

How to better integrate articles across language editions.

• WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors
  

An interview with members of the WP:GOCE

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May 2020 at Women in Red

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The Signpost: 31 May 2020

• From the editor: Meltdown May?
  

Or will it be meltdown June?

• News and notes: 2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
  

Many of these accounts now blocked on the English-language Wikipedia.

• In the media: CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors
  

Worth Every Goddamn Second!

• Discussion report: WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
  

It's no April Fool's joke, but we discuss those, too.

• Special report: The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition
  

Cultural context, diversity, and the future of languages.

• Featured content: Weathering the storm
  

Battles, bombs, wars, and more storms.

• Arbitration report: Board member likely to receive editing restriction
  

Sanctions of multiple flavors, and a non-decision on the breadth of discretionary sanctions.

• Traffic report: Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
  

Time to bring on the Bulls.

• Op-Ed: Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
  

Straight down the tubes.

• Gallery: Wildlife photos by the book
  

Birds, insects, elephants, a macaque and more.

• News from the WMF: WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
  

Enacting new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity across projects.

• Recent research: Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020
  

New results from academic research

• Community view: Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
  

Hello Columbus.

• On video: COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
  

Community harnesses new technologies for remote participation in events and gatherings

• WikiProject report: Revitalizing good articles
  

Can our energy be turned into long-term change?

• On the bright side: 500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

• Obituaries: Dmitrismirnov, Kattenkruid, Muidlatif, Ronhjones, Tsirel
  

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I saw that you added a userbox for this already but thought I'd provide independent confirmation and also list it at the Million Award Hall of Fame. Cheers! – Reidgreg (talk) 14:23, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2020 at Women in Red

Women in Red / July 2020, Volume 6, Issue 7, Numbers 150, 151, 170, 171, 172, 173 Online events: New: July Julies / Disability / Women from Where? ... and starting for an extended period: BLM/Anti-discrimination Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter

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The Signpost: 28 June 2020

• News and notes: Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine
  

Plus Swedish biographies and the big oops!

• Community view: Community open letter on renaming
  

Reacting to the WMF's rebranding proposal.

• Gallery: After the killing of George Floyd
  

Protests and photos from around the world...

• In the media: Part collaboration and part combat
  

Racial justice, Facebook, LGBTQ+, Ryan Merkley, and a woman.

• Discussion report: Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals
  

Many Wikimedia community members are upset about the WMF's plan to rebrand. Plus, a discussion of Fox News's reliability.

• Featured content: Sports are returning, with a rainbow
  

Battles, music, and animals feature prominently in this month's best content.

• Arbitration report: Anti-harassment RfC and a checkuser revocation
  

The RfC should keep everybody busy.

• Traffic report: The pandemic, alleged murder, a massacre, and other deaths
  

Plus Rajput, Musk, Epstein, Maxwell, Owens and Anonymous

• News from the WMF: We stand for racial justice
  

On these issues, there is no neutral stance.

• Recent research: Wikipedia and COVID-19; automated Wikipedia-based fact-checking
  

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• Interview: What is wrong with rebranding to "Wikipedia Foundation"?
  

Four signers of the open letter explain.

• Humour: Cherchez une femme
  

It's amazing what one can do.

• Opinion: Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news
  

A scientific scandal and the Ronaldo of investment banking.

• On the bright side: For what are you grateful this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

• In focus: Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism
  

The history and impact of LGBTIQ+ contributions to Wikimedia projects.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Black Lives Matter
  

How Wikipedia is covering racial injustice, both in the outer world and on-site

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August 2020 at Women in Red

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The Signpost: 2 August 2020

• Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
  

Comparing Wikipedia to similar projects.

• COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
  

And thanks for the photo, Ghislaine!

• News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
  

Plus lots of affiliations!

• In the media: Dog days gone bad
  

Pandemic, politics, and possibly paid editing.

• Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
  

Plus a proposed massive invasion of privacy!

• Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
  

soldiers, sports, and actors feature heavily this month.

• Traffic report: Now for something completely different
  

Death and Alexander Hamilton.

• Gallery: Photos of threatened species from iNaturalist
  

Sometimes you just have to ask.

• News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
  

Privacy is critical to sustaining freedom of expression and association, enabling knowledge and ideas to thrive.

• Recent research: Receiving thanks increases retention, but not the time contributed to Wikipedia
  

And other new research publications

• Essay: Not compatible with a collaborative project
  

Some editors aren't.

• Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
  

Rest in peace.

• In focus: WikiLoop DoubleCheck, reviewing edits made easy
  

Making Wikipedia the encyclopedia that anyone can review.

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The Signpost: 30 August 2020

• News and notes: The high road and the low road
  

Will the Scots language Wikipedia survive?

• In the media: Storytelling large and small
  

COVID, Fox, Kamala, Scots, cryptocurrency, and more.

• Featured content: Going for the goal
  

Sports, music, military and more

• Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
  

Wikidata's profound impact on Wikipedia

• Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
  

Watch out for those Mustelodons!

• Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
  

More politics than usual.

• News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
  

Celebrating of our community in a different format.

• Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
  

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• Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
  

Everybody deserves a vacation!

• From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
  

A question from 2005 that we still haven't answered.

• Obituaries: Marcus Sherman, Jerome West, and Pauline van Till
  

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October editathons from Women in Red

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The Signpost: 27 September 2020

• Special report: Paid editing with political connections
  

WE charity and Justin Trudeau, Bell Pottinger, Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

• News and notes: More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
  

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• In the media: WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
  

A celebrity quiz, Scots, and a Crypto-hating Wikipedia editor

• Featured content: Life finds a Way
  

Animals, sports, military, and science feature heavily in this month's best content.

• Arbitration report: Clarifications and requests
  

Who is that guy JzG?

• Traffic report: Is there no justice?
  

Perhaps on the tennis court.

• Recent research: Wikipedia's flood biases
  

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The Signpost: 27 September 2020

• Special report: Paid editing with political connections
  

WE charity and Justin Trudeau, Bell Pottinger, Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

• News and notes: More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
  

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• In the media: WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
  

A celebrity quiz, Scots, and a Crypto-hating Wikipedia editor

• Featured content: Life finds a Way
  

Animals, sports, military, and science feature heavily in this month's best content.

• Arbitration report: Clarifications and requests
  

Who is that guy JzG?

• Traffic report: Is there no justice?
  

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• Recent research: Wikipedia's flood biases
  

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November edit-a-thons from Women in Red

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The Signpost: 1 November 2020

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Branding pause, birthday.

• In the media: Murder, politics, religion, health and books
  

A possible conspiracy and 2 infodemics!

• Book review: Review of Wikipedia @ 20
  

We made it this far, but where do we go from here?

• Op-Ed: Anti-vandalism with masked IPs: the steps forward
  

Getting input from editors.

• Discussion report: Proposal to change board composition, In The News dumps Trump story
  

Will editors be affected?

• Featured content: The "Green Terror" is neither green nor sufficiently terrifying. Worst Hallowe'en ever.
  

A hairy starfish flower might help!

• Traffic report: Jump back, what's that sound?
  

Here comes the judge.

• Interview: Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner
  

The co-editors of Wikipedia @ 20.

• News from the WMF: Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
  

Sandister Tei.

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Ortega's hypothesis was right! (If you start with the right definitions and assumptions.)

• In focus: The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia
  

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The Signpost: 29 November 2020

• News and notes: Jimmy Wales "shouldn't be kicked out before he's ready"
  

Arbitration Committee elections begin.

• Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia
  

Wikipedia deprecates more right-wing sources than left-wing sources ... but is it a problem?

• Opinion: How billionaires re-write Wikipedia
  

Billionaires are different from you and me.

• In the media: Relying on Wikipedia: voters, scientists, and a Canadian border guard
  

And yes, it does!

• Featured content: Frontonia sp. is thankful for delicious cyanobacteria
  

The Réunion swamphen is a lot less thankful.

• Traffic report: 007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election
  

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• News from Wiki Education: An assignment that changed a life: Kasey Baker
  

Wiki Education and changing our encyclopedia.

• GLAM plus: West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
  

Succeeding one step at a time.

• Wikicup report: Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
  

Gog the Mild and The Rambling Man in second and third!

• Recent research: Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail
  

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• Essay: Writing about women
  

Male is not the default.

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The Signpost: 28 December 2020

• News and notes: Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent
  

New laws in the US and Europe might enable trolls; sad admin milestone for English Wikipedia, or not?

