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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 12 April 2010
Sanger allegations:
Larry Sanger accuses Wikimedia of hosting illegal images
News and notes:
Studying German flagged revisions, French library agreement, German court case
In the news:
SCOTUS hopeful edited bio, criticism from article subject
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Motorcycling
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Approved this week
Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 19 April 2010
News and notes:
Berlin WikiConference, Brooklyn Museum & Google.org collaborations, review backlog removed, 1 billion edits
In the news:
Study of featured article quality, Facebook's integration of Wikipedia, and more!
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Environment
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 26 April 2010
From the team:
Introducing Signpost Sidebars
Museums conference:
Wikimedians meet with museum leaders
News and notes:
Wikimedia announcements, Wikipedia advertising, and more!
In the news:
Making sausage, Jimmy Wales on TV, and more!
Sister projects:
Milestones, Openings, and Wikinews contest
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Gastropods
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Approved this week
Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 3 May 2010
Book review:
Review of
The World and Wikipedia
News and notes:
iPhone app update, Vector rollout for May 13, brief news
In the news:
Government promotes Tamil Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject U.S. Roads
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 10 May 2010
From the editor:
Reviewers and reporters wanted
Commons deletions:
Porn madness
Book review:
Dan O'Sullivan's Wikipedia: a new community of practice?
Wikipedia books launched:
Wikipedia books launched worldwide
News and notes:
Public Policy and Books for All
In the news:
Commons pornography purge, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Birds
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 17 May 2010
News and notes:
Backstage at the British Museum
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In the news
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Essays
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 24 May 2010
News and notes:
New puzzle globe, feature for admins, Israel's "Wikipedia Bill", unsourced bios declining
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Saints
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 31 May 2010
Photography:
Making money with free photos
News and notes:
Wikimedians at Maker Faire, brief news
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Zoo
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Approved this week
Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 7 June 2010
From the team:
Changes to the
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News and notes:
"Pending changes" trial, Chief hires, British Museum prizes, Interwiki debate, and more
In the news:
Cancer coverage, cognitive surplus, Wikipedia monarchy, and more
Free Travel-Shirts:
"Free Travel-Shirts" signed by Jimmy Wales and others purchasable
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Comedy
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 14 June 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes goes live, first state-funded Wikipedia project concludes, brief news
In the news:
Hoaxes in France and at university, Wikipedia used in Indian court, Is Wikipedia a cult?, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 21 June 2010
Sister projects:
Picture of the Year results declared on Wikimedia Commons
News and notes:
Collaboration with the British Museum and in Serbia, Interaction with researchers, and more
In the news:
Wikipedia better than Britannica, Pending changes as a victory of tradition, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject U2
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 28 June 2010
Objectionable material:
Board resolution on offensive content
News and notes:
2010–15 plan, Smithsonian outreach, Teaching Wikipedia, brief news
In the news:
Wikipedia controlled by pedophiles, left-wing trolls, Islamofascists and Communist commandos?
Public Policy Initiative:
Introducing the Public Policy Initiative
WikiProject report:
Talking with WikiProject Ships
Features and admins:
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Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 5 July 2010
News and notes:
WMF expansion, community hires, award for MediaWiki, admin recall
In the news:
Accidentally anonymized donation, democratized learning and more
Wikimania preview:
Gearing up for Wikimania in Gdańsk
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Children's Literature
Features and admins:
This week's highlights
Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 12 July 2010
UK COI edits:
British politicians accused of WP cover-ups
News and notes:
Board changes, Wikimania, Public Policy Initiative
In the news:
Foundation plans, David Barton, dangerous occasional glitches
Discussion report:
Article ownership, WikiProjects vs. Manual of Style, Unverifiable village
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Apple Inc.
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 19 July 2010
News and notes:
Politician defends editing own article, Google translation, Row about a small Wikipedia
In the news:
Wikimania, Former Wikimedia employee looks back, Editing controversial articles
Vandalism:
Vandalism edits fool media and a government, become object of bets
WikiProject report:
Up close with WikiProject Animals
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
ArbCom to appoint CU/OS positions after dumping election results
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 2 August 2010
News and notes:
Canadian political edits, Swedish royal wedding, Italian "right of reply" bill, Chapter reports
In the news:
Gardner and Sanger on why people edit Wikipedia, Fancy and frugal reading devices, Medical article assessed
WikiProject report:
Always Expanding: WikiProject Images and Media
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Major MediaWiki release, password security, vulnerable MediaWiki installations, and more
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 9 August 2010
News and notes:
FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee
In the news:
Wikinews interviews Umberto Eco, and more
Admin stats:
RfA drought worsens in 2010—wikigeneration gulf emerging
Sister projects:
Strategic Planning update
WikiProject report:
Chocks away for WikiProject Aviation
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 16 August 2010
News and notes:
Book publisher apologizes for plagiarizing photos by Wikipedians, brief news
Spam attacks:
Large scale vandalism revealed to be "study" by university researcher
In the news:
Supportive communication and missing incentives on Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
A Pit Stop with WikiProject NASCAR
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
ArbCom releases names of CU/OS applicants after delay
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 23 August 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes poll, Public policy classes, Payment schemes debate, and more
In the news:
Zionist editing courses, newspaper denies editing candidate, net neutrality
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Cryptozoology
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision of climate change case posted
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2010
News and notes:
Most linked websites on Wikipedia, New York Wiki-Conference, and more
In the news:
Agatha Christie spoiled, Wales on Wikileaks, University students improve Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
Studying WikiProject Universities
Features and admins:
Featured article milestone: 3,000
Arbitration report:
What does the Race and intelligence case tell us?
Technology report:
Reusability of MediaWiki code, Google Summer of Code: Interwiki transclusion, and more
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The Signpost
: 6 September 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes analyzed, Foundation report, Main page bias, brief news
In the news:
WikiLeaks and Wikipedia; Google–WP collaboration to translate health information
Book review:
Cognitive Surplus, by Clay Shirky
Dispatches:
Tools, part 1: References, external links, categories and size
WikiProject report:
Putting articles in their place: the Uncategorized Task Force
Features and admins:
Bumper crop of admins; Obama featured portal marks our 150th
Arbitration report:
Interim desysopping, CU/OS appointments, and more
Technology report:
Development transparency, resource loading, GSoC: extension management
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The Signpost
: 13 September 2010
News and notes:
Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes
In the news:
Public Policy Initiative, Houellebecq plagiarism?, Article revisions as book
Public Policy Initiative:
Experiments with article assessment
Sister projects:
Biography bloopers – update on the Death Anomalies collaboration
WikiProject report:
Getting the picture – an interview with the Graphic lab
Features and admins:
"Magnificent" warthog not so cute, says featured picture judge
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 20 September 2010
From the editor:
New ways to read and share the Signpost
News and notes:
Dutch National Archives donation, French photo raid, brief notes
In the news:
Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
All Aboard WikiProject Trains
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Dispatches:
Tools, part 2: Internal links and page histories
Arbitration report:
Discretionary sanctions clarification and more
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 27 September 2010
News and notes:
French million, controversial content, Citizendium charter, Pending changes, and more
In the news:
Wikimedia moves into India, critical conference, Vandalism detection contest
WikiProject report:
Designing WikiProject Architecture
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
EEML amendment requests & more
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 4 October 2010
News and notes:
German chapter remodeled to meet Foundation requirements, and more
In the news:
Spanish police pursues BLP vandals, Jimbo interviewed, advice for experts and spammers
Book review:
Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Reagle
WikiProject report:
Hot topics with WikiProject Volcanoes
Features and admins:
Milestone: 2,500th featured picture
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Code reviewers, October Engineering update, brief news
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The Signpost
: 11 October 2010
News and notes:
Board resolutions, fundraiser challenge, traffic report, ten thousand good articles, and more
In the news:
Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Smithsonian Institution
Features and admins:
Big week for ships and music
Dispatches:
Tools, part 3: Style tools and wikEd
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 18 October 2010
News and notes:
Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief
WikiProject report:
Show Me the Money: WikiProject Numismatics
Features and admins:
A week for marine creatures
Dispatches:
Common issues seen in Peer review
Arbitration report:
Climate change case closes after 4 months
Technology report:
Video subtitling tool, staff vs. volunteer developers, brief news
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The Signpost
: 25 October 2010
News and notes:
Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced
In the news:
Good faith vs. bad faith, climate change, court citations, weirdest medieval fact, brief news
WikiProject report:
Nightmare on Wiki Street: WikiProject Horror
Features and admins:
The best of the week
ArbCom interview:
So what is being an arbitrator actually like?
