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Add topicThe Signpost: 6 September 2010
[edit]- Book review: Cognitive Surplus, by Clay Shirky
- WikiProject report: Putting articles in their place: the Uncategorized Task Force
- Features and admins: Bumper crop of admins; Obama featured portal marks our 150th
- Arbitration report: Interim desysopping, CU/OS appointments, and more
- Technology report: Development transparency, resource loading, GSoC: extension management
The Signpost: 13 September 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes
- Public Policy Initiative: Experiments with article assessment
- Sister projects: Biography bloopers – update on the Death Anomalies collaboration
- WikiProject report: Getting the picture – an interview with the Graphic lab
- Features and admins: "Magnificent" warthog not so cute, says featured picture judge
- Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 20 September 2010
[edit]- From the editor: New ways to read and share the Signpost
- News and notes: Dutch National Archives donation, French photo raid, brief notes
- In the news: Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: All Aboard WikiProject Trains
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Dispatches: Tools, part 2: Internal links and page histories
- Arbitration report: Discretionary sanctions clarification and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 27 September 2010
[edit]- News and notes: French million, controversial content, Citizendium charter, Pending changes, and more
- WikiProject report: Designing WikiProject Architecture
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: EEML amendment requests & more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 4 October 2010
[edit]- WikiProject report: Hot topics with WikiProject Volcanoes
- Features and admins: Milestone: 2,500th featured picture
- Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
- Technology report: Code reviewers, October Engineering update, brief news
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[edit]Hello Rock drum, and welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). If you would like, feel free to ask me questions on my talk page. Happy editing! Nemo 06:23, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 11 October 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Board resolutions, fundraiser challenge, traffic report, ten thousand good articles, and more
- In the news: Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Smithsonian Institution
- Features and admins: Big week for ships and music
- Dispatches: Tools, part 3: Style tools and wikEd
- Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 18 October 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief
- WikiProject report: Show Me the Money: WikiProject Numismatics
- Features and admins: A week for marine creatures
- Dispatches: Common issues seen in Peer review
- Arbitration report: Climate change case closes after 4 months
- Technology report: Video subtitling tool, staff vs. volunteer developers, brief news
The Signpost: 25 October 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced
- In the news: Good faith vs. bad faith, climate change, court citations, weirdest medieval fact, brief news
- WikiProject report: Nightmare on Wiki Street: WikiProject Horror
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- ArbCom interview: So what is being an arbitrator actually like?
- Arbitration report: Case closes within 1 month
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 1 November 2010
[edit]- In the news: Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric
- WikiProject report: Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey
- Features and admins: Good-lookin' slugs and snails
- Arbitration report: Arb resignation during plagiarism discussion; election RfC closing in 2 days
- Technology report: Foundation office switches to closed source, secure browsing, brief news
The Signpost: 8 November 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Second Wikipedian in Residence, {{citation needed}} for sanity
- WikiProject report: WikiProject California
- Features and admins: No, not science fiction—real science
- Election report: The countdown begins
- Arbitration report: No cases this week; Date delinking sanctions reduced for one party; History ban extended
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 15 November 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Fundraisers start for Wikipedia and Citizendium; controversial content and leadership
- WikiProject report: Sizzling: WikiProject Bacon
- Features and admins: Of lakes and mountains
- Dispatches: A guide to the Good Article Review Process
- Arbitration report: No cases this week; Amendments filed on Climate Change and Date Delinking; Motion passed on EEML
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 22 November 2010
[edit]- News and notes: No further Bundesarchiv image donations; Dutch and German awards; anniversary preparations
- Book review: The Myth of the Britannica, by Harvey Einbinder
- WikiProject report: WikiProject College Football
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: Candidates still stepping forward
- Arbitration report: Brews ohare site-banned; climate change topic-ban broadened
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 29 November 2010
[edit]- In the news: Fundraising banners continue to provoke; plagiarism charges against congressional climate change report
- WikiProject report: Celebrate WikiProject Holidays
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: Voting in full swing
- Arbitration report: New case: Longevity; Biophys topic ban likely to stay in place
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 6 December 2010
[edit]- News and notes: ArbCom tally pending; Pediapress renderer; fundraiser update; unreferenced BLP drive
- WikiLeaks: Repercussions of the WikiLeaks cable leak
- WikiProject report: Talking copyright with WikiProject Copyright Cleanup
- Features and admins: Birds and insects
- Arbitration report: New case: World War II
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 13 December 2010
[edit]- Rencontres Wikimédia: Wikimedia and the cultural sector: two days of talks in Paris.