• In the media: Concealment, data journalism, a non-pig farmer, and some Bluetick Hounds
  

As 2020 draws to a close, this website has been splattered all over the headlines.

• Arbitration report: 2020 election results
  

Congratulations to the new Arbs!

• Opinion: How to make your factory's safety and labor issues disappear
  

Edit wars fought on the back of workers.

• Featured content: Very nearly ringing in the New Year with "Blank Space" – but we got there in time.
  

Texas amphibia, mongeese, and Normandy invasion plans grateful.

• Traffic report: 2020 wraps up
  

Punks and heroes, losers and winners, the bereaved and the deceased – they're all here.

• News from the WMF: What Wikipedia saw during election week in the U.S., and what we’re doing next
  

No evidence of large-scale state-sponsored disinformation.

• Recent research: Predicting the next move in Wikipedia discussions
  

Six million talk page threads analyzed, and other research.

• Essay: Subjective importance
  

Is not important to notability.

• Op-Ed: An unforgettable year we might wish to forget
  

The year that was 2020.

• Gallery: Angels in the architecture
  

Spinning in infinity.

• Humour: 'Twas the Night Before Wikimas
  

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February 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | February 2021, Volume 7, Issue 2, Numbers 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191 Online events: New: Black women | Classicists | Folklore Contest (Jan/Feb/Mar): Africa Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 January 2021

• News and notes: 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
  

Who else but Ser Amantio di Nicolao?

• Special report: Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection
  

From the Hill to the news to Wikipedia in minutes!

• In focus: From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
  

A new "wiki journalism" is needed.

• Opinion: Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation
  

Are we getting lead by the nose?

• In the media: The world's press says "Happy Birthday!" with a few twists
  

Even the world's richest man is happy we exist!

• Technology report: The people who built Wikipedia, technically
  

Starting with trust, expanding, controversy, and opportunities.

• Videos and podcasts: Celebrating 20 years
  

Multimedia in many styles!

• News from the WMF: Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
  

Happy birthday!

• Recent research: Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
  

And other new research results

• Humour: Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
  

With a special appearance by Senator Ted Cruz!

• Featured content: New Year, same Featured Content report!
  

...Well, except we did change the articles and pictures out. ...Mostly.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2020
  

The end of the world as we know it?

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RIP.

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March 2021 at Women in Red

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The Signpost: 28 February 2021

• News and notes: Maher stepping down
  

UCC launch.

• Disinformation report: A "billionaire battle" on Wikipedia: Sex, lies, and video
  

Edits of the rich and famous.

• Opinion: The call for feedback on community seats is a distraction
  

Free as in Liberty.

• In the media: Corporate influence at OSM, Fox watching the hen house
  

Wikidata, Turkey, Valentine's Day and all sorts of bias!

• News from the WMF: Who tells your story on Wikipedia
  

You can!

• Recent research: Take an AI-generated flashcard quiz about Wikipedia; Wikipedia's anti-feudalism
  

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• Featured content: A Love of Knowledge, for Valentine's Day
  

Stealing your heart, and Charles Darwin's notebooks.

• Traffic report: Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
  

Watching the Super Bowl at the Cecil?

• Gallery: What is Black history and culture?
  

In paintings, photos, and recordings.

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April editathons from Women in Red

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The Signpost: 28 March 2021

• News and notes: A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
  

Or becoming more business-like?

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments
  

2020 international winners

• In the media: Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
  

Plus CPAC misinformation

• News from the WMF: Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
  

Telling women’s stories is a radical act.

• Recent research: 10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
  

And other recent research results

• From the archives: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
  

Huge profits sustained by unpaid labor.

• Essay: Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia
  

As in "free software" and "free culture".

• Obituary: Yoninah
  

Barukh dayan ha-emet ("Blessed is the true judge.")

• From the editor: What else can we say?
  

What can we link to?

• Arbitration report: Open letter to the Board of Trustees
  

Let's do the UCoC right!

• Traffic report: Wanda, Meghan, Liz, Phil and Zack
  

Another royal bash!

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The Signpost: 25 April 2021

• From the editor: A change is gonna come
  

But not soon enough.

• Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
  

The Trump Organization's paid editors

• In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
  

Jimmy does OK too!

• Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
  

Explicit behavioral expectations are better than unwritten social norms

• Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
  

Why do we work so hard to avoid having a sense of humor?

• Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
  

Wikipedia's retweet and share buttons

• Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
  

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• Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
  

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The Signpost: 25 April 2021

• From the editor: A change is gonna come
  

But not soon enough.

• Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
  

The Trump Organization's paid editors

• In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
  

Jimmy does OK too!

• Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
  

Explicit behavioral expectations are better than unwritten social norms

• Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
  

Why do we work so hard to avoid having a sense of humor?

• Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
  

Wikipedia's retweet and share buttons

• Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
  

And other research publications

• Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
  

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The George Lucas Talk Show wikipedia comments

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May 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | May 2021, Volume 7, Issue 5, Numbers 184, 188, 197, 198 Online events: New: May Mays | Mental Health Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Women in Europe contest Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman See also: Wikimedia District of Columbia: 100 DC Women contest Wikimedia CEE Spring: Central and Eastern European Women contest The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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June 2021 at Women in Red

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July 2021 at Women in Red

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The Signpost: 27 June 2021

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Will he hang it in the Oval Office?

• Disinformation report: Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release
  

Curious and curiouser!

• Recent research: Feminist critique of Wikipedia's epistemology, Black Americans vastly underrepresented among editors, Wiki Workshop report
  

Summaries of 26 new research publications

• Traffic report: So no one told you life was gonna be this way
  

We'll be there for you!

• News from the WMF: Searching for Wikipedia
  

How do our readers find us?

• Humour: Wikipedia's best articles on the world's strangest things
  

It's the wheel thing.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject on open proxies interview
  

Interview with volunteers at WikiProject on open proxies

• Forum: Is WMF fundraising abusive?
  

A calm discussion.

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WikiLeaks on multiple boards.

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Requiescat in pace.

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Proposed Women in Green Editathon

Hello Knope7 -- With the goal of helping to progress the WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) women’s rights-themed GA nomination goal for 2021, I’m proposing that WiG hold a special editathon event in the fall (maybe October/November?). I can assist with logistics, but I need to know how much interest/support there might be from WiG participants first. Please let me know what you think in the talk page conversation! All the best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:05, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August Editathons from Women in Red

Women in Red | August 2021, Volume 7, Issue 8, Numbers 184, 188, 204, 205, 206, 207 Online events: New: Indigenous women | Women's leadership & empowerment Contest (Jul/Aug/Sep): Latin America contest Continuing: Olympic & Paralympic Games | Women's rights | #1day1woman See also: Interwiki Women Collaboration Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 25 July 2021

• News and notes: Wikimania and a million other news stories
  

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• Special report: Hardball in Hong Kong
  

Three strikes and you're out?

• In the media: Larry is at it again
  

Bias, propaganda and more murderous mistakes!

• Board of Trustees candidates: See the candidates
  

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• Recent research: Gender bias and statistical fallacies, disinformation and mutual intelligibility
  

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• Traffic report: Football, tennis and marveling at Loki
  

But you can call it soccer if you'd like.

• News from the WMF: Uncapping our growth potential – interview with James Baldwin, Finance and Administration Department
  

Money, money, money.

• Humour: A little verse
  

Two poems of Wikipedia.

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September 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | September 2021, Volume 7, Issue 9, Numbers 184, 188, 204, 205, 207, 208 Online events: New: Women writers & their works Contest (Jul/Aug/Sep): Latin America contest Continuing: Women's leadership & empowerment | Olympic & Paralympic Games Women's rights | #1day1woman See also: Interwiki Women Collaboration Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Learn more about our proposed one-day online recruitment initiative in October. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow Women in Red on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 29 August 2021

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• In the media: Vive la différence!
  

May Father Will forgive us!

• Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year
  

With two musical celebrations!

• Gallery: Our community in 20 graphs
  

We just look at the pictures!

• News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia
  

Moving forward.

• Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
  

A monthly overview of new research results.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
  

You can start with your birthday article!

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Winners and losers.

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• In the media: The future of Wikipedia
  

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• Opinion: Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
  

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• Disinformation report: Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
  

Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme.

• Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
  

Emotional injury and rising standards against a backdrop of a dwindling sysop cadre: the 2021 Requests for adminship review grapples with tough issues.

