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Yay! Someone gave me a WikiHand... er, a welcome message! --The Defender of Light >Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing Inventory 23:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

October 2014

Please read this notification carefully:
A community decision has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to the Gamergate controversy.
The details of these sanctions are described here.

General sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

This message is informational only and does not imply misconduct regarding your contributions to date.

Acroterion (talk) 01:13, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

uwotm8 --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 01:15, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop using talk pages such as Talk:Gamergate controversy for general discussion of the topic. They are for discussion related to improving the article; not for use as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See here for more information. Thank you. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 03:45, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

kthx --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 03:46, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BLP violations

Stop posting links to various things that allege wrong doing of living persons mentioned on the project without any actual proof. This violates WP:BLP. If you persist in adding this content to Wikipedia, you will likely be blocked.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. I do still have the edits in the history though. And since, quite frankly, editing some pages when a few users are lording over it, is to say, quite a pain. Best of luck with that gamergate thing... speaking of... time to write UnNews. --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 06:33, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Signature issues

Presently, your signature violates many of the guidelines set out at WP:Signatures. It does not include your username here and on my end it takes up 5 lines of markup on my screen which is also against guidelines. Please truncate your signature formatting, because I'm fairly certain you're not allowed to use a separate template for it anyway.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:38, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Its not getting any shorter than it is now. only shortened it because I have nothing better to do. I want the reference to the DS/DSII class in there. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 07:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also my edit saved at midnight. Your argument is invalid. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 07:01, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You don't call dubs on UTC time. And I still see like 4 lines of signature.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:55, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on a 12~ inch netbook, and i'm seeing 3 lines. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 08:27, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, its one line, now scram. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 08:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My god, some people don't seem to be busy enough - they start complaining about other people's signature... yikes! I see exactly five words in the sig, followed by the date. --Maxl (talk) 15:32, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is the length of the signature in the editing window.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me about it. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 04:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're not allowed to use templates for signatures either and your signature still does not include your screenname "DungeonSiegeAddict510" which it is required to under the signature policy.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is DungeonSiegeAddict510's signature. Thank you. —Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:55, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DungeonSiegeAddict510, if you do not alter your signature to follow policy, I will block you from editing. Everyone else on the project has figured out how to conform to this requirement; you need to to. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:00, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Butts. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 23:16, 2 November 2014 (UTC) (does this work)[reply]

Gamergate

Yes, much better. Striking doesn't remove it but I was also more redactive than necessary out of caution. Thanks for your help.. --DHeyward (talk) 07:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I didn't get it at first, but now yeah, I should wait for RS to say something... hopefully. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 07:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Gamergate controversy#4chan Ban

I'm not sure what is going on in that section. I was just trying to explain why I removed the 4chan ban claim and suggest a couple sources along with quotes from those sources that the editor could use if they wanted to work the claim back in to the article. The 'open arms' quote is from the article not my opinion. — Strongjam (talk) 01:37, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Thing

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#GamerGate and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks, and all that good stuff. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 01:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail!

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Tutelary (talk) 05:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure Masem is in that thread?

Which one's him? I'd be disheartened if he's involved - he seemed fairly neutral in all this. Random th e Scrambled ^(?) 05:40, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He was mentioned several times. What I think they wanted to do was pass on sources to him somehow. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 05:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that, but was he actively working with them, or were they just preparing to fill his talk page with the links they posted, unbeknownst to him? Random th e Scrambled ^(?) 05:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, to be honest, I guess I was thinking out loud and didn't realize it... I'll take another look at that thread. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 05:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

arbcom

Stop adding Jimbo to the list. He is not part of the dispute.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Under what proof is he not involved? He's commented multiple times on this. --DSA510 Pls No H8 21:10, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an arbitrator or a clerk, but I am an uninvolved administrator. Please don't continue edit-warring. If you must, you can add to you own statement to explain why you think Wales should be a party. But edit-warring is disruptive, and if you continue, I will block you for a short period of time to prevent further disruption (and if I don't, another admin probably will). Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:25, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notification

Tarc has brought your conduct to the administrator Dreadstar's talk page. See User_talk:Dreadstar. Just a notification, I think it's polite to let people know that they're being discussed somewhere else. Tutelary (talk) 20:22, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Buddy don't let it get to you

You seem to be getting a bit wound up, I get it, I've been there over this, but It doesn't help and you could get in trouble. Just try and chill out and maybe move on for a bit, it's not worth getting annoyed over, it's protected now so not much is going to happen anyway. Stay happy pal :) Half Hat 20:31, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tensions are high right now... and I'm beginning to suspect foul play at hand. Anyways, I hope some action happens. I just wanna edit my KDE pages :( --DSA510 Pls No H8 21:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand feeling frustrated, like I said I've been there, but getting mad can only just make things worse. If there really is something going on, there's not a lot either of us could do anyway, certainly not without solid evidence anyway. Maybe just take a brake from the article and work on other things, at least until it opens back up. Half Hat 21:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your Comment on GG Talk

Can you please clarify on your comment in Talk:Gamergate controversy regarding the "smearing"? — Strongjam (talk) 18:35, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Slanted against the pro-gamergate side would work. And again, even if joystiq's thing is accurate, it is very vague, and does not specifically name what the CEO guy was actually talking about, concerning gamergate. --DSA510 Pls No H8 18:37, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please be more careful with your tone then? I thought perhaps you were claiming I was smearing people. Also, the struck-out text with comments about gawker don't seem very helpful, and have the potential to cause disruption. You also accidentally deleted someone else comment in that diff, probably an edit conflict. — Strongjam (talk) 19:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fair. --DSA510 Pls No H8 19:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom statement

If everyone of us was asked to cut back ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]) you have to too. You're at like 1000 words. You don't get to have an exception when the rest of us aren't allowed that either.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:01, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A clerk will let you know if your statements needs to be cut back. --DHeyward (talk) 02:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He added 6k worth of text to the page after half of the other participants were told by an arbitrator to cut everything back. He needs to cut back like the rest of us, just like Mr. Random needs to stop clerking. And that claim that my edits to Adland need to be looked at is ridiculous.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sanction request

G'day, I have filed a sanction request in regards to your behavior involving the Gamergate articles [13]--137.111.13.200 (talk) 05:00, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please trim your statement at arbitration case requests

Hi, DungeonSiegeAddict510. I'm an arbitration clerk, which means I help manage and administer the arbitration process (on behalf of the committee). Thank you for making a statement in an arbitration request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#GamerGate. However, we ask all participants and commentators to limit the size of their initial statements to 500 words. Your statement significantly exceeds this limit. Please reduce the length of your statement when you are next online. If the case is accepted, you will have the opportunity to present more evidence; and concise, factual statements are much more likely to be understood and to influence the decisions of the Arbitrators.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:45, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. However I currently only have a phone to work on, so reviewing and trimming is a bit impractical, and would probably nuke half of the statements. Sorry for the inconvenience. --DSA510 Pls No H8 04:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note about edit diversity, or lack thereof

I've stated before. Once the article for gamergate, and related pages become neutral, and stop violating BLP, I'll edit all/most of the KDE articles, which many of are worryingly subpar. Yes, I give off the nature of an SPA, as others have called me, but that is my own innate nature, to focus on one topic of interest, until it is exhausted. Note my contributions already list some edits to KDE pages. As a gesture, once I get on a proper computer, I'll heavily revamp one KDE page, to show I am not just here for gamergate. However, until the aforementioned is resolved, one way or the other, I cannot properly focus on the other articles, when there is one already in my attention. If, I am permitted to stay, I promise you I would help out in other areas of the wiki, but asking me to change how my mind works is, well a bit unreasonable. I'll keep the drama low, if possible. Hopefully that sanction request and doxxing are the only things that anti-gg does to me. --DSA510 Pls No H8 04:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

involved.    Thank you.

You've got mail!

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Tutelary (talk) 05:24, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Holy crap

Did they seriously dox you? If so, that's awful. That's the worst thing I've ever had to experience myself on Wikipedia. AND FOR SIMPLY EDITING WIKIPEDIA you are their public enemy #1. This is despicable and nasty and just words can't describe how bad it is. I'm sorry that that's happened and I hope that you are alright, and to report each and every threat to the police in hopes that maybe one of these foul people will get their comeuppance. Seriously, this is not alright. Tutelary (talk) 23:15, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah if that's the case, I'm really really sorry. Half Hat 23:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I've done far worse stuff on uncyc, (which i have apologized for and learnt from), but never was i doxxed... (Someone snagged a photo of me which i didnt know even existed! But they took it down). Yet, trying to play devil's advocate and pushing NPOV, warrants a dox and SWATting threats. If i didn't have a card up my sleeve to play against either side i would never have even considered dipping my toes into this mess, seeing as GNAA, AnonOps, and SA Goonsquad, among others are involved (weird twitter is in on it too). If I get SWATted, I'd play that card. Seeing as the 5's No True Scotsman card works on anti-gg too, it would be fun to see such a suspicious narrative crumble. I'm NEUTRAL, and get doxxed, by someone claiming to be anti-gg. The amount of doublethink and hypocrisy going on is tempting me to go pro, but I'm going to remain neutral, only an observer of pro-gg doings. Honestly, if Ryulong or someone else got doxxed I'd instantly try to help them however possible. I haven't condoned the harassment/bullying involved in this, and I never will. However, as i said in the latest addendum to my statement on ArbCom, and considering how severe actual doxxing could be, I find it... oddly amusing that, through my own research, what could simply be called a third party gathering wikidiffs, is doxxing. I've read the threads, anything close to a dox, is noticably condemned and reported (i hope they do what they say), by the other anonymous posters. I'm sure if /r/GamerGhazi on the antigg side actually helped out in hunting down third party trolls, rather than reflecting the relationship between RationalWiki and Conservapedia with the pro-gg /r/KotakuInAction, there would be less "controversy" in the GamerGate Controversy. To summarize, I, a neutral party observing pro-gg, have been doxxed and threatened by one claiming to represent anti-gg, and I'm ready to make it a phyrric victory for whoever did it's side if this escalates into real life. --DSA510 Pls No H8 23:41, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your going through hell at the moment. I hope you're OK. Half Hat 13:23, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_by_DungeonSiegeAddict510

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_by_DungeonSiegeAddict510. Thanks. Avono (talk) 12:42, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

"I can't imagine what 20k+ ~~group of diverse peoples who are fed up with the status quo~~ GamerHate sockpuppets, have to gain from harassing 3 women for 3+ months."

