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The Signpost: 1 August 2023

News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.

In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
Or just another brouhaha?

Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
Hot damn, it's damned hot!

Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
Three editors have departed.

Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?

Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
A serious visual investigation.

In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
A compilation of over 3M citations.

Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
Possible solutions after being re-harassed.

Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.

Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.

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The Signpost: 15 August 2023

News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.

In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida
Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.

In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!
Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.

Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?
Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.

Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.

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.

Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?

Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.

Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
Some improvement on last week.

Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire
Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.

Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023

From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.

News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.

In the media: Taking it sleazy
"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".

Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
And other recent research publications.

Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
The good, the bad, and the nonsense.

Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.

Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah

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Books & Bytes – Issue 58

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023

New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
Tech tip: Filters
Wikimania presentation

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.

In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!

Obituary: Nosebagbear
A Wikipedian and a friend.

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
Non-flammable, BPA-free, and really whips the llama's ass.

Featured content: Catching up
Covering all of August. Pretty much.

Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"
The Signpost brings you the latest from the source.

Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
Sports, film and singers. We've got it all!

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.

In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors
Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!

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

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.

Poetry: "The Sight"
Tamzin reflects on the hunt.

Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam
Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat?

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023

News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
Long time passing

In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
The benefits of research.

Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?

Traffic report: The calm and the storm
They are still fighting.

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

Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it
"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"

In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.

News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups
And three new admins!

Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk
You should learn some of our rules!

WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023
The winner is...

News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia
Do you ever wonder where Wikipedia articles come from?

Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
And other new research findings.

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

Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia
A systematic approach.

Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare
Plus Kollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon, and ongoing war.

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023

In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
Comic-con, Media summit, and a classic!

News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
Plus: Sockpuppet investigators asking for help.

Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
Or if it's Indian sport or cinema.

Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
And other new research findings.

Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are now open!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
Tech tip: Library access methods

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The Signpost: 4 December 2023

News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy
Just as his term was ending!

In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
Plus Apple Pay, fiction, registration, expulsion, and elimination!

Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
An analysis of a literary mystery.

In focus: Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged
Continuing years of efforts to improve free-to-read access.

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

Essay: I am going to die
And so are you.

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.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2023

Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.

News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...

In the media: Consider the humble fork
Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.

Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.

In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".

Technology report: Dark mode is coming
No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.

Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
And other new research publications.

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
the dilution makes it stronger.

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.

Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.

From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
The debugging will continue until performance improves.

Apocrypha: Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!

Humour: Guess the joke contest
Winner receives a special prize!

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."

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

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?

Special report: Public Domain Day 2024
Mickey & You: What can you do?

Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
A techie looks at the big questions.

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!

In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate
The first of two installments, regarding a process of many installments.

In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?
Watch out for those space ships!

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?

Obituary: Anthony Bradbury
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
Around the world in 365 days (with many stops in India).

Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading
The good news is that I've perfected the templates that allow other people to make actually good crosswords.

Comix: Conflict resolution
Getting down to brass tacks &c.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 60

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

Three new partners
Google Scholar integration
How to track partner suggestions

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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Wikipedia changes admin rules

Opinion: Until it happens to you
A stream of consciousness about plagiarism on Wikipedia from the perspective of a user who directly witnessed it.

Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry
And how you can stop them!

In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
Another wobble, more Ackman, our usual pathological optimist, and football in dirty pants!

In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
Everything you really wanted to know about writing featured articles.

Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
And other new research publications.

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.

Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Job changes, death, sex, murder, suicide and a vacation!

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The Signpost: 13 February 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
"the exact extent of the obligations" unclear... many such cases!

Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?
Lower, trust me!

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna
Finding the right bumblebee among all the bumblebees!

In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part
The usual odd articles about Wikipedia.

Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
The hunt for Bertil Ragnar Anzén.

Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
Plus films, Grammys and a rumble!

Crossword: Our crossword to bear
&c.

Comix: Strongly
That's more than weakly!

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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
Plus, the U4C Charter keeps planting seeds, the RfA process is set to become more sustainable, and more news from the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
And other new findings

In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
Plus, naughty politicians, Federal judge not a fan, UFOs and beavers.

Obituary: Vami_IV
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
If you say it loud enough the views will come your way!

WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
135 battle it out; 67 advance

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
1Lib1Ref results

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The Signpost: 29 March 2024

Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
Much effort was spent drafting a movement charter about becoming "essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". How much is spent maintaining it?

Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
Signpost interviews Wikimedia Foundation leadership on fundraising banners

Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles
And does it have anything to do with the unusual decision to let a zero-edit user open an arbitration request?

Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
Can we compete with social media? Will aoomers forget Wikipedia?

Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
And several papers look at climate change on Wikipedia

News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
WLM winners announced, Wikimania 2024, a new Wikimedia movement affiliate, and active enwp admins reach a record low.

In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
Worldwide women turned blue and controversies on Serbian & French Wikipedia.

Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
Let me take you to the movies.

Humour: Letters from the editors
The only worthwhile grievance is the one that prompts satire.

Comix: Layout issue
margin: 0 auto !important;

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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!
Hi Chaetodipus! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

IEEE and Haaretz now available
Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics, and another wikirace on live TV
Plus, tribute songs and shout-outs outweighing vandalism and hoaxes, a dispute about the real king of the platform and other bits of news.

News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
Plus, new updates on the privacy and research ethics whitepaper and the graphs outage situation, and an Iranian former steward is globally banned from Wikimedia projects

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.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
A WikiProject report on the 📰🌍 globe's finest news source!

Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
And other recent research publications

Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
Plus Godzilla meets Francis Scott Key!

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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The Signpost: 16 May 2024

News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections
WMF trustee elections, U4C results, Italian ArbCom, WMF and Endowment annual reports.

Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
We don't know yet, but there is some encouraging news, nevertheless.

Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
Some go out with a bang, some with a whimper, few with much of a comprehensible explanation.

In the media: Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis
Plus, the WMF joins the Unicode Consortium, Chris Albon talks about AI tools on Wikipedia, communities address under-representation on the site.

Op-Ed: Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure
More queries are failing, and more frequently, so what is to be done?

Comix: Generations
It do be like that sometimes.

Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby
With cricket and some cute baby reindeer!

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The Signpost: 8 June 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023
The Form 990, as well as highlights and FAQs, are now available for review.

Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
A new model for collaboration between the WMF and the community?

Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
Hoaxes and the genesis of information.

In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
First line, sixth paragraph, body text or unified Reich?

News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
Outlining progress against the four key goals

Opinion: Public response to the editors of Settler Colonial Studies
A letter.

Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
And various research findings about Wikidata and knowledge graphs.

Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
No we didn't write it, but we tried to cite it

Essay: No queerphobia
An essay.

Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
... and flagging your articles with big ugly red notices! (This is a good thing.)

Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
Movies, deaths, elections (but no cricket).

Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
Some stuff's only okay in the privacy of the home.

Humour: Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox
Project in shambles – "it had never occurred to us that this was possible".

Concept: Palimpsestuous
Hypertext.

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The Signpost: 4 July 2024

News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
Three new admins, but overall numbers still shrinking.

Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
Will we weather the storm?

In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
Unbundling, automation, fighting spirit, and a bot named Reimu Hakurei.

Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
Debate unsettled after seventeen years.

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.

Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
A journey to a sister project.

Obituary: Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan
Rest in peace.

Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
An article about Etika's appeal and legacy in pop culture.

Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
A virtual visit to the Inland Northwest.

Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections
"Simply not good enough".

Crossword: On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares
How well do you know the main page (no peeking)?

Humour: A joke
...!

Cobwebs: Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn
Special:Diff/1 and related techno-trivia more complicated than you'd think.

Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
And other new publications on systemic bias and other topics.

Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
Elections, movies, sports.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

One new partner
1Lib1Ref
Spotlight: References check

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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
Iconic photograph, invalid fair use exemption criterion #3a claimant, or both?

News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
Establishment of power-sharing agreement between WMF corporation and volunteer user community in limbo.

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter
Natalia Tymkiv, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, on the Charter vote results, the resolution, meeting minutes, and proposed next steps.

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.

In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?
Failing forks, smart and well-researched stories, LGBT rights, and oral sex!

Obituary: JamesR
Rest in peace.

Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
Do you know these Wikipedia quotes?

Humour: Joe Biden withdraws RfA, Donald Trump selects co-nom
Dems in disarray, GOP in chaos — analysts say news expected, but few can predict how race will shape up from here.

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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
A STORM over an AI that writes articles. And other notes of interest.

Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems
And other findings.

In focus: Twitter marks the spot
Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.
And Movement Charter ratification vote comments have been published

Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
Possibly paid articles.

Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
HouseBlaster's reflections on his RfA. In particular, do not ask superlative questions.

Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
Just normally weird!

Humour: I'm proud to be a template
Come in, you whippersnapper, have a cup of tea.

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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
JCW compilation now tracks free DOIs, Wiki Loves Monuments getting started, WMF's status as UN observer stymied by China for fourth time.

In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
Updates from the Portland pol's case, the war in Gaza, and other Wiki-related reports.