• Recent research: Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
  

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• WikiProject report: The Random and the Beautiful
  

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October 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | October 2021, Volume 7, Issue 10, Numbers 184, 188, 209, 210, 211 Online events: New: Women in STEM New Contest (Oct/Nov/Dec): Women in Oceania contest Continuing: Women's rights | #1day1woman Special event: 12 October: Ada Lovelace Day 24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon See also: Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow Women in Red on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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November 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | November 2021, Volume 7, Issue 11, Numbers 184, 188, 210, 212, 213 Online events: New: Film + Stage | Endocrine health Contest (Oct/Nov/Dec): Women in Oceania contest Continuing: Women's rights | #1day1woman See also: Wikipedia Asian Month 2021 Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow Women in Red on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021

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What Wikipedians can and cannot do.

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Beam me up, Scotty – Matt Amodio for sure, and maybe just a few VIPs, billionaires, and Tucker Carlson.

• Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
  

Section 230 in practice – this Black life should matter to us.

• Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
  

Proposals to solve eight core problems – what many describe as a broken process – identified in the 2021 RfA review.

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• Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
  

Were the bans justified?

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24 clues to chew on.

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December 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | December 2021, Volume 7, Issue 12, Numbers 184, 188, 210, 214, 215, 216 Online events: New: "Double the lede!" | Women who died in 2021 Contest (Oct/Nov/Dec): Women in Oceania contest Continuing: Women's rights | #1day1woman See also: Women in Climate Change and preparations for our 2022 Climate initiative Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow Women in Red on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 29 November 2021

• In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography
  

Will they deny non-fungible tokens next?

• WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021
  

15th annual event closes with hundreds of articles improved

• Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained
  

1,767 nominations in November... AN/Is... DRVs... The largest AfD in history, possibly ever!

• From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio?
  

Wikipedia democratizes knowledge, but is it in Jeopardy?

• Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021
  

We should have at least one of these every year!

• Discussion report: On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent
  

Editors propose modifications to Wikipedia's admin-making process.

• Technology report: What does it take to upload a file?
  

How MediaWiki works with media files.

• WikiProject report: Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
  

From the silver screen to your computer screen

• Serendipity: "Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot
  

A worthy pilot but the photo didn't match the article!

• News from Diff: Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles
  

Sharing the wealth of information!

• Traffic report: Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if Eternals should fail
  

Conjuring up the jesters again!

• Recent research: Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior
  

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• Humour: A very new very Wiki crossword
  

Answers to last month's puzzle included.

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Survey about How Historical Knowledge is Produced on Wikipedia

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January 2022 with Women in Red

Happy New Year from Women in Red Jan 2022, Vol 8, Issue 1, Nos 214, 216, 217, 218, 219 Online events: New: Climate (year-long initiative) | Women in business | US territories Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2021 Other ways to participate: Encourage someone to become a WiR member this month. Go to Women in RedJoin WikiProject Women in Red Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 28 December 2021

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Wrapping up 2021 with a pair of auctions, activity surrounding administrators, and an audit.

• Serendipity: Born three months before her brother?
  

Wikipedia and the Oxford Dictionary of Music have different opinions.

• In the media: The past is not even past
  

Even for Wikipedia critics in nappies!

• Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph
  

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• Arbitration report: A new crew for '22
  

Elections certified, bans unlifted, mailing lists restricted, but no new cases.

• By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers
  

Commemorating a milestone: word count comparisons with other Wikipedias.

• Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"
  

More hats than a rodeo: the best, worst, and gnarliest AfDs of 2021.

• Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021
  

Some of 2021's most dramatic moments through Wikicommons images.

• Traffic report: Spider-Man, football and the departed
  

We'll always remember the Greek alphabet!

• Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all
  

Answers to last month's puzzle included.

• Humour: Buying Wikipedia
  

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The Signpost: 30 January 2022

• Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment
  

Education, deletion and social media can be a volatile mix.

• News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election
  

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• Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"
  

"Impossible ideas can be created, not just imagined."

• Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?
  

Over 1,700 U.S. congressmen owned slaves. You can help document this.

• Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion
  

More than you wanted to know about the massive NSPORTS RfC.

• WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured
  

Interview with volunteers at the Unreviewed featured articles 2020 working group.

• Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions
  

The spirit of 2006 is going strong.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021
  

Royals, Freddy and movies.

• Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph
  

How many more photos are needed?

• Obituary: Twofingered Typist
  

Rest in peace.

• Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial
  

Will this method apply to other sensitive topics?

• Essay: The prime directive
  

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One editor doesn't think so.

• In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing
  

Get down and party! But no COI editing!

• Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"
  

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• Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years
  

Copyright is almost always complicated, but we break it down for you.

• Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword
  

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February with Women in Red

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March editathons

Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225 Online events: New: Women's History Month Art+Activism | Feminism and Folklore | Dutch Caribbean Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | Women in sport (Feb/Mar) Other ways to participate: Encourage someone to become a WiR member this month by registering in the box at the top of our main page. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 27 February 2022

• From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief
  

Bye-bye 'bones!

• News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
  

Plus, the Steward Elections, Leadership Development Task Force and a contest.

• Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia
  

Who are the students and how do we assure quality?

• Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia
  

Vive l'encyclopédie libre!

• In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons
  

Plus, Wiki Unseen, the "Sports Wars", and much more.

• Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)
  

"The first casualty when war comes is truth".

• Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results
  

Plus, DiscussionTools and dark mode.

• WikiProject report: 10 years of tea
  

Coffee in Teahouse and other secrets revealed in this interview with volunteers.

• Featured content: Featured Content returns
  

A fantastic diverse mix of a record-breaking amount of content.

• Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February
  

You WON'T believe #8!

• Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks
  

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• Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate
  

The report on lengthy litigation.

• By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?
  

Some evidence from people born in France.

• Gallery: The vintage exhibit
  

Some good-ol' posters, restored to its former glory.

• Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix
  

Plus quarterbacks, half-timers, Olympians, and Hulu!

• News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team
  

Meet the folks in charge!

• Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles
  

Can you fill in the boxes with Wikipedia's best content?

• Humour: Notability of mailboxes
  

Does yours pass?

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April Editathons from Women in Red

Women in Red Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 4, Nos 214, 217, 226, 227, 228 Online events: New: Gender studies | French overseas territories New Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Encourage someone to become a WiR member this month by registering in the box at the top of our main page. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

• From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  

We stand in solidarity with free knowledge.

• News and notes: Of safety and anonymity
  

The diff that resulted in arrest and jail time in Belarus.

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera
  

A Ukrainian Wikipedian volunteers to document the war.

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
  

Reporting from on the ground in Ukraine.

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps
  

Holding up the elephants!

• Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks
  

For whom do the Bells toil?

• In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
  

Lenin did not say "Wow, check out those yachts"!

• Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures
  

And other research publications.

• Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
  

The thought of cities being destroyed is unbearable.

• Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
  

The Discussion Report returns with a diverse mix of community proposals.

• Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
  

Plus, Desktop Improvements and a new uploading tool for Commons.

• Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
  

Unclear whether storm will make landfall.

• Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
  

Ukraine, Russia and Anna Sorokin.

• Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
  

Things that go "boom" in the night.

• Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."
  

The once-seen beauty of Ukraine, in high quality.

• From the archives: Burn, baby burn
  

A look at when early backups of Wikipedia were recovered.

• Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
  

There is such thing as over-citing.

• Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja
  

And other useful Tips of the Day.

• On the bright side: The bright side of news
  

Happy-er current events.

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

• News and notes: Double trouble
  

The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

• In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
  

What's hot in the media this month.

• Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
  

Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
  

"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

• Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
  

Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

• Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March
  

We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

• In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia
  

A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

• Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners
  

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

• Interview: On a war and a map
  

How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
  

Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

• Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
  

Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

• Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images
  

And other new research findings

• News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
  

The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

• Essay: The problem with elegant variation
  

An elegant Wikipedia essay.

• Humour: Really huge message boxes
  

A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

• From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization
  

A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

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May Women in Red events

Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230 Online events: New: Women in the Ancient World | British Overseas Territories Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest (second month) Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikimedia District of Columbia: 100 DC Women contest The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

• From the team: A changing of the guard
  

Your two new Signpost Editors in Chief.

• News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections
  

Plus, Form 990, fundraising, RfA and UCoC.

• Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
  

Community shortlisting in an affiliate-based process, and a poll for you to speak your mind.

• Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
  

A little more information, please.

• In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
  

A varied collection of "special operations", and interviews.

• Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
  

Tales of hope, perseverance and even a little humor.

