AARoads, take me home: A long-running conflict over Wikipedia's articles about US roads led to the forking of many roads articles back in September.
Gizmodo recently interviewed a number of AARoads editors and Wikipedians (
Imzadi1979,
BMACS1002, and
onel5969) about the split, calling it "a promised land where the editors hope, at last, that they can find peace". See also previous Signpost coverage: "
A fork in the Roads WikiProject" ("News and notes", September 16, 2023)
Wikipedia is useful for flying, apparently. Alternatively, you could print out Wikipedia articles and make your own planes :-)
Getting away from it all?:
AFAR magazine explains
"Why Google Flights and Wikipedia (Yep!) Are a Traveler’s Best Friends", giving some tips on finding airports connecting aspiring travelers to their destination. The article calls the customary "Airlines and destinations" sections in Wikipedia articles about airports (
example) "a great resource for those wanting to know options for nonstop flights and possibilities for mileage redemptions."
Covering Pakistan's elections on Wikipedia:
The Friday Times covers how Pakistan's turbulent politics and
recent general election has caused problems for Wikipedians; accusations of political bias fly as editors try to figure out who to list as the leader of
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, whether to list the party on election maps at all, and perhaps most importantly, who won the election.
French Wikipedia discusses transgender names: Le Monde (in English, paywalled) reports that "
Wikipedia's French-speaking community is torn apart over 'deadnaming' trans people": "The source of the conflict lies in a debate over the 'deadnames' – or morinoms in French – of trans people. Should these names that are no longer in use, such as birthnames, be mentioned on Wikipedia? If so, in which cases and under what conditions? On the English-language version, contributors
settled the matter back in 2015, without too much controversy: They agreed to only mention the deadnames of people who became famous under that name. However, among French-speaking Wikipedians, the question has remained unanswered, and even resurfaces regularly."
AARoads, take me home: A long-running conflict over Wikipedia's articles about US roads led to the forking of many roads articles back in September.
Gizmodo recently interviewed a number of AARoads editors and Wikipedians (
Imzadi1979,
BMACS1002, and
onel5969) about the split, calling it "a promised land where the editors hope, at last, that they can find peace". See also previous Signpost coverage: "
A fork in the Roads WikiProject" ("News and notes", September 16, 2023)
Wikipedia is useful for flying, apparently. Alternatively, you could print out Wikipedia articles and make your own planes :-)
Getting away from it all?:
AFAR magazine explains
"Why Google Flights and Wikipedia (Yep!) Are a Traveler’s Best Friends", giving some tips on finding airports connecting aspiring travelers to their destination. The article calls the customary "Airlines and destinations" sections in Wikipedia articles about airports (
example) "a great resource for those wanting to know options for nonstop flights and possibilities for mileage redemptions."
Covering Pakistan's elections on Wikipedia:
The Friday Times covers how Pakistan's turbulent politics and
recent general election has caused problems for Wikipedians; accusations of political bias fly as editors try to figure out who to list as the leader of
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, whether to list the party on election maps at all, and perhaps most importantly, who won the election.
French Wikipedia discusses transgender names: Le Monde (in English, paywalled) reports that "
Wikipedia's French-speaking community is torn apart over 'deadnaming' trans people": "The source of the conflict lies in a debate over the 'deadnames' – or morinoms in French – of trans people. Should these names that are no longer in use, such as birthnames, be mentioned on Wikipedia? If so, in which cases and under what conditions? On the English-language version, contributors
settled the matter back in 2015, without too much controversy: They agreed to only mention the deadnames of people who became famous under that name. However, among French-speaking Wikipedians, the question has remained unanswered, and even resurfaces regularly."
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