Wikiwand AI

User talk:Surturz/Archive 1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Archive 1Archive 2

Signpost comment

Hi, I hope you don't mind that I added a section heading and an explanatory note to your Signpst comment - at first sight I couldn't see what it had to do with Edina, and I thought I'd save other readers some effort by clarifying and describing the source. PamD 13:40, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. --Surturz (talk) 02:46, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

lulz

lulz Timeshift (talk) 01:26, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Seems Abbott is Australia's Bush lol... what a laughing stock Australia is, what a shame. For all the faults of the US electoral system, at least their presidential primaries see incompetents and extremes like Abbott crash and burn. Timeshift (talk) 16:11, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Possible Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2015 AfD... i'd say the amount of keep/renames to deletes would be around 61 to 39, wouldn't you? :D Timeshift (talk) 00:06, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Very droll :-) --Surturz (talk) 08:02, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

most edited <g>

I think I have edited between 10 and 15 of them -- it would be neat to have a tool to compare any editor with that list though <g>. Collect (talk) 13:36, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

In the media

Thanks for your contributions last night to the "In the media" of the Signpost, If you are interested, we can always use all the help we can get. Gamaliel (talk) 18:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Whale


Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

For not closing Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Stub properly, so that the entire MFD log was encased in a closure template. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:53, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Bahahaha! --Surturz (talk) 03:36, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Greens

Then say something else besides that, and/or actually engage with the discussions that have been said and the arguments that have been made against some of your suggestions. The Drover's Wife (talk) 16:44, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Just Between Us (disambiguation)

Just a note because you contributed to the MfD discussion. Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Just Between Us (disambiguation) has been procedurally closed and a new discussion has been created at AfD, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Just Between Us (disambiguation). North America1000 13:47, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 May 2015

  • News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans
    The Wikimedia Foundation recently switched to a quarterly report structure to better align reporting with the generally quarterly planning and goal-setting processes.
  • Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated
    To many, Internet Relay Chat is an old relic, but not to Wikipedia. Wikipedia currently has an IRC help channel designated to help and assist editors with editing Wikipedia.
  • Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime
    As usual for the time of year, pop culture rules this week. The start of summer vacation in the US means a focus on summer movies, particularly blockbuster sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road.
  • Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers
    ...allegedly. In a post to wikitech-l, Steven Walling pointed out that the TV show CSI: Cyber had used a screenshot of MediaWiki's HTML output and claimed it was responsible for blowing up printers.

The Signpost: 03 June 2015

  • News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
    The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer election committee has announced the election results for the three vacant seats on the Board of Trustees. Dariusz Jemielnak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić are set to take up their two-year terms on the Board. They will replace the three incumbents, all of whom stood this time unsuccessfully: Phoebe Ayers, Samuel Klein, and María Sefidari.
  • Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier
    Over the past few weeks, developers have been working on improving Wikimedia's performance when users connect to it using SPDY.
  • Traffic report: A rather ordinary week
    The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

  • News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
    This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.
  • Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am
    Four featured articles, two featured lists, one featured topic, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only
    Today it was announced that Wikimedia sites are going to become HTTPS only, finishing up 10 year effort of rolling out HTTPS.

RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations

There is an RfC that you may be interested in at Template talk:Infobox country#RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations. Please join us and help us to determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 14:20, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

  • Arbitration report: An election has consequences
    The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.
  • Featured content: Great Dane hits 150
    Six featured articles, seven featured lists, and seven featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back
    It wouldn't be the WikiProject report if we didn't feature an Australian topic once in a while, so this week we're looking at the left side.

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

  • From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
    Over more than a decade of weekly publication, The Signpost has accumulated an incredibly lengthy and detailed record about the issues, controversies, successes, and failures of the English Wikipedia community and the movement at large.
  • News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
    The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...

Nomination for deletion of Template:Inactive userpage blanked

Template:Inactive userpage blanked has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 09:49, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 July 2015

  • In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
    A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.
  • WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
    Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability
  • Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
    Four featured list and twelve featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
    For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.

