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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

• Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison

• In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear

• In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International

• News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack

• Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

• Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas

• Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing

• Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM

• Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...

• News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view

• Comix: Thirteen

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New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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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

• In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status

• Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia

• Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom

• Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions

• Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man

• Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media

• News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan

• Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts

• Comix: By territory

• In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?

• Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia

• Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing

• Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024

• Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher

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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

• In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide

• Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?

• In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions

• Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie

• Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing

• Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)

• Comix: Collection

• From the archives: Humor from the Archives

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The Signpost: 24 June 2025

• News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!

• In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion

• Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?

• Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians

• Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past

• News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

• Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors

• Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)

• Comix: Hamburgers

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