• In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles
  

A new approach at the article level.

• Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
  

We summarize the drama for you.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
  

March 2020 WikiProject report interviewees return discussing project's evolution and future.

• Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
  

Plus, Growth Features configuration, the Hackathon, and more.

• Featured content: Featured content of April
  

Showcasing the very best articles, pictures, videos, and other contributions from Wikipedians last month.

• Interview: Wikipedia's pride
  

An interview with queer Wikimedians.

• Serendipity: Those thieving image farms
  

Stopping them from taking your photos from Commons.

• Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed
  

And other recent research findings.

• Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia
  

Helpful advice from Tips of the Day.

• Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows
  

Were Johnny and Amber exchanging blows?

• News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced
  

Photos raise awareness for nature protection and human impact on nature.

• News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?
  

New regulations governing online censorship.

• Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing
  

A lighthearted video recalling the 2006 incident.

• Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day
  

Exploring Featured Pictures of the world's oceans.

• From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia
  

A look at when The Onion published an humorous article regarding Wikipedia.

• Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article
  

On creative works.

• Humour: A new crossword
  

Test your word-puzzle skills!

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June events from Women in Red

Women in Red June 2022, Vol 8, Issue 6, Nos 214, 217, 227, 231, 232, 233 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Greenland and the Faroes | Women in music Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest (third and last month) Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

• News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
  

Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.

• In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
  

Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.

• Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
  

A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.

• Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled
  

Just three for the history books this month (or not).

• Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
  

Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.

• Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
  

And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.

• Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?
  

Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.

• Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
  

Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!

• Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
  

What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
  

Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.

• Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving
  

Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.

• Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
  

Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.

• Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel
  

Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?

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Women in Red in July 2022

Women in Red July 2022, Vol 8, Issue 7, Nos 214, 217, 234, 235 Online events: New: Alphabet Run: A to B | Baltic States Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Green's Good Article Editathon: July 2022 – Women and the Environment Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Women in Red August 2022

Women in Red August 2022, Vol 8, Issue 8, Nos 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, 239 Online events: New: Alphabet run: C and D | Indigenous women | Refugees | Comedians, Comics and other Performers Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Interwiki Women Collaboration focus on UEFA Women's Euro 2022, August 8–21 Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
  

The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.

• News and notes: Information considered harmful
  

Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.

• In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
  

Real news or silly season?

• Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
  

IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
  

"This year's victory was sad and dull."

• Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
  

Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.

• Community view: Youth culture and notability
  

Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?

• Opinion: Criminals among us
  

Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.

• Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
  

The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3

• Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
  

GPT-3 whips it out.

• Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
  

And when is 'today'?

• Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July
  

The world shows its messy complexity.

• Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
  

More lists expected next month.

• Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
  

It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!

• In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
  

PAC2 explains the item documentation template.

• On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
  

Education, climate change, and journalism.

• Essay: How to research an image
  

Zoom and enhance.

• Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
  

And other new research findings.

• Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
  

But Commons is a treasure trove.

• Gallery: A backstage pass
  

All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

• From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
  

Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...

• Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?
  

Strange mysteries of our animal world.

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Women in Red in September 2022

Women in Red September 2022, Vol 8, Issue 9, Nos 214, 217, 240, 241 Online events: New: Alphabet run: E and F | Women writers and their works Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Request for help: Participate in preparations for our trend-setting contest in November Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

• News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
  

[e-mail] [e-mail] (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.

• Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
  

Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.

• In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
  

But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!

• Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
  

2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links

• News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
  

Change and stability.

• In focus: Thinking inside the box
  

All there is to know about userboxen.

• Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
  

Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.

• Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
  

Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!

• Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
  

One exterior, one interior.

• Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
  

Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".

• Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
  

And other new research

• Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
  

Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.

• Essay: Delete the junk!
  

Some articles aren't worth saving

• Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)
  

Edinburgh in August.

• Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
  

Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
  

The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.

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WikiProject Women in Green October 2022 Good Article Editathon

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WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in October 2022!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2022, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a Bollywood actress? Go for it. A pioneering female scientist? Absolutely. An award-winning autobiography by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

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Women in Red October 2022

Women in Red October 2022, Vol 8, Issue 10, Nos 214, 217, 242, 243, 244 Online events: New: Alphabet run: G and H | Women in STEM / Ada Lovelace Day | Geofocus West Asia Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Green's "Wildcard Edition" Good Article editathon Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

• News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
  

Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.

• In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers
  

Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?

• In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements
  

Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?

• Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
  

The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.

• Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News
  

Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.

• Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship
  

Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.

• Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?
  

Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.

• Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos
  

Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.

• Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future
  

And other research news.

• Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs
  

Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.

• Featured content: Farm-fresh content
  

This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.

• Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2
  

Lo!

• CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
  

When Commons gives you a blank space...

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022
  

Yes, again.

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Women in Red November 2022

Women in Red November 2022, Vol 8, Issue 11, Nos 214, 217, 245, 246, 247 Online events: New: Alphabet run: I and J | Women in Education | Geofocus Central & Southern Asia Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost
  

Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
  

News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.

• News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
  

501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.

• In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias
  

Wading into several controversies.

• Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove
  

I can has Kremlin sockfarms?

• Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?
  

And other new research publications.

• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
  

The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.

• Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com
  

Featured content from October.

• Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?
  

The strength of Wikipedia is the peer review afterwards.

• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal
  

More serial killers than you can shake a stick at!

• From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver
  

What tales echo in these hallowed halls.

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Women in Red in December 2022

WiR Women who died in 2022 Women in Red December 2022, Vol 8, Issue 12, Nos 214, 217, 248, 249, 250 Online events: New: Alphabet run K & L | Geofocus Southeast Asia | Women who died in 2022 Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Climate Change collaboration runs 1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023 Tip of the month: Remember to search slight spelling variations of your subject's name, like Katherine/Katharine or Elizabeth/Elisabeth, especially for historical subjects. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

• News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"
  

Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?

• In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"
  

Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.

• Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC
  

An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.

• Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
  

Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...

• Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed
  

Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?

• Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality
  

Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?

• Book review: Writing the Revolution
  

Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

• Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
  

Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.

• Essay: The Six Million FP Man
  

Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.

• Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff
  

Productively doing nothing

• Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"
  

And other research findings.

• Featured content: A great month for featured articles
  

Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.

• Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler
  

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

• Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia
  

A lost article from our deep annals

• Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports
  

The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
  

Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection.

• CommonsComix: Joker's trick
  

A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast.

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Women in Red January 2023

Happy New Year from Women in Red | January 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nos 250, 251, 252, 253, 254 Online events: New: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Geofocus East Asia Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2022 See also: Editing For Effie collaboration with the Smithsonian, January 8 & 9 (global event) Tip of the month: De-orphan and incorporate an article into Wikipedia using the Find Link tool Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
  

Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.

• In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more
  

Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!

• Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief
  

Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.

• Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
  

Wikifunctions might drag it down.

• Essay: Mobile editing
  

Frustrations and successes.

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022
  

Congratulations.

• Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes
  

And other new research findings.

• Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
  

How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.

• Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?
  

You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

• Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!
  

It is mostly about football!

• CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire
  

In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
  

Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

• From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again
  

It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

• Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
  

Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

• News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
  

UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.

• In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
  

Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.

• Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery
  

The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.

• In focus: Busting into Grand Central
  

Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.

• Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
  

The economics of Wikipedia.

• Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?
  

When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.

• Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced
  

7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".

• Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
  

Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.

• Featured content: Flip your lid
  

...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022
  

War, sports, and all types of chaos.

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
  

The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

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Women in Red in February 2023

Women in Red Feb 2023, Vol 9, Iss 2, Nos 251, 252, 255, 256, 257, 259 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women | Justice | Folklore Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Tip of the month: Explore Wikipedia for all variations of the woman's name (birth name, married name, re-married name, pen name, nickname) Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

• From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function
  

Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.

• News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
  

As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.

• Section 230: Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia
  

Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.

• Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos
  

Or Santos on Wikipedia?

• Special report: Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation
  

WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars

• In the media: Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate
  

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

• Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
  

Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.

• Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage
  

English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.

• Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias
  

And other new research publications.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour
  

An interview with those who pitch in together

• Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles
  

Letting you find out about yourself (and others).

• Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea
  

An exceptionally good period for featured articles.

• Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT
  

Can we have a chat?

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023

• News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan
  

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.

• In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage
  

Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.

• Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?
  

Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.

• Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia
  

GPT: friend or foe?

• Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK
  

Your one-stop hooker's handbook.

• Featured content: Eden, lost.
  

But much else to be found.

• Gallery: Love is in the air
  

Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.

• Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world
  

And maybe a side of AI.