Thank you, you made my day! Racuce (talk) 06:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from uncyc. I do what I can to spice things up. --DSA510 Pls No H8 06:53, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Another kangaroo court request

KEEP DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVES :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Really. Please stop with the uncivil comments. Dreadstar ☥ 02:15, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Hasteur: did you just forge Dreadstar's signature? Anyways, I'm on break until tomorrow evening. Need to calm down... --DSA510 Pls No H8 03:57, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can see the headlines now

Wikipedia silences victims of doxxing

I don't see any such headlines. Please be advised that the topic ban extends to your talk page as well. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:03, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I liked the part about the kangaroo court. --DSA510 Pls No H8 22:30, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good. Now, here's another useful link. Have a look at WP:COLOR and look at the different color pickers, and what they have to say about the colors in your signature: for many visually impaired readers, it is illegible. I'm not all that impaired, and for me it's almost illegible. The relevant requirement is WP:SIGAPP; please adapt it as soon as possible. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:00, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your withdrawn accusations

I'd recommend going around to all the user talk pages you posted notices to and adding that you have withdrawn your accusations. Dreadstar ☥ 02:14, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of GS/GG Request for Enforcement request

I have opened a new request for Enforcement at Wikipedia:General_sanctions/Gamergate/Requests_for_enforcement speicifcally citing your "Kangaroo Courts" AN/I thread and your further expansion in the ArbCom case request page. Your are invited to enter a statement explaining why the enforcement action should be turned down. Hasteur (talk) 03:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Self-requested block

Hi, DSA510. I saw your post on WP:ANI requesting a week-long block (you said ban, but I think you meant block). ANI is not the right place to ask, and most admins won't place self-requested blocks, but there are a few who will. There's a list of them here; I'm on it, as you can see. But perhaps you've had time to change your mind, in view of the posts above? If you still do want a block, you can read my conditions here, and indicate that you accept them, here or on my page, and I'll block you. But only ask for a block from me if you're sure about it, because you won't be unblocked on request. You may want to look at other admins on the list too, because the conditions vary a little. Regards, Bishonen | talk 21:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]

I really don't think you'll want that

Trust me. Last time they were pretty close to banning you. This time, they'll go all out. I wouldn't do it, as the drama boards are essentially ruled by mobs. Count yourself a bit lucky that you got 90 days instead of indefinite. Tutelary (talk) 05:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion involving you and 8chan (already closed)

I should have notified you when I moved MB's post, sorry, but here is the since closed discussion involving you: Wikipedia:General_sanctions/Gamergate/Requests_for_enforcement#RE:_8chan.2C_DungeonSiegeAddict510_and_Loganmac starship.paint ~ regal 05:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did an informal AMA on 8chan to see what the fuss was about. --DSA510 Pls No H8 18:15, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate opened

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate/Evidence. Please add your evidence by December 11, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 22:27, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your ArbCom heading

As brought up by Ryulong, you should change your header to "Evidence presented by DungeonSiegeAddict510", and keep a serious tone, you don't want jokes to subtract to any points you're making or get on the wrong side or the Arbitrators. Half Hat 20:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please, if you want Arbcom to take you seriously, take the discussion seriously. That last bit seems really unlikely to impress, and it seems kinda POINT-y to me to use the Workshop proposal space like that. 76.64.35.209 (talk) 01:51, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what a gamerhate supporter would say. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 02:21, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Dawkins for you

For amazing contributions to the field of memetics. Bosstopher (talk) 01:34, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gamergate evidence limits

The arbs are leaning toward a doubling of the usual limits on evidence for this specific case. I am still waiting for final sign-off, but it seems likely that most participants will not need to trim evidence. Three relevant points:

Given the substantial increase in limits, the usual acceptance if counts go a bit over will not be granted. Treat the limits as absolute.
The limits apply to both direct evidence and rebuttal to others.
Despite the increase, it is highly desirable to be as succinct as possible. For the arbitration committee --S Philbrick (Talk) 17:57, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To 8chan

GARRRRGARRR GARLUM --DSA510 Pls No Bully 04:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

This [14] edit by you from today was a rather clear-cut violation of your current topic ban (from "all edits and all discussions related to the Gamergate controversy") [15]. I also note that on the Arbcom pages, where you are allowed to participate despite your topic ban only by way of exception, and only for the narrow purpose of appealing your sanction, you have been misusing the proceedings for engaging in free debate about the contents of the gamergate issue, and submitted frivolous pseudo-proposals [16].

You are blocked for one week. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how I violated a topic ban. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Devil's Advocate: is removing a BLP violato source, from an article unrelated to gamerhate, really a topic ban violation? I want a second opinion. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 05:49, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't play dumb. It was an edit to a section about 8chan, which is about as closely connected to Gamergate as it gets, and the ref you removed had "Gamergate" right up in its title, so obviously this was an edit related to Gamergate. Whether the ref is problematic in terms of BLP is neither here nor there; if you are topic-banned you are not supposed to edit it but leave it to others to sort out. (And at first sight I certainly don't see anything that obviously marks it as a BLP vio; I also note the ref has been in the main 8chan article and seems not to have been challenged there.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request

That my userpage and talkpage are protected from IPs until I am unbanned. I'm still being threatened, and wouldn't rather like my dox plastered on my userpage and talkpage. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 16:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, for the remaining days of the current block (or did you mean for the full time of your topic ban?) BTW, please rest assured that the recent vandal edit by an IP here was quite unrelated to you; it's some insane person whose harassment target just happens to be me, so he'll just randomly revert me wherever I happen to edit. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, just for my block. And I'm worried since the anti-gg people are still threatening me, despite my ban and block. I hope it doesn't escalate... --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:04, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GamerGate arbitration case: evidence and workshop

In the interests of making this case more easily manageable, it is likely that we will prune the parties list to limit it to those against whom evidence has been submitted. Therefore, if anyone has anything to add, now is the time to do so.

See the list of parties not included in the evidence as of 8 Dec 14.

Please note that the purpose of the /Evidence page is to provide narrative, context and all the diffs. As diffs can usually be interpreted in various ways, to avoid ambiguity, they should be appended to the allegation that's being made. If the material is private and the detail has been emailed to ArbCom, add [private evidence] instead of diffs.

The /Workshop page builds on evidence. FOFs about individual editors should contain a summary of the allegation made in /Evidence, and diffs to illustrate the allegation. Supplying diffs makes it easier for the subject of the FOF to respond and much easier for arbitrators to see whether your FOF has substance.

No allegations about other editors should be made either in /Evdence or in the /Workshop without supporting diffs. Doing so may expose you to findings of making personal attacks and casting aspersions.

Also, please note that the evidence lengths have been increased from about 1000 words and about 100 diffs for parties and about 500 words and about diffs for non-parties to a maximum of 2000 words and 200 diffs for parties and 1000 words and 100 diffs for non-parties. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:09, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk)[reply]

As you are currently blocked and topic banned you may submit evidence by email to the Committee for it to be posted publicly on the evidence page. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:40, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinitely blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

I have blocked you because since your last block expired, you have done nothing but contribute silliness to arbitration pages. Further, although arbitration pages are excepted from your topic ban, the purpose of that exception is to allow you to contribute to the dispute resolution process, not to re-hash content disputes. Frankly, it seems to me—and I've been observing your conduct for a while—that you are not here to contribute to the encyclopaedia. For the avoidance of doubt, this block is an ordinary admin action, and is not made under the provisions of the community sanctions. Any arb or clerk can lift or modify this block without any deference to me as they see fit. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:28, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

DungeonSiegeAddict510 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Just block me from the arbitration process. I don't want any further involvement in gamergate or related matters. I give up on it. Block me from the arbitration process and whatnot, and let me just edit other articles quietly. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 22:54, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

See below. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:50, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DSA should stay far away from the arbitration proceedings and the GamerGate topic in general for a long time, honestly, but I don't think an indefinite block is warranted. DSA has made some constructive edits unrelated to GamerGate so I think it is wrong to say he is not here to contribute to an encyclopedia.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 01:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DSA, what, precisely, would you like to edit if you were unblocked? This isn't a straight "no", but I'm more than a little bit sceptical, given that less than 15% of your edits are to the mainspace and that, by my back-of-the-envelope maths, about two thirds of your edits are to the GamerGate talk page or noticeboard threads/arbitration pages relating to GamerGate. I need a little convincing that unblocking you is not asking for trouble. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly KDE articles. Maybe other things. I want nothing more to do with gamergate. It's caused me nothing but trouble. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 19:00, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@HJ Mitchell: I'll have a full reason in 6-7 hours. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 15:56, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@HJ Mitchell: I'd basically like to be unbanned to edit the KDE articles and such, since I did promise some people that I'd do that. I want no further involvement with the Gamergate page since, quite frankly, the damage has been done. Instead of deleting it when you had the chance, it was kept up. To what purpose? At least (to my count) 4 editors have been doxxed, if not harassed/threatened like I was, many other pages have turned into battlegrounds, many people have different (mostly negative) views of wikipedia now, among other things. Again, to what purpose? I should have realized this earlier. Anyways, I've already explained the situation to my informant, and made amends with her, so I have no real reason to edit any gg related article. I'll take it all off my watchlist. I don't need to do anything more, and I don't want to do anything more. Have any of my edits to non gg pages been bad/disruptive? Since I neither have obligation, need, or desire to touch gg on wikipedia, I don't think it would be harmful to let me improve KDE articles (among other FOSS things, and maybe random pages). --DSA510 Pls No Bully 00:51, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm late to the party, but I agree with your assessment of the situation—which is precisely why I'm blocking editors who contribute to the problem. I've unblocked you on condition that you avoid anything even remotely connected to GamerGate like the plague. If you don't, I will re-block you. I strongly recommend you focus on the mainspace rather than talk pages and noticeboards/arbitration proceedings. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:50, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

I see you've been pestered about this before and I hate to pile on, but since you left a note on my talk page I couldn't help noticing that your colour choice makes it hard to read. #008000 on #800080 (hex values of 'green' and 'purple') has a contrast ratio of 1.8:1 which is well below the acceptable contrast level of 4.5:1. Here is a page with the contrast requirements of various text sizes and a calculator to tell you which colours work (more can be found at WP:COLOR). An idea would be to change 'green' to #0d0 (would look like DSA510) which would give a ratio of 5.1:1. Hope that helps. ekips 39 00:25, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for the tip. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 00:48, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair enough. I'll get to it later™. And yes, I know this is a bot. --DSA510 Pls No RE 21:37, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.

Featured content: A bit fruity

Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

A paper titled "Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education" uses the technology acceptance model to shed light on faculty's (of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) views of Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

KBibTex edit

I legitimately confused the "copy" and "paste" icons (still on a phone). I meant to copy "|programming language = C++ etc..." It was an honest accident. --DSA510 Pls No RE 19:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt anyone will raise a stink about it since you self-reverted. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't posted on your talk page about it. — Strongjam (talk) 19:11, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

ISIL hostage quotes Wikipedia in propaganda video; AirAsia articles draw complaints regarding Flight 8501; Article errors reveal US political approaches to Wikipedia editing; Rhode Island Governor numbering debate

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

User:Jakec has been a Wikipedia editor for over two years and has been a writer of many recent Did you know articles on Wikipedia, including multiple articles on rivers and streams in the state of Pennsylvania.

Featured content: Kock up

Two lists and twelve pictures were promoted.

Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "Auld Lang Syne" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.

8chan

Yes, editing the 8chan article does violate the agreement; you could have checked the talk page and seen the Gamergate warning notice. I know you're trying to do the right thing so I won't make a big deal of it this time, but please back off. --TS 03:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. --DSA510 Pls No RE 03:32, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.

WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story

This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.

News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.

Featured content: Citations are needed

Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie

It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.

GamerGate proposed decision talk page

Any further disruptive or uncivil comments will result in sanctions being placed on you in accordance with the arbitration policy, which may include a ban from the case pages or a block from editing Wikipedia. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:02, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fiiiiiine. But my point about this should be noted when talking about off site things. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure, DSA, that the phrase I used was "like the plague". Not like a common cold, not like the flu, not even like bird flu, like the plague. I won't protest you discussing things on he PD that directly concern you, but everything else ... like. The. Plague. I see you've been making some nice uncontroversial edits to articles. May I suggest you keep that up instead of making me wonder if I made a mistake by unblocking you every time you cross my watchlist? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:26, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In this event, the plague came to me in form of a notification. I was going to make a hueg rant about something, but I'll keep it short. I previously mentioned I want no part in the song and dance of arbcom. I wanted to clarify about the topic ban. The question about my signature was made in full seriousness, but I wrapped it up in a joke. As for the h8chan bit, while I was still on the page, I thought I'd point out the whole deal about "the hacker known as 8chan" is silly. Anyways, I have a short attention span. I don't care anymore, so long as I don't keep getting notifications about this. Now go away I'm plotting my takeover of Wikipedia with my armies of sockpuppets. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 19:39, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. On your signature, there are three questions you should ask yourself: is it intended to be offensive, could it reasonably be perceived as being offensive, and do the benefit of a quiet life outweigh your desire to keep it how it is? Up to you, my friend. Personally, I like a quiet life, but I think I must have signed a contract when I became an admin that said I couldn't have one. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:25, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief

A letter from departing Signpost editor-in-chief The ed17.

Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost

Celebrating and remembering ten years of community journalism.

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing

Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer Mahan was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined Mahan 's crew in April 1944.

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

The municipality of Esino Lario in Italy will host Wikimania 2016.

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better

Our contributor opines that WikiProjects are failing to live up to their potential. WikiProject X is a new project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant that focuses on figuring out what makes some WikiProjects work and not others.

In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers

Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.

Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess

Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.

Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens

ArbCom's three open cases are GamerGate, Wifione, and Christianity and sexuality.

Something for you to do.

