User talk:Justus Nussbaum

Personal guideline (irony)[edit]

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Wikipedia: Authority control[edit]

Hours ago you added {{Authority control}} to an article on my watchlist. Do you have any suggestions, or can you point to a guideline, how other wikipedia editors should use those linked resources? See Wikipedia talk: Authority control#Citation. --P64 (talk) 23:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, first of all it's not my invention but a librarian project method. It provides "unique identifying" of artists/authors. As I am mainly contributer to german wikipedia I can tell you just what practical uses I have found. The Library of Congress as well as the German National Library are by law collectors of all published books etc. and very reliable. So you can frequently find out any missing dates by looking it up there. Not always they have complete data on birth years or alike but who cares. I hope that could help you out. -- Justus Nussbaum (talk) 14:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Example given: Benjamin_H._D._Buchloh diff=481318753&oldid=449394441 Diff, birthyear won by VIAF. -- Justus Nussbaum (talk) 12:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Original Barnstar
	Hey. Thanks for trans-editing the page of Jakob Arjouni. Merry Christmas Stevenchan0104 (talk) 12:11, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OOps, thank you - what a surprise! - Happy New Year to you and all fellow wikipedians! -- Just N. 13:51, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Kerry Greenwood may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

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Corrected. -- Just N. 11:30, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

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Eric Kim (comics)[edit]

Hi. Thanks for working to improve the site with your edit to Eric Kim (comics). However, the edit had to be reverted, because Wikipedia cannot accept uncited material or original research. This includes material lacking cited sources, material obtained through personal knowledge, or which constitutes the an analysis or interpretation by the editor that is not found in cited sources. Wikipedia requires that the material in its articles be accompanied by reliable, verifiable (usually secondary) sources explicitly cited in the article text in the form of an inline citation. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 17:29, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for you, but I don't think that this revert is correct and acceptable. 1. You cite a whole small shot charge of general rules BUT forget completely to name the spot you are aiming at. You leave it to me to guess what you criticize in detail. This is not at all careful wikipedia work! 2. The year of birth '1977' is indeed backed by a very good reliable source: the VIAF. I just hesitated to put it into the input form. 3. For all this reasons it will be allright to redo your action. I hope you can consent after having investigated the given facts. -- Just N. 18:59, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

"...BUT forget completely to name the spot you are aiming at. You leave it to me to guess what you criticize in detail."

Only if you don't bother looking at the diff I linked to above. The "spot" in question was the information you added to the article, which is not a lot of information, and which the diff I linked to above clearly shows. You could also look at the diff showing my removal of it. Or even asked me about it. So your statement that there was no indication as to which information I was referring to was demonstrably false, as is your statement that my message above wasn't "careful".

If his birth year and being from Toronto are supported by a reliable source, then you have to cite that source in the article. You've been editing here since 2006, so you should know that by now. I have no idea what you mean by "input form". Wikipedia requires that the material in its articles be accompanied by reliable, verifiable (usually secondary) sources explicitly cited in the article text in the form of an inline citation, which you can learn to make here. You stated in your first edit summary that you were "improving references". But in fact, you added no references at all to the article, either for his year of birth, or for his being from Toronto.

As for what would've been "allright", it would've been all right to have adhered to the Verifiability policy, and if necessary, to have discussed it with me if you didn't understand my edit. Not simply revert it because you neglected to click on the diff links above and see which information I was talking about. Nightscream (talk) 23:12, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I see the VIAF link on the bottom of the article. It needs to be placed near the supported passages, per WP:PAIC and WP:CS. I've restored the info, and with the proper citation. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 23:17, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars
Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia
Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia
News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
Wikimedia in education: Wikimedia Global Education: WMF's Perspective
In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week
Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

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The Signpost: 20 August 2014[edit]

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Interview: Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia
Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
WikiProject report: Bats and gloves
Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan
Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia

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The Signpost: 27 August 2014[edit]

