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Graph extension

Hi Timbaaa, than you for your offer.

Some users would like to be able to make annotations on graph: I was thinking to add additional marks

- vertical / horizontal line at specific values

- rectangle shape for x,y data range

Requests and examples are here Template_talk:Graph:Chart#Vertical lines in Wikipedia charts Please check what would be best way to define it in Graph template parameters and in Vega JSON and figure out best default settings (color, transparency etc.). Base on this I will try to prepare code in module. --Pietrasagh (talk) 16:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

~~Pietrasagh, Doing... (That's actually my request.) - Timbaaa -> ping me 10:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)~~

@Pietrasagh:,Made something have a look

{{Graph:Chart
| x =  1,2,3,4,5
| y1 = 2,4,0,1,3
| y2 = 2,3 , 4,-1 ,2 
|legend =
}}

Produces(JSON in source and here)

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

We need something like the following (JSON in source and here).

{{Graph:Chart
| x =  1,2,3,4,5
| y1 = 2,4,0,1,3
| y2 = 2,3 , 4,-1 ,2 
| legend =
| v1 = 2.3
| v1Title = Vertical line
| h1 = 1.6
| h1Title = Horizontal line
}}

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

I just appended the annotation values to `value` array in `data` property. Check the comments in lines 243 to 260 in the JSON. Can it be done with Lua? - Timbaaa -> ping me 08:06, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, yes this should work and can be done with Lua but only for `line` graph type. To have annotations independent of graph type it should be defined on separate `marks' group. To avoid changing to much of existing Lua code I think it would be good idea to define annotations coordinates `data` also in separate data set. Color for lines should should be fixes (e.g. as for axis) or defined separately (e.g. last element of `color` argument)

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This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

--Pietrasagh (talk) 09:25, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Pietrasagh, You are right I forgot that big element(chart types). - Timbaaa -> ping me 06:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Pietrasagh, I think the annotation marks should also be included in legends in order to specify what that line actually represents.

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This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

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This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

- Timbaaa -> ping me 07:38, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Opacity has to be changed and stroke width has to be reduced for annotations. - Timbaaa -> ping me 07:40, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

It would be great if you could figure out optimal color/opacity and stroke width for line annotations. Maybe you have some good real life example for tests. I want to focus now on fixing problems with new logic for `showSymbol` after my last update. In those articles charts doesn't display symbols after update --Pietrasagh (talk) 08:42, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Pietrasagh, If you haven't already figured out where it is causing problem for symbols. For one of the graphs from search,

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

Check the highlighted property, it should not be empty.

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- Timbaaa -> ping me 10:14, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@Pietrasagh:Finalized with following:

2 new fields in `data`- one for horizontal annotations, one for vertical annotations
4 new fields in `marks` one for horizontal annotations(`line` and `text` types), one for vertical annotations(`line` and `text` types)

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

My initial usage request was for the following graph: to mark the dates of lockdown and openings, etc..,

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

Something like this

This graph was using the legacy Graph extension, which is no longer supported. It needs to be converted to the new Chart extension.

Another usage example is at Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Polling aggregation - Timbaaa -> ping me 06:43, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

annotations test

Feel free to test new code. It's on German wiki. I'm still working on it. As always there are problems with bar charts.

Example is here de:Benutzer:Pietrasagh/Spielwiese2

{{Graph:Chart/Spielwiese2 |type = line |colors = #ffff5ba0, #641050ff, #ffaaff00,|x=0,1,2,3|y1=0,3.342,2.3423,5.32423|y2=1,2.342,4.63,2.32423|y3=3,1.342,2.63,6.32423|linewidths = 2,4,0|showSymbols = 5,8,10|symbolsShape = triangle_up, cross, banana |vannotatonsline = 1, 2, 3 |hannotatonsline = 4, 5, 6 |vannotatonslabel = label1, label2, label3 |hannotatonslabel = label4, label5, label6 }}

--Pietrasagh (talk) 20:28, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Pietrasagh, Tested with few cases at User:Timbaaa/sandbox/2(with debug) and Template:Graph:Chart/testcases.

When attempting to use either one annotations, bugs appear:

When using v only - h annotation appear at `y:value=0`(since there is no data for mark in JSON).
When using h only - there is no `mark` properties for annotations in vegaJSON - Timbaaa -> ping me 02:52, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for tests. Now it seems to work. Please see [User:Pietrasagh/sandbox2]] --Pietrasagh (talk) 08:31, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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Gallery: What is Black history and culture?
In paintings, photos, and recordings.

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The Signpost: 28 March 2021

News and notes: A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
Or becoming more business-like?

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments
2020 international winners

In the media: Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
Plus CPAC misinformation

News from the WMF: Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
Telling women’s stories is a radical act.