You seem to be of the programming type and seen your name a few times in various places. What do you think of Toy program? It seems to be at best a loose unsourced definition that is not backed up by any independent research. It seems they want to apply it as a definition of 'toy program' when the program is just merely a toy. It doesn't require a new definition and I heard the term once before I've never found it to be in any way an actual definable item of it's own. I was debating tossing it to the curb, think that would pass in general or have you actually seen people use this language before? I've heard the words put together but not as a single definable concept, merely 'program that is a toy', not it's own thing in and of itself. FlossumPossum (talk) 04:07, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@FlossumPossum: it seems to be, the concept falls between a Proof of Concept, and a demo program. Like, something more complex than your standard, state issued glxgears, but not a full blown game, like Cube. I think the concept presented by the article is sound, but I'm sure there's a different term for it. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 16:28, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yah, I've heard someone mention it before but it was never as a concept on it's own. I've only seen it referred to a as program that was a toy not a thing on it's own. It also definitely isn't proof of concept or demo program or anything between as written. It more says it's a single purpose program, while the term practice program exists and is slightly more documented. The way it's written doesn't seem to describe it in my opinion as a topic all of it's own. If someone can find any sort of reference to it anywhere, perhaps it'd belong in another programming related article at best?FlossumPossum (talk) 18:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1.1)

(i) The community Gamergate general sanctions are hereby rescinded and are replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, (a) GamerGate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed.
(ii) All sanctions in force when this remedy is enacted are endorsed and will become standard discretionary sanctions governed by the standard procedure from the moment of enactment.
(iii) Notifications issued under Gamergate general sanctions become alerts for twelve months from the date of enactment of this remedy, then expire. The log of notifications will remain on the Gamergate general sanction page.
(iv) All existing and past sanctions and restrictions placed under Gamergate general sanctions will be transcribed by the arbitration clerks in the central discretionary sanctions log.
(v) Any requests for enforcement that may be open when this remedy is enacted shall proceed, but any remedy that is enacted should be enacted as a discretionary sanction.
(vi) Administrators who have enforced the Gamergate general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing discretionary sanctions and at Arbitration enforcement.

1.2)

Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to monitor the articles covered by discretionary sanctions in this case to ensure compliance. To assist in this, administrators are reminded that:
(i) Accounts with a clear shared agenda may be blocked if they violate the sockpuppetry policy or other applicable policy;
(ii) Accounts whose primary purpose is disruption, violating the policy on biographies of living persons, or making personal attacks may be blocked indefinitely;
(iii) There are special provisions in place to deal with editors who violate the BLP policy;
(iv) The default position for BLPs, particularly for individuals whose noteworthiness is limited to a particular event or topic, is the presumption of privacy for personal matters;
(v) Editors who spread or further publicize existing BLP violations may be blocked;
(vi) Administrators may act on clear BLP violations with page protections, blocks, or warnings even if they have edited the article themselves or are otherwise involved;
(vii) Discretionary sanctions permit full and semi-page protections, including use of pending changes where warranted, and – once an editor has become aware of sanctions for the topic – any other appropriate remedy may be issued without further warning.
The Arbitration Committee thanks those administrators who have been helping to enforce the community general sanctions, and thanks, once again, in advance those who help enforce the remedies adopted in this case.

2.1) Any editor subject to a topic-ban in this decision is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.
4.1) NorthBySouthBaranof (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
5.1) Ryulong (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
5.3) Ryulong (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely banned from the English Language Wikipedia. They may request reconsideration of the ban twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
6.2) TaraInDC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is admonished for treating Wikipedia as if it were a battleground and advised to better conduct themselves.
7.2) Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
7.3) Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is strongly warned that should future misconduct occur in any topic area, he may be banned from the English Wikipedia by motion of the Arbitration Committee.
8.2) The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
8.3) Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is prohibited from making any more than one revert on any one page in any 48-hour period. This applies for all pages on the English Wikipedia, except The Devil's Advocate's own user space. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.
8.4) Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely prohibited from editing any administrative or conduct noticeboard (including, not not limited to; AN, AN/I, AN/EW, and AE), except for threads regarding situations that he was directly involved in when they were started. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.
8.5) The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is strongly warned that should future misconduct occur in any topic area, he may be banned from the English Wikipedia by motion of the Arbitration Committee. Further, the committee strongly suggests that The Devil's Advocate refrains from editing contentious topic areas in the future.
9) TheRedPenOfDoom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is admonished for treating Wikipedia as if it were a battleground and advised to better conduct themselves.
10.1) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic ban preventing Tutelary (talk · contribs) from editing under the Gamergate general sanctions. This ban is converted to an Arbitration Committee-imposed ban. Tutelary (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
12) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic bans preventing ArmyLine (talk · contribs), DungeonSiegeAddict510 (talk · contribs), and Xander756 (talk · contribs) from editing under the Gamergate general sanctions. The topic bans for these three editors are converted to indefinite restrictions per the standard topic ban.
13) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic ban preventing Titanium Dragon (talk · contribs) from editing under BLP enforcement. This ban is converted to an Arbitration Committee-imposed ban. Titanium Dragon is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
14.1) Loganmac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
15) Willhesucceed (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.
18) The Arbitration Committee urges that knowledgeable and non-conflicted users not previously involved in editing GamerGate-related articles, especially GamerGate-related biographies of living people, should carefully review them for adherence to Wikipedia policies and address any perceived or discovered deficiencies. This is not a finding that the articles are or are not satisfactory in their present form, but an urging that independent members of the community examine the matter in light of the case.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

The editorial board is not complete without you. We are looking for Wikipedians with all kinds of experience levels.

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has closed the colossal GamerGate arbitration case, whose size—involving 27 named parties—recalls large and complex cases of the past.

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

A murder suspect edits Wikipedia, Russia is kidding when it says it wants to censor Wikipedia.

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Does the committee facilitate stability... or is it a circus. Two users, two perspectives.

Traffic report: A sea of faces

It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year presents an automated method to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theatre plays.

Special report: Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola

As with last year, music stars were the majority of celebrities on the list, as their frequent concerts and media appearances keep their flames alight longer than others of their stripe.

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

Ten featured articles, three featured lists, and 22 featured images were promoted this week.

#AndN

Enlighten me -- what is "AndN"? Reply privately if you'd prefer. Thank you. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 01:37, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If I talk about it, I'd be violating my topic ban. Plus I have to update it anyways since the joke is over. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, really sorry, I swear I hadn't realized you were under a topic ban. Way to stick my foot in my mouth. A thousand apologies. I got my answer elsewhere anyways, I only thought to ask you because of your signature. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 01:46, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Its fine, anyways I c --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:59, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm back

It's time to vandalize all your Dungeon seige articles baby. Strangely actually tried to update in the name of the king 3 but the thing was so awful there litereally is almost no info anywhere. Not even reviews of it rofl. Thanks for sticking up for me btw. FlossumPossum (talk) 05:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

The Signpost talks with the creator of a grant proposal to create an on-wiki exclusive space for women to discuss issues.

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.

Traffic report: The American Heartland

The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.

Featured content: It's raining men!

Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from the Meta-Wiki.

Gallery: Langston Hughes

A new Signpost feature.

Talkpage edit

That edit summery (minus lenny) was the same summery he used when removing my comments kek --RetΔrtist (разговор) 06:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

Please take this survey about the Signpost.

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

Also: GLAM-Wiki Conference; Ombudsman Commission announced; Slovak Wikipedia now has 200,000 articles

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Two articles, three lists, and twenty five pictures became featured.

Traffic report: Bowled over

Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

This week, we bring three of the most recently created WikiProjects to come into being on the English Wikipedia. While many long-established projects are becoming inactive, (as we have covered before), that doesn't stop new ones forming every now and then to cover a topic that a group of editors feel should be better cared for.

Gallery: Feel the love

This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

Go Phightins! shares his thoughts on admin attrition and the size of the administrative backlog.

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."

Gallery: Darwin Day

Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.

Traffic report: February is for lovers

This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

The most significant item on ArbCom's agenda this fortnight has been the closure of the Wifione case and subsequent fallout, although the fallout from GamerGate continues to linger.

Arbitration Enforcement Request

This is a notice that I made an enforcement request against you concerning your latest edits. See here. PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:51, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

March 2015

To enforce an arbitration decision and for violation of your ArbCom-imposed gamergate topic ban and failure to heed my advice to avoid the area like the plague, you have been blocked from editing for a period of one month. You are welcome to edit once the block expires; however, please note that the repetition of similar behavior may result in a longer block or other sanctions.

If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing blocks (specifically this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Please copy my appeal to the [[WP:AE|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] or [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]. Your reason here OR place the reason below this template. ~~~~}}. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily. You may also appeal directly to me (by email), before or instead of appealing on your talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted a procedure instructing administrators as follows: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."

Meh, I'll just make a sock to edit muh KDE articles lololololol. See you in 1 month <3 --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 03:49, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

From the editor: A sign of the times: the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier

We received a large amount of feedback in our survey indicating that our readers found the idea of contributing to the Signpost difficult due to our opaque internal structure.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes

The Wikimedia Foundation released their Quarterly Report last week covering the three months October to December of 2014.

Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report

Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.

Traffic report: Attack of the movies

The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.

Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

In the first of what the author hopes will become a regular feature of the Arbitration report, the Signpost speaks to veteran arbitrator Newyorkbrad, who recently retired from the committee after almost seven years of arbitrating. The Signpost was keen to hear his thoughts on his time on the committee and on the past, present, and future of ArbCom.

Interview: Meet a paid editor

Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.

In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire

Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.

Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur

Two featured articles, four featured lists, and 38 featured pictures were promoted this week..

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from Meta-Wiki to supplement the long-form tech coverage in our infrequent Technology report..

Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps

Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

Sockpuppet Investigation

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DungeonSiegeAddict510. Thank you. PeterTheFourth (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Missing Semicolon here, I was the one accused of being your sock puppet. Might as well introduce myself, I guess. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 22:15, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pfft. I never use spaces in usernames. Besides, I'd name a sockpuppet something stupid, like epikmastertrole2k15. Ya took it. YA TOOK IT MAN YA TOOK IT ALL. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 04:45, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Besides im too lazy to make a sock. I'd just edit logged out. And would I really go STRAIGHT back to le gee gee stuff JUST after getting blocked? I am wounded ;-;. Its so that people won't ask me to do things, since I'm a lazy, lazy person. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 04:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since I'm here, I should also point out the other reason I wouldn't make a sock. Shortly after saying that comment, I realized that whatever poor sap happened to register to edit KDE articles would be attacked by GamerGhazi type persons. My deepest sympathies, @A Missing Semicolon:. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 18:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, everything is fine. While the incident did worsen my view of Wikipedia a fair bit, it's only to be expected if Gamergate really is this controversial as a subject. Hopefully questioning objectivity of articles concerning controversial events will be less negatively received in the future. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 18:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just be careful mang. I got doxed for not toeing the party line hard enough. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 18:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@A Missing Semicolon: if you are wondering why people were so quick to believe DungeonSiegeAddict510 was engaging in sock puppetry was because of this post. I am sorry that DungeonSiegeAddict510's comment resulted in you being suspect. I hope he/she is more careful about such comments in the future and comes to understand that such comments will cast suspicion on more than himself/herself. Chillum 19:14, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

From the editor: A salute to Pine

We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

The publication of the Wikimedia survey findings on fundraising questions came three months after significant concerns were voiced about the design and wording of the December 2014 fundraising banners and e-mails.

Featured content: A woman who loved kings

Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: It's not cricket

If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.

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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Four featured articles, three featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

The Wikipedia Commons annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded, with 6,698 people voting, its largest participation yet.

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

This week's list is reminiscent of lists from the early days of this project: a preponderance of famous faces, Reddit threads, and Google Doodles.

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

The authors attempt to answer the question "Who are the most important people of all times?" Their findings clearly show that different Wikipedias give different prominence to different individuals.

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.

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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam

Wikipedia has been gravitating towards a vehicle for business and product promotion for too long.

News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes

March saw a number of high-level hirings and executive reorganizations in the Wikimedia Foundation.

In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom

The venerable CBS news program 60 Minutes profiled Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community.

Traffic report: Resurrection week

How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.

Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument

Four featured articles, seven featured lists, and 23 featured pictures were promoted this week.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity

With Holy Week having recently drawn to a close, it is an apt time to examine WikiProject Christianity, which was created in 2006, and boasts over 200 active members.

Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments

The Committee has voted on the 2015 appointments to the Functionary team.

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

Invitation

I'd like to invite you to join the WikiProject R&B and Soul Music. We are currently on demand for new members, the project was dying, but with your help we can revive it and make it one of the best WikiProjects. Make me sure that you'll think about this and remember cooperative works can do amazing things. Regards Dfrr (talk) 21:04, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review

The Wikimedia Foundation's vice president for engineering, Erik Möller, will leave the WMF on April 30.

In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax

Time profiles Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and paints a grim picture of the challenges faced by Tretikov and the encyclopedia.

Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

Later this month, everyone will be able to use the same user name on every wiki, thanks to Single-User Login.

Traffic report: Furious domination

If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.

Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

Six featured articles, four featured lists, and fourteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing

A Signpost investigation of the released data has revealed Sony's corporate practices regarding Wikipedia and uncovered what appears to be undisclosed advocacy editing of Wikipedia by Sony employees and possibly by others.

In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality

Wikipedia appears to have been drawn into the drama of the upcoming, hotly contested UK general election.

News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections

The Affiliates Committee this week announced the organization of a community referral for comment, currently open on the meta-wiki, to address upcoming changes to the way that the Affiliations Committee will review movement-affiliated user-groups in the future.

In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway

2015 will see through the biennial community election for the three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made.

Featured content: Vanguard on guard

Six featured articles and fifteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes

Couch potatoes rule this week, as 9 of the top 10 slots were taken by either movies, TV, or sports.

Gallery: The bitter end

The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme.

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers

Esino Lario is set to host Wikimania 2016, but volunteers and others have raised a host of concerns that raise serious questions about the town's suitability for hosting such a large conference.

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost

The evaluations reveal that in the last three years, WLM has possibly fallen victim to its own success and seen diminishing returns.

In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance

David Coburn, a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland region for the UK Independence Party, was blocked from editing Wikipedia on April 6.

Featured content: Another day, another dollar

Ten featured articles, nine featured lists, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide

Though the continued predominance of movies, TV, and sports noted in last week's report largely continues, three additional topics joined the Top 10 this week.

Recent research: Military history, cricket, and Australia targeted in Wikipedia articles' popularity vs. quality; how copyright damages economy

Reader demand for some topics (e.g. LGBT topics or pages about countries) is poorly satisfied, whereas there is over-abundance of quality on topics of comparatively little interest, such as military history.

Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced

The Wikimedia Foundation this week announced the winning grantees in March's "Inspire" grant-making campaign.

Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes

Seven articles, three lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week. The second round of the WikiCup has ended.

In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award

artnet and The Next Web report (May 6) that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is releasing a hundred images of works in its collection under Creative Commons licences in conjunction with a May 19 editathon.

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues

Elections have begun for five community members of the Funds Dissemination Committee, the Foundation's volunteer body for judging and recommending millions of dollars worth of annual grants to affiliates in the movement. The election lasts just eight days, from Sunday 3 May until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 10 May, so at the time of publication, voters will need to act promptly.

Traffic report: The grim ship reality

Like colliding ocean liners, rousing entertainment and harsh reality merged ungainly in this week's top 10 list. The much heralded pay-per-view pummeling of Manny Pacquiao by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dominated the list's top slots, giving this list one of its highest total view counts in months.

The Signpost: 13 May 2015

Foundation elections: Board candidates share their views with the Signpost

Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May.

News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests

This week has been a busy one for the Wikidata project, with nearly simultaneous Wikidata contests, both organized by Wikimedia Sweden, now underway.

Traffic report: Round Two

Casual viewers may think I've posted the same list twice. But no, readers just happen to be really interested in May 2's Big Fight. In fact, last week was just the weigh-in and the trash talk. This week, the numbers actually increased.

In the media: Grant Shapps story continues

Grant Shapps, who was the co-chairman of the UK's Conservative Party until this week, has been accused of maliciously editing the Wikipedia biographies of his party's rivals.

Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?

There is a public misconception of Wikipedia: that any anonymous editor can edit Wikipedia at any time, and cannot be tracked or identified.

Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way

Eight articles, one list, and five pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia in a slow week.

The Signpost: 20 May 2015

From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election

The Wikimedia Foundation's bi-annual Board of Trustees election is open for voting. Of the ten seats on the board, three are elected representatives of the global Wikimedia community—you.

In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts

The article counts of many Wikimedia wikis suddenly changed on 29 March 2015: as the Signpost reported at the time, sixty-five wikis fell below milestones tracked at the Wikimedia News Meta page, and three increased to new milestones.

Traffic report: Inner Core

The list is topped this week by Danish scientist Inge Lehmann, thanks to a Google Doodle celebrating her 127th birthday. Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core. It is sometimes surprising to realize how recently such basic scientific knowledge of the Earth, which we now take for granted, was discovered.

News and notes: A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes

Wikipedia editors logging in on May 19 found themselves walking into an unexpected amount of anti-vandal work to keep the site in line with its extensive biographies of living persons policy. A plethora of Wikipedia articles related to the United States House Committee on Appropriations, and the fifty-one representatives serving on it, have been hit by a raft of anonymous editors making often vulgar edits referencing "chicken fucker," or more creative combinations: "sexual conduct", "sexual congress", "fornicator", "intimate relations", or "trysts with chickens."

Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls

Three articles, seven lists, and seven pictures were featured on the English Wikipedia.

In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize

Jimmy Wales and five others accepted the 2015 Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University on May 17. The prize comes with US$1 million, ten percent of which goes to doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships.

WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology

This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology, which has come a long way since our last interview in 2008. Like most projects, it has a long member list, but only a small subset of that group regularly contributes. With 28 featured articles and 58 top-importance start class ones, the project has clearly had some success, but has a ways to go. We talked to three regular project contributors.

Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases

The Arbitration Committee has an unusually large case load at present. Although perhaps not on a par with the high-profile, multi-party cases seen towards the end of last year and the beginning of this year, with five open cases the arbitrators are likely to be kept busy for the next several weeks.

The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out

The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer election committee has announced the election results for the three vacant seats on the Board of Trustees. Dariusz Jemielnak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić are set to take up their two-year terms on the Board. They will replace the three incumbents, all of whom stood this time unsuccessfully: Phoebe Ayers, Samuel Klein, and María Sefidari.

Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition

Caitlyn Jenner—the American hero of the 1976 Olympics, a film actor, and prominent member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians—may now be the most famous openly transgender person in the world.

Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia

Since the dawn of Wikipedia, or at least since 22 December 2005, the template named Persondata has existed.

Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings

Two featured articles and ten featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

Over the past few weeks, developers have been working on improving Wikimedia's performance when users connect to it using SPDY.

Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013

Wikipedia appears to be the single most used website for health information globally, exceeding traffic observed at the NIH, WebMD, WHO et al..

In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim

More UK government vandalism; legend has it; minding the gender gap

Traffic report: A rather ordinary week

The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.

Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity

"Happy families are all alike," Leo Tolstoy said, "but unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion."

In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel

UK media covers Wikipedia Arbitration case; Lila Tretikov visits Israel.

Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am

Four featured articles, two featured lists, one featured topic, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only

Today it was announced that Wikimedia sites are going to become HTTPS only, finishing up 10 year effort of rolling out HTTPS.

Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

The Medical Translation Project, an ambitious attempt to improve and translate Wikipedia’s medical content from English into other languages, began in 2012.

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that Wikipedia would be the recipient of the 2015 Princess of Asturias award in the category of International Cooperation.

Arbitration report: An election has consequences

The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.

In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

We need to be ever-diligent in ensuring that articles remain of high quality.

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

The rollout of HTTPS only has now been completed across all Wikimedia wikis.

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

We interviewed an Australian veteran who deployed to the region as a peacekeeper and now writes articles on the region's history to help him understand what he encountered there.

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

A more than usually severe outage Wikimedia Labs occurred after a massive database corruption implosion on June 17.

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

Six featured articles, seven featured lists, and seven featured pictures were promoted this week.

Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

Author's note: This might be a violation of WP:BEANS; read at your own risk.

WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

It wouldn't be the WikiProject report if we didn't feature an Australian topic once in a while, so this week we're looking at the left side.

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

Over more than a decade of weekly publication, The Signpost has accumulated an incredibly lengthy and detailed record about the issues, controversies, successes, and failures of the English Wikipedia community and the movement at large.

Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

During 2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various Indian language Wikipedias.

Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

Four articles and nine pictures were promoted to featured status this week.

Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

One paper looks at the topic of Wikipedia governance in the context of online social production.

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

This past week saw the kick-off of the 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus of improving our content platform.

News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...

In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.

Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration

Clausewitz' pithy summary of warfare as "politics by other means" seems to be the motto of some Wikipedia editors.

The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF

This week The Center for Internet and Society published a promotional blog post highlighting the heritage of the center's creation of the Train the Trainer program.

In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology

A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.

WikiProject report: Able to make a stand

Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability

Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.

Four featured list and twelve featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: We're Baaaaack

For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.

Technology report: Technical updates and improvements

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

Like many editors of the world's largest encyclopedia, Karanacs was browsing the site's articles and found that they were of relatively poor quality—and that the traditional narrative she'd learned was not necessarily accurate.

The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?

It seems like a good time to discuss the various communications channels available to community members.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief

Lila Tretikov this week posted an email to the wikimedia-l mailing list announcing the final publication of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015 annual plan.

In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved

The mayor of Esino Lario warns that Wikimedia 2016 is "at risk of disappearing".

Traffic report: The Empire lobs back

It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.

Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...

12 featured articles, 2 featured lists, and 15 featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it

"How long will this take?" This is one of the first questions new clients ask. They come to us because the Wikipedia entry about the company at which they work is wrong, incomplete, or even just outdated. The answer varies ...

Traffic report: Belles of the ball

However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?

We return this week with an interview with a historical project that's still fairly active, WikiProject Former countries.

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion

In The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that three weeks ago, Grant Shapps filed a request with Wikimedia UK (WMUK) under the Data Protection Act 1998 "for all data relating to him".

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report

The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

One featured article, seven featured lists, and 14 featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community

The Signpost: 22 July 2015

From the editor: Change the world

We want to take a moment to ask you to consider contributing to the Signpost.

News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case

Wikimania features remarks from some leading players from the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the free knowledge movement.

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries

WMF's Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, gave the opening plenary address.

In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free

Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.

Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'

Summary:When I was a kid, being a nerd meant wanting to go to Pluto.

WikiProject report: Some more politics

WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom

Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters

Three featured articles, two featured lists, and 29 featured pictures were promoted this week.

Gallery: "One small step..."

46 years ago this week, humanity set foot on the Moon.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

An RFC proposes to create a "Bureaucrats' Admin Review Committee" (BARC) composed of bureaucrats empowered to remove adminship rights.

Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum.

Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

An article argues that Wikipedia displays some key characteristics of a collective intelligence process.

In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

"Editors representing rival political tribes [are] frequently attempting to impose their respective narratives as the official version of one or another cultural controversy."

Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues

Five featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

For the first time since this list began, India-related topics have claimed both the top two slots.

The Signpost: 05 August 2015

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers

That particular artists would be omitted through oversight or happenstance is reasonable, but that one of the world's leading publishers of art books is completely unaware of their major omissions is startling.

Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google

The public interest in remembering the facts about trials and convictions is, in my view, at least as strong as any "right to be forgotten."

News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief

VisualEditor is now on slow roll-out on the English Wikipedia.

WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers

The Report checks in with WikiProject Templates.

In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten

The Indian government has launched an investigation into the source of Wikipedia edits regarding Jawaharlal Nehru that caused outrage in that country.

Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...

Death is no stranger to this list, but it has never cast such a pall as this week, when for the first time half the slots in the top 10 were devoted to it, including the top 3.

Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga

Three featured articles, seven featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.

Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

What if there was a gathering place on Wikipedia for newer editors to find a mentor?