Arbitration report:
Case closes within 1 month
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 1 November 2010
News and notes:
Foundation's finances, geodata milestone, interim counsel, museum conference
In the news:
Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric
WikiProject report:
Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey
Features and admins:
Good-lookin' slugs and snails
Arbitration report:
Arb resignation during plagiarism discussion; election RfC closing in 2 days
Technology report:
Foundation office switches to closed source, secure browsing, brief news
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The Signpost
: 8 November 2010
Fundraiser:
November 15 launch, emphasis on banner optimization and community involvement
News and notes:
Second Wikipedian in Residence, {{citation needed}} for sanity
In the news:
WP prose praised, Public Policy update, education debate, WP documentary
WikiProject report:
WikiProject California
Features and admins:
No, not science fiction—real science
Election report:
The countdown begins
Arbitration report:
No cases this week; Date delinking sanctions reduced for one party; History ban extended
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 15 November 2010
News and notes:
Fundraisers start for Wikipedia and Citizendium; controversial content and leadership
In the news:
How big can Wikipedia pictures get?; fundraising season
WikiProject report:
Sizzling: WikiProject Bacon
Features and admins:
Of lakes and mountains
Dispatches:
A guide to the Good Article Review Process
Arbitration report:
No cases this week; Amendments filed on Climate Change and Date Delinking; Motion passed on EEML
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 22 November 2010
News and notes:
No further Bundesarchiv image donations; Dutch and German awards; anniversary preparations
In the news:
Jimbo Wales interviewed and parodied; Wikipedia in politics
Book review:
The Myth of the Britannica
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WikiProject report:
WikiProject College Football
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Election report:
Candidates still stepping forward
Arbitration report:
Brews ohare site-banned; climate change topic-ban broadened
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 29 November 2010
News and notes:
Backlog drive; youth and confidence among Wikipedians, brief news
In the news:
Fundraising banners continue to provoke; plagiarism charges against congressional climate change report
Interview:
Interview with Johanna Niesyto and Nathaniel Tkacz from "Critical Point of View"
WikiProject report:
Celebrate WikiProject Holidays
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Election report:
Voting in full swing
Arbitration report:
New case: Longevity; Biophys topic ban likely to stay in place
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 6 December 2010
News and notes:
ArbCom tally pending; Pediapress renderer; fundraiser update; unreferenced BLP drive
In the news:
Amazon "shopping-enabling" Wikipedia; Al Jazeera interview; be like Wikipedia
GLAM-WIKI London:
British Museum hosts two days of talks between Wikimedia and the cultural sector
WikiLeaks:
Repercussions of the WikiLeaks cable leak
WikiProject report:
Talking copyright with WikiProject Copyright Cleanup
Features and admins:
Birds and insects
Arbitration report:
New case: World War II
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 13 December 2010
News and notes:
Wikipedia articles expert-reviewed by Encyclopedia of Life, and more
In the news:
Confusion about Wikileaks continues, Wikipedia vs. Britannica in India, and more
Rencontres Wikimédia:
Wikimedia and the cultural sector: two days of talks in Paris.
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Algae
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Election report:
The community has spoken
Arbitration report:
Requested amendment re Pseudoscience case
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 20 December 2010
News and notes:
Article Alerts
back from the dead, plus news in brief
In the news:
Faulty story urges for advertising on Wikipedia; brief news
Image donation:
Christmas gift to Commons from the State Library of Queensland
Discussion report:
Should leaked documents be cited on Wikipedia?
WikiProject report:
Majestic Titans
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Motion passed in R&I case; ban appeals, amendment requests, and more
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 27 December 2010
Ambassadors:
Wikipedia Ambassador Program growing, adjusting
News and notes:
Director of Technical Operations hired; South Korean mayor sues; brief news
In the news:
Designing Wikipedia and the origin of page histories; brief news
WikiProject report:
WikiProject National Basketball Association (NBA)
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 3 January 2011
2010 in review:
Review of the year
News and notes:
Record fundraiser celebrated and debated; Board-appointed Trustees; brief news
In the news:
Fundraising success media coverage; brief news
WikiProject report:
Where are they now?
Redux
Features and admins:
Featured sound choice of the year
Arbitration report:
Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 10 January 2011
News and notes:
Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news
In the news:
Anniversary coverage begins; Wikipedia as new layer of information authority; inclusionist project
WikiProject report:
Her Majesty's Waterways
Features and admins:
Featured topic of the year
Arbitration report:
World War II case comes to a close; ban appeal, motions, and more
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 17 January 2011
News and notes:
Anniversary celebrations; Foundation reports; local language problems; brief news
In the news:
Anniversary coverage continues; Thai government translates Wikipedia; brief news
Sister projects:
Upcoming steward elections, and a retrospective on stewards' work in 2010
WikiProject report:
Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket
Features and admins:
First featured picture from the legally disputed NPG images; two Chicago icons
Arbitration report:
New case: Shakespeare authorship question; lack of recent input in Longevity case
Technology report:
January Engineering Update; Dutch Hack-a-ton; brief news
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The Signpost
: 24 January 2011
News and notes:
Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
In the news:
The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited; Wikipedia still failing to fail; brief news
WikiXDC:
Wikipedians celebrate anniversary with US National Archives in Washington, D.C.
WikiProject report:
Life Inside the Beltway
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more
Technology report:
File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news
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There is a deadline
Interview:
Contracting for the Foundation
In the news:
Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical
WikiProject report:
Great WikiProject Logos
Featured content:
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Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
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WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project
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: 31 October 2011
Opinion essay:
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Recent research:
WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
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German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
In the news:
Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism
Discussion report:
Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful
WikiProject report:
'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union
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The best of the week
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Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined
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Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
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: 7 November2011
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News and notes:
Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised
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The Economist
assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.
Discussion report:
Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC
WikiProject report:
Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science
Featured content:
Slow week for Featured content
Arbitration report:
Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week
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Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release
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: 14 November 2011
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ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
In the news:
Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles
WikiProject report:
Having a Conference with WikiProject India
Featured content:
Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!
Arbitration report:
Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
Technology report:
Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"
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: 21 November 2011
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Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London
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Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered
Discussion report:
Much ado about censorship
WikiProject report:
Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
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The best of the week
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End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
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Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
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: 28 November 2011
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Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
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The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
Recent research:
Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
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The Signpost
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Featured content:
The best of the week
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Voting underway in the elections, finally a final decision on
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: 05 December 2011
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Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
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A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
Discussion report:
Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
WikiProject report:
This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
Featured content:
This week's
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Arbitration report:
Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended
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Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites
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: 12 December 2011
Opinion essay:
Wikipedia in Academe – and
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Research project banner ads run afoul of community
In the news:
Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
WikiProject report:
Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
Featured content:
Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and
Entombment
Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper
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Trials and tribulations of image rotation, Article Feedback version 5, and new diff colours
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: 19 December 2011
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Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
In the news:
To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
Discussion report:
Polls, templates, and other December discussions
WikiProject report:
A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
Featured content:
Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
Arbitration report:
The community elects eight arbitrators
Technology report:
Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised
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: 26 December 2011
Opinion essay:
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Recent research:
Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data
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Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
WikiProject report:
The Tree of Life
Featured content:
Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content
Arbitration report:
Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
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Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
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: 02 January 2012
Interview:
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Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays
WikiProject report:
Where are they now?
Part III
Featured content:
Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future
Arbitration report:
New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators
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: 09 January 2012
Technological roadmap:
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Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
In the news:
Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches
WikiProject report:
From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
Featured content:
Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3
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December in more detail; and why the MediaWiki codebase was "slushed" this week
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: 16 January 2012
Special report:
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WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Beer
Featured content:
Lecen on systemic bias in featured content
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near
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ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored
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: 23 January 2012
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SOPA blackout, Orange partnership
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World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout
WikiProject report:
The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto
Featured content:
Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications
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Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues
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: 30 January 2012
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Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
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Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation
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Recent research:
Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
WikiProject report:
Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
Featured content:
Featured content soaring this week
Arbitration report:
Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
Technology report:
Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
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: 06 February 2012
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The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
In the news:
Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
Discussion report:
Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
WikiProject report:
The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
Featured content:
Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
Technology report:
October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more
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: 13 February 2012
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Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
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Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
In the news:
Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
In focus:
Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Stub Sorting
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
Technology report:
January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers
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: 20 February 2012
Special report:
The plight of the new page patrollers
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Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
Discussion report:
Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Poland
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
Technology report:
Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis
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: 27 February 2012
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Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
Recent research:
Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
Discussion report:
Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
WikiProject report:
Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
Featured content:
By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
Arbitration report:
Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
Technology report:
1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
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: 05 March 2012
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Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
In the news:
Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
Discussion report:
COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
WikiProject report:
We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
Featured content:
Best of the week
Arbitration report:
AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
Technology report:
With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month
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: 12 March 2012
Interview:
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Women and Wikipedia:
Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
Arbitration analysis:
A look at new arbitrators
News and notes:
Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
In the news:
Britannica
runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar
Discussion report:
Nothing changes as long discussions continue
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Women's History
Featured content:
Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
Education report:
Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
Technology report:
Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?
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: 19 March 2012
News and notes:
Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
Discussion report:
Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
WikiProject report:
Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
Featured content:
Featured content on the upswing!
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
Technology report:
Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead
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: 26 March 2012
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Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Rock Music
Featured content:
Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
Recent research:
Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
Education report:
Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
Technology report:
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: 02 April 2012
Interview:
An introduction to movement roles
Arbitration analysis:
Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
News and notes:
Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
WikiProject report:
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The Signpost
Featured content:
Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
Technology report:
Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more
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: 09 April 2012
Wikidata:
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Interview:
Funds, fiduciaries, and the Foundation: the complex dynamics of scaling
News and notes:
Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
WikiProject report:
The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
Featured content:
Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucifixion: the bloodiest of the week
Arbitration report:
Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
Technology report:
Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements
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: 16 April 2012
Arbitration analysis:
Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren
News and notes:
French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded
Discussion report:
The future of pending changes
WikiProject report:
The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera
Featured content:
A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
Arbitration report:
Evidence submissions begin in Rich Farmbrough case, proposed decision in R&I Review
Technology report:
MediaWiki 1.20wmf01 hits first WMF wiki, understanding 20% time, and why this report cannot yet be a draft
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: 23 April 2012
Investigative report:
Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"
News and notes:
Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits
WikiProject report:
Skeptics and Believers: WikiProject
The X-Files
Featured content:
A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content
Arbitration report:
Evidence submissions close in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review
Technology report:
Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?