Recent research: Simulated Wikipedia seen as less credible than ChatGPT and Alexa in experiment
And other new research findings

News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
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Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
What all happened in Katowice?

Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.

Traffic report: After the gold rush
The Olympics (yay!) and the American election (oh no).

Humour: Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor
"I can't remember whether he is an incompetent moron, or an incorrigible POV warrior, or some other thing, but either way, to hell with him."

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
Wikimania presentation
New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"
ANI (but probably not the one you're thinking of), bias and bans, crisis and Clover, Engelhorn's euros, and will the zoomers inherit the project?

Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus
In response to a takedown request, Wikipedia editors reached a consensus on how to handle it appropriately.

Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics
User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing
User asilvering reflects on their recent successful request for adminship.

News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?
More changes to RfA on the way in October, final results for the U4C elections revealed, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Gallery: Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?
Picture this: medicine, drugs, JFK, Cleopatra, anachronism, and global catastrophe.

Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors
And other recent research publications.

Traffic report: Jump in the line, rock your body in time
Band reunions and Beetlejuice!

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
Find more about the new Trustees, the first election cycle for admins, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper
And other searchings and findings.

In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!

Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
Can it be fun to address systemic bias? Eighty participants say yes, it can!

Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
Help me make it through the night!

Book review: The Editors
A novel about us, from the point of view of three of us.

Humour: The Newspaper Editors
Where do I even start?

Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug
Pasta, acronyms, and one computer-crashing talk page.

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The Signpost: 6 November 2024

From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime
But not everybody is able to legally read Wikipedia, and not everybody is able to legally edit Wikipedia.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?
Defamation, privacy, censorship, and elections.

In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel
Plus human knowledge and Ozzie places!

Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship
Asian News International, the Delhi High Court, and the encyclopedia.

Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them
Your photos are more valuable than you may realize.

In focus: Questions and answers about the court case
What is going on?

Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?
And Tata too!

Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK
IP address privacy tools, and mysterious archive sites.

Humour: Man quietly slinks away from talk page argument after realizing his argument dumb, wrong
Many such cases.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 65

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 65, September – October 2024

Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Wikipedia Library
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 report
Tech tip: Mass downloads

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The Signpost: 18 November 2024

News and notes: Open letter to WMF about court case breaks one thousand signatures, big arb case declined, U4C begins accepting cases
Many cases: many such cases.

In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names
Publisher versus intermediary, bias versus verifiability, and probing questions about Gwern's personal finances.

Recent research: SPINACH: AI help for asking Wikidata "challenging real-world questions"
And other recent publications.

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports: FY 2023–2024
An overview of the finances and an explanation of what the numbers mean.

Traffic report: Well, let us share with you our knowledge, about the electoral college
It's so over.

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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes
New arbs to be seated in January.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5
Will the fifth try at achieving peace be a mudfight, or something better?

Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited
Should old acquaintance be forgot?

Op-ed: On the backrooms
An editor's reflection on social capital and their changing relationship with Wikipedia culture. by Tamzin

In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?
Wikipedia aims to represent the sum of all knowledge. Is there an imbalance between Western countries and the rest of the world.

In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial
Ballooning British bias bombast!

Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody
Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.

Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing
The importance of feedback.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2024

News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"
What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.

Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything
A personal essay.

Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject
Explanations for what led to it and what it was like to undergo it.

In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case
Plus, the dangers of editing, Morrissey's page gets marred, COVID coverage critique, Kimchi consultation, kids' connectivity curtailed, centenarian Claudia, Christmas cramming, and more.

From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?
Who's news?

Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality
And other new research findings.

Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Wikipedia article intensifies
Good faith edits REVERTED and accounts BLOCKED.

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Traffic report: Was a long and dark December
Wicked war, martial law, killing, death and an Indian movie with a new chess champ!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 66

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 66, November – December 2024

Les Jours and East View Press join the library
Tech tip: Newspapers.com

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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

From the editors: Looking back, looking forward
The 20th anniversary of The Signpost.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024
A lot of psephology!

In the media: Will you be targeted?
HUMINT or humbug?

Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last
Hallelujah!

Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia
Johnny Au has edited for 17 years straight without missing a day.

Opinion: Reflections one score hence
Some thoughts from the original editor-in-chief.

News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free
Public Domain Day 2025, Women in Red hits 20% biography milestone, Spanish Wikipedia reaches two million articles, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next
The Signpost staff on achievements of '24 and hopes for '25.

Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia
The latest crusade?

In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?
Our alumni speak!

Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics
Applying the scientific method to a model of conflict that leads to arbitration.

Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia
This post fact-checked by real Wikipedian patriots.

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The Signpost: 7 February 2025

Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians
But an open language model is ready to help.

News and notes: Let's talk!
The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon
Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.

In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk
Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.

Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City
Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed
Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.

Traffic report: A wild drive
The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.

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The Signpost: 27 February 2025

News and notes: Administrator elections up for reapproval and 1bil GET snagged on Commons
French Wikipedia defends a user against public threats, steward elections, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World
"The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".

Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year
From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.

In the media: The end of the world
Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?

Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read
Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".

Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing
User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.

Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?
What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?

Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors
Liberté, liberté chérie.

Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars
Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.

Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source
Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!

Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)
Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 67

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 67, January – February 2025

East View Press and The Africa Report join the library
Spotlight: Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention and WikiCredCon
Tech tip: Suggest page

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The Signpost: 22 March 2025

From the editor: Hanami
It's an ecstasy, my spring.

Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia
Let them know what you think!

News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia
Read this, then forget all about it.

In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual
Life on the Wiki as usual!

Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?
And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals

Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...
The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.

Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!
The photographers are the celebrities!

Essay: Unusual biographical images
And very unusual biographical images.

Obituary: Rest in peace
Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

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Happy First Edit Day!
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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison
Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.

In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear
Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?

In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International
Defeat, or just a setback?

News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack
Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.

Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!

Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas
What is to be done?

Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing
Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.

Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...
Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!

News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view
The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.

Comix: Thirteen
Gadzooks!

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment
As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status
Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?

Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia
And other new research findings.

Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom
And don't bite those newbies!

Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions
And don't bite those newbies!

Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man
Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?

Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.

News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan
A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).

Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts
Hey! At least it is something!

Comix: By territory
Zounds!

In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?
Would a billion articles be a good idea?

Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia
There's a lot more to this than you think.

Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing
I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.

Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
Just beautiful photos!

Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher
Rest in Paradise.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 68

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 68, March–April 2025

In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo
And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.

In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
And other courtroom drama.

Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?
And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.

In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions
Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
And QR codes for every page!

Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing
When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)
Rest in peace.

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)
The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

Comix: Collection
Gadzooks!

From the archives: Humor from the Archives
And more.

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The Signpost: 24 June 2025

News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!
Admins arrested in Belarus.

In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion
Pardon our alliteration!

Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?
A get-out-of-jail card!

Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
And other new research publications.

Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past
Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!

Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing
With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

Comix: Hamburgers
Egad!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 69

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 69, May–June 2025

In this issue we highlight a new partnership, Citation Watchlist and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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The Signpost: 18 July 2025

News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!
Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?
And how do we know?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles
Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years
Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

Recent research: Knowledge manipulation on Russia's Wikipedia fork; Marxist critique of Wikidata license; call to analyze power relations of Wikipedia
As well as "hermeneutic excursions" and other scientific research findings.

News from the WMF: Form 990 released for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fiscal year 2023-2024
The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred
A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

Comix: Divorce
Drawn this century!

Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis
How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion
Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: God only knows
Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia
If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN
A review of June, July and August.

Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
Who is this guy?

Community view: News from the Villages Pump
Threads since June.

In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches
And slop.

Crossword: Accidental typography
It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men
gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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The Signpost: 9 September 2025

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.

In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!

Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.

Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
And other new research findings.

Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.

Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice
With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.

Essay: The one question
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Books & Bytes – Issue 70

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 70, July–August 2025

New collections:
- Times of Malta
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- Intelligence Online
- La Lettre
- Glitz
Spotlight: Wikimania

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The Signpost: 2 October 2025

News and notes: Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"; WMF publishes transparency report
This time "not merely negative".

In the media: Extraordinary eruption of "EVIL" explained
Wickedpedia wrangles post-truth politics.

Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
Unexpected news!

Discussion report: Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: another 1,339 threads analyzed
Fifty hot topics from fourteen noticeboards.

Community view: The pressing questions of the modern WWW, as seen from the Village Pump
Policy, politics, icons, captchas, and LLMs.

Recent research: Is Wikipedia a merchant of (non-)doubt for glyphosate?; eight projects awarded Wikimedia Research Fund grants
And other recent publications.

Opinion: Some disputes aren't worth it
When to walk away.

Obituary: Michael Q. Schmidt
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: Death, hear me call your name
Celebrities, deaths and software.

Comix: A grand spectacle
All invited!

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The Signpost: 20 October 2025

News and notes: Board shuffles, LLM blocks increase, IPs are going away
And the "Global Resource Distribution Committee" emerges.