The Signpost: 08 July 2015

  • Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
    It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.
  • Technology report: Tech news in brief
    Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

  • Traffic report: Belles of the ball
    However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.
  • News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
    Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.
  • Technology report: Tech news in brief
    Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community

The Signpost: 22 July 2015

  • From the editor: Change the world
    We want to take a moment to ask you to consider contributing to the Signpost.

The Signpost: 29 July 2015

  • Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues
    Five featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit
    For the first time since this list began, India-related topics have claimed both the top two slots.

The Signpost: 05 August 2015

  • Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google
    The public interest in remembering the facts about trials and convictions is, in my view, at least as strong as any "right to be forgotten."
  • Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...
    Death is no stranger to this list, but it has never cast such a pall as this week, when for the first time half the slots in the top 10 were devoted to it, including the top 3.

lols

Still think "the left" is underestimating Abbott? Do you seriously think Abbott can last until the next election, and, win it? The Manager Of Government Business is accusing the Prime Minister of branch-stacking the SSM vote! What a shambles! Oh the lulz. He's trying all the dog whistling he can think of but it just simply ain't 2001 anymore! Polls stuck around 54-46 to Labor. No govt has come out of this level of deep and extended poll rut and survived. Gawn!! Timeshift (talk) 02:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 August 2015

  • Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom
    The charts are led this week by UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey, who won her last match at UFC 190 (#9) in 34 seconds.
  • Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz
    During World War II, the German battleship Tirpitz was a major threat to Allied convoys travelling across the North Atlantic and Arctic Sea.

The Signpost: 19 August 2015

  • Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut
    It's a long way from the leafy bowers of Greenwich, Connecticut to the concrete barrens of Compton, California.

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

  • Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report
    A look at the research presented at the OpenSym 2015 conference.

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

  • News and notes: Flow placed on ice
    The WMF collaboration team announced this week that Flow will no longer be under active development.
  • Featured content: Brawny
    This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 16 August to 24 August.
  • Traffic report: You didn't miss much
    The late-summer smash success of Straight Outta Compton remains the chief talking point of the English-speaking world, interrupted only by the welcome return of a Google Doodle.

The Signpost: 09 September 2015

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

The Signpost: 16 September 2015

  • Traffic report: Another week
    No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic.

Unelected PM!!!!!111

Ahh, a first-term govt tearing down their first-term PM. I could say so many things but you'd simply label them droll. So let me just ask one thing, because I can't find it. Can you locate on which wiki page you said (paraphrasing) "the left" needed to give up on their "anti-Abbott obsession" which would "cause them to be in opposition for a decade"? kthx :D Timeshift (talk) 07:15, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 September 2015

  • Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.
    This week, drug lord and wannabe Bolivar Pablo Escobar was joined by a whole host of somewhat more primetime-friendly political insurgents.

The Signpost: 30 September 2015

The Signpost: 07 October 2015

  • Traffic report: Reality is for losers
    English speakers, like most of humanity, are primarily a northern-hemispheric people, and as autumn draws close and the days grow shorter, as a group we tend to huddle around our flickering screens and remember what matters: TV, movies, sports and, of course, crazy doomsday prophecies.
  • Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs
    A new case was opened for ArbCom as the Genetically modified organisms case was accepted and opened on 28 September.
  • Technology report: Tech news in brief
    A reproduced version of the Wikimedia tech newsletter.

The Signpost: 14 October 2015

  • Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death
    For the second consecutive week, the most viewed article had less than one million views, the only two weeks that has happened in all of 2015.

The Signpost: 21 October 2015

The Signpost: 28 October 2015

The Signpost: 04 November 2015

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

  • Gallery: Paris
    Reflecting on the tragedy in France.