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: 30 April 2012
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth
News and notes:
Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities
Recent research:
Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more
Discussion report:
'ReferenceTooltips' by default
WikiProject report:
The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps
Featured content:
Featured content spreads its wings
Arbitration report:
R&I Review remains in voting, two open cases
Technology report:
What Git means for end users, design controversies and pertinent poll results
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The Signpost
: 07 May 2012
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes
News and notes:
Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013
In the news:
What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies ... again.
WikiProject report:
Say What?: WikiProject Languages
Featured content:
This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision in Rich Farmbrough, two open cases
Technology report:
Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed
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: 14 May 2012
Special report:
Wikimedia and the "seismic shift" towards open-access research publication
News and notes:
Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic
WikiProject report:
Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse
Featured content:
Featured content is red hot this week
Arbitration report:
R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure
Technology report:
Cross-wiki watchlist controversy; and is "go file a bug" really a useful response?
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: 21 May 2012
From the editor:
New editor-in-chief
News and notes:
Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues
WikiProject report:
Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
Featured content:
Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week
Arbitration report:
No open arbitration cases pending
Technology report:
On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content
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The Signpost
: 28 May 2012
News and notes:
Wikimedia Foundation endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends
Recent research:
Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph
WikiProject report:
Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology
Featured content:
Featured content cuts the cheese
Arbitration report:
Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits
Technology report:
Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6
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: 04 June 2012
Special report:
WikiWomenCamp: From women, for women
News and notes:
Editors want most funding for technical areas, while widespread ignorance of WMF board elections and chapters persists; voting still live on Commons best picture
Discussion report:
Watching Wikipedia change
WikiProject report:
Views of WikiProject Visual Arts
Featured content:
On the lochs
Arbitration report:
Two motions for procedural reform, three open cases, Rich Farmbrough risks block and ban
Technology report:
Report from the Berlin Hackathon
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: 11 June 2012
Special report:
Springer's misappropriation of Wikimedia content "the tip of the iceberg"
News and notes:
Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI
WikiProject report:
Counter-Vandalism Unit
Featured content:
The cake is a pi
Arbitration report:
Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three open cases
Technology report:
To support or not to support IPv6, and why knowing when this report was last updated might be getting easier
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: 18 June 2012
Investigative report:
Is the requests for adminship process 'broken'?
News and notes:
Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association
Discussion report:
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject report:
The Punks of Wikipedia
Featured content:
Taken with a pinch of "salt"
Arbitration report:
Three open cases, GoodDay case closed
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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: 25 June 2012
Op-ed:
A call for editorial input in developing new Creative Commons licensing
News and notes:
"Mystical" Picture of the Year; run-up to Wikimania DC; RfA reform 2012
In the news:
Wales enters extradition battle; Wikipedia's political bias
Recent research:
Edit war patterns, deleters vs. the 1%, never used cleanup tags, authorship inequality, higher quality from central users, and mapping the wikimediasphere
WikiProject report:
Summer Sports Series: WikiProject Athletics
Featured content:
A good week for the Williams
Arbitration report:
Three open cases
Technology report:
Second Visual Editor prototype launches
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: 02 July 2012
Analysis:
Uncovering scientific plagiarism
Op-ed:
Representing knowledge – metadata, data and linked data
News and notes:
RfC on joining lobby group; JSTOR accounts for Wikipedians and the article feedback tool
In the news:
Public relations on Wikipedia: friend or foe?
Discussion report:
Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
WikiProject report:
Summer sports series: Burning rubber with WikiProject Motorsport
Featured content:
Heads up
Arbitration report:
Three open cases, motion for the removal of Carnildo's administrative tools
Technology report:
Initialisms abound: QA and HTML5
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: 09 July 2012
Special report:
Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
News and notes:
Russian Wikipedia blackout; WMF tools; Wikitravel proposal revisited
WikiProject report:
Summer sports series: WikiProject Football
Featured content:
Keeps on chuggin'
Arbitration report:
Three requests for arbitration
Technology report:
Optimism over LastModified and MoodBar, but change in clock time causes downtime
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The Signpost
: 16 July 2012
Special report:
Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
News and notes:
WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
WikiProject report:
Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
Discussion report:
Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
Wikimania:
Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
Featured content:
Taking flight
Technology report:
Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
Arbitration report:
Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
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Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror
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Two Wikipedians set to face jury trial
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Wikivoyage migration: technical strategy announced
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WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany
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Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes
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Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
Technology report:
Looking back on a year of incremental changes
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Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
Interview:
Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
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WikiProject report:
Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
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Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality
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Loss of an Internet genius
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Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
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Administrator conduct and requests
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Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate
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Listing off progress from 2012
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WikiProject report:
Land of the Midnight Sun
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Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
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Just the Facts
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Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
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WebCite proposal
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Wikidata client rollout stutters
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"Very lucky" Picture of the Year
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Wikivoyage links; overcategorization
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Batman, three birds and a Mercedes
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Wikipedia loves poetry
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Batfish in the Red Sea
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Wiki loves video games
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Japanese WikiProject Baseball
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New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
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Life of 2π
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"Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?
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China blocks secure version of Wikipedia
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Mixing Bowl Interchange
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VisualEditor will "change world history"
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The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons
Discussion report:
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TMZedia
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The American Heartland
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Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes
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Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
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WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"
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NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct
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How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization
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A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude
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Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014
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Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax
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Single-User Login provides access to all wikis
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Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016
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The Signpost
: 20 February 2018
News and notes:
The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
Recent research:
Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
Arbitration report:
Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
Traffic report:
Addicted to sports and pain
Featured content:
Entertainment, sports and history
Technology report:
Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
Humour:
Impossible and unexplained traffic report
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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
Op-ed:
Death knell for
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News and notes:
Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
Arbitration report:
Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
In the media:
The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good
Traffic report:
Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
Featured content:
Animals, Ships, and Songs
Technology report:
Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
Special report:
ACTRIAL wrap-up.
Humour:
WikiWorld Reruns
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The Signpost
: 26 April 2018
From the editors:
The Signpost
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Future directions for
The Signpost
News and notes:
Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.
In the media:
The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
In focus:
Admin reports board under criticism
Special report:
ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
Opinion:
Guideline for Organization Notability revised
Op-ed:
World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
Community view:
It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
Discussion report:
The future of portals
Arbitration report:
No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Military History
Blog:
Why the world reads Wikipedia
Humour:
Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff
Traffic report:
A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
Technology report:
Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Gallery:
A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
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The Signpost
: 24 May 2018
From the editor:
Another issue meets the deadline
Op-ed:
Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
Opinion:
Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Portals
Discussion report:
User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Arbitration report:
Managing difficult topics
News and notes:
Lots of Wikimedia
In the media:
Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
Traffic report:
We love our superheroes
Technology report:
A trove of contributor and developer goodies
Blog:
Why I write about women on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
Humour:
Play with your food
Gallery:
Wine not?
From the archives:
The Signpost
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The Signpost
: 24 May 2018
From the editor:
Another issue meets the deadline
Op-ed:
Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
Opinion:
Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Portals
Discussion report:
User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Arbitration report:
Managing difficult topics
News and notes:
Lots of Wikimedia
In the media:
Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
Traffic report:
We love our superheroes
Technology report:
A trove of contributor and developer goodies
Blog:
Why I write about women on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
Humour:
Play with your food
Gallery:
Wine not?
From the archives:
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
Special report:
NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?
Op-ed:
What do admins do?
Opinion:
Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
News and notes:
Money, milestones, and Wikimania
In the media:
Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress
Discussion report:
Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
Featured content:
New promotions
Arbitration report:
WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed
Traffic report:
Endgame
Technology report:
Improvements piled on more improvements
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Africa
Blog:
Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey
Recent research:
How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry
Humour:
Television plot lines
Wikipedia essays:
This month's pick by
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From the archives:
Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
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The Signpost
: 31 July 2018
From the editor:
If only if
Op-ed:
The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise
Opinion:
Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
News and notes:
Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR
In the media:
Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set
Discussion report:
Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
Featured content:
Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
Arbitration report:
Status quo processes retained in two disputes
Traffic report:
Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
Technology report:
New bots, new prefs
Gallery:
Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July
Blog:
Motivation of two editors
Recent research:
Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
Humour:
It's all the same
Essay:
Wikipedia does not need you
From the archives:
The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2018
From the editor:
Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
Interview:
2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin
News and notes:
Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
In the media:
Quicksilver AI writes articles
Discussion report:
Drafting an interface administrator policy
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Special report:
Wikimania 2018
Traffic report:
Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
Technology report:
Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
Gallery:
Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat
Recent research:
Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
Humour:
Signpost
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Essay:
Principle of Some Astonishment
From the archives:
Playing with Wikipedia words
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The Signpost
: 1 October 2018
From the editor:
Is this the new normal?
News and notes:
European copyright law moves forward
In the media:
Knowledge under fire
Discussion report:
Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
Arbitration report:
A quiet month for Arbcom
Traffic report:
John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low
Technology report:
Paying attention to your mobile
Gallery:
A pat on the back
Blog:
After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains
Recent research:
How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
Humour:
Signpost
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Essay:
Expressing thanks
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The Signpost
: 28 October 2018
From the editors:
The Signpost
is still afloat, just barely
Op-ed:
Wikipedia's Strickland affair
News and notes:
WMF gets a million bucks
In the media:
Bans, celebs, and bias
Discussion report:
Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
Traffic report:
Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
Technology report:
Bots galore!
Special report:
NPP needs you
Special report 2:
Now Wikidata is six
In focus:
Alexa
Gallery:
Out of this world!