Special report: The election that isn't
Two shortlisted WMF Board candidates removed from the ballot.

Interview: The BoT bump
Who was bumped and why?

In the media: An incident at WikiConference North America; WMF reports AI-related traffic drop and explains Wikipedia to US conservatives
...while Musk prepares to launch "Grokipedia".

Traffic report: One click after another
Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.

Humour: Wikipedia pay rates
Don't get too excited before you read this.

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The Signpost: 10 November 2025

News and notes: Temporary accounts go live and WMF board member self-suspends
ArbCom elections draw close, and Wikimania '27 in Santiago.

Community view: Six Wikipedians' thoughts on Grokipedia, and the humanity of it all
It ain't a five course meal, according to one of our interviewees.

Wikicup report: BeanieFan11, WikiCup victor of 2025, covers the results
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

In the media: Jimbo's book, an argument about genocide, and a train of shame
Wikipedia's new rival, political controversy in Italy and other Wiki-reports.

Recent research: Taking stock of the 2024–2025 research grants
$400,000 USD in total funding: what did we get?

Opinion: With Grokipedia, top-down control of knowledge is new again
Does it shed any light on particular topics that are better suited to LLM-generation than others?

Obituary: Struway
Rest in peace.

Traffic report: The documentaried, the disowned, the deceased, Diwali and the Dodgers
You know your man is working hard, he's worth a deuce.

Comix: Head of steam
'Sblood!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 71

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Issue 71, September–October 2025

Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref 2025 in Nigeria
Frankfurt Book Fair
Tech tip: Wikipedia Library access template

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The Signpost: 1 December 2025

News and notes: Election cycles come and go, and Wikimedia Foundation achieves record revenue in 2024–2025!
Admin and ArbCom elections upcoming, BoT elects two new members, task force advises to close Wikinews and keep Wikispore, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

In the media: Wales walk-off, antisemitism, supernatural powers, feminism turmoil, saints, and sex
Plus mammoth mummy sex-change operation completed!

Recent research: At least 80 million inconsistent facts on Wikipedia – can AI help find them?
And other recent publications about contradictions and retractions.

Disinformation report: Epstein email exchanges planned strategy, edits and reported progress
At work on Wikipedia whitewashing. How much should they be paid?

Traffic report: It's a family affair
Even in these times there is something to be thankful for!

Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
Jimmy Wales and Dan Gardner write a book inspired by Wikipedia. What's in it?

From the archives: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein ..."
The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.

Humour: An interview with Wikipe-tan
A conversation about being the mascot of Wikipedia.

Opinion: AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles
Using ChatGPT to fact-check a month's worth of Today's featured articles.

Serendipity: Highlights from the itWikiCon 2025
A recap of the latest convention of the Italian Wiki-community, held in Catania from 7–9 November.

Comix: Madness
It could happen to anyone.

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The Signpost: 17 December 2025

Interview: Part 1: Bernadette Meehan
Say hello to the new WMF CEO.

News and notes: We're gonna have a party!
And a new WMF CEO!

In the media: The "bigg" bosses: Robertsky and the Pope
Pay up, big guys!

Traffic report: Death and stranger things
And going for the FIFA prize!

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
Something old and something new!

Obituary: Michal Lewi (Iwelam) and Alan R. King (A R King)
Rest in peace.

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The Signpost: 15 January 2026

News and notes: Wikipedia's 25th anniversary is here!
Where does the time go?

Special report: Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call
The internet is booming. We are not.

Serendipity: The WMF wants to buy you books!
Really! A major triumph.

WikiProject report: Time for a health check: the Vital Signs 2026 campaign
The campaign to get all of our top-importance medical articles up to B-class or above.

In the media: Fake Acting President Trump and a Wikipedia infobox
D.J.T. assumes a new position.

Community view: The inbox behind Wikipedia
What the Volunteer Response Team actually does!

Recent research: Art museums on Wikidata; comparing three comparisons of Grokipedia and Wikipedia
And other research.

Traffic report: Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight
A world in white gets underway.

Comix: Oh come on man.
Really?

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The Signpost: 29 January 2026

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2025
Everybody had a hard year, everybody had a good time.

News and notes: Good news... but also bad news for the Public Domain
Benvenuto Betty Boop, arrivederci Italian Photos.

News from Diff: Solving puzzles together
Maryana Iskander says farewell.

In the media: Every view on the 25th anniversary of everything
Media about hard-core nerds, a place with paragraphs, baby globes, and wikipedes.

Comix: Perspectives
Everybody has one.

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