The Signpost: 18 November 2015

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:57, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 November 2015

The Signpost: 02 December 2015

The Signpost: 09 December 2015

The Signpost: 16 December 2015

The Signpost: 30 December 2015

  • Traffic report: The Force we expected
    In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize

The Signpost: 06 January 2016

The Signpost: 13 January 2016

  • Op-ed: Transparency
    James Heilman talks about why he was removed from the WMF board.
  • Technology report: Tech news in brief
    Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

RfC announce: Religion in infoboxes

There is an RfC at Template talk:Infobox#RfC: Religion in infoboxes concerning what should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:16, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 January 2016

The Signpost: 27 January 2016

The Signpost: 03 February 2016

  • From the editors: Help wanted
    Help us continue to publish on a weekly (-ish) basis.
  • Traffic report: Bowled
    Some sort of sporting contest tops this week's traffic.

The Signpost: 10 February 2016

The Signpost: 17 February 2016

  • Traffic report: Super Bowling
    The biggest annual event in America takes over Wikipedia viewership

The Signpost: 24 February 2016

The Signpost: 02 March 2016

  • Traffic report: Brawling
    Politics and wrestling top the traffic statistics.

The Signpost: 09 March 2016

The Signpost: 16 March 2016

The Signpost: 23 March 2016

The Signpost: 1 April 2016

The Signpost: 14 April 2016

  • Gallery: A history lesson
    A look at political satire, brought to you by Wikipedia and Commons

The Signpost: 24 April 2016

The Signpost: 2 May 2016

  • Traffic report: Purple
    Prince's death breaks traffic report records

The Signpost: 17 May 2016

The Signpost: 28 May 2016

  • Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
    Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it, the less that weighs all of us down

The Signpost: 05 June 2016

  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
    We sat down with the writers of some of the most vistied Wikipedia articles

The Signpost: 15 June 2016

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

The Signpost: 04 July 2016

The Signpost: 21 July 2016

The Signpost: 04 August 2016

  • Featured content: Women and Hawaii
    Eight articles, two lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

The Signpost: 18 August 2016

  • Traffic report: Olympic views
    Politics gives way to sports, TV and film
  • Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
    New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information

The Signpost: 06 September 2016

The Signpost: 29 September 2016

The Signpost: 14 October 2016

  • News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna
    Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection
  • Traffic report: Debates and escapes
    Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel

The Signpost: 4 November 2016

  • Wikicup: WikiCup winners
    Winners of the tenth annual WikiCup competition announced and profiled
  • Featured content: Cream of the crop
    Fourteen articles, six lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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

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

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

The Signpost: 4 November 2016

  • Featured content: Featured mix
    Eight articles, two lists and nine pictures were promoted

The Signpost: 22 December 2016

  • Year in review: Looking back on 2016
    Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Special report: German ArbCom implodes
    The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud
  • Featured content: The Christmas edition
    Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

The Signpost: 17 January 2017

  • Technology report: Tech present, past, and future
    Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit

The Signpost: 6 February 2017

  • WikiProject report: For the birds!
    Our second interview with the productive WikiProject Birds crew
  • Traffic report: Cool It Now
    Three weeks of the most popular Wikipedia articles

The Signpost: 27 February 2017

  • Gallery: A Met montage
    A selection of CC0 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Signpost: 9 June 2017

  • News and notes: Global Elections
    WMF Board election results, and FDC elections begin
  • Technology report: Tech news catch-up
    Bots, scripts, tools, and changes from February to June 2017

The Signpost: 23 June 2017

  • Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take
    Exploring sourcing issues in Wikimedia projects, a solution in Wikidata and fact mining, and a newsletter to continue the conversation.

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Wikipedia articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

Note: I am informing everyone who commented on the above RfCs, whether they supported or opposed the final consensus. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 July 2017

  • Gallery: A mix of patterns
    An interesting mix of patterns and colors to brighten your day...
  • Humour: The Infobox Game
    Enjoy the Parameters: The Infobox Game can be enjoyed by everyone, not just those interested in water buffalo breeds, volcanic hotspots or the mysterious heteroisoform, and some day just might spawn an important facet of the financial derivatives industry.
  • Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up
    The heat turns up on the 32 contestants who entered round three: 13 featured articles, 82 good articles, 167 DYKs, but we had to pick just eight of them to advance.