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!
  

Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!

• Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground
  

Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.

• Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song
  

A musical interlude.

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Women in Red March 2023

Women in Red Mar 2023, Vol 9, Iss 3, Nos 251, 252, 258, 259, 260, 261 Online events: New: Geofocus Mediterranean | Art + Activism | Alphabet run Q & R Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | Folklore See also: #Visible Wiki Women Wikimedia challenge to add more images of women to Commons Tip of the month: Mobile phone readers may only see the article "lead" – take some time to make it shine! Include something to keep people reading. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

• News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
  

A lack of transparency.

• Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
  

Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.

• In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
  

Probable answers: No, no, maybe?

• Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
  

Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.

• Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
  

And other new research publications.

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
  

Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

• News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
  

Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

• Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians
  

One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.

• In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences
  

Everything is broken, again.

• Featured content: Way too many featured articles
  

Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!

• Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA
  

An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.

• Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?
  

All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

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Women in Red April 2023

Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266 Online events: New: Gender studies | Health | Dance | Alphabet run S & T | Books by women Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | See also: Women in Red is supporting Every Book Its Reader through our Books by women event. Tip of the month: When writing about a book, check WP:NBOOK for notability, then see MOS:NOVEL, WP:NONFICTION or WP:POETRYSTANDARDS for guidance. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

• From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions
  

Errata regretted.

• News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI
  

Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.

• In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news
  

Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.

• Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing
  

Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.

• Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid
  

Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.

• Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT
  

And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.

• From the archives: April Fools' through the ages
  

A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.

• Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic
  

Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

• News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns
  

Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.

• In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia
  

Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.

• Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman
  

The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.

• Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping
  

No news is good news, and this isn't no news.

• Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming
  

The problem we haven't solved.

• Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth
  

Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?

• Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022
  

In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.

• News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation
  

First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.

• Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again
  

And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.

• From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two
  

2011 and on.

• Humour: The law of hats
  

The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.

• Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme
  

Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that.

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Women in Red May 2023

Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270 Online events: New: Alphabet run U, V, W | Disability | Women in Education | CEE women Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | See also: Wikimedia CEE Spring 2023/CEE Women - Wikimedia contest with postcards and prizes The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th Tip of the month: Use the Google translate app and camera on your phone to translate text from an article or book Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 8 May 2023

• News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
  

... and at WP:Mastodon.

• In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
  

Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!

• Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions
  

And other new research publications.

• Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
  

...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.

• Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
  

There will likely be more to say next issue.

• News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
  

The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.

• Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023
  

First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years.

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

• News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation
  

... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.

• In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
  

Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.

• Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
  

Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.

• Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors
  

And other new research results.

• Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
  

Bird is the word for featured pictures.

• Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
  

Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.

• WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference
  

An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents.

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WikiProject Women in Green June 2023 Good Article Editathon notification

Hello Knope7:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in June 2023!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – another Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a Bollywood actress? Go for it. A pioneering female climate scientist? Absolutely. An award-winning book or film by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

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Women in Red - June 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273 Online events: New: Alphabet run X, Y & Z | LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Green: June 2023 GA Editathon event page Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/2023 global campaign The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th Tip of the month: Looking for new red links? Keep an eye out for interesting and notable friends, family, or associates of your last article subject, and re-examine group photos for other women who may still need an article. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023

• News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea
  

Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Building Committee Commences Command By Convening.

• In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again
  

Also: Goog gets delist ask for en-wp yt-dl ar-ticle, wacky football fails.

• Featured content: Poetry under pressure
  

Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous? A thorough-paced absurdity - explain it if you can.

• Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye
  

Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids.

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023

• News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
  

Problems with emergency emails sent to WMF.

• In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia
  

... and an AI writer explains why he just bought a paper encyc.

• Featured content: Content, featured
  

Poetry still present.

• Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics
  

And other new research findings.

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Women in Red July 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276 Online events: New: Women in Red's 8th anniversary | Alphabet run A & B | Sports Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Tip of the month: Look out for contributors interested in writing about women and invite them to join Women in Red Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 3 July 2023

• News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter
  

... and a new Elections Committee.

• Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
  

A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.

• In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed
  

Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?

• Featured content: Incensed
  

In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.

• Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
  

Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.

• Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions
  

Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area.

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023

• News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?
  

Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.

• In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
  

Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.

• Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)
  

Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.

• News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns
  

The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.

• In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?
  

Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.

• Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
  

A summary of various tools designed over the years.

• Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy
  

And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.

• Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced
  

Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.

• Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop
  

The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.

• Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
  

In which choices have been made™.

• Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
  

Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science.

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Women in Red 8th Anniversary

	Women in Red 8th Anniversary
	In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!

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Women in Red August 2023

Women in Red August 2023, Vol 9, Iss 8, Nos 251, 252, 277, 278, 279, 280 Online events: New: Alphabet run C & D | Indigenous women | Film and stage | Geofocus: Arab League Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikimania 2023 will be held in Singapore, 16–19 August, and will be facilitated by the affiliates in the ESEAP (East/South East/Asia/Pacific) region. Tip of the month: Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 1 August 2023

• News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
  

And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.

• In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
  

Or just another brouhaha?

• Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
  

Hot damn, it's damned hot!

• Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
  

Three editors have departed.

• Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
  

You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?

• Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
  

A serious visual investigation.

• In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
  

A compilation of over 3M citations.

• Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
  

Possible solutions after being re-harassed.

• Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
  

Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.

• Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
  

Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.

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The Signpost: 15 August 2023

• News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
  

Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.

• In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida
  

Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.

• In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!
  

Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.

• Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?
  

Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.

• Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
  

Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.

• Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing
  

The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.

• Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
  

For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?

• Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
  

An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.

• Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
  

Some improvement on last week.

• Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire
  

Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.

• Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
  

Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.

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September 2023 at Women in Red

Women in Red September 2023, Vol 9, Iss 9, Nos 251, 252, 281, 282, 283 Online events: New: Alphabet run E & F | Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Celtic nations Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Tip of the month: The books she wrote might be notable, too; learn 5 quick tips about about book articles. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023

• From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
  

News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.

• News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
  

Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.

• In the media: Taking it sleazy
  

"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".

• Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
  

And other recent research publications.

• Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
  

The good, the bad, and the nonsense.

• Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
  

A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.

• Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
  

I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
  

Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.

• In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
  

Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!

• Obituary: Nosebagbear
  

A Wikipedian and a friend.

• Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me
  

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• Featured content: Catching up
  

Covering all of August. Pretty much.

• Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"
  

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• Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
  

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Women in Red October 2023

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
  

Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.

• In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors
  

Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!

• Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
  

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• Featured content: By your logic,
  

The first issue to feature two poetry article

• Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS
  

Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.

• Poetry: "The Sight"
  

Tamzin reflects on the hunt.

• Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam
  

Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat?

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023

• News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
  

Long time passing

• In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
  

Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.

• Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
  

The benefits of research.

• Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
  

These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?

• Traffic report: The calm and the storm
  

They are still fighting.

• News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
  

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• Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it
  

"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates

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Women in Red - November 2023

Women in Red November 2023, Vol 9, Iss 11, Nos 251, 252, 287, 288, 289 Online events: New: Alphabet run I & J | Geofocus: Indian subcontinent | Women in Politics Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest Tip of the month: When translating articles from another language Wikipedia, don't forget to include attribution in your first edit summary. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

• Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
  

"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"

• In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
  

Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.

• News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups
  

And three new admins!

• Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk
  

You should learn some of our rules!

• WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023
  

The winner is...

• News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia
  

Do you ever wonder where Wikipedia articles come from?

• Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
  

And other new research findings.

• Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.
  

Only literally.

• Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia
  

A systematic approach.

• Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare
  

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023

• In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
  

Comic-con, Media summit, and a classic!

• News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
  

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• Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
  

Or if it's Indian sport or cinema.

• Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
  

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• Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships
  

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Women in Red December 2023

Women in Red December 2023, Vol 9, Iss 12, Nos 251, 252, 290, 291, 292 Online events: New: Alphabet run K & L | Women who died in 2023 | Honoured Women Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Tip of the month: Avoid copyright problems by rewriting in your own words. You can check any article or draft with Earwig's copyvio detector. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 4 December 2023

• News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy
  

Just as his term was ending!

• In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
  

Plus Apple Pay, fiction, registration, expulsion, and elimination!

• Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
  

An analysis of a literary mystery.

• In focus: Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged
  

Continuing years of efforts to improve free-to-read access.

• Comix: Bold comics for a new age
  

"I think we ought to read only the kind of comics that wound or stab us. If the comic we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?" — Franz Kafka

• Essay: I am going to die
  

And so are you.

