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Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 09:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Hello! I saw your edits at Montoneros, and, being a bit too much curious, found out that you were a law librarian. So I allow myself to attract your attention on Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial and universal jurisdiction entries, which both would benefit from some scholarly improvement. Now that the trial of Pinochet has been unexpectedly suspended (although much of the cases continue to be investigated), it is a bit easier achieving a stable version of this page. Hope you don't mind this notice, fare well ! Tazmaniacs 00:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adopting an article

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Request for Comment and Expansion of Syngas Fermentation Article

Hi Walshga,

I am a PhD student at Iowa State University who is working syngas fermentation project. I have been trying to write an article for the Wikipproject Energy Development. I need your comment, and help for the expansion of the article. If you can help me, I am gladly be happy for that.

Thanks

Ferit Isik 16:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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Transverse wave

I'm happy it helps (-;

Thanks for your encouragements…

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AfD nomination of F+A Architects

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Alphabetization and collation

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Nu-Way article

As you probably noticed I have made some edits to the Nu-Way article. I see that you created it and have contributed to the majority. I was just going to let you know I am not trying to take it over. I had been wanting to make a Nu-Way article for a long time, but never got around to it. Next time I looked into creating it, it was already done. I have tried to do some updating and revision. I went back and tried to make my citations similar to yours so that it would look clean and more uniform. I still have some things I had planning on adding. The main one is creating a section just for features, and recognitions. There have been numerous ones, and I figured that would be a good addition. That would add to the content and to the overall notability. Let me know if you have any ideas to work on or if you have any problems with my edits. Let you know your thoughts on it. Thanks. Brinkley32 (talk) 23:35, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am back in Macon for the weekend (been away at college). I can take some pictures if you need me to. I am not sure exactly how to upload them and all, but I am sure I could figure it out. Also what pictures would we need? Just the one downtown? If so, the sign or the "storefront"? I always go to the one at Zebulon, but I don't know how that would go over since that is only one in the chain, not the main one. Let me know whenever you can. I may go ahead and take some tomorrow downtown anyway, since you probably won't have time to respond. Just let me know what you think. Brinkley32 (talk) 05:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Hornbook -- a new WP:Law task force for the J.D. curriculum

Hi Walshga,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

• Each casebook will have a subpage.

• Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
• It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
• Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.

• I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.

2. If you're a law student,

• Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Hornbook to your classmates, and tell them to do the same.
• Contact me directly via talk page or email about coordinating a chapter of "Student WP:Hornbook Editors" at your own school.

(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)

3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 06:00, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:List of environmental lawsuits#Criteria for inclusion: overinclusive?

Your comment(s) at Talk:List of environmental lawsuits#Criteria for inclusion: overinclusive? are welcome. Wavelength (talk) 22:38, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help concerning energy...

Hi,

I noticed you listed yourself as a participant of the Energy WikiProject.

There are 2 new outlines in this area that attempt to consolidate Wikipedia's coverage of their respective subjects, gathering and organizing the articles about them into one place and including descriptions for convenience. The purposes of these outlines are to make it easier for readers to survey or review a whole subject, and to choose from Wikipedia's many articles about it.

The new energy outlines are:

• Outline of solar energy
• Outline of wind energy

Please take a look at them, and....

if you spot missing topics, add them in.

if you can, improve the descriptions.

add missing descriptions.

show parent-offspring relationships (with indents).

fix errors.

For more information about the format and functions of outlines, see Wikipedia:Outlines.

Building outlines of existing material (such as Wikipedia) is called "reverse outlining". Reverse outlines are useful as a revision tool, for identifying gaps in coverage and for spotting poor structuring.

Revising a work with multiple articles (such as Wikipedia) is a little different than revising a paper. But the general principles are the same...

As you develop these outlines, you may notice things about the articles they organize. Like what topics are not adequately covered, better ways to structure and present the material, awkward titles, articles that need splitting, article sections lacking {{Main}} links, etc.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines.

Thank you. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 00:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.: see also Outline of energy

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In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.

• Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017
  

A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018

• Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?
  

Should an editor's block history be a permanent "rap sheet", or does Wikipedia forgive and forget? A reform initiative has begun.

• Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
  

Exemplary content recognized between January 12 and January 20, 2018

• Recent research: Automated Q&A from Wikipedia articles; Who succeeds in talk page discussions?
  

Also: Polish quality, Russian political mythologization, and multilingual analyses

• Blog: New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes
  

The Wikimedia Foundation's Analytics team compiles a clickstream dataset, now available as a series of monthly data dumps for English, Russian, German, Spanish, and Japanese Wikipedias.

• Interview: Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists
  

Lessons on Creating a Featured List

• Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles
  

The most popular articles for January 14 to 27

• Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
  

A partnership to improve and update Wikipedia's medical content

• Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
  

Politeness and collegial behavior about to be taken up by Arbcom, and perhaps a revisit of the infobox question.

• In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
  

Also, did UCF really win?

• Humour: You really are in Wonderland
  

Enjoy the humour of another contributor

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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

• News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
  

Sweden selected for Wikimania 2019; research report on shaping the future; a scarcity of RfAs.

• Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
  

There might be good things about an edit war.

• Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
  

Editor in self-imposed exile and infobox wars a thorn in the side of arbitration committee.

• Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain
  

The Superbowl, the Winter Olympics, death, and accusations of unspeakable things.

• Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history
  

An eclectic mix of promotions.

• Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
  

And other recent tech news.

• Humour: Impossible and unexplained traffic report
  

Stubs get a lot of pageviews.

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

• Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?
  

Is The Signpost on its last legs?

• News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
  

Wikimedia events, group recognition, and individual appointments are ongoing.

• Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
  

Arbcom considers new discretionary sanctions for infoboxes and an extension of 1RR.

• In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good
  

Diplomats join Wikipedia for International Women's Day, the perfect "Human", how fringe theories are sustained, and perennial plagiarism from our pages.

• Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
  

Wakanda still fascinates; the Oscars happened; Winter Olympics come to a close; and International Women's Day gets over a million page views.

• Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs
  

A plethora of content.

• Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
  

Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.

• Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.
  

Retrospective on article creation trial.

• Humour: WikiWorld Reruns
  

Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

• From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again
  

Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.

• Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost
  

How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.

• News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.
  

Finally a free image Kim Jong-un. WMF wins legal battle. Stephen Hawking death tops all Wikipedia hits.

• In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
  

Internet companies use Wikipedia to police truth; Citogenesis proven yet again; early birthday greetings; and trains

• In focus: Admin reports board under criticism
  

A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).

• Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
  

New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts

• Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised
  

The standards have been raised for sources used in judging the notability of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

• Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
  

Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".

• Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
  

Can Wikipedia mobilize the same energy to fill other gaps in coverage?

• Discussion report: The future of portals
  

What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?

• Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
  

Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History
  

Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.

• Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia
  

What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study

• Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff
  

You might not get all excersized about essays but they can be as fun as talk pages

• Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
  

The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.

• Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
  

Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  

Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.

• Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
  

Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

• From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline
  

A busy office with minimal staff.

• Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
  

Kudpung has some thoughts on the reasons for becalmed forums and the reluctance of candidates to (wo)man the rigging.

• Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
  

Thoughts on how looking for the truth on Wikipedia brings out unexpected things in the real world.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
  

After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.

• Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
  

A busy month for discussions on major topics.

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  

Science, sportspeople, video games, and history feature heavily in the community's picks this month.

• Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics
  

Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?

• News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
  

De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.

• In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
  

And the burning question of the day, is the monkey selfie going to space with the rest of Wikipedia?

• Traffic report: We love our superheroes
  

No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

• Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies
  

Improved mobile app, searching, citations, inline maps, voting, and more.

• Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia
  

Editor SusunW delves into reasons why she has created hundreds of articles about women.

• Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
  

Too many women still don't know that Wikipedia is editable.

• Humour: Play with your food
  

Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade mind.

• Gallery: Wine not?
  

May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

• From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
  

The dark and twisted world of Wikipedia's most powerful media institution: The Signpost.

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

• From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking
  

A Wiki not so Simple, a mayor motivating an editathon, a Marshall Plan, and a Wikimania under a cloud of criticism

• Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?
  

Further developments on New Page Review and Articles for Creation work sharing

• Op-ed: What do admins do?
  

Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems

• Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
  

So it shouldn't get credit for our work, either.

• News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania
  

Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.

• In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress
  

Several online battles are juxtaposed with stories about cooperation and good deeds, Arbcom hovering over it all; notwithstanding, a good action movie script is not necessarily found here.

• Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
  

Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.

• Featured content: New promotions
  

Enjoy the superb content

• Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed
  

British politics case enters workshop phase and German war effort closes workshop, goes to Arbcom for proposals.

• Traffic report: Endgame
  

Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway

• Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements
  

An AI assistant comes to watchlists; better mobile compatibility; new bots, tools and scripts; and more

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa
  

Colorful and moving.

• Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey
  

WMF appeals to Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet Arslan to lift the block of all language versions of Wikipedia for over a year.

• Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry
  

Studying ourselves: 'driven by a sense of mission' according to researchers.

• Humour: Television plot lines
  

In our next episode...

• Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors
  

Some essays are funny, some are serious; some are just, well what exactly?

• From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
  

Revisiting an editor's warning to count our kidneys and keep the wolves at bay

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

• From the editor: If only if
  

Ships and shoes – and if you don't like it here, just go away!

• Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise
  

How admin would-bes run the gauntlet.

• Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
  

Wikipedia referees wag a finger at Professional Wrestling editors.

• News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR
  

New admins and Kudpung finally leaves NPP after 7 years.

• In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set
  

One secret cabal that watches out for conspiracy theories, and another one out to stymie venture capitalists?

• Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
  

And more: a new user group for editing code, Women in Red, and arbitrator articles.

• Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
  

Spanning the gamut from warfare and destruction to pop culture to celebrations of nature and humanity's achievements.

• Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes
  

We don't have "state agents" in a political debate, but couldn't talk about it if there were.

• Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
  

Finding the mathematician and Supreme Court nominee in this list is like playing Where's Waldo?.

• Technology report: New bots, new prefs
  

Useful new gadgets.

• Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July
  

Depictions of July events in several countries.

• Blog: Motivation of two editors
  

Those who study ancient Egypt.

• Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
  

And other recent findings, plus a roundup of research presentations at Wikimania.

• Humour: It's all the same
  

Merge WikiProject Professional wrestling and ANI.

• Essay: Wikipedia does not need you
  

Get over it!

• From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
  

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

• From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
  

Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.

• Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin
  

"Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"

• News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
  

WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.

• In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles
  

But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.

• Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy
  

Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  

Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.

• Special report: Wikimania 2018
  

"Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

• Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
  

Very high and very low hits; love and loss.

• Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
  

Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.

• Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat
  

Some of the best pictures of 2017.

• Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
  

Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.

• Humour: Signpost editor censors herself
  

Nothing funny about it.

• Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment
  

Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?

• From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words
  

The Wikipedia Plays.

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

• From the editor: Is this the new normal?
  

We keep on publishing as long as you keep on reading.

• News and notes: European copyright law moves forward
  

Wikipedia dodges a bullet in Brussels... maybe.

• In the media: Knowledge under fire
  

Can Wikipedians help save the world's knowledge and shine a light on current events?

• Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
  

Plus: signatures, shortcuts, and reliable sources.

• Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom
  

No valid new requests for arbitration, no new cases.

• Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low
  

Fourth highest view count of the year; lowest view count since 2014; death, sports, and movies ever constant.

• Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile
  

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news.

• Gallery: A pat on the back
  

A pictorial ode to the end of summer.

• Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains
  

As the global community of volunteer Wikimedia editors mourns the destruction of this amazing museum, this post pays tribute to all editors who have contributed restlessly to tell the story of the National Museum, our history.

• Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
  

And other recent research papers.

• Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle
  

What is a four-letter word for...

• Essay: Expressing thanks
  

You know you should...

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

• From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely
  

A slightly thinner issue, but out on time.

• Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair
  

Is a missing article on a Nobel laureate a fail? What if her draft biography was declined as non-notable?

• News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks
  

And it's richer than ever.

• In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias
  

Breitbart begone; rescued by archivists; celebrating trolls?

• Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
  

Plus: two pending changes-related discussions, notability, and naming conventions.

• Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
  

Who's reading what?

• Technology report: Bots galore!
  

Bots can do anything you want – well, almost.

• Special report: NPP needs you
  

WMF continues to stonewall development; NPP wishes again relegated to stocking fillers.

• Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six
  

SPARQL adds sparkle to WMF projects.

• In focus: Alexa
  

We are all writing for Amazon.

• Gallery: Out of this world!
  

No special effects here, just beautiful celestial images.

• Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
  

If it weren't free, of course.

• Humour: Talk page humour
  

Wikipedia has a long history of talk page tomfoolery.

• Opinion: Strickland incident
  

The reviewer who declined the article gives his perspective.

• From the archives: The Gardner Interview
  

The "holy-shit" slide.

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

• From the editor: Time for a truce
  

Lay down your verbal weapons.

• Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia
  

The experiences of a new user on Wikipedia, told in their own words.

• Special report: The Christmas wishlist
  

What do the WMF devs have in store for the community?

• Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF
  

Suppose they gave a blog and nobody came?

• News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit
  

Looking both backward and forward to events concerning the community.

• Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day
  

A personal reflection on Wikipedia's role as a repository of history.

• In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars
  

Real-world news competes with the usual celeb fascination for Wikipedia's commentators.

• Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee
  

It was a good 15 years. Plus: admins, notability, substubs, and new padlocks.

• Arbitration report: A long break ends
  

Arbcom takes its first new case since June.

• Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight
  

The "Queen" of stage and screen, that is. Is there another?

• Gallery: Intersections
  

Biology or technology? Form follows function in nature and the constructed world.

• Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize
  

And other new research results.

• Essay: No one cares about your garage band
  

Nope, don't care!

• Humour: The dark side of our favorite root vegetable
  

Wonky carrots invoke terror.

• From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis
  

ARS might continue, but some Wikipedians might not.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

• From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?
  

Tell us what you think!

• Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee
  

Did World Patent Marketing pay to get Wikipedia to include flattering information on their board member, now the Acting United States Attorney General?

• Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?
  

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

• News and notes: Some wishes do come true
  

NPP wins the wish list poll; Wikipedia editors will be able to work better at night; new WMF appointments and new arbitrators; and who wants to be an admin?

• In the media: Political hijinks
  

Wikipedia says 'ta' to British M.P. and 'buh-bye' to U.S. President's image vandals.

• Discussion report: A new record low for RfA
  

Plus: reliable sources, notability, and fallout from the self-blocking software changes.

• WikiProject report: Articlegenesis
  

Discovering how new and unregistered users make articles with the members of WikiProject Articles for Creation.

• Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case
  

GiantSnowman asked to chill, and other disputes addressed by Arbcom (or not).

• Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents
  

The band relinquishes its first place hold; Aquaman is swimming into view for late December.

• Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone
  

Happy solstice, and happy New Year!

• Blog: News from the WMF
  

In and around the WMF and its projects from the WMF's web site.

• Humour: I believe in Bigfoot
  

Are you a believer?

• Essay: Requests for medication
  

When the desire to continue to have the privilege of editing Wikipedia overrides the body's innate desire to choke the living shit out of some bastard who really has it coming.

• From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again
  

Compromised accounts – especially those of inactive admins.

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

• Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected
  

Lab rats deflate research to be performed on the Wikipedia community.

• In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages
  

Did you know that there was an admin who thought that the metaphor of the mop was a joke, and now they know it's not?

• News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
  

Rude or just forgetful? Eight-year WMF manager has disappeared; Facebook gives a million bucks, gets no love.

• In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized
  

Heroes and unsung heroes: many good news stories about the work we are all doing together.

• Discussion report: The future of the reference desk
  

Plus: plagiarism from Wikipedia, user categories, and admin activity requirements.

• Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity
  

Get yourself lost in 1730's Paris, and a wide range of other recently promoted content.

• Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope
  

Snowman flames newbies? Or just oversensitive snowflakes?

• Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther
  

The most popular articles of 2018 include a cornucopia of superheroes (Avengers: Infinity War)

• Technology report: When broken is easily fixed
  

Emergency server switch goes smoothly; technical glitches resolved; a new way to transfer files to Commons.

• Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering
  

A tour of some of the world's greatest memorials courtesy the Prime Minister of India.

• News from the WMF: News from WMF
  

The world’s largest photo contest, a $1 million gift, Wikipedia’s birthday, WF appoints Valerie D'Costa.

• Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?
  

And other new research publications.

• Essay: How
  

A narrative to get you oriented to how this place works, and to the key policies and guidelines.

• Humour: Village pump
  

More talk pages you don't want to miss.

• From the archives: An editorial board that includes you
  

Four years - and nothing changed?

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

• From the editors: Help wanted (still)
  

This may be too wordy, verbose and loquacious – and possibly redundant – but as you know, it takes others to check our work, and if there were more people in the Newsroom, we'd be able to double check ourselves and produce a better product for our readership; if you think you are up to it, you are welcome to join us and even copyedit the Editor-in-Chief's article intros.

• News and notes: Front-page issues for the community
  

Encyclopedias for Deletion; Corinne; scholarships; partial blocks; and administrators headcount.

• In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election
  

This election will select 2 of 10 seats on the board. All Wikimedia users are stakeholders in the election outcome and should participate.

• Discussion report: Talking about talk pages
  

This month's major discussions include a WMF talk page consultation and a proposed current events noticeboard.

• Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
  

Horsemen of the apocalypse all represented in recently promoted content, alongside new life, pretty birds, great music, and other miscellaneous topics.

• Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee
  

Snowed in, maybe.

• Traffic report: Binge-watching
  

Netflix shows and TV sports dominate. A US politician breaks into the top 10.

• Technology report: Tool labs casters-up
  

Tool labs goes kaput, bots running wild (not really), interface administrators step into the breach, new gadgets and other tech happenings.

• Gallery: Signed with pride
  

A gallery of user signatures created by Wikipedians themselves.

• Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers
  

When watchers want the whole truth, they wind up with the wiki! And Cultural Context Content comes out of a complete cartography.

• Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia
  

Assume good faith even if it kills you.

• From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
  

The creation of the Esperanza group.

• Humour: Pesky Pronouns
  

Not feeling blurbish right now.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• From the editors: Getting serious about humor
• News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
• In the media: Women's history month
• Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
• Featured content: Out of this world
• Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
• Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
• Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
• News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
• Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention
• From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
• Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37
• Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?
• In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch
• Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride
• Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings

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The Signpost: 30 April 2019

• News and notes: An Action Packed April
  

New Administrators, April Fools, our competitors, and other associated updates

• In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?
  

Harassment, a black hole, the Mueller Report, and Mötley Crüe - just another social media site?

• Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages
  

Plus: another round of paid editing discussion.

• Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art
  

April's admirable additions.

• Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee
  

Policies and procedures, cases and controversies, and other ArbCom updates

• Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde
  

Round up the unusual suspects

• Technology report: A new special page, and other news
  

Welcoming English Wikipedia's newest admin (bot)

• Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns
  

Photos and videos show the damage

• News from the WMF: Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?
  

Wikimedia Foundation data scientists are using machine learning to predict whether—and why—any given sentence on Wikipedia may need a citation in order to help editors identify areas of content violating the verifiability policy.

• Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy
  

And other recent research results

• From the archives: Portals revisited
  

"The future of portals", a year later

• Humour: Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...
  

Some editors will do anything to get a laugh

• Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps
  

What we know we don't know, and why it might matter more than you might think

• Interview: Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director
  

Maher discusses her tenure as ED, the editing community, harassment and diversity, the WMF's 3-5 year plan, airplane travel, books, and her future.

• Community view: 2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy
  

An overview of Wikimedia Summit 2019, a working conference to discuss the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Process, preparing draft recommendations for Wikimania 2019 in August.

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The Signpost: 31 May 2019

• From the editors: Picture that
  

The North Face sneaks in advertisements, apologizes after being caught

• News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections
  

Get ready to go to Wikimania in Stockholm where you might meet two new trustees

• In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball
  

Wikipedia finds itself up against China, Pennsylvania politicians and the Detroit Tigers

• Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia
  

Neutrality and copyright concerns lead and part 2 of the talk pages consultation.

• Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead
  

Resignations, new cases, administrator security, and more

• Traffic report: Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!
  

Who will be next to fill the throne at the top of the list?

• Technology report: Lots of Bots
  

Admin bots, approved bots, bots on trial, lots and lots of bots

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey
  

The WMF keeps working to stop Turkey from blocking Wikipedia.

• Recent research: Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?
  

And other new research publications

• Essay: Paid editing
  

We've been talking about paid editing forever

• From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
  

A debate from 5 years ago on whether we use to prohibit undisclosed paid editing

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The June 2019 Signpost is out!

• Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
  

Could this be a new relationship between the Foundation and ArbCom, and between the Foundation and enwiki?

• News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
  

Many administrators resign related to Fram case; Wikimedia Thailand to host Wikimania 2020.

• In the media: The disinformation age
  

Or is it the information error?

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

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

• Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
  

Readers look for info on what they watch, mostly Chernobyl.

• Technology report: Actors and Bots
  

Database changes, new scripts, Tech News, and more.

• Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth
  

Wikimedia photographers surge to contribute to the Wiki Loves Earth campaign even while rogue clothing company The North Face replaces wiki illustrations with advertisements.

• Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?
  

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• Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
  

And other recent research publications.

• From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
  

"If you don't clean up this mess, the adults are going to come and take your toys away from you."

• Opinion: Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might
  

To reduce the incentives driving undisclosed paid editing, Wikipedia could simplify the process and meet outsiders halfway.

• In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
  

Academic peer review meets Wikimedia.

• Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
  

How an Irish state-level paid editor tried to turn me into the villain.

• Op-Ed: 2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results
  

Wikimedia community organizations elect two members for the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees.

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The Signpost: 31 July 2019

• News and notes: Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India
  

WMF grants program changes position on funding random individuals globally and 100 crore people in one region

• In the media: Politics starts getting rough
  

Are we ready for the sharp elbows?

• Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
  

Resysop requests on the ’crat board prove controversial; plus, aftermath of Framgate.

• Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
  

Arbitration begins setting new boundaries after the June blow-up

• Gallery: Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann
  

It looks nice and cool up in those mountains

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

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

• Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
  

It's easy, education saves lives.

• News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
  

Or, how to avoid Artificial Ignorance

• Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
  

And other new research publications

• Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
  

A new record set: fewer than 500 active admins.

• Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
  

and don't forget the movies

• In focus: The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German
  

Who is growing? Who is not?

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The Signpost: 30 August 2019

• News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
  

The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.

• In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
  

Working with leadership and the community, taking on both operational and strategic responsibilities

• In the media: Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism
  

And the media report it all

• Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
  

Can we survive without IP addresses?

• Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
  

And some summer flicks with the usual heroes and villains

• Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored
  

Should we break the law or publish the truth?

• Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
  

Or how to make a concentration camp disappear?

• Community view: Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong
  

From streets to Wikipedia - What are editors from Hong Kong facing?

• News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
  

Emna Mizouni was named the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year.

• Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
  

A roundup of many recent publications examining Wikpedia's gender gaps in participation and content, and their possible reasons

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

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

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The Signpost: 30 September 2019

• From the editors: Where do we go from here?
  

Our constitutional crisis may continue

• Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup
  

Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship

• In the media: A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?
  

The internet may not be as stable as it seems

• Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
  

Luck, Serena, Bianca, 9/11, bad films, mass murderers and other good stuff

• News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
  

Wikipedia's footprint is equivalent to 251 average US homes’ energy use. Yes we can go green.

• Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
  

And other recent research publications

• Gallery: Finding freely licensed photo collections
  

Wikimedia Commons is not the only place to find freely licensed photos

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

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

• In focus: Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting
  

National libraries are planning to leverage Wikidata to interoperate and to bring information to the public

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The Signpost: 31 October 2019

• In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
  

Sweden, Poland, Armenia, Russia, the Vatican, and clueless English pubs.

• Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
  

"It's time for Wikipedia to grow up."