The Signpost: 5 August 2017

  • WikiProject report: Comic relief
    An interview with a project that is centered around comics.
  • Featured content: Everywhere in the lead
    Recently promoted articles, lists and pictures – with a very heavy one in the mix
  • Technology report: Introducing TechCom
    The Architecture Committee adopts a new charter and name; and the latest in script, bot, and tech news
  • Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs
    An elite squad of highly insightful editors can lead the way for other editors who may need to retrain their faces into forming a smile.

The Signpost: 6 September 2017

  • WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube
    WikiProject YouTube is a new project on both English and Simple English Wikipedia.
  • Technology report: Latest tech news
    Syntax highlighting, failed login notifications, watchlist filters, and more.
  • Humour: Bots
    They do the things you don't want to do (and sometimes things you don't want done).

The Signpost: 25 September 2017

  • News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL
    News from Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Macedonia, and Wikimedia Israel's; Autoconfirmed article creation trial begins
  • Humour: Chickenz
    The best that poultry has to offer
  • Gallery: Chicken mania
    Complimenting this issue's Humour about chickens...
  • Featured content: Flying high
    Newly featured birds, planes, and high achievers

The Signpost: 23 October 2017

Thor actor listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Thor actor. Since you had some involvement with the Thor actor redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Blaze The Movie Fan (talk) 18:50, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Thor actor

Hello Surturz,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Thor actor for deletion, because it doesn't appear to contain any encyclopedic content. Take a look at our suggestions for essential content in short articles to learn what should be included.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Frmorrison (talk) 19:04, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 November 2017

  • News and notes: Cons, cons, cons
    The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much.
  • Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate
    Readers intrigued by the Netflix show Stranger Things, and by sexual assault allegations.
  • Featured content: We will remember them
    War memorials, soldiers, extinct species, and devastating hurricanes are some of the most recently promoted featured content.

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Surturz. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 December 2017

  • Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
    Evidence phase in Mister Wiki editors case is complete; the community is proposing remedies and the Arbitration committee is slated to make a decision by end of year. Meanwhile, voting has closed on 2017 elections.
  • Gallery: Wiki loving
    Winners of the international photo competitions Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments.

The Signpost: 16 January 2018

  • News and notes: Communication is key
    Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.
  • Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
    In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.

The Signpost: 5 February 2018

The Signpost: 20 February 2018

Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

The Signpost: 26 April 2018

  • From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again
    Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.
  • Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost
    How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.
  • In focus: Admin reports board under criticism
    A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).
  • Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
    New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts
  • Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
    Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".
  • Discussion report: The future of portals
    What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?

The Signpost: 24 May 2018

  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
    After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.
  • News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
    De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.
  • Gallery: Wine not?
    May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

The Signpost: 24 May 2018

  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
    After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.
  • News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
    De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.
  • Gallery: Wine not?
    May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

The Signpost: 29 June 2018

  • News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania
    Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.
  • Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
    Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.
  • Traffic report: Endgame
    Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway

The Signpost: 31 July 2018

  • From the editor: If only if
    Ships and shoes – and if you don't like it here, just go away!

Nomination for deletion of Template:Inactive userpage blanked

Template:Inactive userpage blanked has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  20:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2018

  • Special report: Wikimania 2018
    "Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

The Signpost: 1 October 2018

  • In the media: Knowledge under fire
    Can Wikipedians help save the world's knowledge and shine a light on current events?

The Signpost: 28 October 2018

  • Technology report: Bots galore!
    Bots can do anything you want – well, almost.
  • Special report: NPP needs you
    WMF continues to stonewall development; NPP wishes again relegated to stocking fillers.
  • In focus: Alexa
    We are all writing for Amazon.

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Surturz. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

  • Gallery: Intersections
    Biology or technology? Form follows function in nature and the constructed world.

