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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.
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
Thank you so much for participating in Translating Ibero-American!
FromWikimedia Argentina we would like to thank you for participating in the contest Translating Ibero-America ¡We hope to see you soon in our next contest!
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
News and notes:Arbitration Committee elections commence An overview of the English Wikipedia ArbCom election; brief notes as Asian and African initiatives wind down
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
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
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
Dear Xavier Cañas, Hope this message finds you well! Again this year 2017 theIberocoop network is launching the editing contest "Translating Ibero-American" aiming to position the Ibero-american culture outside our borders :) You can find the contest pagehere We hope you can join us! Hugs--Anna Torres (WMAR) (talk)19:57, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
In the media:Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 ofDrama 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
News and notes:Chapter updates; ACTRIAL News from Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Macedonia, and Wikimedia Israel's; Autoconfirmed article creation trial begins
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.
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 showStranger 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.
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.
News and notes:Communication is key Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.
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.
Op-ed:Do editors have the right to be forgotten? Should an editor's block history be a permanent "rap sheet", or does Wikipedia forgiveand forget? A reform initiative has begun.
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.
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 forThe Signpost How to revive and evolveThe Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regularSignpost contributors.
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
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".
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: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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
Technology report:When broken is easily fixed Emergency server switch goes smoothly; technical glitches resolved; a new way to transfer files to Commons.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Special report:Post-Framgate wrapup Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship
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.
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.
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.
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.
Opinion:Trusting Everybody to Work Together In an increasingly factious world, Wikipedia's approach to collaboration and trust-building point to a brighter future.
Discussion report:Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals Many Wikimedia community members are upset about the WMF's plan to rebrand. Plus, a discussion of Fox News's reliability.
News from the WMF:How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act? The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.
From the archives:5, 10, and 15 years ago The Signpost looks back onThe Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.
In the media:"The most beautiful story on the Internet" Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.
Book review:Writing the Revolution Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Technology report:Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.
Essay:The Six Million FP Man Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.
Featured content:Would you like to swing on a star? You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, andBillboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
From the archives:Five, ten, and fifteen years ago Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".
Disinformation report:The "largest con in corporate history"? Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.
In the media:Contested truth claims in Wikipedia Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.
Obituary:Remembering David "DGG" Goodman The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.
Special report:Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022 In this article, we will look atThe Signpost statistics. More precisely:Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles ofSignpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.
News from the WMF:Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.
News from the WMF:Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.
Traffic report:Coronation, chatbot, celebs Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.
Cobwebs:Getting serious about writing The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.
Featured content:By your logic, The first issue to feature two poetry article
Concept:Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.
Comix:Bold comics for a new age "I think we ought to read only the kind of comics that wound or stab us. If the comic we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?" — Franz Kafka
Featured content:Real gangsters move in silence Quite literally, and other fascinating featured articles, pictures and lists
Traffic report:And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain If you don't fancy the sport that occupies over 25% of the slots in these lists, there's always movies, celebrities, and political follies to fall back on – or an unusual fired-for-the-weekend CEO.
Humour:Mandy Rice-Davies Applies This page in a nutshell: Whether or not someone has denied unsavory allegations — though such a denial may not merit being given equal weight in an article — a worthless shitpost should still be included.
Crossword:when the crossword is sus The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.
BJAODN:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense Edit summary: "Only need this page for about 30 minutes to demonstrate to a friend how easy it is to create a Wikipedia page. Then it will be deleted."
From the editor:NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS! The Signpost can now drink beer and chant slogans in Canada. What slogans should we chant for the next nineteen years?
News and notes:In other news ... see ya in court! Let the games begin! The 2024 WikiCup is off to a strong start. With copyright enforcement, AI training and freedom of expression, it's another typical week in the wiki-sphere!
WikiProject report:WikiProjects Israel and Palestine What are the editorial processes behind covering some of the most politically polarizing and contentious topics on English Wikipedia?
Comix:We've all got to start somewhere Writing a good subheading for a one-sentence joke is basically like writing an entire second joke so I'm not going to do it.
WikiConference report:WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap Outcomes of the event including newly published videos and photos, the archived conference website and program, and some attendee reflections on its significance.
In the media:War and information in war and politics Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.
Essay:Reflections on editing and obsession A lost Signpost submission from fifteen years ago brought into the light, as good and true now as it was then.