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Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!
In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
Traffic report: Viral

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The Signpost: 03 September 2014[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended
Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more
Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial
Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies
Traffic report: Holding Pattern
WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

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The Signpost: 10 September 2014[edit]

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Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready
Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue
WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right
Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

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The Signpost: 17 September 2014[edit]

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News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third
In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics
WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland
Featured content: Which is not like the others?
Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014[edit]

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In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii
Featured content: Oil paintings galore
Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the election in Scotland
WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time
Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

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The Signpost: 01 October 2014[edit]

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From the editor: The Signpost needs your help
News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education
Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
Featured content: Brothers at War
Traffic report: Shanah Tovah
WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014[edit]

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In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian brushfire
Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City
Traffic report: Panic and denial
Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

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The Signpost: 15 October 2014[edit]

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Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened
Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace
In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes
Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?
Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext
Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data
WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

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The Signpost: 22 October 2014[edit]

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In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator
Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace
Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest
WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles - a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help
Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

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The Signpost: 29 October 2014[edit]

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Featured content: Go West, young man (By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article)
In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral
Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend
Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories
Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

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The Signpost: 05 November 2014[edit]

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In the media: Predicting the flu; MH17 conspiracy theories
Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

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The Signpost: 12 November 2014[edit]

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In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle
Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania
WikiProject report: Talking hospitals
Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

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The Signpost: 26 November 2014[edit]

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Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions
In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism
Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures
Traffic report: Big in Japan
WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

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The Signpost: 03 December 2014[edit]

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Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?
In the media: Embroidery and cheese
Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!
Traffic report: Turkey and a movie
WikiProject report: Today on the island

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The Signpost: 10 December 2014[edit]

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Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!
In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"
Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction
Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

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The Signpost: 17 December 2014[edit]

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In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders
Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results
Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!
Traffic report: A December Lull

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The Signpost: 24 December 2014[edit]

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From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief
In the media: Wales on GamerGate
Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.
WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost
Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

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The Signpost: 31 December 2014[edit]

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News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap
Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
Featured content: A bit fruity
Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide
Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

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The Signpost: 07 January 2015[edit]

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Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors
In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints
Featured content: Kock up
Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015[edit]

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Featured content: Citations are needed
In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors
News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie
WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015[edit]

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From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief
Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost
Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
Technology report: The future of MediaWiki

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

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

Traffic report: A sea of faces

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

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015[edit]

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News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia
Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue
Traffic report: The American Heartland
Featured content: It's raining men!
Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate
WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?
Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes
Gallery: Langston Hughes

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015[edit]

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From the editors: We want to know what you think!
News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million
In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
Traffic report: Bowled over
WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
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...
Gallery: Feel the love

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The Signpost: 18 February 2015[edit]

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Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition
In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
Special report: Revision scoring as a service
Traffic report: February is for lovers
Gallery: Darwin Day
Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish
Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015[edit]

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News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity?
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
Gallery: Far from home
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity?
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired
Gallery: Far from home
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015[edit]

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From the editor: A sign of the times—the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier
Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish quarterly reports, indicate operating changes
Interview: Meet a paid editor
Traffic report: Attack of the movies
In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur
Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015[edit]

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From the editor: A salute to Pine

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

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

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

Featured content: A woman who loved kings, a king who loved angels ...

Traffic report: It's not cricket

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The Signpost: 25 March 2015[edit]

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

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

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

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

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

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

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The Signpost: 01 April 2015[edit]

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In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data
In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism
Traffic report: All over the place
Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015[edit]

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Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam
News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes
In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom
WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity
Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument
Traffic report: Resurrection week
Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015[edit]

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News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review
In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax
Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!
Traffic report: Furious domination
Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

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The Signpost: 22 April 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing
News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections
In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality
In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway
Featured content: Vanguard on guard
Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes
Gallery: The bitter end

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The Signpost: 29 April 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers
News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost
In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance
Featured content: Apartheid and related topics, awards and accolades, and a bunch of tough journeys
Recent research: Popularity vs. quality, Wikipedia images show how copyright damages economy, bots as servants or policemen
Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide
Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015[edit]

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Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues
News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced
In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award
Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes
Traffic report: The grim ship reality
Blog: How many women edit Wikipedia?