Recent research:
Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
Humour:
Talk page humour
Opinion:
Strickland incident
From the archives:
The Gardner Interview
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The Signpost
: 1 December 2018
From the editor:
Time for a truce
Op-ed:
Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia
Special report:
The Christmas wishlist
Opinion:
The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF
News and notes:
Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit
Reflections:
Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day
In the media:
Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars
Discussion report:
Farewell, Mediation Committee
Arbitration report:
A long break ends
Traffic report:
Queen reigns for four weeks straight
Gallery:
Intersections
Recent research:
Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize
Essay:
No one cares about your garage band
Humour:
The dark side of our favorite root vegetable
From the archives:
Ars longa, vita brevis
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The Signpost
: 24 December 2018
From the editors:
Where to draw the line in reporting?
Op-ed:
Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee
Special report:
The Signpost
got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?
News and notes:
Some wishes do come true
In the media:
Political hijinks
Discussion report:
A new record low for RfA
WikiProject report:
Articlegenesis
Arbitration report:
Year ends with one active case
Traffic report:
Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents
Gallery:
Sun and Moon, water and stone
Blog:
News from the WMF
Humour:
I believe in Bigfoot
Essay:
Requests for medication
From the archives:
Compromised admin accounts – again
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The Signpost
: 31 January 2019
Op-Ed:
Random Rewards Rejected
In focus:
The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages
News and notes:
WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
In the media:
The Signpost
's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized
Discussion report:
The future of the reference desk
Featured content:
Don't miss your great opportunity
Arbitration report:
An admin under the microscope
Traffic report:
Death, royals and superheroes:
Avengers
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Black Panther
Technology report:
When broken is easily fixed
Gallery:
Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering
News from the WMF:
News from WMF
Recent research:
Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?
Essay:
How
Humour:
Village pump
From the archives:
An editorial board that includes you
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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
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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
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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
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WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
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COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
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Dog days gone bad
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Re-righting Wikipedia
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Relying on Wikipedia: voters, scientists, and a Canadian border guard
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West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
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Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
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Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation
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The people who built Wikipedia, technically
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Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
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Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
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Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
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Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
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10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
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Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
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Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia
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Open letter to the Board of Trustees
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Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
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A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
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ArbCom in 2021
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STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph
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Spider-Man, football and the departed
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: 27 February 2022
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Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
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: 24 April 2022
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Wikipedia's best content from March
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Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia
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Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
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The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
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Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
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WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
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Featured content of April
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: 26 June 2022
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: 28 November 2022
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Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
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Missed and Dissed
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Writing the Revolution
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Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
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(Wiki)break stuff
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: 1 January 2023
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Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
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Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
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Mobile editing
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Arbitration Committee Election 2022
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Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
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: 16 January 2023
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Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
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Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
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Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
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How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
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: 4 February 2023
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Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
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Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia
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Wikipedia on Santos
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Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
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Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage
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Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias
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Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia
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Eden, lost.
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: 9 March 2023
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Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
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What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
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In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
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"Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
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: 03 April 2023
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Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news
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"World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing
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Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid
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Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT
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April Fools' through the ages
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: 26 April 2023
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Contested truth claims in Wikipedia
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Remembering David "DGG" Goodman
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Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping
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Wikipedia as an anchor of truth
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In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again
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April Fools' through the ages, part two
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: 8 May 2023
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Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
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There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023
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History, propaganda and censorship
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Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
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Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors
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Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference
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Poetry under pressure
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: 19 June 2023
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: 3 July 2023
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Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
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Incensed
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United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions
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: 17 July 2023
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Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
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David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)
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ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns
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What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
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New fringe theories to be introduced
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: 1 August 2023
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Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
Obituary:
Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
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Citation tools for dummies!
Humour:
Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
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Are global bans the last step?
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Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
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: 15 August 2023
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Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
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Getting serious about writing
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: 31 August 2023
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Beta version of signpost.news now online
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You like RecentChanges?
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Taking it sleazy
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Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
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The Dehumourification Plan
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: 16 September 2023
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Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
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Nosebagbear
Serendipity:
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me
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Catching up
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Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"
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Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
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: 3 October 2023
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Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
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History is written by whoever can harness the most editors
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By your logic,
Concept:
Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS
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"The Sight"
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: 23 October 2023
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Where have all the administrators gone?
In the media:
Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
Gallery:
Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
Featured content:
Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
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The calm and the storm
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Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
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New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it
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The Signpost
: 6 November 2023
Arbitration report:
Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
In the media:
UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
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Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups
Opinion:
An open letter to Elon Musk
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The WikiCup 2023
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Equity lists on Wikipedia
Recent research:
How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
Featured content:
Like putting a golf course in a historic site.
Wikidata:
Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia
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Cricket jumpscare
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: 20 November 2023
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Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
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Update on Wikimedia's financial health
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If it bleeds, it leads
Recent research:
Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
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Wikimania 2024 scholarships
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: 4 December 2023
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Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy
In the media:
Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
Disinformation report:
"Wikipedia and the assault on history"
In focus:
Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged
Comix:
Bold comics for a new age
Essay:
I am going to die
Featured content:
Real gangsters move in silence
Traffic report:
And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
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Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
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The Signpost
: 24 December 2023
Special report:
Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
News and notes:
The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
In the media:
Consider the humble fork
Discussion report:
Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
In focus:
Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
Technology report:
Dark mode is coming
Recent research:
"LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
Gallery:
A feast of holidays and carols
Comix:
Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
Crossword:
when the crossword is sus
Traffic report:
What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
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A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
Apocrypha:
Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
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Guess the joke contest
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The Signpost
: 10 January 2024
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NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
Special report:
Public Domain Day 2024
Technology report:
Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
News and notes:
In other news ... see ya in court!
In focus:
The long road of a featured article candidate
In the media:
What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?
WikiProject report:
WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
Obituary:
Anthony Bradbury
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2023
Crossword:
everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading
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The Signpost
: 31 January 2024
News and notes:
Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
Opinion:
Until it happens to you
Disinformation report:
How paid editors squeeze you dry
In the media:
Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
In focus:
The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
Recent research:
Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
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We've all got to start somewhere
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DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
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The Signpost
: 13 February 2024
News and notes:
Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
Disinformation report:
How low can the scammers go?
Gallery:
Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna
In the media:
Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part
Serendipity:
Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
Traffic report:
Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
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Our crossword to bear
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Strongly
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The Signpost
: 2 March 2024
News and notes:
Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
Recent research:
Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
In the media:
The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
Obituary:
Vami_IV
Traffic report:
Supervalentinefilmbowlday
WikiCup report:
High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
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The Signpost
: 29 March 2024
Technology report:
Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
Interview:
Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
Special report:
19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles
Op-Ed:
Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
Recent research:
"Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
News and notes:
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
In the media:
"For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
Traffic report:
He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
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Letters from the editors
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The Signpost
: 25 April 2024
In the media:
Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
News and notes:
A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
WikiConference report:
WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
Recent research:
New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
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O.J., cricket and a three body problem
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The Signpost
: 16 May 2024
News and notes:
Democracy in action: multiple elections
Special report:
Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
Arbitration report:
Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
In the media:
Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis
Op-Ed:
Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure
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Generations
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Crawl out through the fallout, baby
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The Signpost
: 8 June 2024
News and notes:
Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023
Technology report:
New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
Deletion report:
The lore of Kalloor
In the media:
National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
News from the WMF:
Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
Opinion:
Public response to the editors of
Settler Colonial Studies
Recent research:
ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
Featured content:
We didn't start the wiki
Essay:
No queerphobia
Special report:
RetractionBot is back to life!
Traffic report:
Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
Comix:
The Wikipediholic Family
Humour:
Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox
Concept:
Palimpsestuous
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The Signpost
: 4 July 2024
News and notes:
WMF board elections and fundraising updates
Special report:
Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
In focus:
How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
Discussion report:
Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
In the media:
War and information in war and politics
Sister projects:
On editing Wikisource
Obituary:
Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan
Opinion:
Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
Gallery:
Spokane Willy's photos
Op-Ed:
Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections
Crossword:
On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares
Humour:
A joke
Cobwebs:
Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn
Recent research:
Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
Traffic report:
Talking about you and me, and the games people play
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 12 April 2010
Sanger allegations:
Larry Sanger accuses Wikimedia of hosting illegal images
News and notes:
Studying German flagged revisions, French library agreement, German court case
In the news:
SCOTUS hopeful edited bio, criticism from article subject
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Motorcycling
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 19 April 2010
News and notes:
Berlin WikiConference, Brooklyn Museum & Google.org collaborations, review backlog removed, 1 billion edits
In the news:
Study of featured article quality, Facebook's integration of Wikipedia, and more!
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Environment
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The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 26 April 2010
From the team:
Introducing Signpost Sidebars
Museums conference:
Wikimedians meet with museum leaders
News and notes:
Wikimedia announcements, Wikipedia advertising, and more!
In the news:
Making sausage, Jimmy Wales on TV, and more!
Sister projects:
Milestones, Openings, and Wikinews contest
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Gastropods
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The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 3 May 2010
Book review:
Review of
The World and Wikipedia
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iPhone app update, Vector rollout for May 13, brief news
In the news:
Government promotes Tamil Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject U.S. Roads
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Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 10 May 2010
From the editor:
Reviewers and reporters wanted
Commons deletions:
Porn madness
Book review:
Dan O'Sullivan's Wikipedia: a new community of practice?