The Signpost: 24 December 2018

  • News and notes: Some wishes do come true
    NPP wins the wish list poll; Wikipedia editors will be able to work better at night; new WMF appointments and new arbitrators; and who wants to be an admin?
  • In the media: Political hijinks
    Wikipedia says 'ta' to British M.P. and 'buh-bye' to U.S. President's image vandals.
  • Discussion report: A new record low for RfA
    Plus: reliable sources, notability, and fallout from the self-blocking software changes.
  • WikiProject report: Articlegenesis
    Discovering how new and unregistered users make articles with the members of WikiProject Articles for Creation.
  • Blog: News from the WMF
    In and around the WMF and its projects from the WMF's web site.
  • Essay: Requests for medication
    When the desire to continue to have the privilege of editing Wikipedia overrides the body's innate desire to choke the living shit out of some bastard who really has it coming.

The Signpost: 31 January 2019

  • Technology report: When broken is easily fixed
    Emergency server switch goes smoothly; technical glitches resolved; a new way to transfer files to Commons.
  • News from the WMF: News from WMF
    The world’s largest photo contest, a $1 million gift, Wikipedia’s birthday, WF appoints Valerie D'Costa.
  • Essay: How
    A narrative to get you oriented to how this place works, and to the key policies and guidelines.

The Signpost: 28 February 2019

  • From the editors: Help wanted (still)
    This may be too wordy, verbose and loquacious – and possibly redundant – but as you know, it takes others to check our work, and if there were more people in the Newsroom, we'd be able to double check ourselves and produce a better product for our readership; if you think you are up to it, you are welcome to join us and even copyedit the Editor-in-Chief's article intros.
  • Discussion report: Talking about talk pages
    This month's major discussions include a WMF talk page consultation and a proposed current events noticeboard.
  • Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
    Horsemen of the apocalypse all represented in recently promoted content, alongside new life, pretty birds, great music, and other miscellaneous topics.
  • Traffic report: Binge-watching
    Netflix shows and TV sports dominate. A US politician breaks into the top 10.
  • Technology report: Tool labs casters-up
    Tool labs goes kaput, bots running wild (not really), interface administrators step into the breach, new gadgets and other tech happenings.
  • Gallery: Signed with pride
    A gallery of user signatures created by Wikipedians themselves.

The Signpost: 31 March 2019

The Signpost: 30 April 2019

  • News and notes: An Action Packed April
    New Administrators, April Fools, our competitors, and other associated updates

The Signpost: 31 May 2019

  • From the editors: Picture that
    The North Face sneaks in advertisements, apologizes after being caught
  • Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead
    Resignations, new cases, administrator security, and more
  • Technology report: Lots of Bots
    Admin bots, approved bots, bots on trial, lots and lots of bots
  • Essay: Paid editing
    We've been talking about paid editing forever

The June 2019 Signpost is out!

  • Technology report: Actors and Bots
    Database changes, new scripts, Tech News, and more.
  • Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth
    Wikimedia photographers surge to contribute to the Wiki Loves Earth campaign even while rogue clothing company The North Face replaces wiki illustrations with advertisements.

The Signpost: 31 July 2019

The Signpost: 30 August 2019

The Signpost: 30 September 2019

  • Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup
    Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship

The Signpost: 31 October 2019

  • Arbitration report: October actions
    An "unblockable" is blocked; a former arb resigns.

The Signpost: 29 November 2019

  • Essay: Adminitis
    Some humor about the otherwise serious subject of burnout.

The Signpost: 27 December 2019

  • Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
    Regarding integrity of information presented by Wikipedia, as well as the processes and people who ensure it remains trustworthy.

Nomination for merging of Template:Inactive userpage blanked

Template:Inactive userpage blanked has been nominated for merging with Template:Userpage blanked. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:04, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020

The Signpost: 1 March 2020

The Signpost: 29 March 2020

  • Arbitration report: Unfinished business
    A new case, a case returns from limbo, and an RfC being prepared.