The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA

Superprotect was a novel page protection level implemented on August 10 last year, without warning.

In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj

The Atlantic discusses "The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay".

Forum: Community voices on paid editing

The community speaks out on paid editing.

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event

Our ongoing Wikimanía coverage.

Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom

The charts are led this week by UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey, who won her last match at UFC 190 (#9) in 34 seconds.

Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons

Watch out for icebergs.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Wikimedia technical news.

Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz

During World War II, the German battleship Tirpitz was a major threat to Allied convoys travelling across the North Atlantic and Arctic Sea.

The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus

Nothing makes Wikipedians more angry than a discussion of gender and feminism on Wikipedia.

In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"

A new article in PLOS ONE about Wikipedia's science coverage has attracted media attention.

Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!

This week's featured content.

Travelogue: Seeing is believing

Tony the Tiger tours New York City.

Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut

It's a long way from the leafy bowers of Greenwich, Connecticut to the concrete barrens of Compton, California.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news

Wikipedia is capable of covering news like any news agency.

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors

Does the data mean good news for the encyclopedia?

In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia

The Russian Wikipedia is blocked, more blocks may be on the on the horizon.

Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?

Should paid event staff supplement the work of volunteers?

News and notes: Re-imagining grants

The Wikimedia Foundation's grant structure.

Featured content: Out to stud, please call later

This week's featured content.

Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration

The recently closed Arbitration Enforcement case.

Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report

A look at the research presented at the OpenSym 2015 conference.

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia

Nearly 400 accounts blocked in largest paid-editing bust ever.

News and notes: Flow placed on ice

The WMF collaboration team announced this week that Flow will no longer be under active development.

Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments

A conflict regarding fundraising banners on the Italian Wikipedia is resolved.

Featured content: Brawny

This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 16 August to 24 August.

In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage

Also vital statistics regarding Ja Rule.

Traffic report: You didn't miss much

The late-summer smash success of Straight Outta Compton remains the chief talking point of the English-speaking world, interrupted only by the welcome return of a Google Doodle.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 09 September 2015

Gallery: Being Welsh

The National Library is now releasing some of the nation's most treasured collections to Wikimedia Commons for everyone to use and enjoy.

Featured content: Killed by flying debris

Tony1 interviews a prolific featured content participant, Ian Rose.

Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity

Fram tells us why DYK is a problem.

News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article

First bot-created article generated from Wikidata; the Orange Bar of Doom has finally met its doom; active editor numbers still on the rise; arbitrator to resign; ne templates added in wake of Orangemoody case

Traffic report: Mass media production traffic

This week's theme in popular articles revolved entirely around mass media productions.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined

A recap of Wikipedia in the media this week

The Signpost: 16 September 2015

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access

On Wikipedia's commitment to open access and its obligations to readers and editors.

News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?

WMF CFO to depart, notifications come and go, and questions about the possible editing by a recently arrested terrorism suspect.

In the media: Is there life on Mars?

Probably not. Also, Whitehall still editing Wikipedia.

Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road?

This week's featured content.

Traffic report: Another week

No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 23 September 2015

In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

PETA launches a copyright lawsuit over the infamous photograph.

Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?

No, really, just stop.

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library

This week's featured content.

WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?

This time of year features the Latin Grammy Awards, so here for an interview are WikiProject Latin music.

Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.

This week, drug lord and wannabe Bolivar Pablo Escobar was joined by a whole host of somewhat more primetime-friendly political insurgents.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 30 September 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania

A year of fundraising and a controversial decision.

In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism

More Wikipedia editing in the news.

Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators

Low numbers of active admins and high standards for adminship make a troubling combination.

Recent research: Wiktionary special; newbies, conflict and tolerance; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?

A look at newly published Wikipedia research.

Tech news: Tech news in brief

Community technical news

The Signpost: 07 October 2015

Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption

Kazakhstan and Wikipedia: A marriage made in hell.

Traffic report: Reality is for losers

English speakers, like most of humanity, are primarily a northern-hemispheric people, and as autumn draws close and the days grow shorter, as a group we tend to huddle around our flickering screens and remember what matters: TV, movies, sports and, of course, crazy doomsday prophecies.

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

Some of Wikipedia's newest featured content.

Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan

These winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments Pakistan 2015 contest were shared with the Social Media mailing list recently.

Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs

A new case was opened for ArbCom as the Genetically modified organisms case was accepted and opened on 28 September.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

A reproduced version of the Wikimedia tech newsletter.

In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?

A summary of Wikimedia's mentions in the media

The Signpost: 14 October 2015

Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith

We believe that human interaction can only make Wikipedia stronger.

WikiConference report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States

Three days at the US National Archives.

Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence

The news coverage we usually see about Wikipedia is neither in-depth, nor specialized, nor systematic.

News and notes: 2015–2016 Q1 fundraising update sparks mailing list debate

Everyone's talking about money.

Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death

For the second consecutive week, the most viewed article had less than one million views, the only two weeks that has happened in all of 2015.

Featured content: A fistful of dollars

This week's featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid

On September 25, 26 and 27, Wikimedia Spain celebrated its third Wikimedia Conference at the Colegio Mayor Universitario Isabel de España in Madrid.

October 2015

Greetings. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Uncyclopedia, did not appear to be constructive and has or will be reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Shalir Salim (talk) 20:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 October 2015

Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching

Time to clean up our mess.

News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched

District court judge decrees that the WMF lacks standing.

In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"

"The lunatics are running the asylum."

Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus

Examining the conflict and its participants.

Featured content: A more balanced week

Featured content

Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications

When given a choice between journals of similar impact factors, editors are significantly more likely to select the “open access” option.

Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing

Open cases before the Arbitration Committee.

Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet

We live in a harsh, uncertain world.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 28 October 2015

From the editor: The Signpost's reorganization plan—we need your help

A call for volunteers.

News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles

The community reacts to another milestone.

In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA

The week's news coverage about the encyclopedia.

Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying

Gangs of bullies and trolls rove the internet and make life difficult for the rest of us.

Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement

A divisive case before the Committee opens.

Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth

What's this all aboot, eh?

Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages

New research about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things

This week's featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

Community letter: Five million articles

The community celebrates.

The Signpost: 04 November 2015

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey

The WMF wants your ideas for technical improvements.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone

WMF funding and the death and life of a controversial feature.

In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?

The difficulties of verifying encyclopedia content.

Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad

The week in article traffic.

Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket

This week's featured content.

Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony

Wikipedia received the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for global cooperation on October 23.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed

Assessing the end of a controversial feature.

Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee

It's that time of the year again.

Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review

Fallout from a recent security breach.

Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling

Featured content

In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys

Are the inmates running the asylum? Are journalists copying Wikipedia? Are monkeys filing lawsuits?

Traffic report: Doodles of popularity

More doodles, more traffic.

Gallery: Paris

Reflecting on the tragedy in France.

The Signpost: 18 November 2015

Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed

Our annual election coverage.

In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing

Icelandic Wikipedia hits 400K articles; how do Wikipedia editors stay neutral?

Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world

Discussions around the encyclopedia.

Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running

Updates on the Committee. You know, besides the election.

Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales

The week in Featured Content.

Traffic report: Darkness and light

Paris and Diwali.

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I already voted though. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 17:57, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 November 2015

Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone

Wikidata is set to become the main open data repository worldwide.

News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations

Updates on the Wikimedia Foundation.

In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia

The worldwide community wins a prestigious award while the Russian community struggles with government interference.

Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films

Scholarly research about Wikipedia and related projects.

Featured content: Caves and stuff

Featured content

Traffic report: J'en ai ras le bol

The week's most read articles.

Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins

Another long-running case has been closed, while the voting process for this year's Arbitration Committee Elections has begun.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art

The suit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of the museum’s public domain works of art.

The Signpost: 02 December 2015

Op-ed: Whither Wikidata?

Issues of quality and verifiability threaten the project.

News and notes: Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections

How the community can have its say on two important matters.

In the media: Is Wikidata as transparent as it seems?; Wikimedia Fund-raising drive launches

Concerns about Wikidata and WMF fundraising.

Traffic report: Jonesing for episodes

The new Netflix series heads the list.

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

Newly promoted featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 09 December 2015

News and notes: ArbCom election results announced

The three scrutineers announced the results, a little more than three days after the close of voting.

Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view

A response from Wikidata.

In the media: Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries

Another election, another series of edit wars.

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 winners

The top 25 images.

Traffic report: So do you laugh, or does it cry?

Another death tops the report this week.

Featured content: Sports, ships, arts... and some other things

This week's featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

The Signpost: 16 December 2015

In focus: Drone photography: New possibilities and new challenges

Creating content in the sky.

In the media: Wales in China; #Edit2015

Jimmy Wales finds his words edited on the Internet.

Arbitration report: GMO case decided

Keeping up with the committee.

Featured content: An unusually slow week

Featured content

WikiProject report: Women in Red—using teamwork and partnerships to elevate online and offline collaborations

Tackling content gaps through collaboration.

Traffic report: A feast of Spam

More data, more problems.

Gallery: WikiConference USA 2015: images, slide decks, and videos

A look back at October.

The Signpost: 30 December 2015

News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee

In a monumental move, the Board ousted one of its own

Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended

The latest news from ArbCom

Featured content: The post-Christmas edition

A report covering material promoted from 13 to 26 December

Traffic report: The Force we expected

In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize

Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015

We review the top ten stories that defined the Wikimedia movement in 2015

In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"

The latest news coverage from around the movement

Gallery: It's that time of year again

Christmas time is here.

The Signpost: 06 January 2016

News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent

Trouble with the Board of Trustees

In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE

Wikipedia's science articles are "effectively incomprehensible"

Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided

Current Committee decisions

Featured content: Featured menagerie

Featured content

Recent research: Teaching Wikipedia, Does advertising the gender gap help or hurt Wikipedia?

Current academic research on Wikipedia and related projects

WikiProject report: Try-ing to become informed - WikiProject Rugby League

Sports!

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news

The Signpost: 13 January 2016

In the media: War and peace; WMF board changes; Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedias

A look at movement coverage "in the media"

Community view: Battle for the soul of the WMF

Liam Wyatt shares his thoughts in "community view"

Editorial: We need a culture of verification

Our co-editor-in-chief, Gamaliel, shares his thoughts on the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia

In focus: The Crisis at New Montgomery Street

William Beutler discusses problems inside the WMF.

Op-ed: Transparency

James Heilman talks about why he was removed from the WMF board.

Traffic report: Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report

What was the most-viewed article of 2015? Read to find out!

Special report: Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016

WE LOVE PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!

News and notes: Community objections to new Board trustee

A look at community objections to a new Board trustee

Blog: Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia

Jeff Elder talks sports vandalism on the Wikimedia blog

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

A review of the featured content promoted this week

Arbitration report: Interview: outgoing and incumbent arbitrators 2016

We sat down with both incoming and outgoing arbitrators to get their thoughts on the committee.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

The Signpost: 20 January 2016

News and notes: Vote of no confidence; WMF trustee speaks out

The continuing controversy over a new Board appointment.

Op-ed: Not a pretty picture: Thoughts on the "monkey selfie" debacle

Is Wikimedia taking the right approach?

In the media: 15th anniversary news round-up

The news media remembers we're still around.

Traffic report: Danse Macabre

A cheery week.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted content.

Blog: Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place

A talk with MediaWiki developer : Magnus Manske.

The Signpost: 27 January 2016

Op-ed: Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy

Participate in the new strategy initiative.

News and notes: Geshuri steps down from the Board

Newly appointed trustee leaves following a community outcry.

In the media: Media coverage of the Arnnon Geshuri no-confidence vote

Board turmoil gets the attention of journalists.

Recent research: Bursty edits; how politics beat religion but then lost to sports; notability as a glass ceiling

Current research involving Wikipedia.

Traffic report: Death and taxes

Some things never change.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted content.

The Signpost: 03 February 2016

From the editors: Help wanted

Help us continue to publish on a weekly (-ish) basis.

Special report: Board chair and new trustee speak with the Signpost

New member María Sefidari joins the Board of Trustees.

In focus: The Knight Foundation grant: a timeline and an email to the board

James Heilman speaks out about the events leading up to his dismissal from the Board.

Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?

Examining the issues at the heart of recent Board disputes.

News and notes: Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background

A survey released, another major departure from the Foundation.

Arbitration report: Catching up on arbitration

More cases, more problems.

Traffic report: Bowled

Some sort of sporting contest tops this week's traffic.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted content.

The Signpost: 10 February 2016

Special report: New internal documents raise questions about the origins of the Knowledge Engine

In focus: An in-depth look at the special report's newly revealed documents

News and notes: Another WMF departure

In the media: Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects

Featured content: This week's featured content

Traffic report: A river of revilement

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation removes The Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law requirements

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The Signpost: 17 February 2016

Special report: Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov

Examining the impact of the knowledge engine

Op-ed: Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month

A new column that examines the articles that are helping to fight systemic bias

Featured content: This week's featured content

One article, three lists, and five images attained featured status this past week

Traffic report: Super Bowling

The biggest annual event in America takes over Wikipedia viewership

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The news for the nerd inside of us

Blog: Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy

The American Supreme Court justice's impact on the life of a Wikipedia editor

The Signpost: 24 February 2016

Special report: WMF in limbo as decision on Tretikov nears

The Board of Trustees may be deciding the direction of the Foundation.

Op-ed: Backward the Foundation

Parting words from a WMF employee,

Traffic report: Of Dead Pools and Dead Judges

Another grim week in traffic statistics.

Blog: Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world

Wiki Loves Africa photo competition focuses on continent’s varied fashion traditions from north, south, east, and west.

Arbitration report: Arbitration motion regarding CheckUser & Oversight inactivity

Committee motions and business.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

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The Signpost: 02 March 2016

News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition

A tumultuous time at the Wikimedia Foundation

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted articles and images.

Traffic report: Brawling

Politics and wrestling top the traffic statistics.

Recent research: Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"?

Current academic research about the encyclopedia and related projects.

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new transparency report

The WMF reports on incoming requests.

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The Signpost: 09 March 2016

News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted

Controversy, change, and everything between.

In the media: Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share

Perhaps we're turning over a new leaf as a front-runner in the fight for equality?

Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future

A look at the future of our parent foundation.

Featured content: Five articles, four lists, a topic, and five images were promoted this week.

This week's featured content

Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks

Finally, a break for the vandalism fighters!

WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes

Your detailed look at one of Wikipedia's largest contests.

Blog: The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists

By night, she smites trolls on the Internet with positive punishment: for each harassing email she receives, one Wikipedia article on a woman in science is created.

Systemic bias: Revenge of "I can’t believe we didn’t have an article on ..."

Wherein I am STILL fucking angry about systemic bias and am highlighting kick-ass articles we created and improved this month in our never-ending quest to fix it.

Traffic report: All business like show business

The Oscars, Super Tuesday, and Super Saturday"

The Signpost: 16 March 2016

News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia

Parties could not agree on extending the 2009 agreement.

In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing

Two board members on stage at the popular yearly event.

Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges

The road ahead for the WMF.

Discussion report: Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?

Wikipedia news sparks editing disagreements.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Featured content

Technology report: Watchlists, watchlists, watchlists!

An interview with a MediaWiki developer.

Traffic report: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States

Time to move abroad.

Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov

The popular podcast returns.

Blog: It “revolutionized the way German-speaking people inform themselves about the world”: Fifteen years of the German Wikipedia

A Deutschland anniversary.

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The Signpost: 23 March 2016

Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher

The Signpost speaks with the incoming WMF interim executive director.

News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks

The outgoing ED to be honored at Davos.

In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil

Piracy and controversy.

Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March

Are readers exhausted?

Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

All of us can do better.

Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!

The week in newly promoted content.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended

Motions from the Committee.

Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016

Discussing the upcoming Italian Wikimania.

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The Signpost: 1 April 2016

News and notes: Trump/Wales 2016

A surprise political announcement.

In the media: Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality

Police haul away some article content.

WikiProject report: Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music

Rock out to this interview with project editors.

Traffic report: Donald v Daredevil

¿Quién es más macho?

Featured content: A slow, slow week

Technology report: Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!

Set your Wayback Machine.

Recent research: "Employing Wikipedia for good not evil" in education; using eyetracking to find out how readers read articles

Current research about Wikimedia projects.

Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #121: How April Fools went down

A roundtable discussion about current Wikimedia issues.

Blog: Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia

Using hashtags to track the results of Wikimedia outreach.

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The Signpost: 14 April 2016

Op-ed: Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?

They do have plenty of time on their hands

News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board

More turnover in the foundation

In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography

Copyright laws, prisoners, and the future of technology

Featured content: This week's featured content

Featured content

Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death

American politics seem to have finally bored people

Arbitration report: The first case of 2016—Wikicology

The drought is finally over!

Gallery: A history lesson

A look at political satire, brought to you by Wikipedia and Commons

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The Signpost: 24 April 2016

News and notes: Lunar project; steering group formed to search for next executive director

Maybe the rover could find an ED on the moon...

Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails

When is competing with Google not competing with Google?

Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot

Help wanted!

Traffic report: Two for the price of one

What's better than one traffic report? Two!

Featured content: The double-sized edition

10 articles, 6 lists, and 11 pictures have been promoted in this cycle

Arbitration report: Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case

When it rains, it pours

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The Signpost: 2 May 2016

News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky

Wikimedia Switzerland board members involved in paid-editing firm

In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps

More reports surface of pirates' new favorite database: Wikimedia Commons

Traffic report: Purple

Prince's death breaks traffic report records

Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks

Seven articles, six lists, and four pictures were promoted these weeks

Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request

Arbitration news

Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors?

Making sense of Wikipedia's social network

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The Signpost: 17 May 2016

News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF

Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv respond to the Signpost's questions

Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil

Paid-editing controversy

In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post

Citations needed

Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one

Nine featured articles, eight featured lists, and six featured pictures

Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs

Prince gives way to Captain America

Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"

News from two arbitration cases

Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!

35 competitors move on to round 3

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The Signpost: 28 May 2016

News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting

Dates and venues for WikiCon USA 2016, WikiCon India 2016, 2016 Glam Boot Camp and 2016 Wikimedia Diversity Conference

Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director

Sue Gardner appears to be earning more money as the WMF's special advisor than she did as its executive director

In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax

Not everything you read online is fact

Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures

Another eight featured articles, three featured lists and five featured pictures

Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian

Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it, the less that weighs all of us down

Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee

Gamaliel and others case nears its end, and there are new 30/500 rules

Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies

Round-up of recent Wikipedia research

Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride

We've recently come into possession of a new tool.

Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision

Albin Olsson has been right there with them, capturing dramatic images of singers from around the world.

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The Signpost: 05 June 2016

News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens

The Signpost analyzes the WMF's revised annual plan

In the media: Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge

Recent press interviews

Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures

One article, one list, and seven images were featured this week

Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.

Film and television maintain a strong grasp on Wikipedia's readership

Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes

The final results of the heated case

WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games

We sat down with the writers of some of the most vistied Wikipedia articles

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The Signpost: 15 June 2016

News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov

WMF board chair Patricio Lorente answers questions

Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group

Wikimedia enters academic publishing

Featured content: From the crème de la crème

Eleven featured articles, nine featured lists and fourteen featured pictures

In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing

Recent media coverage of Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing

Two for the price of one—do the popular Commons image contest and Wikidata licensing serve the community as well as they should?

Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle

Wikipedia's most read articles in the last two weeks

Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource

Poetry: “it is the stuff of the soul; it speaks to the body, the mind, and the spirit alike.” Sonja Bohm worked for years to get all of Florence Earle Coates’ poetry online, and now proofreads poetry on the English Wikisource, the free library. We asked why.

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The Signpost: 04 July 2016

News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany

News from Wikimania and the courts

Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?

Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing

In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source

Reliability worries

Featured content: Triple fun of featured content

Six articles, nine lists, one topic and thirteen pictures promoted

Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit

European football and politics dominate the top-10

Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year

From the Wikimedia Foundation blog

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The Signpost: 21 July 2016

News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments

Four seats to be filled in top WMF grantmaking body; General Counsel and Secretary Geoff Brigham leaves Wikimedia

Discussion report: Busy month for discussions

New ArbCom restrictions; genetically modified food safety

In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"

Female scientists in India; Cracked.com probes Wikipedia's weaknesses

Featured content: A wide variety from the best

Promotions in four featured-content forums

Traffic report: Sports and esports

Northern summer makes sport the winner

Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks

Plus a clerk appointment and two motions

Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality

Plus navigating the Chinese Wikipedia, and talkpage sentiment

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The Signpost: 04 August 2016

Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information

And the Signpost loses and gains a co-editor-in-chief

News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open

WMF and Alphabet are developing an algorithm designed to detect personal attacks

In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias

Plus Android and Taylor Swift

Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24

Condolences are being left on his English Wikipedia talk page

Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary

Pokémon Go led the chart for two weeks running

Featured content: Women and Hawaii

Eight articles, two lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks

Plus: new Wiki Studies journal, Wikipedia usage on Twitter and more

Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most

WMF announces enhancements to the notifications system

Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)

New user scripts and other tech news

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The Signpost: 18 August 2016

News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses

Conference draws highly diverse and productive participation, and several years' advocacy pays off in a new government policy

Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica

Guest post recaps in-depth engagement of experts to address Wikipedia gender gap while improving coverage of their field

In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising

Wikipedia coverage ranged from sobering to playful in this issue's roundup

Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks

Eight articles, eleven lists, one topic and five pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Olympic views

Politics gives way to sports, TV and film

Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)

A review of numerous useful Wikipedia customizations

Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case

New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information

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The Signpost: 06 September 2016

News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters

The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones

Special report: Olympics readership depended on language

A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia

In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage

Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage

WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia

An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie

Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between

Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted

Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit

An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool

Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them

New scripts and technical news

Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism

One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia

Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway

Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos

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The Signpost: 29 September 2016

News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit

Medical school class's Wikipedia contributions profiled as case study; and a remembrance of Ray Saintonge, Wikimedian since 2002

In the media: Wikipedia in the news

This edition's roundup of media coverage

Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content

Nineteen articles, eleven lists, one portal and twelve pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens

TRM, CUOS '16, R&I, RfC

Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét

Four weeks of Wikipedia's most popular articles examined

Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters

Titles with numbers now sort numerically, and a new tool to check how template parameters are used

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The Signpost: 14 October 2016

News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna

Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection

Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input

A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities

In the media: A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio

And this edition's roundup of media coverage

Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017

A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch

Featured content: Variety is the spice of life

Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Debates and escapes

Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel

Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report

We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

News and notes: Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade impending

Victoria Coleman to fill long-vacant CTO role; Trustee Kelly Battles joins Quora executive team; last week for community input on Creative Commons 4.0 license

In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage

Plus our roundup of recent media stories

Wikicup: WikiCup winners

Winners of the tenth annual WikiCup competition announced and profiled

Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?

Progress on the 2015 Community Wishlist for tech features; and plans for a new Wishlist

Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content

Proposed best practices for communication and community involvement, and an improvement to Wikipedia's citation infrastructure

Featured content: Cream of the crop

Fourteen articles, six lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Un-presidential politics

Two weeks of insights into the mind of the mob

Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities

Two cases closed, and an administrator loses editing rights

Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia

A recap of recent research in our realm

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, DungeonSiegeAddict510. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 November 2016

News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence

An overview of the English Wikipedia ArbCom election; brief notes as Asian and African initiatives wind down

In the media: Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more

Election prompts media to explore themes important to Wikipedians, including news literacy, privacy, and data security

Blog: The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth

115,000 images were submitted as part of the annual competition.