• Featured content: Real gangsters move in silence
  

Quite literally, and other fascinating featured articles, pictures and lists

• Traffic report: And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
  

If you don't fancy the sport that occupies over 25% of the slots in these lists, there's always movies, celebrities, and political follies to fall back on – or an unusual fired-for-the-weekend CEO.

• Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
  

This page in a nutshell: Whether or not someone has denied unsavory allegations — though such a denial may not merit being given equal weight in an article — a worthless shitpost should still be included.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2023

• Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
  

Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.

• News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
  

Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...

• In the media: Consider the humble fork
  

Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.

• Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
  

Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.

• In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
  

Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".

• Technology report: Dark mode is coming
  

No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.

• Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
  

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• Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
  

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

• Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
  

the dilution makes it stronger.

• Crossword: when the crossword is sus
  

The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.

• Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
  

Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.

• From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
  

The debugging will continue until performance improves.

• Apocrypha: Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
  

Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!

• Humour: Guess the joke contest
  

Winner receives a special prize!

• BJAODN: Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
  

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Women in Red January 2024

Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296 Online events: New: Education (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Temperance women Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2023 Announcement In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part of the #1day1woman initiative! Tip of the month: Check out the new navigation on our Women in Red Project home page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

• From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
  

The Signpost can now drink beer and chant slogans in Canada. What slogans should we chant for the next nineteen years?

• Special report: Public Domain Day 2024
  

Mickey & You: What can you do?

• Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
  

A techie looks at the big questions.

• News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!
  

Let the games begin! The 2024 WikiCup is off to a strong start. With copyright enforcement, AI training and freedom of expression, it's another typical week in the wiki-sphere!

• In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate
  

The first of two installments, regarding a process of many installments.

• In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?
  

Watch out for those space ships!

• WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
  

What are the editorial processes behind covering some of the most politically polarizing and contentious topics on English Wikipedia?

• Obituary: Anthony Bradbury
  

Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
  

Around the world in 365 days (with many stops in India).

• Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading
  

The good news is that I've perfected the templates that allow other people to make actually good crosswords.

• Comix: Conflict resolution
  

Getting down to brass tacks &c.

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Women in Red February 2024

Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcement Please let other wikiprojects know about our February Black women event. Tip of the month: AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

• News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
  

Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Wikipedia changes admin rules

• Opinion: Until it happens to you
  

A stream of consciousness about plagiarism on Wikipedia from the perspective of a user who directly witnessed it.

• Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry
  

And how you can stop them!

• In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
  

Another wobble, more Ackman, our usual pathological optimist, and football in dirty pants!

• In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
  

Everything you really wanted to know about writing featured articles.

• Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
  

And other new research publications.

• Comix: We've all got to start somewhere
  

Writing a good subheading for a one-sentence joke is basically like writing an entire second joke so I'm not going to do it.

• Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
  

Job changes, death, sex, murder, suicide and a vacation!

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The Signpost: 13 February 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
  

"the exact extent of the obligations" unclear... many such cases!

• Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?
  

Lower, trust me!

• Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna
  

Finding the right bumblebee among all the bumblebees!

• In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part
  

The usual odd articles about Wikipedia.

• Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
  

The hunt for Bertil Ragnar Anzén.

• Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
  

Plus films, Grammys and a rumble!

• Crossword: Our crossword to bear
  

&c.

• Comix: Strongly
  

That's more than weakly!

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Women in Red March 2024

Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301 Online events: New: Alphabet run Q & R | Art+Feminism | Find Her Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements Celebrate Women – All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024 Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024 Feminism and Folklore 2024 Writing Contest Tip of the month: When creating a new article, check various spellings, including birth name, married names and pseudonyms, to be sure an article doesn't already exist. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
  

Plus, the U4C Charter keeps planting seeds, the RfA process is set to become more sustainable, and more news from the Wikimedia ecosystem.

• Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
  

And other new findings

• In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
  

Plus, naughty politicians, Federal judge not a fan, UFOs and beavers.

• Obituary: Vami_IV
  

Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
  

If you say it loud enough the views will come your way!

• WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
  

135 battle it out; 67 advance

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Proposed deletion of Megan Wessenberg

The article Megan Wessenberg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NSKATER... She has won no senior-level medals, nor has she won the U.S. Championships.

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Nomination of Megan Wessenberg for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Megan Wessenberg is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Megan Wessenberg until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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The Signpost: 29 March 2024

• Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
  

Much effort was spent drafting a movement charter about becoming "essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". How much is spent maintaining it?

• Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
  

Signpost interviews Wikimedia Foundation leadership on fundraising banners

• Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles
  

And does it have anything to do with the unusual decision to let a zero-edit user open an arbitration request?

• Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
  

Can we compete with social media? Will aoomers forget Wikipedia?

• Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
  

And several papers look at climate change on Wikipedia

• News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
  

WLM winners announced, Wikimania 2024, a new Wikimedia movement affiliate, and active enwp admins reach a record low.

• In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
  

Worldwide women turned blue and controversies on Serbian & French Wikipedia.

• Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
  

Let me take you to the movies.

• Humour: Letters from the editors
  

The only worthwhile grievance is the one that prompts satire.

• Comix: Layout issue
  

margin: 0 auto !important;

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Women in Red April 2024

Women in Red | April 2024, Volume 10, Issue 4, Numbers 293, 294, 302, 303, 304 Online events: New: Alphabet run S & T | Gender studies | Health Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements The second round of "One biography a week" begins in April as part of #1day1woman. Tip of the month: If you run into technical problems, you might find help on our Tools and technical support page Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

• In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics, and another wikirace on live TV
  

Plus, tribute songs and shout-outs outweighing vandalism and hoaxes, a dispute about the real king of the platform and other bits of news.

• News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
  

Plus, new updates on the privacy and research ethics whitepaper and the graphs outage situation, and an Iranian former steward is globally banned from Wikimedia projects

• WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
  

Outcomes of the event including newly published videos and photos, the archived conference website and program, and some attendee reflections on its significance.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
  

A WikiProject report on the 📰🌍 globe's finest news source!

• Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
  

And other recent research publications

• Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
  

Plus Godzilla meets Francis Scott Key!

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Women in Red May 2024

Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307 Online events: New: Press women | Alphabet run U, V & W | Central and Eastern Europe Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Wikimedia CEE Spring 2024 - contest with certificates of participation and prizes The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th Tip of the month: Use open-access references wherever possible, but a paywalled reliable source is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 16 May 2024

• News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections
  

WMF trustee elections, U4C results, Italian ArbCom, WMF and Endowment annual reports.

• Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
  

We don't know yet, but there is some encouraging news, nevertheless.

• Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
  

Some go out with a bang, some with a whimper, few with much of a comprehensible explanation.

• In the media: Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis
  

Plus, the WMF joins the Unicode Consortium, Chris Albon talks about AI tools on Wikipedia, communities address under-representation on the site.

• Op-Ed: Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure
  

More queries are failing, and more frequently, so what is to be done?

• Comix: Generations
  

It do be like that sometimes.

• Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby
  

With cricket and some cute baby reindeer!

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Women in Red June 2024

Women in Red | June 2024, Volume 10, Issue 6, Numbers 293, 294, 308, 309, 310 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music | Alphabet run X, Y & Z Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon June 2024 - Going Back in Time The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th Tip of the month: Find a Grave is NOT a reliable source (as it is user-generated content). It can be used to look for biographical clues. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 8 June 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023
  

The Form 990, as well as highlights and FAQs, are now available for review.

• Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
  

A new model for collaboration between the WMF and the community?

• Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
  

Hoaxes and the genesis of information.

• In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
  

First line, sixth paragraph, body text or unified Reich?

• News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
  

Outlining progress against the four key goals

• Opinion: Public response to the editors of Settler Colonial Studies
  

A letter.

• Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
  

And various research findings about Wikidata and knowledge graphs.

• Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
  

No we didn't write it, but we tried to cite it

• Essay: No queerphobia
  

An essay.

• Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
  

... and flagging your articles with big ugly red notices! (This is a good thing.)

• Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
  

Movies, deaths, elections (but no cricket).

• Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
  

Some stuff's only okay in the privacy of the home.

• Humour: Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox
  

Project in shambles – "it had never occurred to us that this was possible".

• Concept: Palimpsestuous
  

Hypertext.

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Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | July 2024, Volume 10, Issue 7, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 312, 313 Online events: New: Translation contest 2024 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Women in Sports Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Wiki Loves Sport 2024 22 July - 22 September Tip of the month: A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia. Check the guidelines before you start. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 4 July 2024

• News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
  

Three new admins, but overall numbers still shrinking.

• Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
  

Will we weather the storm?

• In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
  

Unbundling, automation, fighting spirit, and a bot named Reimu Hakurei.

• Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
  

Debate unsettled after seventeen years.

• In the media: War and information in war and politics
  

Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.

• Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
  

A journey to a sister project.

• Obituary: Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan
  

Rest in peace.

• Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
  

An article about Etika's appeal and legacy in pop culture.

• Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
  

A virtual visit to the Inland Northwest.

• Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections
  

"Simply not good enough".

• Crossword: On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares
  

How well do you know the main page (no peeking)?

• Humour: A joke
  

...!

• Cobwebs: Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn
  

Special:Diff/1 and related techno-trivia more complicated than you'd think.

• Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
  

And other new publications on systemic bias and other topics.

• Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
  

Elections, movies, sports.

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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

• Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
  

Iconic photograph, invalid fair use exemption criterion #3a claimant, or both?

• News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
  

Establishment of power-sharing agreement between WMF corporation and volunteer user community in limbo.

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter
  

Natalia Tymkiv, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, on the Charter vote results, the resolution, meeting minutes, and proposed next steps.

• Essay: Reflections on editing and obsession
  

A lost Signpost submission from fifteen years ago brought into the light, as good and true now as it was then.

• In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?
  

Failing forks, smart and well-researched stories, LGBT rights, and oral sex!

• Obituary: JamesR
  

Rest in peace.

• Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
  

Do you know these Wikipedia quotes?

• Humour: Joe Biden withdraws RfA, Donald Trump selects co-nom
  

Dems in disarray, GOP in chaos — analysts say news expected, but few can predict how race will shape up from here.

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Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | August 2024, Volume 10, Issue 8, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 313, 314, 315 Online events: New: | Women in film and stage | Indigenous women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (July, August, September) | Women in Sports (July, August) Announcements from other communities TBD Tip of the month: Check your athlete's notability before researching and creating her bio. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

• In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
  

A STORM over an AI that writes articles. And other notes of interest.

• Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems
  

And other findings.

• In focus: Twitter marks the spot
  

Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

• News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.
  

And Movement Charter ratification vote comments have been published

• Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
  

Possibly paid articles.

• Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
  

HouseBlaster's reflections on his RfA. In particular, do not ask superlative questions.

• Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
  

Just normally weird!

• Humour: I'm proud to be a template
  

Come in, you whippersnapper, have a cup of tea.

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September 2024 at Women in Red

Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317 Online events: New: Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Islands A - H Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (Jul, Aug, Sep) Announcements from other communities August 30 is the tenth anniversary of WikiProject Women writers! Tip of the month: Try her pen name when searching for sources, and remember to add her to any of these that apply: List of pen names, List of literary initials, and Category:Pseudonymous women writers. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

• News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
  

JCW compilation now tracks free DOIs, Wiki Loves Monuments getting started, WMF's status as UN observer stymied by China for fourth time.

• In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
  

Updates from the Portland pol's case, the war in Gaza, and other Wiki-related reports.

• Recent research: Simulated Wikipedia seen as less credible than ChatGPT and Alexa in experiment
  

And other new research findings

• News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
  

Who are they, why are they running and what are they bringing to the Board?

• Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
  

What all happened in Katowice?

• Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
  

Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.

• Traffic report: After the gold rush
  

The Olympics (yay!) and the American election (oh no).

• Humour: Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor
  

"I can't remember whether he is an incompetent moron, or an incorrigible POV warrior, or some other thing, but either way, to hell with him."

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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

• In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"
  

ANI (but probably not the one you're thinking of), bias and bans, crisis and Clover, Engelhorn's euros, and will the zoomers inherit the project?

• Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus
  

In response to a takedown request, Wikipedia editors reached a consensus on how to handle it appropriately.

• Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics
  

User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.

• Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing
  

User asilvering reflects on their recent successful request for adminship.

• News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?
  

More changes to RfA on the way in October, final results for the U4C elections revealed, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Gallery: Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?
  

Picture this: medicine, drugs, JFK, Cleopatra, anachronism, and global catastrophe.

• Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors
  

And other recent research publications.

• Traffic report: Jump in the line, rock your body in time
  

Band reunions and Beetlejuice!

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Women in Red October 2024

Women in Red | October 2024, Volume 10, Issue 10, Numbers 293, 294, 318, 319, 320 Online events: New: Women in STEM | Geofocus: Islands I-P | Women in archaeology Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities October is Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article Edit-a-thon Tip of the month: Unsure how to expand a stub article? Take a look at this guidance Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

• News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
  

Find more about the new Trustees, the first election cycle for admins, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper
  

And other searchings and findings.

• In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
  

Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!

• Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
  

Can it be fun to address systemic bias? Eighty participants say yes, it can!

• Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
  

Help me make it through the night!

• Book review: The Editors
  

A novel about us, from the point of view of three of us.

• Humour: The Newspaper Editors
  

Where do I even start?

• Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug
  

Pasta, acronyms, and one computer-crashing talk page.

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Women in Red November 2024

Women in Red | November 2024, Vol 10, Issue 11, Nos 293, 294, 321, 322, 323 Online events: New: Asian women | Geofocus: Islands Q-Z | Women in engineering Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Annual Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) is an online campaign designed to boost Asian content on Wikipedia each November. Unreferenced articles backlog drive. These Wikiproject clean-up lists offer a start to November's backlog drive, e.g. Women's History and Women writers Tip of the month: Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed images at search.creativecommons.org/ Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 6 November 2024

• From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime
  

But not everybody is able to legally read Wikipedia, and not everybody is able to legally edit Wikipedia.

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?
  

Defamation, privacy, censorship, and elections.

• In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel
  

Plus human knowledge and Ozzie places!

• Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship
  

Asian News International, the Delhi High Court, and the encyclopedia.

• Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them
  

Your photos are more valuable than you may realize.

• In focus: Questions and answers about the court case
  

What is going on?

• Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?
  

And Tata too!

• Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK
  

IP address privacy tools, and mysterious archive sites.

• Humour: Man quietly slinks away from talk page argument after realizing his argument dumb, wrong
  

Many such cases.

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The Signpost: 18 November 2024

• News and notes: Open letter to WMF about court case breaks one thousand signatures, big arb case declined, U4C begins accepting cases
  

Many cases: many such cases.

• In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names
  

Publisher versus intermediary, bias versus verifiability, and probing questions about Gwern's personal finances.

• Recent research: SPINACH: AI help for asking Wikidata "challenging real-world questions"
  

And other recent publications.

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports: FY 2023–2024
  

An overview of the finances and an explanation of what the numbers mean.

• Traffic report: Well, let us share with you our knowledge, about the electoral college
  

It's so over.

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Women in Red December 2024

Women in Red | December 2024, Vol 10, Issue 12, Nos 293, 294, 324, 325 Online events: New: Women who died in 2024 | Religion Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Women in Religion have a monthly virtual edit-a-thon and the next session is December 2nd 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CST. For Zoom meeting details, contact Dzingle1 or RosPost. Women in Red members are welcome to join the Zoom Meeting here Tip of the month: Think of rewarding contributors, especially newcomers, with a barnstar. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

• News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes
  

New arbs to be seated in January.

• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5
  

Will the fifth try at achieving peace be a mudfight, or something better?

• Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited
  

Should old acquaintance be forgot?

• Op-ed: On the backrooms
  

An editor's reflection on social capital and their changing relationship with Wikipedia culture.

by Tamzin

• In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?
  

Wikipedia aims to represent the sum of all knowledge. Is there an imbalance between Western countries and the rest of the world.

• In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial
  

Ballooning British bias bombast!

• Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody
  

Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.

• Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing
  

The importance of feedback.

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Seasons Greetings!

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Hello there, 'tis the season again, believe it or not, the years pass so quickly now! A big thank you for all of your contributions to Wikipedia in 2024! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and here's to a happy and productive 2025! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:03, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2024

• News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"
  

What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.

• Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything
  

A personal essay.

• Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject
  

Explanations for what led to it and what it was like to undergo it.

• In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case
  

Plus, the dangers of editing, Morrissey's page gets marred, COVID coverage critique, Kimchi consultation, kids' connectivity curtailed, centenarian Claudia, Christmas cramming, and more.

• From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?
  

Who's news?

• Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality
  

And other new research findings.

• Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Wikipedia article intensifies
  

Good faith edits REVERTED and accounts BLOCKED.

• Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
  

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

• Traffic report: Was a long and dark December
  

Wicked war, martial law, killing, death and an Indian movie with a new chess champ!

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Nomination of Jaimee Nobbs for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jaimee Nobbs is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaimee Nobbs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

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Women in Red January 2025

Women in Red | January 2025, Vol 11, Issue 1, Nos 324, 326, 327, 328, 329 Online events: New: Music (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run A & B | Internet personalities Continuing: #1day1woman (year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2024 Announcements from other communities Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2025 Participate in #1Lib1Ref Jan 15 – Feb 5, 2025 Tip of the month: Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding {{User:ForsythiaJo/20%Userbox}} to your user page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

• From the editors: Looking back, looking forward
  

The 20th anniversary of The Signpost.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024
  

A lot of psephology!

• In the media: Will you be targeted?
  

HUMINT or humbug?

• Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last
  

Hallelujah!

• Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia
  

Johnny Au has edited for 17 years straight without missing a day.

• Opinion: Reflections one score hence
  

Some thoughts from the original editor-in-chief.

• News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free
  

Public Domain Day 2025, Women in Red hits 20% biography milestone, Spanish Wikipedia reaches two million articles, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next
  

The Signpost staff on achievements of '24 and hopes for '25.

• Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia
  

The latest crusade?

• In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?
  

Our alumni speak!

• Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics
  

Applying the scientific method to a model of conflict that leads to arbitration.

• Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia
  

This post fact-checked by real Wikipedian patriots.

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Women in Red February 2025

Women in Red | February 2025, Vol 11, Issue 2, Nos. 326, 327, 330, 331 Online events: New: Black women | Alphabet run C & D Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements from other communities: Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history Tip of the month: Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed ones on Creative Commons search Suggestion: Consider helping to promote women under In the news and On this day on Wikipedia's main page Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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The Signpost: 7 February 2025

• Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians
  

But an open language model is ready to help.

• News and notes: Let's talk!
  

The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon
  

Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.

• In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk
  

Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.

• Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City
  

Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.

• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed
  

Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.

• Traffic report: A wild drive
  

The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.

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Women in Red March 2025

Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334 Online events: New: Alphabet run E & F | Artists+Activists | Women of the Arab World Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements from other communities: March editathons around the world Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series Tip of the month: You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing, and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks Moving the needle:[1] 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women) 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women) Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period! Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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References

1. "Humaniki".

The Signpost: 27 February 2025

• News and notes: Administrator elections up for reapproval and 1bil GET snagged on Commons
  

French Wikipedia defends a user against public threats, steward elections, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World
  

"The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".

• Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year
  

From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.

• In the media: The end of the world
  

Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?

• Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read
  

Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".

• Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing
  

User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.

• Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?
  

What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?

• Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors
  

Liberté, liberté chérie.

• Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars
  

Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.

• Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source
  

Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!

• Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)
  

Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.

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The European Destubathon

You are invited to participate in The European Destubathon in April. Almost $3000 in Amazon voucher prizes, including prizes for 5 different entities of the UK and Ireland, which can be used to buy books for content, though it can also be treated as an editathon if you're not interested in competing! Minimum content to be added to each article just to ensure that they're over a stub, though longer expansions also welcome. Entries at the end of the contest will be tipped into the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge and European Challenge/20,000 Challenge for UK and Ireland entries. Previous contests were really enjoyable and I'm hoping this one will be too! Sign up if interested. Thanks! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:59, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 March 2025

• From the editor: Hanami
  

It's an ecstasy, my spring.

• Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia
  

Let them know what you think!

• News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia
  

Read this, then forget all about it.

• In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual
  

Life on the Wiki as usual!

• Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?
  

And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals

• Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...
  

The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.

• Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!
  

The photographers are the celebrities!

• Essay: Unusual biographical images
  

And very unusual biographical images.

• Obituary: Rest in peace
  

Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

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Women in Red April 2025

Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336 Online events: New: Alphabet run G & H | Business Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (Events facilitated by others): The European Destubathon – a stub improvement contest/editathon from 1–30 April 2025 Tip of the month: When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT. Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited, it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name. Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women) 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women) Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period! Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

• Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison
  

Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.

• In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear
  

Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?

• In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International
  

Defeat, or just a setback?

• News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack
  

Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.

• Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
  

Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!

• Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas
  

What is to be done?

• Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing
  

Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.

• Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM
  

Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...
  

Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!

• News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view
  

The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.

• Comix: Thirteen
  

Gadzooks!

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Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338 Online events: New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (events facilitated by others): WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period! 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women) Tip of the month: Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

• News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment
  

As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

• In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status
  

Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?

• Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia
  

And other new research findings.

• Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom
  

And don't bite those newbies!

• Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions
  

And don't bite those newbies!

• Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man
  

Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?

• Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
  

Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.

• News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan
  

A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).

• Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts
  

Hey! At least it is something!

• Comix: By territory
  

Zounds!

• In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?
  

Would a billion articles be a good idea?

• Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia
  

There's a lot more to this than you think.

• Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing
  

I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.

• Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
  

Just beautiful photos!

• Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher
  

Rest in Paradise.

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

• News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo
  

And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.

• In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
  

And other courtroom drama.

• Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?
  

And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.

• In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions
  

Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

• Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
  

And QR codes for every page!

• Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing
  

When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

• Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)
  

Rest in peace.

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)
  

The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

• Comix: Collection
  

Gadzooks!

• From the archives: Humor from the Archives
  

And more.

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Women in Red June 2025

Women in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ | Alphabet run K & L Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea, but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red. We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania. We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider? Can you suggest a DYK style hook? If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page. The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period! 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women) 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women) Tip of the month: Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources. Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The World Destubathon

Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for Canada, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:34, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 June 2025

• News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!
  

Admins arrested in Belarus.

• In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion
  

Pardon our alliteration!

• Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?
  

A get-out-of-jail card!

• Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
  

And other new research publications.

• Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past
  

Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

• News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
  

Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!

• Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
  

After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

• Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing
  

With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
  

Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

• Comix: Hamburgers
  

Egad!

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Women in Red July 2025

Women in Red | July 2025, Vol 11, Issue 7, Nos. 326, 327, 341, 342, 343 Online events: New: Alphabet run M & N | Women in Red turns 10 | Kenya Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,514 articles during this period! 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280 bios; 415,618 women) 23 Jun 2025: 20.130% (2,072,236 bios; 417,132 women) Tip of the month: A nuanced article is more useful than a shiny pedestal. Readers can find hope in your subject's survival or achievements, but they can also learn from your subject's mistakes and limitations. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 18 July 2025

• News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!
  

Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

• In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?
  

And how do we know?

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles
  

Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

• In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years
  

Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

• Recent research: Knowledge manipulation on Russia's Wikipedia fork; Marxist critique of Wikidata license; call to analyze power relations of Wikipedia
  

As well as "hermeneutic excursions" and other scientific research findings.

• News from the WMF: Form 990 released for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fiscal year 2023-2024
  

The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

• Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred
  

A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

• Comix: Divorce
  

Drawn this century!

• Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis
  

How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion
  

Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

• Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone
  

Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: God only knows
  

Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

• Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia
  

If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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Women in Red August 2025

Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the month: Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

• News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
  

Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

• Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN
  

A review of June, July and August.

• Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
  

Who is this guy?

• Community view: News from the Villages Pump
  

Threads since June.

• In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches
  

And slop.

• Crossword: Accidental typography
  

It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

• Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men
  

gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

• Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
  

Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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Women in Red September 2025

Women in Red | September 2025, Vol 11, Issue 9, Nos. 326, 327, 347, 348, 349 Recognized as the most active, topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run Q & R | Women writers & their works | Microstates Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the Month: Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published. Progress ("moving the needle"): The WikiProject Women in Red homepage is usually updated weekly, using the Humaniki tool. Sadly, Humaniki has been out of action since 23 June. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 9 September 2025

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
  

UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.

• In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
  

Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!

• Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
  

The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.

• Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
  

And other new research findings.

• Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
  

Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.

• Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice
  

With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.

• Essay: The one question
  

It's an easy one.

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Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10

Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10, Nos. 326, 327, 350, 351, 352 Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run S & T | Women in STEM | Halloween Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Sister wikiproject Women in Green October 2025 Good Article Edit-a-thon focuses on What Women Do Tip of the Month: Notable does not always mean admirable; you don't have to like an article's subject to make the article a useful contribution to Wikipedia. Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 6,283 articles during this period: 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women) 24 September 2025: 20.20% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,088,533 biographies; 421,901 women) Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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