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Welcome to my talk page here at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. Some useful links:

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I'm also available at Wikipedia (English) and Commons

The Signpost: 31 March 2026

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper

• News and notes: Entirety of Wikinews to be shut down

• In the media: AI ban, newspapers disrupt archiving; and antisemitism complaints

• Community view: Videos from WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC

• Disinformation report: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed

• WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC review

• Obituary: Dr. Subas Chandra Rout

• Traffic report: Call in the dogs of war, soldier of fortune

• Gallery: Canadian Rangers participate in Operation Enduring Encyclopedia

• Comix: n00bsitting

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The Signpost: 21 April 2026

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper

• News and notes: Six Serbian Wikipedia editors banned following controversy about political bias

• In the media: Could Wikipedia be involved in Massachusetts' proposed social media ban for minors?

• Gallery: March equinox

• Traffic report: Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!

• Comix: Of skirts and articles

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The Signpost: 22 May 2026

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper

• News and notes: Offline: Osama Khalid still in prison

• In the media: Indonesian editors, you shall return!

• Disinformation report: Who is a typical paid editor? Who are their typical clients?

• Recent research: WikiLambda the Ultimate

• Traffic report: This is where I'll be, so heavenly, so come and dance with me Michael!

• Forum: WikiAnnotate: help us build a dataset of article quality evaluations

• In focus: Demystifying the 2026-27 Annual Plan

• Opinion: Wikipedia isn't a battleground. So why does it feel like one?

• Serendipity: Wikinews: Into the Wikiverse

• Special report: Wikimedia Foundation closes Wikinews after 21 years

• Community view: Wikipedia's traffic drop: more on languages and freshness

• Gallery: Earth Day and Mother's Day

• Comix: Brother, can you spare a page?

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The Signpost: 21 June 2026

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper

• From the editors: Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism

• News and notes: Community Tech development team disbanded

• Disinformation report: PR for the people?

• Recent research: Proposed tagging system for AI involvement; successful and unsuccessful AI tools for contributors

• In the media: Who won a 14th century battle and who won the 2026 Iran war?

• Community view: Putting the Wish into the Wishlist

• In focus: A global standard for Neutral Point of View

• On the bright side: Flowers, blue helmets, reefs, pride, and Juneteenth

• Op-ed: Breathe, Don’t Panic, there is a different story about Wikimedia + AI futures

• Opinion: Wikimedia Foundation staff develop union and Wikimedia user community reacts

• Technology report: Community Tech team is disbanded, controversy erupts

• Traffic report: 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

• WikiConference report: Report of Volunteer Supporters Network Annual Meeting 2026

• Comix: Take your turn

• Humour: Group of banned T-shirt makers comes out of hiding to sell new Wikipedia-themed merchandise

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The Signpost: 13 July 2026

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper

• News and notes: An exclusive club

• In the media: Battle for a soul - who won?

• Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making

• Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias

• News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community

• Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026

• Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act - for now

• On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy

• Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community

• Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter

• Comix: schnozzed

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