Gallery: Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016

A sampling of photo submissions to the annual photography campaign

Featured content: Featured mix

Eight articles, two lists and nine pictures were promoted

Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog

A close examination of the efficacy of the GA Cup contest, a longstanding effort to reduce the backlog of articles awaiting review

Op-ed: Fundraising data should be more transparent

Empowering volunteers and local chapters to engage with fundraising would yield varied benefits

Traffic report: President-elect Trump

Someone is likely to dominate traffic for a long time

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The Signpost: 22 December 2016

Year in review: Looking back on 2016

Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation

News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results

WMF reflects, to some degree, on its past approaches to strategic planning

Special report: German ArbCom implodes

The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud

In focus: Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment

A proposal from the Inspire Campaign to address harassment was recently implemented to prevent unconstructive and malicious editing on user pages

Op-ed: Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia

Even a well executed outreach event can yield disappointing results

In the media: In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more

Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign

Featured content: The Christmas edition

Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results

And a roundup of recently-added tools

Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues

Four weeks of popular article analysis

Blog: Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced

Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them

Recent research: One study and several abstracts

Privacy and Tor, and several other studies

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The Signpost: 17 January 2017

From the editor: Next steps for the Signpost

Building toward better recruitment and retention

News and notes: Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?

A close look at the history of approving administrators on English Wikipedia, and a roundup of news

Interview: What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?

The wiki environment can appear deceptively uniform, but it masks strikingly different editorial experiences

In the media: Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more

The latest media reports

Featured content: One year ends, and another begins

Twelve articles, thirteen lists and twelve pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases

Various minor developments

Traffic report: Out with the old, in with the new

If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive

Technology report: Tech present, past, and future

Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit

Recent research: Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia

And several other research papers reviewed and summarized

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The Signpost: 6 February 2017

Arbitration report: WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy

The two statements prompt extensive community discussion; plus, our updates on recent ArbCom decisions

Special report: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

Undisclosed paid editing by a financial broker mired in scandal spans years, impacting Wikipedia's editors and readers

News and notes: Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds

Foundation's latest foray into political waters, and grants funding structured data and anti-harassment measures, met with enthusiasm and concern

In focus: WMF strategy consultant brings background in crisis reputation management; Team behind popular WMF software put "on pause"

Several developments in the $2.5 million strategic planning process explored, and a team within the software production department is sidelined

WikiProject report: For the birds!

Our second interview with the productive WikiProject Birds crew

Op-ed: How to make editing workshops useful, even if participants don't stick around

Veteran editing workshop leader responds to a previous Signpost op-ed

In the media: Presidential politics, periodic table, and our periodic roundup of updates

Wikipedia's response to Trump inauguration and a fruitful, public "edit war" lead our media updates

Technology report: Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news

Traffic report: Cool It Now

Three weeks of the most popular Wikipedia articles

Featured content: Three weeks dominated by articles

Twenty-eight articles, seven lists, two topics and four pictures were promoted

Forum: Productive collaboration around coordinated protest marches; Media and political personalities comment on Wikipedia at its 16th birthday celebration

Women's marches on seven continents attracted strong Wikipedia engagement; Media luminaries and a presidential candidate joined WMF boss Katherine Maher at a New York gathering

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The Signpost: 27 February 2017

From the editors: Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed

The Signpost's poll suggests we should take a cautious approach to the Newsletter Extension, under development; and our RSS feed is functional once again

Recent research: Special issue: Wikipedia in education

This month's edition focuses on research about the role of Wikipedia in education

Technology report: Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app

Demonstrations of developers' experiments and works in progress

In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia

Is the Daily Mail fake news and your media roundup

Gallery: A Met montage

A selection of CC0 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Special report: Peer review – a history and call for reviewers

An overview of English Wikipedia's peer review process

Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer

Increased WMF spending every year is not sustainable

Featured content: The dominance of articles continues

Fifteen articles, two lists, and six pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Love, football, and politics

They may not mix in life, but they do in popularity

Blog: WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward

Republished from the Wikimedia blog

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The Signpost: 9 June 2017

From the editors: Signpost status: On reserve power, help wanted!

Inviting new writers, editors, and ideas

News and notes: Global Elections

WMF Board election results, and FDC elections begin

Arbitration report: Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis

Two cases were closed from 19 February to 27 March.

Op-ed: Wikipedia's lead sentence problem

Lead sentence metadata is out of control and a serious impediment to readability

Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured

Eighty-eight articles, forty-three lists, five topics and twenty-two pictures were promoted

In the media: Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?

Garfield is male, and other places Wikipedia made the news

Recent research: Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press

...but are they real?; personality and attitudes to Wikipedia; large expert review experiment

Technology report: Tech news catch-up

Bots, scripts, tools, and changes from February to June 2017

Traffic report: Film on Top: Sampling the weekly top 10

Two weeks of film dominance: Baahubali and the Academy Awards

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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)

While the English Wikipedia community produces no new requests for adminhood in June, the Wikimedia Foundation makes changes to the Product and Technology departments.

In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill

The anatomy of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's chest area has been the talk of the month. But so have high-profile edits, hacked articles, and one particular newborn growing up.

Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take

Exploring sourcing issues in Wikimedia projects, a solution in Wikidata and fact mining, and a newsletter to continue the conversation.

Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues

22 featured articles, 17 featured lists, 7 featured pictures

Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth

Summer blockbusters and sports, Trump and world events.

Recent research: Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?

A researcher applies Marxist critiques of political economy to investigate whether gamification, a culture of altruism, and other anti-corporatist influences on peer production can create a sustainable gift economy in a project like Wikipedia.

Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all

Search now can include sister projects; EpochFail

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

The English Wikipedia sees its first new admin of the season, discord rocks Wikimedia France, some tweaks to the WMF reorg, and a new WMF annual plan mark this issue's community news.

Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more

Recently promoted articles, lists, and pictures.

In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce

A grab bag of alt-right speech, classical scholars, the dark web, elicited European tourism, $500,000 golden parachutes, forgery, the Great Firewall, net neutrality, nukes, paid editing, porn, and terrorism.

Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers

A closer look at the research that found that the 2013 Snowden revelations coincided with a significant drop of pageviews for privacy-sensitive Wikipedia articles

Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017

...and is there anything we can do to stop it? Opinions and examples from across the project.

Gallery: A mix of patterns

An interesting mix of patterns and colors to brighten your day...

Humour: The Infobox Game

Enjoy the Parameters: The Infobox Game can be enjoyed by everyone, not just those interested in water buffalo breeds, volcanic hotspots or the mysterious heteroisoform, and some day just might spawn an important facet of the financial derivatives industry.

Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday

Popular interest in celebrities, blockbusters and an upcoming season of a popular television show drive traffic, with a smattering of world events, holidays and a Reddit storm around – surprise – free porn for the U.S. Congress.

Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts

Syntax highlighting, changes to Recent Changes, Wikidata on the enhance watchlist, accessible editing buttons and jQuery upgrade may break scripts.

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up

The heat turns up on the 32 contestants who entered round three: 13 featured articles, 82 good articles, 167 DYKs, but we had to pick just eight of them to advance.

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

News and notes: Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!

Wikimania in Montreal, lawsuit in Sweden, challenges in France

Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality

Local tourism gains +9% when Wikipedia articles are improved; significant improvements in predicting article quality with deep learning; recent editor behavior is a strong predictor of content quality

WikiProject report: Comic relief

An interview with a project that is centered around comics.

In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity

Wikipedia and reliable sources of information continue to define each other

Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

Plus plenty of sports, film, and television

Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that Google must remove search results worldwide, dismissing concerns that this may impede freedom of expression for people outside of Canada or inspire other countries to censor speech.

Special report: Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic

Wikimedia contributors support each other's projects in many unexpected ways

Featured content: Everywhere in the lead

Recently promoted articles, lists and pictures – with a very heavy one in the mix

Technology report: Introducing TechCom

The Architecture Committee adopts a new charter and name; and the latest in script, bot, and tech news

Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs

An elite squad of highly insightful editors can lead the way for other editors who may need to retrain their faces into forming a smile.

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

Please share your Wikimania 2017 experiences!

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Some of the goings-on from Wikimania 2017.

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Take your pick of the best of Wikipedia.

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

White supremacists v. anti-fascism groups, Mayweather v. McGregor, Moon v. Sun.

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

Wikipedia's medical and scientific content has come a long way since 2001. Here are some thoughts on how it may continue to evolve.

Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia

A list of recent research publications on various topics.

In the media: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?

Plus the latest reports of vandalism and mistakes in Wikipedia.

WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube

WikiProject YouTube is a new project on both English and Simple English Wikipedia.

Technology report: Latest tech news

Syntax highlighting, failed login notifications, watchlist filters, and more.

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up

Ships, typhoons, birds, and more!

Humour: Bots

They do the things you don't want to do (and sometimes things you don't want done).

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The Signpost: 25 September 2017

News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

News from Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Macedonia, and Wikimedia Israel's; Autoconfirmed article creation trial begins

In the media: Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues

Also: Jeopedia, Dubaipedia, shaping science, fake quote reused by scholarly sources

Humour: Chickenz

The best that poultry has to offer

Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe

Plus the latest research publications.

Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

Plus more tech news, and the latest scripts and bots

Gallery: Chicken mania

Complimenting this issue's Humour about chickens...

Special report: Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative

Finally we're seeing some initial successes, but the Wikimedia movement is still far from being environmentally sustainable.

Traffic report: Fights and frights

Boxing, hurricanes, clowns, and more!

Featured content: Flying high

Newly featured birds, planes, and high achievers

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The Signpost: 23 October 2017

News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!

The Wikimedia Foundation publishes the latest fundraising report, convenes over the close of the strategic plan discussion, and moves into a new space.

Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables

A variety of topics promoted.

Humour: Guys named Ralph

If your name is Ralph, well sorry.

In focus: Offline Wikipedia developed at OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon

Advocates for sharing offline information gather to make content, software, hardware, and social decisions.

Blog: The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example

A chat with a developer of open source software which allows users to download web content for offline reading, and the future of offline access to Wikipedia.

In the media: Facebook and poetry

Fighting fake news and plagiarism.

Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK

Wikimedia UK's partnerships and achievements working with GLAM institutions.

Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment

Readers interested in the the death of Hef, Puerto Rico, films and television.

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

News and notes: Cons, cons, cons

The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much.

Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely

Arbitration matters from October and November.

Technology report: Searching and surveying

A new advanced search interface; the Community Wishlist Survey is back.

Interview: A featured article centurion

Brianboulton talks about featured articles on his 100th promotion.

WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects

A novel approach to recruit members for your project!

In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution

Wikipedia seen as flawed but important; conservative think-tank fellow wants his say; volunteer in Madison wants to close the gender gap.

Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate

Readers intrigued by the Netflix show Stranger Things, and by sexual assault allegations.

Featured content: We will remember them

War memorials, soldiers, extinct species, and devastating hurricanes are some of the most recently promoted featured content.

Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text

And other new research publications.

Humour: Good faith (but still incomprehensible)

The entertainment value of Wikipedia.

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The Signpost: 18 December 2017

Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up

Global article creation contest/editathon exceeds expectations.

Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind

Astronaut is first to specifically contribute to Wikipedia from space.

Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017

Seventeen articles, twenty-nine lists, three pictures and one featured topic were promoted.

In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more

The media discuss online copyright issues, Wikipedia's coverage of the capital of Israel and creation of a "reasonably clean, honest and reliable" work on Earth and in space.

Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors

Evidence phase in Mister Wiki editors case is complete; the community is proposing remedies and the Arbitration committee is slated to make a decision by end of year. Meanwhile, voting has closed on 2017 elections.

Gallery: Wiki loving

Winners of the international photo competitions Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments.

Interview: Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures

Looking back on a decade of contributions including over 1,000 images and over three dozen Featured Pictures, Charles shares his wildlife photography experience and tips.

Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"

And other recent research publications.

Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech

Including improved blocking tools, new user scripts, and the latest technical news.

Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys

We like our heroes and bad guys.

Humour: On their way to the WMF Incubator

u-nye-loo-lay-doo? Dochvetlh vISoplaHbe’.

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The Signpost: 16 January 2018

News and notes: Communication is key

Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.

In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media

Wikipedia manipulated and copied – again

Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics

Historical and pop culture articles promoted.

Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count

How do you make an average of 3,600 edits a week for over a decade? And what do you learn when you've done it?

Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers

Plus the latest technology upgrades, tools and news.

Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?

Notable missing articles.

Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018

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

Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017

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

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018

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

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

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

Exemplary content recognized between January 12 and January 20, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

Lessons on Creating a Featured List

Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles

The most popular articles for January 14 to 27

Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative

A partnership to improve and update Wikipedia's medical content

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

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

In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations

Also, did UCF really win?