Wikipedia books launched:
Wikipedia books launched worldwide
News and notes:
Public Policy and Books for All
In the news:
Commons pornography purge, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Birds
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 17 May 2010
News and notes:
Backstage at the British Museum
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In the news
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Essays
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Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 24 May 2010
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New puzzle globe, feature for admins, Israel's "Wikipedia Bill", unsourced bios declining
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Saints
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Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 31 May 2010
Photography:
Making money with free photos
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Wikimedians at Maker Faire, brief news
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Zoo
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Approved this week
Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 7 June 2010
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"Pending changes" trial, Chief hires, British Museum prizes, Interwiki debate, and more
In the news:
Cancer coverage, cognitive surplus, Wikipedia monarchy, and more
Free Travel-Shirts:
"Free Travel-Shirts" signed by Jimmy Wales and others purchasable
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Comedy
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The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 14 June 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes goes live, first state-funded Wikipedia project concludes, brief news
In the news:
Hoaxes in France and at university, Wikipedia used in Indian court, Is Wikipedia a cult?, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 21 June 2010
Sister projects:
Picture of the Year results declared on Wikimedia Commons
News and notes:
Collaboration with the British Museum and in Serbia, Interaction with researchers, and more
In the news:
Wikipedia better than Britannica, Pending changes as a victory of tradition, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject U2
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 28 June 2010
Objectionable material:
Board resolution on offensive content
News and notes:
2010–15 plan, Smithsonian outreach, Teaching Wikipedia, brief news
In the news:
Wikipedia controlled by pedophiles, left-wing trolls, Islamofascists and Communist commandos?
Public Policy Initiative:
Introducing the Public Policy Initiative
WikiProject report:
Talking with WikiProject Ships
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 5 July 2010
News and notes:
WMF expansion, community hires, award for MediaWiki, admin recall
In the news:
Accidentally anonymized donation, democratized learning and more
Wikimania preview:
Gearing up for Wikimania in Gdańsk
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Children's Literature
Features and admins:
This week's highlights
Arbitration report:
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 12 July 2010
UK COI edits:
British politicians accused of WP cover-ups
News and notes:
Board changes, Wikimania, Public Policy Initiative
In the news:
Foundation plans, David Barton, dangerous occasional glitches
Discussion report:
Article ownership, WikiProjects vs. Manual of Style, Unverifiable village
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Apple Inc.
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 19 July 2010
News and notes:
Politician defends editing own article, Google translation, Row about a small Wikipedia
In the news:
Wikimania, Former Wikimedia employee looks back, Editing controversial articles
Vandalism:
Vandalism edits fool media and a government, become object of bets
WikiProject report:
Up close with WikiProject Animals
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
ArbCom to appoint CU/OS positions after dumping election results
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 2 August 2010
News and notes:
Canadian political edits, Swedish royal wedding, Italian "right of reply" bill, Chapter reports
In the news:
Gardner and Sanger on why people edit Wikipedia, Fancy and frugal reading devices, Medical article assessed
WikiProject report:
Always Expanding: WikiProject Images and Media
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Major MediaWiki release, password security, vulnerable MediaWiki installations, and more
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The Wikipedia Signpost
: 9 August 2010
News and notes:
FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee
In the news:
Wikinews interviews Umberto Eco, and more
Admin stats:
RfA drought worsens in 2010—wikigeneration gulf emerging
Sister projects:
Strategic Planning update
WikiProject report:
Chocks away for WikiProject Aviation
Features and admins:
The best of the week
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Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 16 August 2010
News and notes:
Book publisher apologizes for plagiarizing photos by Wikipedians, brief news
Spam attacks:
Large scale vandalism revealed to be "study" by university researcher
In the news:
Supportive communication and missing incentives on Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
A Pit Stop with WikiProject NASCAR
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
ArbCom releases names of CU/OS applicants after delay
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The Signpost
: 23 August 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes poll, Public policy classes, Payment schemes debate, and more
In the news:
Zionist editing courses, newspaper denies editing candidate, net neutrality
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Cryptozoology
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision of climate change case posted
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Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2010
News and notes:
Most linked websites on Wikipedia, New York Wiki-Conference, and more
In the news:
Agatha Christie spoiled, Wales on Wikileaks, University students improve Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
Studying WikiProject Universities
Features and admins:
Featured article milestone: 3,000
Arbitration report:
What does the Race and intelligence case tell us?
Technology report:
Reusability of MediaWiki code, Google Summer of Code: Interwiki transclusion, and more
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The Signpost
: 6 September 2010
News and notes:
Pending changes analyzed, Foundation report, Main page bias, brief news
In the news:
WikiLeaks and Wikipedia; Google–WP collaboration to translate health information
Book review:
Cognitive Surplus, by Clay Shirky
Dispatches:
Tools, part 1: References, external links, categories and size
WikiProject report:
Putting articles in their place: the Uncategorized Task Force
Features and admins:
Bumper crop of admins; Obama featured portal marks our 150th
Arbitration report:
Interim desysopping, CU/OS appointments, and more
Technology report:
Development transparency, resource loading, GSoC: extension management
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The Signpost
: 13 September 2010
News and notes:
Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes
In the news:
Public Policy Initiative, Houellebecq plagiarism?, Article revisions as book
Public Policy Initiative:
Experiments with article assessment
Sister projects:
Biography bloopers – update on the Death Anomalies collaboration
WikiProject report:
Getting the picture – an interview with the Graphic lab
Features and admins:
"Magnificent" warthog not so cute, says featured picture judge
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 20 September 2010
From the editor:
New ways to read and share the Signpost
News and notes:
Dutch National Archives donation, French photo raid, brief notes
In the news:
Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
All Aboard WikiProject Trains
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Dispatches:
Tools, part 2: Internal links and page histories
Arbitration report:
Discretionary sanctions clarification and more
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 27 September 2010
News and notes:
French million, controversial content, Citizendium charter, Pending changes, and more
In the news:
Wikimedia moves into India, critical conference, Vandalism detection contest
WikiProject report:
Designing WikiProject Architecture
Features and admins:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
EEML amendment requests & more
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The Signpost
: 4 October 2010
News and notes:
German chapter remodeled to meet Foundation requirements, and more
In the news:
Spanish police pursues BLP vandals, Jimbo interviewed, advice for experts and spammers
Book review:
Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Reagle
WikiProject report:
Hot topics with WikiProject Volcanoes
Features and admins:
Milestone: 2,500th featured picture
Arbitration report:
Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
Technology report:
Code reviewers, October Engineering update, brief news
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The Signpost
: 11 October 2010
News and notes:
Board resolutions, fundraiser challenge, traffic report, ten thousand good articles, and more
In the news:
Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Smithsonian Institution
Features and admins:
Big week for ships and music
Dispatches:
Tools, part 3: Style tools and wikEd
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Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
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The Signpost
: 18 October 2010
News and notes:
Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief
WikiProject report:
Show Me the Money: WikiProject Numismatics
Features and admins:
A week for marine creatures
Dispatches:
Common issues seen in Peer review
Arbitration report:
Climate change case closes after 4 months
Technology report:
Video subtitling tool, staff vs. volunteer developers, brief news
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The Signpost
: 25 October 2010
News and notes:
Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced
In the news:
Good faith vs. bad faith, climate change, court citations, weirdest medieval fact, brief news
WikiProject report:
Nightmare on Wiki Street: WikiProject Horror
Features and admins:
The best of the week
ArbCom interview:
So what is being an arbitrator actually like?
Arbitration report:
Case closes within 1 month
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 1 November 2010
News and notes:
Foundation's finances, geodata milestone, interim counsel, museum conference
In the news:
Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric
WikiProject report:
Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey
Features and admins:
Good-lookin' slugs and snails
Arbitration report:
Arb resignation during plagiarism discussion; election RfC closing in 2 days
Technology report:
Foundation office switches to closed source, secure browsing, brief news
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The Signpost
: 8 November 2010
Fundraiser:
November 15 launch, emphasis on banner optimization and community involvement
News and notes:
Second Wikipedian in Residence, {{citation needed}} for sanity
In the news:
WP prose praised, Public Policy update, education debate, WP documentary
WikiProject report:
WikiProject California
Features and admins:
No, not science fiction—real science
Election report:
The countdown begins
Arbitration report:
No cases this week; Date delinking sanctions reduced for one party; History ban extended
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 15 November 2010
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: 22 August 2011
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Journalist regrets not checking citation, PR firms issue advice on how to "survive" Wikipedia (but U.S. Congressman caught red-handed)
WikiProject report:
Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation
Featured content:
JJ Harrison on avian photography
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After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration
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: 29 August 2011
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Britannica and Wikipedia like "apples and chairs"; should anyone who's anyone get an article?; and why fighting and barriers to editing may be useful after all
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Riding with WikiProject London Transport
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
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The copyright crisis, and why we should care
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BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle
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: 12 September 2011
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9/11 coverage, Wikimedia hypothetically rebranded and Wikipedia golf 2.0
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Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics
Featured content:
Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures
Arbitration report:
Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications
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What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live
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: 19 September 2011
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Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
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ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case
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MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
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QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts
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Kia ora
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Featured content:
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: 10 October 2011
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Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist
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The World's Oldest People
Featured content:
The weird and the disgusting
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Senkaku Islands
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: 17 October 2011
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Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out
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History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP
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Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic
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Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined,
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WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun
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: 24 October 2011
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Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
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: 31 October 2011
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German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
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Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism
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Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
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: 7 November2011
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Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised
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The Economist
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Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC
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Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week
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ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
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Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles
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Having a Conference with WikiProject India
Featured content:
Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!