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Foundation elections: WMF Board candidates share their views with the Signpost
Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?
In the media: Grant Shapps story continues; Wikipedia's "leftist ties"
News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests
Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way
Traffic report: Round Two

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015[edit]

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News and notes: The dark side of comedy: Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes
In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts
From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election
In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize
WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology
Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases
Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls
Traffic report: Inner Core

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The Signpost: 27 May 2015[edit]

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News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans
In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history
Recent research: Drug articles accurate and largely complete; women "slightly overrepresented"; talking like an admin
Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime
Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated
Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust
Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition
Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia
Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013
In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim
Traffic report: A rather ordinary week
Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings
Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015[edit]

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News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity
In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel
Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am
Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only
Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Arbitration report: An election has consequences
Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin
Featured content: Great Dane hits 150
In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe
In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch
Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars
News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief
Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed, proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts
WikiProject report: We are back - Western Australia speaks

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles
Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done
Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration
Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
Technology report: Technical updates and improvements
Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved
Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015[edit]

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it
News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion
Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
Traffic report: Belles of the ball
WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015[edit]

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From the editor: Change the world
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Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian

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Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.

Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes

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Traffic report: Sports and esports

Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks

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Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information

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

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Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica

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

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

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The Signpost: 06 September 2016[edit]

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Special report: Olympics readership depended on language

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The Signpost: 29 September 2016[edit]

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

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The Signpost: 14 October 2016[edit]

News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna

Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input

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

Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016[edit]

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

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Wikicup: WikiCup winners

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

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News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence

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

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

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The Signpost: 17 January 2017[edit]

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

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

Featured content: One year ends, and another begins

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

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The Signpost: 6 February 2017[edit]

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

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

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WikiProject report: For the birds!

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

In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia

Gallery: A Met montage

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

Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer

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

News and notes: Global Elections

Arbitration report: Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis

Op-ed: Wikipedia's lead sentence problem

Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured

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News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)

In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill

Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take

Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues

Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth

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News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

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In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce

Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers

Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017

Gallery: A mix of patterns

Humour: The Infobox Game

Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017[edit]

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Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality

WikiProject report: Comic relief

In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity

Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

Special report: Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017[edit]

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia

In the media: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?

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The Signpost: 25 September 2017[edit]

News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

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Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

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The Signpost: 23 October 2017[edit]

News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!

Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables

Humour: Guys named Ralph

In focus: Offline Wikipedia developed at OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon

Blog: The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example

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Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017[edit]

News and notes: Cons, cons, cons

Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely

Technology report: Searching and surveying

Interview: A featured article centurion

WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects

In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution

Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate

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Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text

Humour: Good faith (but still incomprehensible)

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The Signpost: 18 December 2017[edit]

Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up

Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind

Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017

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Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors

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The Signpost: 16 January 2018[edit]

News and notes: Communication is key

In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media

Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics

Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count

Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers

Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018[edit]

Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?

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Interview: Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists

Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles

Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative

Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues

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News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators

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Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases

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Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

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Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.

In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good

Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers

Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs

Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.

Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.

Humour: WikiWorld Reruns

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018[edit]

From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again

Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost

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In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop

In focus: Admin reports board under criticism

Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide

Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised

Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia

Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias

Discussion report: The future of portals

Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct

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Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia

Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff

Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March

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Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018[edit]

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues

Humour: Play with your food

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From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018[edit]

From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

Op-ed: What do admins do?

Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania

In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress

Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page

Featured content: New promotions

Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed

Traffic report: Endgame

Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements

Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa

Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry

Humour: Television plot lines

Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors

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

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018[edit]

From the editor: If only if

Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise

Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR

In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set

Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose

Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes

Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else

Technology report: New bots, new prefs

Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July

Blog: Motivation of two editors

Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons

Humour: It's all the same

Essay: Wikipedia does not need you

From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018[edit]

From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend

In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles

Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Special report: Wikimania 2018

Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits

Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work

Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat

Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies

Humour: Signpost editor censors herself

Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018[edit]

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

In the media: Knowledge under fire

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom

Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low

Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile

Gallery: A pat on the back

Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains

Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?

Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle

Essay: Expressing thanks

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018[edit]

From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring

Technology report: Bots galore!

Special report: NPP needs you

Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

In focus: Alexa

Gallery: Out of this world!

Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

Humour: Talk page humour

Opinion: Strickland incident

From the archives: The Gardner Interview

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018[edit]

From the editor: Time for a truce

Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

Special report: The Christmas wishlist

Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit

Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars

Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

Arbitration report: A long break ends

Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

Gallery: Intersections

Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize

Essay: No one cares about your garage band

Humour: The dark side of our favorite root vegetable

From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018[edit]

From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?

News and notes: Some wishes do come true

In the media: Political hijinks

Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

Blog: News from the WMF

Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

Essay: Requests for medication

From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019[edit]

Op-Ed: Random Rewards Rejected

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther

Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

News from the WMF: News from WMF

Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?

Essay: How

Humour: Village pump

From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019[edit]

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Binge-watching

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

Gallery: Signed with pride

Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

Humour: Pesky Pronouns

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019[edit]

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[edit]

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Secundar[edit]

I thanked you for setting up a new section for the Fenwick book I added to Tim Parks' entry. But why "Secundar"? I assume that you mean "Secondary." But Google Translate says that "Secundar" means "second" in Spanish, and that "secondary" is "secundaria" or "secundario." I don't know any Spanish.Maurice Magnus (talk) 01:25, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's about 'secondary literature'. Not being an English native speaker, such mistakes are happening in rare cases now and then. Nearly unavoidable. I'm sorry about it. --Just N. (talk) 15:47, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Labels[edit]

I see you're adding labels to the infoboxes of musician articles. Some of these are good, but I ask that you look at Template:Infobox_musical_artist#label, which states that this is for "The record label or labels to which the act has been signed". So, it's not for every label that the person ever appeared on – I interpret "signed" as excluding recordings not made as a leader, and probably posthumously released ones made as a leader (because the person probably hadn't been signed by that label). EddieHugh (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, I do agree that not every label that the person ever appeared on is suitable for the infoboxes. I usually sort out any album reissues (if distinguishable). And I concentrate on albums as leader or co-leader. But your last point does not convince me at all. No album will rightfully ever be published without being signed by the holder of rights, which can be the artist or his heirs. Mulgrew Miller died aged 57, so the posthumous release of his Live duo concert with Kenny Barron (both co-leaders) is certainly his will, while by mischance he did not live out the years to see the resulting album himself. You wrote "probably" and "I interpret" which is correct and cautious as should be. I state your interpretation of that citated sentence is actually too narrow. Yes, the artist (or his wife in his name) have signed the album release of Live - The Art Of Piano Duo which is not a reissue but an original contribution to the jazz world history. I am confident that we can consent on that basis of facts.