Humour: You really are in Wonderland

Enjoy the humour of another contributor

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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

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

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

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

There might be good things about an edit war.

Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases

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

Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain

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

Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history

An eclectic mix of promotions.

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

And other recent tech news.

Humour: Impossible and unexplained traffic report

Stubs get a lot of pageviews.

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

Is The Signpost on its last legs?

News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs

A plethora of content.

Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.

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

Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.

Retrospective on article creation trial.

Humour: WikiWorld Reruns

Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again

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

Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost

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

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

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

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

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

In focus: Admin reports board under criticism

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

Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide

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

Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion report: The future of portals

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

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

Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee

WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History

Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.

Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia

What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study

Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff

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

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

The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.

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

Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.

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

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

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

A busy office with minimal staff.

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

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

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

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

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

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

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

A busy month for discussions on major topics.

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

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

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

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

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

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

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

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

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

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

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

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

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

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

Humour: Play with your food

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

Gallery: Wine not?

May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

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

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

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

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

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

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

Op-ed: What do admins do?

Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems

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

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

News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania

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

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

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

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

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

Featured content: New promotions

Enjoy the superb content

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

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

Traffic report: Endgame

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

Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements

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

Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa

Colorful and moving.

Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

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

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

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

Humour: Television plot lines

In our next episode...

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

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

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

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

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

From the editor: If only if

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

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

How admin would-bes run the gauntlet.

Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

Wikipedia referees wag a finger at Professional Wrestling editors.

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

New admins and Kudpung finally leaves NPP after 7 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes

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

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

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

Technology report: New bots, new prefs

Useful new gadgets.

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

Depictions of July events in several countries.

Blog: Motivation of two editors

Those who study ancient Egypt.

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

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

Humour: It's all the same

Merge WikiProject Professional wrestling and ANI.

Essay: Wikipedia does not need you

Get over it!

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

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

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

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

Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.

Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

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

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

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

In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles

But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.

Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy

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

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

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

Special report: Wikimania 2018

"Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

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

Very high and very low hits; love and loss.

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

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

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

Some of the best pictures of 2017.

Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies

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

Humour: Signpost editor censors herself

Nothing funny about it.

Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?

From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words

The Wikipedia Plays.

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

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

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

Wikipedia dodges a bullet in Brussels... maybe.

In the media: Knowledge under fire

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

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

Plus: signatures, shortcuts, and reliable sources.

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom

No valid new requests for arbitration, no new cases.

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

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

Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news.

Gallery: A pat on the back

A pictorial ode to the end of summer.

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

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

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

And other recent research papers.

Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle

What is a four-letter word for...

Essay: Expressing thanks

You know you should...

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

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

A slightly thinner issue, but out on time.

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

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

News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

And it's richer than ever.

In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

Breitbart begone; rescued by archivists; celebrating trolls?

Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

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

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

Who's reading what?

Technology report: Bots galore!

Bots can do anything you want – well, almost.

Special report: NPP needs you

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

Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

SPARQL adds sparkle to WMF projects.

In focus: Alexa

We are all writing for Amazon.

Gallery: Out of this world!

No special effects here, just beautiful celestial images.

Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

If it weren't free, of course.

Humour: Talk page humour

Wikipedia has a long history of talk page tomfoolery.

Opinion: Strickland incident

The reviewer who declined the article gives his perspective.

From the archives: The Gardner Interview

The "holy-shit" slide.

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

Lay down your verbal weapons.

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

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

Special report: The Christmas wishlist

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

Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

Suppose they gave a blog and nobody came?

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

Looking both backward and forward to events concerning the community.

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

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

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

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

Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

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

Arbitration report: A long break ends

Arbcom takes its first new case since June.

Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

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

Gallery: Intersections

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

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

And other new research results.

Essay: No one cares about your garage band

Nope, don't care!

Humour: The dark side of our favorite root vegetable

Wonky carrots invoke terror.

From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis

ARS might continue, but some Wikipedians might not.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

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

Tell us what you think!

Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

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

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

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

News and notes: Some wishes do come true

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

In the media: Political hijinks

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

Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

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

WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

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

Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

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

Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

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

Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

Happy solstice, and happy New Year!

Blog: News from the WMF

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

Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

Are you a believer?

Essay: Requests for medication

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

From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

Compromised accounts – especially those of inactive admins.

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected

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

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

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

Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

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

Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

Snowman flames newbies? Or just oversensitive snowflakes?

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

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

Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

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

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

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

News from the WMF: News from WMF

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

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

And other new research publications.

Essay: How

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

Humour: Village pump

More talk pages you don't want to miss.

From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

Four years - and nothing changed?

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

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

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

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

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

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

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

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

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

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

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Snowed in, maybe.

Traffic report: Binge-watching

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

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

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

Gallery: Signed with pride

A gallery of user signatures created by Wikipedians themselves.

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

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

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

Assume good faith even if it kills you.

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

The creation of the Esperanza group.

Humour: Pesky Pronouns

Not feeling blurbish right now.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

From the editors: Getting serious about humor

News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive

In the media: Women's history month

Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding

Featured content: Out of this world

Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM

Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations

Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles

News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive

Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention

From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion

Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37

Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?

In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch

Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride

Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings

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The Signpost: 30 April 2019

News and notes: An Action Packed April

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

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

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

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

Plus: another round of paid editing discussion.

Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art

April's admirable additions.

Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee

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

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

Round up the unusual suspects

Technology report: A new special page, and other news

Welcoming English Wikipedia's newest admin (bot)

Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns

Photos and videos show the damage

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

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

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

And other recent research results

From the archives: Portals revisited

"The future of portals", a year later

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

Some editors will do anything to get a laugh

Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps

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

Interview: Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director

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

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

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

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The Signpost: 31 May 2019

From the editors: Picture that

The North Face sneaks in advertisements, apologizes after being caught

News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections

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

In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball

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

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

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

Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead

Resignations, new cases, administrator security, and more

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

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

Technology report: Lots of Bots

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

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

The WMF keeps working to stop Turkey from blocking Wikipedia.

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

And other new research publications

Essay: Paid editing

We've been talking about paid editing forever

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

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

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The June 2019 Signpost is out!

Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia

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

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

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

In the media: The disinformation age

Or is it the information error?

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

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

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

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

Technology report: Actors and Bots

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

Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth

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

Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?

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

And other recent research publications.

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

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

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

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

In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal

Academic peer review meets Wikimedia.

Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes

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

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

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

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The Signpost: 31 July 2019

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

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

In the media: Politics starts getting rough

Are we ready for the sharp elbows?

Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban

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

Arbitration report: A month of reintegration

Arbitration begins setting new boundaries after the June blow-up

Gallery: Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann

It looks nice and cool up in those mountains

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

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

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

It's easy, education saves lives.

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

Or, how to avoid Artificial Ignorance

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

And other new research publications

Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract

A new record set: fewer than 500 active admins.

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

and don't forget the movies

In focus: The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German

Who is growing? Who is not?

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The Signpost: 30 August 2019

News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings

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

In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff

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

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

And the media report it all

Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users

Can we survive without IP addresses?

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

And some summer flicks with the usual heroes and villains

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

Should we break the law or publish the truth?

Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia

Or how to make a concentration camp disappear?

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

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

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

Emna Mizouni was named the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year.

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

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

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

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

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The Signpost: 30 September 2019

From the editors: Where do we go from here?

Our constitutional crisis may continue

Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup

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

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

The internet may not be as stable as it seems

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

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

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

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

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

And other recent research publications

Gallery: Finding freely licensed photo collections

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

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

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

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

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

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The Signpost: 31 October 2019

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

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

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

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

In focus: The BBC looks at Chinese government editing

But they aren't entirely sure they see it

Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars

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

Community view: Observations from the mainland

A different point of view

Arbitration report: October actions

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

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

Plus a few celebrities.

Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast

The future of public broadcasting has arrived.

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

And other new research publications

Essay: Wikipedia is in the real world

Editing can have serious consequences.

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

Twenty questions to get you started.

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

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

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The Signpost: 29 November 2019

From the editor: Put on your birthday best

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

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

And when will we get the second extraterrestrial edit?

In the media: You say you want a revolution

Everybody wants to change Wikipedia.

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

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

Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases

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

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

Could this be the end of the Terminator?

Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things

The latest tech news and updates.

Gallery: Winter and holidays

Some interesting and unusual winter and holiday images.

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

And other new research publications.

Essay: Adminitis

Some humor about the otherwise serious subject of burnout.

From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited

Veteran editor: Wikipedia is losing existential battle against spam.

In focus: An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy

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

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

Only now can we say!

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The Signpost: 27 December 2019

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

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

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

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

Special report: Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?

Son of Wiki-PR.

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

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

Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki

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

Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee

ArbCom election results and status of open and requested cases.

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

We may have scrambled the headlines a bit.

Technology report: User scripts and more

Customise your Wikipedia experience

Gallery: Holiday wishes

Messages of holiday cheer from us to you.

Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary

16 recent papers, and other research news

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

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

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

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

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

There's still a long way to go.

WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report

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

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The Signpost: 27 January 2020

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

How long can we ignore Wiki-PR?

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

You ain't seen nothing yet.

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

How to survive the asshole consensus.

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

Plus politics and other oddities.

Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom

The new arbs have a big load.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019

As only The Signpost can describe them.

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

The top 15 international photos.

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

Growing our community and our abilities.

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

Well, it's a bit subjective.

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

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

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

And other new research publications.

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

The first 10 years are the hardest.

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

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

WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report

An interview with four members of the WikiProject Japan.

Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article

I may fall in love all over again!

Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton

A mentor to us all

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The Signpost: 1 March 2020

From the editor: The ball is in your court

How to stop abusive commercial editing.

News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide

Falling behind Chinese websites.

Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews

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

In the media: Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation

We're all over the map this month.

Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?

Wikimedia or Wikipedia?

Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed

Arbitration Committee and the "blue wall of silence".

By the numbers: How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?

Numbers for vandalism and sockpuppeting included at no additional charge!

Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman

No more "Hidden Figures", let's work to make women visible on Wikipedia!

In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019

Covering Wikipedia for another five years!

Recent research: Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone

And other new research results

From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?

How long has Wikipedia been for sale? When will it stop?

Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark

Kobe sets another record.

Gallery: Feel the love

Renewing our vows.

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

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

Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator

Getting across the Wikipedia experience to the press.

Opinion: Wikipedia is another country

Or: how to best bite a newbie.

Humour: The Wilhelm scream

WikiWorld is back.

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The Signpost: 29 March 2020

From the editors: The bad and the good

Getting ready for anything.

News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked

Wheel war on Tatar Wikipedia.

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report

An interview with members of the COVID Project.

Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters

Wikipedia presents solid widely-consulted information on COVID-19 and related topics.

In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story

COVID-19, Zika, edit-a-thons, and macrons.

Discussion report: Rethinking draft space

Plus: geonotices, reliable sources, and job titles.

Arbitration report: Unfinished business

A new case, a case returns from limbo, and an RfC being prepared.

In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"

The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.

Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19

Individually and in organized groups, Wikimedians stand up and make a difference.

Recent research: Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia

New research publications on "the fear of being erased" and other topics.

From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Five years ago with a different crisis.

Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world

Going to movies and sport stadiums is history, and readers turn to Wikipedia for crucial medical information and updates.

Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia

Images from the Whose Knowlege? campaign.

News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time

The WMF responds.

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

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

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The Signpost: 26 April 2020

News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pitches in.

In the media: Coronavirus, again and again

Plus the importance of language.

Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit

The Wikimedia community discusses modifying or hiding the sidebar on the left of every page.

Featured content: Featured content returns

Movies, roads, awards and more.

Arbitration report: Two difficult cases

Even our best editors sometimes disagree.

Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night

Coronavirus, coronavirus, and Joe Exotic.

Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos

A coronavirus cruise can't stop Roy!

Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias

And other new research results.

Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing

And it could get worse!

By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic

What COVID-19 data are available from the WMF?

Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together

In an increasingly factious world, Wikipedia's approach to collaboration and trust-building point to a brighter future.

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

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

Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon

A Wikipedia editor reflects on his recent RfA and the health issues that became part of it.

In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia

How to better integrate articles across language editions.

WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors

An interview with members of the WP:GOCE

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