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Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
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: 21 November 2011
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Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered
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Much ado about censorship
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: 28 November 2011
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The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
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A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
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Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
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Arbitration report:
Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended
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Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites
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Research project banner ads run afoul of community
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Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
WikiProject report:
Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
Featured content:
Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and
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Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper
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: 19 December 2011
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To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
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WikiProject report:
A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
Featured content:
Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
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The community elects eight arbitrators
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Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised
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: 26 December 2011
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The Tree of Life
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Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content
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Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
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Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
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: 02 January 2012
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WikiProject report:
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Part III
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Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future
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: 09 January 2012
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Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
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Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches
WikiProject report:
From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
Featured content:
Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3
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: 16 January 2012
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WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Beer
Featured content:
Lecen on systemic bias in featured content
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near
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ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored
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: 23 January 2012
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World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout
WikiProject report:
The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto
Featured content:
Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week
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Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications
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Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues
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Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation
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Recent research:
Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
WikiProject report:
Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
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Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
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Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
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Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
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Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
WikiProject report:
The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
Featured content:
Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
Technology report:
October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more
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: 13 February 2012
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Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
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Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
In focus:
Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Stub Sorting
Featured content:
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Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
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: 20 February 2012
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Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
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Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Poland
Featured content:
The best of the week
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Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
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: 27 February 2012
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Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
WikiProject report:
Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
Featured content:
By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
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Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
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1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
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: 05 March 2012
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Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
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Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
Discussion report:
COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
WikiProject report:
We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
Featured content:
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AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
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With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month
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: 12 March 2012
Interview:
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Women and Wikipedia:
Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
Arbitration analysis:
A look at new arbitrators
News and notes:
Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
In the news:
Britannica
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Discussion report:
Nothing changes as long discussions continue
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Women's History
Featured content:
Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
Education report:
Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
Technology report:
Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?
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: 19 March 2012
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Discussion report:
Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
WikiProject report:
Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
Featured content:
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Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
Technology report:
Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead
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: 26 March 2012
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WikiProject report:
WikiProject Rock Music
Featured content:
Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
Recent research:
Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
Education report:
Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
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: 02 April 2012
Interview:
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Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
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Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
WikiProject report:
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Featured content:
Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
Technology report:
Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more
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: 09 April 2012
Wikidata:
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Interview:
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News and notes:
Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
WikiProject report:
The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
Featured content:
Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucifixion: the bloodiest of the week
Arbitration report:
Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
Technology report:
Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements
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: 16 April 2012
Arbitration analysis:
Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren
News and notes:
French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded
Discussion report:
The future of pending changes
WikiProject report:
The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera
Featured content:
A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
Arbitration report:
Evidence submissions begin in Rich Farmbrough case, proposed decision in R&I Review
Technology report:
MediaWiki 1.20wmf01 hits first WMF wiki, understanding 20% time, and why this report cannot yet be a draft
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: 23 April 2012
Investigative report:
Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"
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Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits
WikiProject report:
Skeptics and Believers: WikiProject
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Featured content:
A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content
Arbitration report:
Evidence submissions close in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review
Technology report:
Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?
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: 30 April 2012
Paid editing:
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Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week
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On the lochs
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The cake is a pi
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Wales enters extradition battle; Wikipedia's political bias
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Keeps on chuggin'
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Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
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When is an island not an island?
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Wikipedia rivals
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Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror
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WikiProject Fungi
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Two Wikipedians set to face jury trial
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Action! — The Indian Cinema Task Force
Featured content:
Go into the light
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WMF and the German chapter face up to Toolserver uncertainty
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Malleus Fatuorum accused of circumventing topic ban; motion to change "net four votes" rule
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Wikivoyage migration: technical strategy announced
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Good articles on the main page?; reforming dispute resolution
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Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks
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Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads
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MediaWiki 1.20 and the prospects for getting 1.21 code reviewed promptly
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Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect
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Wikipedia goes to Hell
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WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany
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Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes
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Wikipedia's cute ass
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Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
Technology report:
Looking back on a year of incremental changes
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Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
Interview:
Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
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2012—the big year
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Featured content in review
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Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
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Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality
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Loss of an Internet genius
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Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
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Administrator conduct and requests
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Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate
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Listing off progress from 2012
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Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance
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Land of the Midnight Sun
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Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
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A lousy week
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Just the Facts
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Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
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UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
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WebCite proposal
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Wikidata client rollout stutters
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Better templates and 3D buildings
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Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit
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Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press
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"Very lucky" Picture of the Year
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Wikivoyage links; overcategorization
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Outing of editor causes firestorm
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Finance committee updates
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Batman, three birds and a Mercedes
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Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns
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Making music
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Wikipedia stays warm
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Richard case closes
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The American Heartland
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Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
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: 25 November 2015
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Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone
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Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia
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: 02 December 2015
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: 09 December 2015
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Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view
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Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries
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: 16 December 2015
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: 30 December 2015
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WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee
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: 06 January 2016
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The WMF's age of discontent
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: 13 January 2016
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The Crisis at New Montgomery Street
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Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report
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Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016
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Community objections to new Board trustee
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Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia
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: 20 January 2016
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: 27 January 2016
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Geshuri steps down from the Board
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: 03 February 2016
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: 10 February 2016
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Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects
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: 17 February 2016
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: 24 February 2016
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Backward the Foundation
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Of Dead Pools and Dead Judges
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Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world
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: 02 March 2016
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: 09 March 2016
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: 16 March 2016
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Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
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: 23 March 2016
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Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
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Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016
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: 1 April 2016
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Trump/Wales 2016
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Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality
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Donald v Daredevil
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Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!
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: 14 April 2016
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Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?
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Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
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Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography
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: 24 April 2016
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Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails
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: 2 May 2016
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Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky
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Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
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Purple
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: 17 May 2016
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Swiss chapter in turmoil
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Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in
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"Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
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: 28 May 2016
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Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
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Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
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The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax
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Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
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Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge
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: 15 June 2016
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Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
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From the crème de la crème
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Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
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Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing
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Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
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: 04 July 2016
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Two policies in conflict?
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Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
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: 21 July 2016
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Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"
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A wide variety from the best
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Sports and esports
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Script writers appointed for clerks
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: 04 August 2016
Editorial:
Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information
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Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
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Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias
Obituary:
Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
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Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
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Women and Hawaii
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All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most
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User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
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: 18 August 2016
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
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Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
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The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
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Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
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User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
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The Michael Hardy case
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: 06 September 2016
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AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
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Olympics readership depended on language
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Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage
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Watching Wikipedia
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Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
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From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
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Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
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Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
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Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway
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29 September 2016
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Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
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Wikipedia in the news
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Three weeks in the land of featured content
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Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
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From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
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Fundraising, flora and fauna
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Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
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A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio
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Upcoming tech projects for 2017
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: 4 November 2016
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Washington Post
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WikiCup winners
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What's on
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New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content
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Cream of the crop
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Un-presidential politics
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Recapping October's activities
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: 4 November 2016
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Arbitration Committee elections commence
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Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more
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The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth
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Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016
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Taking stock of the Good Article backlog
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Fundraising data should be more transparent
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The Signpost
: 22 December 2016
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Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
Special report:
German ArbCom implodes
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Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment
Op-ed:
Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia
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In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
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The Christmas edition
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Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
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Post-election traffic blues
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Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced
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The Signpost
: 17 January 2017
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Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
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What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?
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Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
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One year ends, and another begins
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Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
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Out with the old, in with the new
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Tech present, past, and future
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Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia
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: 6 February 2017
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WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy
Special report:
Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
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Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds
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WMF strategy consultant brings background in crisis reputation management; Team behind popular WMF software put "on pause"
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For the birds!
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How to make editing workshops useful, even if participants don't stick around
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Presidential politics, periodic table, and our periodic roundup of updates
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Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes
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Cool It Now
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Three weeks dominated by articles
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Productive collaboration around coordinated protest marches; Media and political personalities comment on Wikipedia at its 16th birthday celebration
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: 27 February 2017
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Special issue: Wikipedia in education
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Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app
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The
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Gallery:
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Special report:
Peer review – a history and call for reviewers
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Wikipedia has cancer
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The dominance of articles continues
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Love, football, and politics
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WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward
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The Signpost
: 9 June 2017
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Global Elections
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Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis
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Wikipedia's lead sentence problem
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Three months in the land of the featured
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Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?
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Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press
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The Signpost
: 23 June 2017
News and notes:
Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
In the media:
Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of
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Op-ed:
Facto Post
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Featured content:
Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues
Traffic report:
Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth
Recent research:
Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?
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Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all
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The Signpost
: 15 July 2017
News and notes:
French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes
Featured content:
Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more
In the media:
Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce
Recent research:
The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers
Op-ed:
Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017
Gallery:
A mix of patterns
Humour:
The Infobox Game
Traffic report:
Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday
Technology report:
New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts
Wikicup:
2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up
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The Signpost
: 5 August 2017
News and notes:
Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!
Recent research:
Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality
WikiProject report:
Comic relief
In the media:
Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity
Traffic report:
Swedish countess tops the list
Blog:
Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders
Special report:
Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic
Featured content:
Everywhere in the lead
Technology report:
Introducing TechCom
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WWASOHs and ETCSSs
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The Signpost
: 6 September 2017
From the editors:
What happened at Wikimania?
News and notes:
Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments
Featured content:
Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies
Traffic report:
A fortnight of conflicts
Special report:
Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future
Recent research:
Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia
In the media:
Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?
WikiProject report:
WikiProject YouTube
Technology report:
Latest tech news
Wikicup:
2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up
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The Signpost
: 25 September 2017
News and notes:
Chapter updates; ACTRIAL
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Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues
Humour:
Chickenz
Recent research:
Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe
Technology report:
Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications
Gallery:
Chicken mania
Special report:
Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative
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Fights and frights
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Flying high
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The Signpost
: 23 October 2017
News and notes:
Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
Featured content:
Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables
Humour:
Guys named Ralph
In focus:
Offline Wikipedia developed at OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon
Blog:
The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example
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Facebook and poetry
Special report:
Working with GLAMs in the UK
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Death, disaster, and entertainment
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The Signpost
: 24 November 2017
News and notes:
Cons, cons, cons
Arbitration report:
Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
Technology report:
Searching and surveying
Interview:
A featured article centurion
WikiProject report:
Recommendations for WikiProjects
In the media:
Open knowledge platform as a media institution
Traffic report:
Strange and inappropriate
Featured content:
We will remember them
Recent research:
Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text
Humour:
Good faith (but still incomprehensible)
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The Signpost
: 18 December 2017
Special report:
Women in Red World Contest wrap-up
Blog:
Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind
Featured content:
Featured content to finish 2017
In the media:
Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more
Arbitration report:
Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
Gallery:
Wiki loving
Interview:
Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures
Recent research:
French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"
Technology report:
Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech
Traffic report:
Notable heroes and bad guys
Humour:
On their way to the WMF Incubator
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The Signpost
: 16 January 2018
News and notes:
Communication is key
In the media:
The Paris Review
, British Crown and British Media
Featured content:
History, gaming and multifarious topics
Interview:
Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
Technology report:
Dedicated Wikidata database servers
Humour:
Why don't we have an article about _________?