The Signpost: 26 April 2020

Morrison disruptive editing

I have asked you multiple times on the Talk:Scott Morrison page but I will ask you here again. Do not undo my edits which are constructive to the article. Check WP:DE and see what you are undoing. There is an active discussion also happening on the talk page about the phrasing, hence the dubious tag I placed in the article. Please contribute there with some correct policies before undoing my work again or you will have violated WP:3RR. CalDoesIt (talk) 06:37, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Just following up on my comment on WP:ANEW, do not revert on the article again or you will be blocked. Once there is a consensus on the talk page, the page can be modified accordingly. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:17, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

I have participated in the discussion with @Surturz: and @CalDoesIt: and followed your direction in this matter @Callanecc:. The article has sourced "praise" and some balance criticism. The matter seems to be resolved at the moment. Erasmus Sydney (talk) 03:10, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 May 2020

The Signpost: 28 June 2020

The Signpost: 2 August 2020

The Signpost: 30 August 2020

The Signpost: 27 September 2020

  • Featured content: Life finds a Way
    Animals, sports, military, and science feature heavily in this month's best content.

The Signpost: 27 September 2020

  • Featured content: Life finds a Way
    Animals, sports, military, and science feature heavily in this month's best content.

The Signpost: 1 November 2020

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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

If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:32, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 November 2020

  • Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia
    Wikipedia deprecates more right-wing sources than left-wing sources ... but is it a problem?

The Signpost: 28 December 2020

  • Traffic report: 2020 wraps up
    Punks and heroes, losers and winners, the bereaved and the deceased – they're all here.

The Signpost: 31 January 2021

The Signpost: 28 February 2021

The Signpost: 28 March 2021

  • Obituary: Yoninah
    Barukh dayan ha-emet ("Blessed is the true judge.")

The Signpost: 25 April 2021

The Signpost: 25 April 2021

The Signpost: 27 June 2021

  • Obituary: SarahSV
    Requiescat in pace.

The Signpost: 25 July 2021

The Signpost: 29 August 2021

The Signpost: 26 September 2021

The Signpost: 31 October 2021

  • WikiProject report: Redirection
    An interview with participants at WikiProject Redirect.

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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

If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:13, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 November 2021

  • WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021
    15th annual event closes with hundreds of articles improved
  • From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio?
    Wikipedia democratizes knowledge, but is it in Jeopardy?
  • Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021
    We should have at least one of these every year!

The Signpost: 28 December 2021

  • From the editor: Here is the news
    And wishing our readers a healthy, fortunate and bountiful 2022.
  • Arbitration report: A new crew for '22
    Elections certified, bans unlifted, mailing lists restricted, but no new cases.
  • Humour: Buying Wikipedia
    Helpful how-to for the prospective buyer. Why settle for a measly single edit, when you can buy the whole thing?

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

  • WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured
    Interview with volunteers at the Unreviewed featured articles 2020 working group.

The Signpost: 27 February 2022

  • WikiProject report: 10 years of tea
    Coffee in Teahouse and other secrets revealed in this interview with volunteers.

The Signpost: 27 March 2022

  • Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
    Reporting from on the ground in Ukraine.
  • From the archives: Burn, baby burn
    A look at when early backups of Wikipedia were recovered.

The Signpost: 24 April 2022

  • News and notes: Double trouble
    The second case of Wikipedian persecution.
  • Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
    "Our proud Sparta bleeds too."
  • Interview: On a war and a map
    How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Signpost: 29 May 2022

  • Featured content: Featured content of April
    Showcasing the very best articles, pictures, videos, and other contributions from Wikipedians last month.
  • From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia
    A look at when The Onion published an humorous article regarding Wikipedia.

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

  • Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
    "This year's victory was sad and dull."
  • Opinion: Criminals among us
    Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.
  • Gallery: A backstage pass
    All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

The Signpost: 31 August 2022

  • Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
    2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links
  • From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
    The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.

The Signpost: 30 September 2022

  • Featured content: Farm-fresh content
    This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

  • Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed
    Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?
  • Book review: Writing the Revolution
    Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
  • Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
    Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.
  • Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler
    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
  • CommonsComix: Joker's trick
    A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast.

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:34, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 January 2023

  • Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?
    You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
  • From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
    Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

  • Featured content: Flip your lid
    ...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.

The Signpost: 4 February 2023

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks