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The Signpost
: 28 February 2019
From the editors:
Help wanted (still)
News and notes:
Front-page issues for the community
In focus:
Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election
Discussion report:
Talking about talk pages
Featured content:
Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
Arbitration report:
A quiet month for Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Binge-watching
Technology report:
Tool labs casters-up
Gallery:
Signed with pride
Recent research:
Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers
Essay:
Optimist's guide to Wikipedia
From the archives:
New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
Humour:
Pesky Pronouns
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The Signpost
: 31 March 2019
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
In the media:
Is Wikipedia just another social media site?
Discussion report:
English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages
Featured content:
Anguish, accolades, animals, and art
Arbitration report:
An Active Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde
Technology report:
A new special page, and other news
Gallery:
Notre-Dame de Paris burns
News from the WMF:
Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?
Recent research:
Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy
From the archives:
Portals revisited
Humour:
Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...
Opinion:
The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps
Interview:
Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director
Community view:
2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy
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The Signpost
: 31 May 2019
From the editors:
Picture that
News and notes:
Wikimania and trustee elections
In the media:
Politics, lawsuits and baseball
Discussion report:
Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Arbitration report:
ArbCom forges ahead
Traffic report:
Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!
Technology report:
Lots of Bots
News from the WMF:
Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey
Recent research:
Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?
Essay:
Paid editing
From the archives:
FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
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The June 2019 Signpost is out!
Discussion report:
A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
News and notes:
Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
In the media:
The disinformation age
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Traffic report:
Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
Technology report:
Actors and Bots
Gallery:
Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth
Special report:
Did Fram harass other editors?
Recent research:
What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
From the archives:
Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
Opinion:
Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might
In focus:
WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
Community view:
A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
Op-Ed:
2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results
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The Signpost
: 31 July 2019
News and notes:
Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India
In the media:
Politics starts getting rough
Discussion report:
New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
Arbitration report:
A month of reintegration
Gallery:
Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Community view:
Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
News from the WMF:
Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
Recent research:
Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
Special report:
Administrator cadre continues to contract
Traffic report:
World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
In focus:
The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2019
News and notes:
Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
In focus:
Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
In the media:
Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism
Discussion report:
Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
Traffic report:
Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
Op-Ed:
We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored
Opinion:
The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
Community view:
Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong
News from the WMF:
Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
Recent research:
Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
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What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 30 September 2019
From the editors:
Where do we go from here?
Special report:
Post-Framgate wrapup
In the media:
A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?
Traffic report:
Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
News from the WMF:
How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
Recent research:
Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
Gallery:
Finding freely licensed photo collections
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
In focus:
Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting
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The Signpost
: 31 October 2019
In the media:
How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
Special report:
“Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
In focus:
The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
Interview:
Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
Community view:
Observations from the mainland
Arbitration report:
October actions
Traffic report:
Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot of jokers
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Broadcast
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
Essay:
Wikipedia is in the real world
News from the WMF:
Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 29 November 2019
From the editor:
Put on your birthday best
News and notes:
How soon for the next million articles?
In the media:
You say you want a revolution
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Arbitration report:
Two requests for arbitration cases
Traffic report:
The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
Technology report:
Reference things, sister things, stranger things
Gallery:
Winter and holidays
Recent research:
Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
Essay:
Adminitis
From the archives:
WikiProject Spam, revisited
In focus:
An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy
Special report:
How many people edit in your favorite language? Where are they from?
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The Signpost
: 27 December 2019
From the editors:
Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
News and notes:
What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
Special report:
Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?
In the media:
"The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
Discussion report:
December discussions around the wiki
Arbitration report:
Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
Technology report:
User scripts and more
Gallery:
Holiday wishes
Recent research:
Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
From the archives:
The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Op-Ed:
Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap
WikiProject report:
Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
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The Signpost
: 27 January 2020
From the editor:
Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
News and notes:
Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
Special report:
The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
In the media:
Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?
Arbitration report:
Three cases at ArbCom
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2019
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners
News from the WMF:
Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
Community view:
Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
In focus:
Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!
Recent research:
How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?
From the archives:
A decade of
The Signpost
, 2005-2015
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
Humour:
Predicting the 6,000,000th article
Obituary:
Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton
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The Signpost
: 1 March 2020
From the editor:
The ball is in your court
News and notes:
Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
Special report:
More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
In the media:
Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation
Discussion report:
Do you prefer M or P?