Recent research: 10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
And other recent research results

From the archives: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
Huge profits sustained by unpaid labor.

Essay: Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia
As in "free software" and "free culture".

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

From the editor: What else can we say?
What can we link to?

Arbitration report: Open letter to the Board of Trustees
Let's do the UCoC right!

Traffic report: Wanda, Meghan, Liz, Phil and Zack
Another royal bash!

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The Signpost: 25 April 2021

From the editor: A change is gonna come
But not soon enough.

Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
The Trump Organization's paid editors

In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
Jimmy does OK too!

Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
Explicit behavioral expectations are better than unwritten social norms

Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
Why do we work so hard to avoid having a sense of humor?

Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
Wikipedia's retweet and share buttons

Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
And other research publications

Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
Plus Godzilla and Kong

News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
Even a Nobel laureate can learn more!

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The Signpost: 25 April 2021

From the editor: A change is gonna come
But not soon enough.

Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
The Trump Organization's paid editors

In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
Jimmy does OK too!

Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
Explicit behavioral expectations are better than unwritten social norms

Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
Why do we work so hard to avoid having a sense of humor?

Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
Wikipedia's retweet and share buttons

Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
And other research publications

Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
Plus Godzilla and Kong

News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
Even a Nobel laureate can learn more!

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The Signpost: 25 April 2021

From the editor: A change is gonna come
But not soon enough.

Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
The Trump Organization's paid editors

In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
Jimmy does OK too!

Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
Explicit behavioral expectations are better than unwritten social norms

Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
Why do we work so hard to avoid having a sense of humor?

Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
Wikipedia's retweet and share buttons

Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
And other research publications

Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
Plus Godzilla and Kong

News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
Even a Nobel laureate can learn more!

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The Signpost: 27 June 2021

News and notes: Elections, Wikimania, masking and more
Submit your candidacy today!

In the media: Boris and Joe, reliability, love, and money
Will he hang it in the Oval Office?

Disinformation report: Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release
Curious and curiouser!

Recent research: Feminist critique of Wikipedia's epistemology, Black Americans vastly underrepresented among editors, Wiki Workshop report
Summaries of 26 new research publications

Traffic report: So no one told you life was gonna be this way
We'll be there for you!

News from the WMF: Searching for Wikipedia
How do our readers find us?

Humour: Wikipedia's best articles on the world's strangest things
It's the wheel thing.

WikiProject report: WikiProject on open proxies interview
Interview with volunteers at WikiProject on open proxies

Forum: Is WMF fundraising abusive?
A calm discussion.

Discussion report: Reliability of WikiLeaks discussed
WikiLeaks on multiple boards.

Obituary: SarahSV
Requiescat in pace.

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The Signpost: 25 July 2021

News and notes: Wikimania and a million other news stories
And one new admin!

Special report: Hardball in Hong Kong
Three strikes and you're out?

In the media: Larry is at it again
Bias, propaganda and more murderous mistakes!

Board of Trustees candidates: See the candidates
Watch the video!

Recent research: Gender bias and statistical fallacies, disinformation and mutual intelligibility
And other recent research publications

Traffic report: Football, tennis and marveling at Loki
But you can call it soccer if you'd like.

News from the WMF: Uncapping our growth potential – interview with James Baldwin, Finance and Administration Department
Money, money, money.

Humour: A little verse
Two poems of Wikipedia.

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The Signpost: 29 August 2021

News and notes: Enough time left to vote! IP ban
Just do it!

In the media: Vive la différence!
May Father Will forgive us!

Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year
With two musical celebrations!

Gallery: Our community in 20 graphs
We just look at the pictures!

News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia
Moving forward.

Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
A monthly overview of new research results.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
You can start with your birthday article!

Traffic report: Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan
Winners and losers.

Community view: Making Olympic history on Wikipedia
Higher, faster, stronger and more informative!

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The Signpost: 26 September 2021

News and notes: New CEO, new board members, China bans
And one new admin!

In the media: The future of Wikipedia
And a bit about the past.

Opinion: Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
But just disregarded the warnings.

Op-Ed: I've been desysopped
But not banned!

Disinformation report: Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme.

Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
Emotional injury and rising standards against a backdrop of a dwindling sysop cadre: the 2021 Requests for adminship review grapples with tough issues.

Recent research: Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
And other new research publications

Community view: Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?
Help us piece together WikiProject Craft!

Traffic report: Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11
Or is it Donda, Leylah Fernandez, and Flight 93?

News from Diff: Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund
$4.5 million for equity.

WikiProject report: The Random and the Beautiful
An interview with members of the Random Page Patrol.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021

From the editor: Different stories, same place
What Wikipedians can and cannot do.

News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded
And will the last person to leave the C-Suite please turn off the lights?