Arbitration report:
Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
Traffic report:
The best and worst of 2017
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The Signpost
: 5 February 2018
Op-ed:
Do editors have the right to be forgotten?
Featured content:
Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
Recent research:
Automated Q&A from Wikipedia articles; Who succeeds in talk page discussions?
Blog:
New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes
Interview:
Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists
Traffic report:
TV, death, sports, and doodles
Special report:
Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
Arbitration report:
New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
In the media:
Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
Humour:
You really are in Wonderland
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The Signpost
: 20 February 2018
News and notes:
The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
Recent research:
Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
Arbitration report:
Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
Traffic report:
Addicted to sports and pain
Featured content:
Entertainment, sports and history
Technology report:
Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
Humour:
Impossible and unexplained traffic report
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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
Op-ed:
Death knell for
The Signpost
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News and notes:
Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
Arbitration report:
Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
In the media:
The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good
Traffic report:
Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
Featured content:
Animals, Ships, and Songs
Technology report:
Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
Special report:
ACTRIAL wrap-up.
Humour:
WikiWorld Reruns
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The Signpost
: 26 April 2018
From the editors:
The Signpost
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Future directions for
The Signpost
News and notes:
Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.
In the media:
The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
In focus:
Admin reports board under criticism
Special report:
ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
Opinion:
Guideline for Organization Notability revised
Op-ed:
World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
Community view:
It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
Discussion report:
The future of portals
Arbitration report:
No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Military History
Blog:
Why the world reads Wikipedia
Humour:
Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff
Traffic report:
A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
Technology report:
Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Gallery:
A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
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The Signpost
: 24 May 2018
From the editor:
Another issue meets the deadline
Op-ed:
Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
Opinion:
Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Portals
Discussion report:
User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Arbitration report:
Managing difficult topics
News and notes:
Lots of Wikimedia
In the media:
Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
Traffic report:
We love our superheroes
Technology report:
A trove of contributor and developer goodies
Blog:
Why I write about women on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
Humour:
Play with your food
Gallery:
Wine not?
From the archives:
The Signpost
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The Signpost
: 24 May 2018
From the editor:
Another issue meets the deadline
Op-ed:
Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
Opinion:
Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Portals
Discussion report:
User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Arbitration report:
Managing difficult topics
News and notes:
Lots of Wikimedia
In the media:
Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work
Traffic report:
We love our superheroes
Technology report:
A trove of contributor and developer goodies
Blog:
Why I write about women on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
Humour:
Play with your food
Gallery:
Wine not?
From the archives:
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
Special report:
NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?
Op-ed:
What do admins do?
Opinion:
Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
News and notes:
Money, milestones, and Wikimania
In the media:
Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress
Discussion report:
Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
Featured content:
New promotions
Arbitration report:
WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed
Traffic report:
Endgame
Technology report:
Improvements piled on more improvements
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Africa
Blog:
Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey
Recent research:
How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry
Humour:
Television plot lines
Wikipedia essays:
This month's pick by
The Signpost
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From the archives:
Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
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The Signpost
: 31 July 2018
From the editor:
If only if
Op-ed:
The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise
Opinion:
Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
News and notes:
Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR
In the media:
Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set
Discussion report:
Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
Featured content:
Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
Arbitration report:
Status quo processes retained in two disputes
Traffic report:
Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
Technology report:
New bots, new prefs
Gallery:
Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July
Blog:
Motivation of two editors
Recent research:
Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
Humour:
It's all the same
Essay:
Wikipedia does not need you
From the archives:
The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
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The Signpost
: 30 August 2018
From the editor:
Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
Interview:
2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin
News and notes:
Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
In the media:
Quicksilver AI writes articles
Discussion report:
Drafting an interface administrator policy
Featured content:
Featured content selected by the community
Special report:
Wikimania 2018
Traffic report:
Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
Technology report:
Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
Gallery:
Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat
Recent research:
Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
Humour:
Signpost
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Essay:
Principle of Some Astonishment
From the archives:
Playing with Wikipedia words
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The Signpost
: 1 October 2018
From the editor:
Is this the new normal?
News and notes:
European copyright law moves forward
In the media:
Knowledge under fire
Discussion report:
Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
Arbitration report:
A quiet month for Arbcom
Traffic report:
John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low
Technology report:
Paying attention to your mobile
Gallery:
A pat on the back
Blog:
After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains
Recent research:
How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
Humour:
Signpost
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Essay:
Expressing thanks
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The Signpost
: 28 October 2018
From the editors:
The Signpost
is still afloat, just barely
Op-ed:
Wikipedia's Strickland affair
News and notes:
WMF gets a million bucks
In the media:
Bans, celebs, and bias
Discussion report:
Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
Traffic report:
Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
Technology report:
Bots galore!
Special report:
NPP needs you
Special report 2:
Now Wikidata is six
In focus:
Alexa
Gallery:
Out of this world!
Recent research:
Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
Humour:
Talk page humour
Opinion:
Strickland incident
From the archives:
The Gardner Interview
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The Signpost
: 1 December 2018
From the editor:
Time for a truce
Op-ed:
Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia
Special report:
The Christmas wishlist
Opinion:
The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF
News and notes:
Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit
Reflections:
Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day
In the media:
Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars
Discussion report:
Farewell, Mediation Committee
Arbitration report:
A long break ends
Traffic report:
Queen reigns for four weeks straight
Gallery:
Intersections
Recent research:
Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize
Essay:
No one cares about your garage band
Humour:
The dark side of our favorite root vegetable
From the archives:
Ars longa, vita brevis
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The Signpost
: 24 December 2018
From the editors:
Where to draw the line in reporting?
Op-ed:
Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee
Special report:
The Signpost
got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?
News and notes:
Some wishes do come true
In the media:
Political hijinks
Discussion report:
A new record low for RfA
WikiProject report:
Articlegenesis
Arbitration report:
Year ends with one active case
Traffic report:
Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents
Gallery:
Sun and Moon, water and stone
Blog:
News from the WMF
Humour:
I believe in Bigfoot
Essay:
Requests for medication
From the archives:
Compromised admin accounts – again
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The Signpost
: 31 January 2019
Op-Ed:
Random Rewards Rejected
In focus:
The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages
News and notes:
WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
In the media:
The Signpost
's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized
Discussion report:
The future of the reference desk
Featured content:
Don't miss your great opportunity
Arbitration report:
An admin under the microscope
Traffic report:
Death, royals and superheroes:
Avengers
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Black Panther
Technology report:
When broken is easily fixed
Gallery:
Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering
News from the WMF:
News from WMF
Recent research:
Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?
Essay:
How
Humour:
Village pump
From the archives:
An editorial board that includes you
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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
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Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
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Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
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The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
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Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong
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The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
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Wiki Loves Broadcast
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Put on your birthday best
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You say you want a revolution
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Reference things, sister things, stranger things
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Winter and holidays
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Adminitis
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"The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
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December discussions around the wiki
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Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
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Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
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Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
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The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
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Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?
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Three cases at ArbCom
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The most viewed articles of 2019
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners
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Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
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Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
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: 1 March 2020
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More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
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Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation
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Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone
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Is Wikipedia for sale?
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Wikipedia is another country
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: 29 March 2020
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2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
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WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
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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
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"I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
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Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
Recent research:
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Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
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The only thing that matters in the world
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Visible Women on Wikipedia
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Coronavirus, again and again
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Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
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Disease the Rhythm of the Night
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Roy is doing fine and sending more photos
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Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
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Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic
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Trusting Everybody to Work Together
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Multilingual Wikipedia
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CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors
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WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
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The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition
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Board member likely to receive editing restriction
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Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
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Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
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WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
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Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
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COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
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Revitalizing good articles
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500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
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: 28 June 2020
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Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine
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After the killing of George Floyd
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Part collaboration and part combat
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Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals
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Sports are returning, with a rainbow
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Anti-harassment RfC and a checkuser revocation
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Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
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Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
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Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
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Dog days gone bad
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Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
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Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
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Photos of threatened species from iNaturalist
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New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
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Receiving thanks increases retention, but not the time contributed to Wikipedia
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Not compatible with a collaborative project
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Hasteur and Brian McNeil
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Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
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The longest-running hoax
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Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
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Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
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: 27 September 2020
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WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
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Life finds a Way
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WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
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Review of
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Proposal to change board composition,
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: 29 November 2020
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Re-righting Wikipedia
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How billionaires re-write Wikipedia
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Relying on Wikipedia: voters, scientists, and a Canadian border guard
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Frontonia
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007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election
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West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
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Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
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Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail
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Writing about women
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2020 election results
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Subjective importance
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Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection
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From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
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Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation
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The world's press says "Happy Birthday!" with a few twists
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The people who built Wikipedia, technically
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Celebrating 20 years
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Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
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Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
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Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
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New Year, same Featured Content report!