And I don't appreciate that you canceled Enja and Storyville as both have album release years much earlier (1987 Enja, 1999 Storyville) so an ugly lack of accuracy seems matter of fact. You should have studied the album details on Discogs more carefully. There is no leader named so Miller as the pianist is co-leader or on an equal footing. I suppose your action wasn't well thought out, Enja and Storyville should be added again. -- Just N. (talk) 18:54, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reply. I suppose I'm anti-clutter, so if I'm not sure, I leave it out of the infobox. There's no entry in Miller's discography as a leader for Enja, so I conclude that he wasn't signed to them. Similarly for Storyville – the only other release was as a sideman, so I don't view that as enough for inclusion in the infobox or the category. On the posthumous release with NHOP, I don't see anything at discogs or the Storyville website to indicate that Miller approved of the release or was signed to the label. He and NHOP recorded for another company, Bang & Olufsen, at around the time of the concert recording, and that seems to be a contracted release. And none of these reach close to the number of releases of the others in Miller's infobox: Landmark, Novus, Maxjazz. EddieHugh (talk) 21:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you explain why you accepted this edit? That's the reason the article is PC-protected in the first place. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course I can. I checked it online and found a serious source: The Tenderloins Made Sal Vulcano Change His Name to Prince Herb, (theglobalherald.com February 5, 2021). I have to admit that I'm not at all familiar with this comedian group (never ever saw them) and actually made an error as I finally saw when scrolling the whole article. Sorry, just an error in good faith. --Just N. (talk) 17:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I'd say that semi-protection for a few months (until fans tire of adding that joke back in) is really a good idea! Cheers, --Just N. (talk) 09:41, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, further to your comments at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_June_24#Category:Wendy_(singer), please note that Category:Wendy (singer) songs is not being deleted, and can still have navigation links to and from related material. It is only Category:Wendy (singer) that is not justified and is being deleted. This case is similar to some others that you have commented on at CFD, so I thought it might be helpful to give you this explanation. – Fayenatic London 14:40, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Fayenatic for your clarification. I assure you that my peace of mind doesn't depend on such a little thing as a deleted Category:Wendy (singer). My statements in CfD are just votes among other votes, and as a democracy supporter I respect normally if other contributions outvote me. --Just N. (talk) 09:34, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. As I understood some of your comments, they seemed to imply that you thought a whole group of categories would be deleted, whereas it was only one unnecessary layer that had been nominated. – Fayenatic London 09:51, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023[edit]

News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan

In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage

Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?

Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia

Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK

Featured content: Eden, lost.

Gallery: Love is in the air

Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!

Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground

Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023[edit]

News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?

Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy

In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?

Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter

Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023[edit]

News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate

Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians

In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences

Featured content: Way too many featured articles

Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA

Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023[edit]

From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions

News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI

In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing

Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid

Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages

Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023[edit]

News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns

In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia

Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman

Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping

Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming

Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth

Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022

News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation

Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two

Humour: The law of hats

Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme

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The Signpost: 8 May 2023[edit]

News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU

In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics

Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions

Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion

News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation

Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023[edit]

News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation

In the media: History, propaganda and censorship

Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"

Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors

Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles

Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs

WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023[edit]

News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea

In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again

Featured content: Poetry under pressure

Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023[edit]

News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing

In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia

Featured content: Content, featured

Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics

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The Signpost: 3 July 2023[edit]

News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter

Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia

In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed

Featured content: Incensed

Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?

Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023[edit]

News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?

In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia

Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)

News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns

In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?

Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)

Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy

Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced

Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop

Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!

Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master

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The Signpost: 1 August 2023[edit]

News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server

In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change

Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!

Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash

Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!

Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?

In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia

Opinion: Are global bans the last step?

Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July

Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party

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The Signpost: 15 August 2023[edit]

News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects

In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida

In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!

Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?

Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them

Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing

Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?

Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether

Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed

Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire

Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023[edit]

From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online

News and notes: You like RecentChanges?

In the media: Taking it sleazy

Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia

Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties

Humour: The Dehumourification Plan

Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023[edit]

News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?

In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?

Obituary: Nosebagbear

Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me

Featured content: Catching up

Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"

Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023[edit]

News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published

In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors

Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"

Featured content: By your logic,

Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS

Poetry: "The Sight"

Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023[edit]

News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?

In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements

Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!

Traffic report: The calm and the storm

News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes

Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023[edit]

Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015

In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man

News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups

Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk

WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023

News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia

Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades

Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.

Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia

Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023[edit]

In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup

News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health

Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads

Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom

Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships

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