In the media: China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?
Beam me up, Scotty – Matt Amodio for sure, and maybe just a few VIPs, billionaires, and Tucker Carlson.

Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
Section 230 in practice – this Black life should matter to us.

Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
Proposals to solve eight core problems – what many describe as a broken process – identified in the 2021 RfA review.

Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention
And other new research results

Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
Were the bans justified?

Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game
Plus German elections and movies galore.

Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more
Now discovering and accessing Wikimedia tools will be easier.

Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp
Details can make all the difference!

Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
Or you could watch the video!

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

Humour: A very Wiki crossword
24 clues to chew on.

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The Signpost: 29 November 2021

In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography
Will they deny non-fungible tokens next?

WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021
15th annual event closes with hundreds of articles improved

Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained
1,767 nominations in November... AN/Is... DRVs... The largest AfD in history, possibly ever!

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!

Discussion report: On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent
Editors propose modifications to Wikipedia's admin-making process.

Technology report: What does it take to upload a file?
How MediaWiki works with media files.

WikiProject report: Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
From the silver screen to your computer screen

Serendipity: "Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot
A worthy pilot but the photo didn't match the article!

News from Diff: Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles
Sharing the wealth of information!

Traffic report: Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if Eternals should fail
Conjuring up the jesters again!

Recent research: Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior
And other recent research publications

Humour: A very new very Wiki crossword
Answers to last month's puzzle included.

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The Signpost: 28 December 2021

From the editor: Here is the news
And wishing our readers a healthy, fortunate and bountiful 2022.

News and notes: Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements
Wrapping up 2021 with a pair of auctions, activity surrounding administrators, and an audit.

Serendipity: Born three months before her brother?
Wikipedia and the Oxford Dictionary of Music have different opinions.

In the media: The past is not even past
Even for Wikipedia critics in nappies!

Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph
And other new research results.

Arbitration report: A new crew for '22
Elections certified, bans unlifted, mailing lists restricted, but no new cases.

By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers
Commemorating a milestone: word count comparisons with other Wikipedias.

Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"
More hats than a rodeo: the best, worst, and gnarliest AfDs of 2021.

Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021
Some of 2021's most dramatic moments through Wikicommons images.

Traffic report: Spider-Man, football and the departed
We'll always remember the Greek alphabet!

Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all
Answers to last month's puzzle included.

Humour: Buying Wikipedia
Helpful how-to for the prospective buyer. Why settle for a measly single edit, when you can buy the whole thing?

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The Signpost: 30 January 2022

Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment
Education, deletion and social media can be a volatile mix.

News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election
Plus, the incredible shrinking admin cadre.

Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"
"Impossible ideas can be created, not just imagined."

Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?
Over 1,700 U.S. congressmen owned slaves. You can help document this.

Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion
More than you wanted to know about the massive NSPORTS RfC.

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

Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions
The spirit of 2006 is going strong.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021
Royals, Freddy and movies.

Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph
How many more photos are needed?

Obituary: Twofingered Typist
Rest in peace.

Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial
Will this method apply to other sensitive topics?

Essay: The prime directive
Just imagine!

Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?
One editor doesn't think so.

In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing
Get down and party! But no COI editing!

Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"
And other research results.

Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years
Copyright is almost always complicated, but we break it down for you.

Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword
Featuring an experimental on-wiki entry box.

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The Signpost: 27 February 2022

From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief
Bye-bye 'bones!

News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Plus, the Steward Elections, Leadership Development Task Force and a contest.

Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia
Who are the students and how do we assure quality?

Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia
Vive l'encyclopédie libre!

In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons
Plus, Wiki Unseen, the "Sports Wars", and much more.

Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)
"The first casualty when war comes is truth".

Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results
Plus, DiscussionTools and dark mode.

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

Featured content: Featured Content returns
A fantastic diverse mix of a record-breaking amount of content.

Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February
You WON'T believe #8!

Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks
And other recent research publications.

Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate
The report on lengthy litigation.

By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?
Some evidence from people born in France.

Gallery: The vintage exhibit
Some good-ol' posters, restored to its former glory.

Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix
Plus quarterbacks, half-timers, Olympians, and Hulu!

News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team
Meet the folks in charge!

Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles
Can you fill in the boxes with Wikipedia's best content?

Humour: Notability of mailboxes
Does yours pass?

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
We stand in solidarity with free knowledge.

News and notes: Of safety and anonymity
The diff that resulted in arrest and jail time in Belarus.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera
A Ukrainian Wikipedian volunteers to document the war.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
Reporting from on the ground in Ukraine.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps
Holding up the elephants!

Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks
For whom do the Bells toil?

In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
Lenin did not say "Wow, check out those yachts"!

Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures
And other research publications.

Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
The thought of cities being destroyed is unbearable.

Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
The Discussion Report returns with a diverse mix of community proposals.

Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
Plus, Desktop Improvements and a new uploading tool for Commons.

Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
Unclear whether storm will make landfall.

Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
Ukraine, Russia and Anna Sorokin.

Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
Things that go "boom" in the night.

Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."
The once-seen beauty of Ukraine, in high quality.

From the archives: Burn, baby burn
A look at when early backups of Wikipedia were recovered.

Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
There is such thing as over-citing.

Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja
And other useful Tips of the Day.

On the bright side: The bright side of news
Happy-er current events.

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

News and notes: Double trouble
The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
What's hot in the media this month.

Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March
We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia
A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners
Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

Interview: On a war and a map
How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images
And other new research findings

News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

Essay: The problem with elegant variation
An elegant Wikipedia essay.

Humour: Really huge message boxes
A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization
A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

From the team: A changing of the guard
Your two new Signpost Editors in Chief.

News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections
Plus, Form 990, fundraising, RfA and UCoC.

Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
Community shortlisting in an affiliate-based process, and a poll for you to speak your mind.

Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
A little more information, please.

In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
A varied collection of "special operations", and interviews.

Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
Tales of hope, perseverance and even a little humor.

In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles
A new approach at the article level.

Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
We summarize the drama for you.

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
March 2020 WikiProject report interviewees return discussing project's evolution and future.

Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
Plus, Growth Features configuration, the Hackathon, and more.

Featured content: Featured content of April
Showcasing the very best articles, pictures, videos, and other contributions from Wikipedians last month.

Interview: Wikipedia's pride
An interview with queer Wikimedians.

Serendipity: Those thieving image farms
Stopping them from taking your photos from Commons.

Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed
And other recent research findings.

Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia
Helpful advice from Tips of the Day.

Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows
Were Johnny and Amber exchanging blows?

News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced
Photos raise awareness for nature protection and human impact on nature.

News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?
New regulations governing online censorship.

Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing
A lighthearted video recalling the 2006 incident.

Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day
Exploring Featured Pictures of the world's oceans.

From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia
A look at when The Onion published an humorous article regarding Wikipedia.

Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article
On creative works.

Humour: A new crossword
Test your word-puzzle skills!

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.

In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.

Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.

Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled
Just three for the history books this month (or not).

Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.

Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.

Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?
Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.

Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!

Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.

Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving
Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.

Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.

Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel
Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.

News and notes: Information considered harmful
Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.

In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
Real news or silly season?

Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
"This year's victory was sad and dull."

Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.

Community view: Youth culture and notability
Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?

Opinion: Criminals among us
Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.

Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3

Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
GPT-3 whips it out.

Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
And when is 'today'?

Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July
The world shows its messy complexity.

Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
More lists expected next month.

Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!

In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
PAC2 explains the item documentation template.

On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
Education, climate change, and journalism.

Essay: How to research an image
Zoom and enhance.

Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
But Commons is a treasure trove.

Gallery: A backstage pass
All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...

Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Strange mysteries of our animal world.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
jimmy@wikipedia.org donate@wikimedia.org (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.

Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.

In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!

Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links

News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
Change and stability.

In focus: Thinking inside the box
All there is to know about userboxen.

Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.

Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!

Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
One exterior, one interior.

Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".

Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
And other new research

Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.

Essay: Delete the junk!
Some articles aren't worth saving

Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)
Edinburgh in August.

Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.

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.

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.

In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers
Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?

In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements
Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?

Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.

Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News
Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.

Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship
Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.

Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?
Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.

Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos
Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.

Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future
And other research news.

Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs
Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.

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

Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2
Lo!

CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
When Commons gives you a blank space...

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022
Yes, again.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

From the team: A new goose on the roost
Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.

News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.

News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.

In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias
Wading into several controversies.

Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove
I can has Kremlin sockfarms?

Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?
And other new research publications.

Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.

Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com
Featured content from October.

Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?
The strength of Wikipedia is the peer review afterwards.

Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal
More serial killers than you can shake a stick at!

From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver
What tales echo in these hallowed halls.

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"
Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"
Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC
An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed
Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality
Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?

Book review: Writing the Revolution
Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.

Essay: The Six Million FP Man
Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.

Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff
Productively doing nothing

Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"
And other research findings.

Featured content: A great month for featured articles
Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.

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.

Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia
A lost article from our deep annals

Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports
The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection.

CommonsComix: Joker's trick
A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast.

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.

In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!

Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.

Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
Wikifunctions might drag it down.

Essay: Mobile editing
Frustrations and successes.

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022
Congratulations.

Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes
And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.

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.

Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!
It is mostly about football!

CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.

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".

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again
It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.

In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.

Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.

In focus: Busting into Grand Central
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.

Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
The economics of Wikipedia.

Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.

Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".

Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.

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

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022
War, sports, and all types of chaos.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

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