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Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
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Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
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Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
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Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia
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Open letter to the Board of Trustees
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: 25 April 2021
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: 25 April 2021
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IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
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WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
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: 26 September 2021
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The future of Wikipedia
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Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
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I've been desysopped
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Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
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Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
Recent research:
Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
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Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11
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: 31 October 2021
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China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?
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A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
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Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
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Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
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James Bond and the Giant Squid Game
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Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more
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Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
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The WikiCup 2021
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What's Matt Amodio?
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ArbCom in 2021
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On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent
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The Signpost
: 28 December 2021
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The past is not even past
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STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph
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A new crew for '22
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Four billion words and a few numbers
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We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"
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Wikicommons presents: 2021
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Spider-Man, football and the departed
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The Signpost
: 30 January 2022
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The Forgotten Featured
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New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions
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The most viewed articles of 2021
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No Spanish municipality without a photograph
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Twofingered Typist
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The prime directive
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Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?
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Fuzzy-headed government editing
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Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"
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Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years
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The Signpost
: 27 February 2022
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Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Why student editors are good for Wikipedia
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A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia
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Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons
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War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)
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Community Wishlist Survey results
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10 years of tea
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The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February
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Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate
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The Signpost
: 27 March 2022
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Of safety and anonymity
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War diary
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The oligarchs' socks
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Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
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Athletes are less notable now
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War, what is it good for?
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: 24 April 2022
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Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
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War diary (Part 2)
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8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
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Wikipedia's best content from March
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The Signpost
: 29 May 2022
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Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
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The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
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Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
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Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
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Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles
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Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
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WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
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A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
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Featured content of April
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Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day
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The Onion
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: 26 June 2022
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"Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
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MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled
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Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
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RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?
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Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
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War diary (part 3)
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The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
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Youth culture and notability
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Criminals among us
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Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
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This is Gonzo Country
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Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
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Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
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How to research an image
Recent research:
A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
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Don't cite Wikipedia
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A backstage pass
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2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
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Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
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Boarding the Trustees
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Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
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Two photos of every library on earth
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Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
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What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
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Delete the junk!
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A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)
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CommonsComix No. 1
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The Signpost
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NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers
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Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
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Much ado about Fox News
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Are we ever going to reach consensus?
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Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos
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How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future
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Kings and queens and VIPs
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A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2
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CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
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Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
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Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
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Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias
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From Russia with WikiLove
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Interview:
Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
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Mama, they're in love with a criminal
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The Signpost
: 28 November 2022
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English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"
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"The most beautiful story on the Internet"
Interview:
Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC
Opinion:
Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
Disinformation report:
Missed and Dissed
Op-Ed:
Diminishing returns for article quality
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Writing the Revolution
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Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
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The Six Million FP Man
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(Wiki)break stuff
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Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"
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A great month for featured articles
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A tribute to Michael Gäbler
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The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia
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Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports
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The Signpost
: 1 January 2023
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Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
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Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more
Interview:
ComplexRational's RfA debrief
Technology report:
Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
Essay:
Mobile editing
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Arbitration Committee Election 2022
Recent research:
Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes
Serendipity:
Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
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Would you like to swing on a star?
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Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!
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The Signpost
: 16 January 2023
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Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
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Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
In the media:
Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
Technology report:
View it! A new tool for image discovery
In focus:
Busting into Grand Central
Serendipity:
How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
Gallery:
What is our responsibility when it comes to images?
Humour:
New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced
Opinion:
Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
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The most viewed articles of 2022
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Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
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The Signpost
: 4 February 2023
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Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
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Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia
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Wikipedia on Santos
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Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation
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Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate
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Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
Opinion:
Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage
Recent research:
Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias
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WikiProject Organized Labour
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XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles
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The Signpost
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Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan
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Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage
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The "largest con in corporate history"?
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Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia
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All about writing at DYK
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Eden, lost.
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Love is in the air
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Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world
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The Signpost
: 9 March 2023
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What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
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Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
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What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
Featured content:
In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
Recent research:
"Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
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Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
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Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences
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Way too many featured articles
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Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI
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Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news
Arbitration report:
"World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing
Featured content:
Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid
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Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT
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April Fools' through the ages
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Sus socks support suits, seems systemic
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Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns
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Contested truth claims in Wikipedia
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Remembering David "DGG" Goodman
Arbitration report:
Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping
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What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming
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Wikipedia as an anchor of truth
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In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again
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April Fools' through the ages, part two
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: 8 May 2023
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Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
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I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
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"World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
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History, propaganda and censorship
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Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
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Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors
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Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again
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: 19 June 2023
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English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia
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Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
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Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed
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Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
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David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)
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Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?
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: 1 August 2023
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Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
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Citation tools for dummies!
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Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
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Journals cited by Wikipedia
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Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
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The Signpost
: 15 August 2023
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Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
In the media:
An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida
In focus:
2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!
Special report:
Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?
Tips and tricks:
How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
Cobwebs:
Getting serious about writing
Opinion:
Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
Serendipity:
Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
Featured content:
Barbenheimer confirmed
Humour:
Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire
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'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
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The Signpost
: 31 August 2023
From the editor:
Beta version of signpost.news now online
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You like RecentChanges?
In the media:
Taking it sleazy
Recent research:
The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
Draftspace:
Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
Humour:
The Dehumourification Plan
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Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
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The Signpost
: 16 September 2023
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Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
In the media:
"Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
Obituary:
Nosebagbear
Serendipity:
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me
Featured content:
Catching up
Concept:
Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"
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Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
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The Signpost
: 3 October 2023
News and notes:
Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
In the media:
History is written by whoever can harness the most editors
Recent research:
Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
Featured content:
By your logic,
Concept:
Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS
Poetry:
"The Sight"
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There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam
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The Signpost
: 23 October 2023
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Where have all the administrators gone?
In the media:
Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
Gallery:
Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
Featured content:
Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
Traffic report:
The calm and the storm
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Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
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New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it
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07:00, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 6 November 2023
Arbitration report:
Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
In the media:
UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
News and notes:
Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups
Opinion:
An open letter to Elon Musk
WikiCup report:
The WikiCup 2023
News from Wiki Ed:
Equity lists on Wikipedia
Recent research:
How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
Featured content:
Like putting a golf course in a historic site.
Wikidata:
Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia
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Cricket jumpscare
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The Signpost
: 20 November 2023
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Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
News and notes:
Update on Wikimedia's financial health
Traffic report:
If it bleeds, it leads
Recent research:
Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
Wikimania:
Wikimania 2024 scholarships
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The Signpost
: 4 December 2023
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Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy
In the media:
Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
Disinformation report:
"Wikipedia and the assault on history"
In focus:
Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged
Comix:
Bold comics for a new age
Essay:
I am going to die
Featured content:
Real gangsters move in silence
Traffic report:
And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
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Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
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The Signpost
: 24 December 2023
Special report:
Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
News and notes:
The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
In the media:
Consider the humble fork
Discussion report:
Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
In focus:
Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
Technology report:
Dark mode is coming
Recent research:
"LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
Gallery:
A feast of holidays and carols
Comix:
Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
Crossword:
when the crossword is sus
Traffic report:
What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
From the editor:
A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
Apocrypha:
Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
Humour:
Guess the joke contest
BJAODN:
Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
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The Signpost
: 10 January 2024
From the editor:
NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
Special report:
Public Domain Day 2024
Technology report:
Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
News and notes:
In other news ... see ya in court!
In focus:
The long road of a featured article candidate
In the media:
What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?
WikiProject report:
WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
Obituary:
Anthony Bradbury
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2023
Crossword:
everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading
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Conflict resolution
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The Signpost
: 31 January 2024
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Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
Opinion:
Until it happens to you
Disinformation report:
How paid editors squeeze you dry
In the media:
Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
In focus:
The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
Recent research:
Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
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We've all got to start somewhere
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DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
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The Signpost
: 13 February 2024
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Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
Disinformation report:
How low can the scammers go?
Gallery:
Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna
In the media:
Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part
Serendipity:
Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
Traffic report:
Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
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Our crossword to bear
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Strongly
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The Signpost
: 2 March 2024
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Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
Recent research:
Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
In the media:
The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
Obituary:
Vami_IV
Traffic report:
Supervalentinefilmbowlday
WikiCup report:
High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
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The Signpost
: 29 March 2024
Technology report:
Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
Interview:
Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
Special report:
19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles
Op-Ed:
Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
Recent research:
"Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
News and notes:
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
In the media:
"For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
Traffic report:
He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
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Letters from the editors
Comix:
Layout issue
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The Signpost
: 25 April 2024
In the media:
Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
News and notes:
A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
WikiConference report:
WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
Recent research:
New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
Traffic report:
O.J., cricket and a three body problem
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The Signpost
: 16 May 2024
News and notes:
Democracy in action: multiple elections
Special report:
Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
Arbitration report:
Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
In the media:
Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis
Op-Ed:
Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure
Comix:
Generations
Traffic report:
Crawl out through the fallout, baby
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The Signpost
: 8 June 2024
News and notes:
Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023
Technology report:
New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
Deletion report:
The lore of Kalloor
In the media:
National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
News from the WMF:
Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
Opinion:
Public response to the editors of
Settler Colonial Studies
Recent research:
ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
Featured content:
We didn't start the wiki
Essay:
No queerphobia
Special report:
RetractionBot is back to life!
Traffic report:
Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
Comix:
The Wikipediholic Family
Humour:
Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox
Concept:
Palimpsestuous
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The Signpost
: 4 July 2024
News and notes:
WMF board elections and fundraising updates
Special report:
Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
In focus:
How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
Discussion report:
Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
In the media:
War and information in war and politics
Sister projects:
On editing Wikisource
Obituary:
Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan
Opinion:
Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
Gallery:
Spokane Willy's photos
Op-Ed:
Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections
Crossword:
On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares
Humour:
A joke
Cobwebs:
Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn
Recent research:
Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
Traffic report:
Talking about you and me, and the games people play
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