• In focus: The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
  

But they aren't entirely sure they see it

• Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
  

A discussion on info wars, government editing and our defences.

• Community view: Observations from the mainland
  

A different point of view

• Arbitration report: October actions
  

An "unblockable" is blocked; a former arb resigns.

• Traffic report: Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot of jokers
  

Plus a few celebrities.

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast
  

The future of public broadcasting has arrived.

• Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content rare on English Wikipedia
  

And other new research publications

• Essay: Wikipedia is in the real world
  

Editing can have serious consequences.

• News from the WMF: Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around
  

Twenty questions to get you started.

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

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

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The Signpost: 29 November 2019

• From the editor: Put on your birthday best
  

"We get by with a little help from our friends"

• News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?
  

And when will we get the second extraterrestrial edit?

• In the media: You say you want a revolution
  

Everybody wants to change Wikipedia.

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

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

• Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases
  

Important or imprudent? Pondering portals. And an editor gets transported off-wiki for good.

• Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
  

Could this be the end of the Terminator?

• Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things
  

The latest tech news and updates.

• Gallery: Winter and holidays
  

Some interesting and unusual winter and holiday images.

• Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
  

And other new research publications.

• Essay: Adminitis
  

Some humor about the otherwise serious subject of burnout.

• From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
  

Veteran editor: Wikipedia is losing existential battle against spam.

• In focus: An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy
  

Coming to the end of a long road formulating the strategy.

• Special report: How many people edit in your favorite language? Where are they from?
  

Only now can we say!

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The Signpost: 27 December 2019

• From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
  

You can buy "cleaners" but you might not come away clean.

• News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
  

Active administrators and articles achieved are marking milestone metrics, but in diverging directions. Plus, the first time any court has found there exists a constitutional right to read Wikipedia.

• Special report: Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?
  

Son of Wiki-PR.

• In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
  

Praise for possibly pansophic Wikipedia from a Nobel laureate collides head-on with real-world events in December.

• Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
  

Regarding integrity of information presented by Wikipedia, as well as the processes and people who ensure it remains trustworthy.

• Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
  

ArbCom election results and status of open and requested cases.

• Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
  

We may have scrambled the headlines a bit.

• Technology report: User scripts and more
  

Customise your Wikipedia experience

• Gallery: Holiday wishes
  

Messages of holiday cheer from us to you.

• Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
  

16 recent papers, and other research news

• From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
  

A look at different approaches taken by Wikipedia's founders in 2002, as seen from the perspective of nine years when it was written; nearly twenty years ago now.

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

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

• Op-Ed: Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap
  

There's still a long way to go.

• WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
  

Eight years after our last interview, WikiProject Tree of Life continues to thrive.

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The Signpost: 27 January 2020

• From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
  

How long can we ignore Wiki-PR?

• News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
  

You ain't seen nothing yet.

• Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
  

How to survive the asshole consensus.

• In the media: Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?
  

Plus politics and other oddities.

• Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom
  

The new arbs have a big load.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019
  

As only The Signpost can describe them.

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners
  

The top 15 international photos.

• News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
  

Growing our community and our abilities.

• Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
  

Well, it's a bit subjective.

• In focus: Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!
  

Everybody needs to make a buck somehow — just not here, thanks.

• Recent research: How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?
  

And other new research publications.

• From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015
  

The first 10 years are the hardest.

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

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

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
  

An interview with four members of the WikiProject Japan.

• Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article
  

I may fall in love all over again!

• Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton
  

A mentor to us all

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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?
  

Numbers for vandalism and sockpuppeting included at no additional charge!

• 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
  

And other new research results

• 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
  

WikiWorld is back.

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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.

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

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

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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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Speedy deletion nomination of King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre Managed by Hilton

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Nomination of Samsung i627 Propel Pro for deletion

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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 started today on Monday June 16 and will run until Sunday July 13. There is over $3300 going into it, with $500 the top prize and around $340 (£250) worth of prizes for Architecture articles, both global and for the UK and Ireland. If you are interested in winning something to save you money in buying books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for subjects which interest you, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested. Even if you can only manage a few articles they would be very much appreciated and help make the content produced as diverse and broad as possible! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:27, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]