Arbitration report:
Two prominent administrators removed
By the numbers:
How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?
Community view:
The Incredible Invisible Woman
In focus:
History of
The Signpost
, 2015–2019
Recent research:
Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone
From the archives:
Is Wikipedia for sale?
Traffic report:
February articles, floating in the dark
Gallery:
Feel the love
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Op-Ed:
What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator
Opinion:
Wikipedia is another country
Humour:
The Wilhelm scream
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The Signpost
: 29 March 2020
From the editors:
The bad and the good
News and notes:
2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
WikiProject report:
WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
Special report:
Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
In the media:
Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
Discussion report:
Rethinking draft space
Arbitration report:
Unfinished business
In focus:
"I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
Community view:
Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
Recent research:
Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia
From the archives:
Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
Traffic report:
The only thing that matters in the world
Gallery:
Visible Women on Wikipedia
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
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 26 April 2020
News and notes:
Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
In the media:
Coronavirus, again and again
Discussion report:
Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
Featured content:
Featured content returns
Arbitration report:
Two difficult cases
Traffic report:
Disease the Rhythm of the Night
Gallery:
Roy is doing fine and sending more photos
Recent research:
Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias
Essay:
Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
By the numbers:
Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic
Opinion:
Trusting Everybody to Work Together
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Interview:
Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon
In focus:
Multilingual Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
The Guild of Copy Editors
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The Signpost
: 31 May 2020
From the editor:
Meltdown May?
News and notes:
2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
In the media:
CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors
Discussion report:
WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
Special report:
The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition
Featured content:
Weathering the storm
Arbitration report:
Board member likely to receive editing restriction
Traffic report:
Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Op-Ed:
Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
Gallery:
Wildlife photos by the book
News from the WMF:
WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
Recent research:
Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020
Community view:
Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
On video:
COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
WikiProject report:
Revitalizing good articles
On the bright side:
500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
Obituaries:
Dmitrismirnov, Kattenkruid, Muidlatif, Ronhjones, Tsirel
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The Signpost
: 28 February 2019
From the editors:
Help wanted (still)
News and notes:
Front-page issues for the community
In focus:
Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election
Discussion report:
Talking about talk pages
Featured content:
Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
Arbitration report:
A quiet month for Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Binge-watching
Technology report:
Tool labs casters-up
Gallery:
Signed with pride
Recent research:
Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers
Essay:
Optimist's guide to Wikipedia
From the archives:
New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
Humour:
Pesky Pronouns
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The Signpost
: 31 March 2019
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
In the media:
Is Wikipedia just another social media site?
Discussion report:
English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages
Featured content:
Anguish, accolades, animals, and art
Arbitration report:
An Active Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde
Technology report:
A new special page, and other news
Gallery:
Notre-Dame de Paris burns
News from the WMF:
Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?
Recent research:
Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy
From the archives:
Portals revisited
Humour:
Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...
Opinion:
The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps
Interview:
Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director
Community view:
2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy
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The Signpost
: 31 May 2019
From the editors:
Picture that
News and notes:
Wikimania and trustee elections
In the media:
Politics, lawsuits and baseball
Discussion report:
Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Arbitration report:
ArbCom forges ahead
Traffic report:
Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!
Technology report:
Lots of Bots
News from the WMF:
Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey
Recent research:
Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?
Essay:
Paid editing
From the archives:
FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
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The June 2019 Signpost is out!
Discussion report:
A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
News and notes:
Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
In the media:
The disinformation age
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Traffic report:
Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
Technology report:
Actors and Bots
Gallery:
Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth
Special report:
Did Fram harass other editors?
Recent research:
What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
From the archives:
Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
Opinion:
Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might
In focus:
WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
Community view:
A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
Op-Ed:
2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results
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The Signpost
: 31 July 2019
News and notes:
Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India
In the media:
Politics starts getting rough
Discussion report:
New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
Arbitration report:
A month of reintegration
Gallery:
Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Community view:
Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
News from the WMF:
Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
Recent research:
Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
Special report:
Administrator cadre continues to contract
Traffic report:
World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
In focus:
The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2019
News and notes:
Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
In focus:
Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
In the media:
Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism
Discussion report:
Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
Traffic report:
Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
Op-Ed:
We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored
Opinion:
The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
Community view:
Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong
News from the WMF:
Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
Recent research:
Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 30 September 2019
From the editors:
Where do we go from here?
Special report:
Post-Framgate wrapup
In the media:
A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?
Traffic report:
Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
News from the WMF:
How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
Recent research:
Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
Gallery:
Finding freely licensed photo collections
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
In focus:
Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting
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11:06, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 31 October 2019
In the media:
How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
Special report:
“Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
In focus:
The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
Interview:
Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
Community view:
Observations from the mainland
Arbitration report:
October actions
Traffic report:
Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot of jokers
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Broadcast
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
Essay:
Wikipedia is in the real world
News from the WMF:
Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 29 November 2019
From the editor:
Put on your birthday best
News and notes:
How soon for the next million articles?
In the media:
You say you want a revolution
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Arbitration report:
Two requests for arbitration cases
Traffic report:
The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
Technology report:
Reference things, sister things, stranger things
Gallery:
Winter and holidays
Recent research:
Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
Essay:
Adminitis
From the archives:
WikiProject Spam, revisited
In focus:
An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy
Special report:
How many people edit in your favorite language? Where are they from?
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22:23, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 27 December 2019
From the editors:
Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
News and notes:
What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
Special report:
Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?
In the media:
"The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
Discussion report:
December discussions around the wiki
Arbitration report:
Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
Traffic report:
Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
Technology report:
User scripts and more
Gallery:
Holiday wishes
Recent research:
Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
From the archives:
The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Op-Ed:
Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap
WikiProject report:
Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
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The Signpost
: 27 January 2020
From the editor:
Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
News and notes:
Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
Special report:
The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
In the media:
Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?
Arbitration report:
Three cases at ArbCom
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2019
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners
News from the WMF:
Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
Community view:
Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
In focus:
Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!
Recent research:
How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?
From the archives:
A decade of
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On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
Humour:
Predicting the 6,000,000th article
Obituary:
Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton
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The Signpost
: 1 March 2020
From the editor:
The ball is in your court
News and notes:
Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
Special report:
More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
In the media:
Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation
Discussion report:
Do you prefer M or P?
Arbitration report:
Two prominent administrators removed
By the numbers:
How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?
Community view:
The Incredible Invisible Woman
In focus:
History of
The Signpost
, 2015–2019
Recent research:
Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone
From the archives:
Is Wikipedia for sale?
Traffic report:
February articles, floating in the dark
Gallery:
Feel the love
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Op-Ed:
What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator
Opinion:
Wikipedia is another country
Humour:
The Wilhelm scream
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The Signpost
: 29 March 2020
From the editors:
The bad and the good
News and notes:
2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
WikiProject report:
WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
Special report:
Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
In the media:
Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
Discussion report:
Rethinking draft space
Arbitration report:
Unfinished business
In focus:
"I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
Community view:
Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
Recent research:
Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia
From the archives:
Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
Traffic report:
The only thing that matters in the world
Gallery:
Visible Women on Wikipedia
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
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
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The Signpost
: 26 April 2020
News and notes:
Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
In the media:
Coronavirus, again and again
Discussion report:
Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
Featured content:
Featured content returns
Arbitration report:
Two difficult cases
Traffic report:
Disease the Rhythm of the Night
Gallery:
Roy is doing fine and sending more photos
Recent research:
Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias
Essay:
Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
By the numbers:
Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic
Opinion:
Trusting Everybody to Work Together
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Interview:
Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon
In focus:
Multilingual Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
The Guild of Copy Editors
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The Signpost
: 31 May 2020
From the editor:
Meltdown May?
News and notes:
2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
In the media:
CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors
Discussion report:
WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
Special report:
The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition
Featured content:
Weathering the storm
Arbitration report:
Board member likely to receive editing restriction
Traffic report:
Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Op-Ed:
Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
Gallery:
Wildlife photos by the book
News from the WMF:
WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
Recent research:
Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020
Community view:
Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
On video:
COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
WikiProject report:
Revitalizing good articles
On the bright side:
500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
Obituaries:
Dmitrismirnov, Kattenkruid, Muidlatif, Ronhjones, Tsirel
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