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Algae
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: The community has spoken
- Arbitration report: Requested amendment re Pseudoscience case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 20 December 2010
[edit]- News and notes: Article Alerts back from the dead, plus news in brief
- Image donation: Christmas gift to Commons from the State Library of Queensland
- Discussion report: Should leaked documents be cited on Wikipedia?
- WikiProject report: Majestic Titans
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Motion passed in R&I case; ban appeals, amendment requests, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 27 December 2010
[edit]- Ambassadors: Wikipedia Ambassador Program growing, adjusting
- WikiProject report: WikiProject National Basketball Association (NBA)
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 3 January 2011
[edit]- 2010 in review: Review of the year
- In the news: Fundraising success media coverage; brief news
- WikiProject report: Where are they now? Redux
- Features and admins: Featured sound choice of the year
- Arbitration report: Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 10 January 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news
- In the news: Anniversary coverage begins; Wikipedia as new layer of information authority; inclusionist project
- WikiProject report: Her Majesty's Waterways
- Features and admins: Featured topic of the year
- Arbitration report: World War II case comes to a close; ban appeal, motions, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 17 January 2011
[edit]- WikiProject report: Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket
- Features and admins: First featured picture from the legally disputed NPG images; two Chicago icons
- Arbitration report: New case: Shakespeare authorship question; lack of recent input in Longevity case
- Technology report: January Engineering Update; Dutch Hack-a-ton; brief news
The Signpost: 24 January 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more
- Technology report: File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news
The Signpost: 31 January 2011
[edit]- The Science Hall of Fame: Building a pantheon of scientists from Wikipedia and Google Books
- WikiProject report: WikiWarriors
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Evidence in Shakespeare case moves to a close; Longevity case awaits proposed decision; AUSC RfC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 7 February 2011
[edit]- News and notes: New General Counsel hired; reuse of Google Art Project debated; GLAM newsletter started; news in brief
- WikiProject report: Stargazing aboard WikiProject Spaceflight
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Open cases: Shakespeare authorship – Longevity; Motions on Date delinking, Eastern European mailing list
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 14 February 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation report; gender statistics; DMCA takedowns; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia wrongly blamed for Super Bowl gaffe; "digital natives" naive about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Articles for Creation
- Features and admins: RFAs and active admins—concerns expressed over the continuing drought
- Arbitration report: Proposed decisions in Shakespeare and Longevity; two new cases; motions passed, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 21 February 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Gender gap and sexual images; India consultant; brief news
- In the news: Egyptian revolution and Wikimania 2008; Jimmy Wales' move to the UK, Africa and systemic bias; brief news
- WikiProject report: More than numbers: WikiProject Mathematics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Longevity and Shakespeare cases close; what do these decisions tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 28 February 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Newbies vs. patrollers; Indian statistics; brief news
- Arbitration statistics: Arbitration Committee hearing fewer cases; longer decision times
- WikiProject report: In Tune with WikiProject Classical Music
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC applications open; interim desysopping; two pending cases
- Technology report: HTML5 adopted but soon reverted; brief news
The Signpost: 7 March 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
- Deletion controversy: Deletion of article about website angers gaming community
- WikiProject report: Talking with WikiProject Feminism
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened after interim desysop last week; two pending cases
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 14 March 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation reports editor trends, technology plans and communication changes; brief news
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case on AE sanction handling; AUSC candidates; proposed decision in Kehrli 2 and Monty Hall problem
- Technology report: Left-aligned edit links and bugfixes abound; brief news
The Signpost: 21 March 2011
[edit]- WikiProject report: Medicpedia — WikiProject Medicine
- Features and admins: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: One closed case, one suspended case, and two other cases
The Signpost: 28 March 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Berlin conference highlights relation between chapters and Foundation; annual report; brief news
- In the news: Sue Gardner interviewed; Imperial College student society launched; Indian languages; brief news
- WikiProject report: Linking with WikiProject Wikify
- Features and admins: Featured list milestone
- Arbitration report: New case opens; Monty Hall problem case closes – what does the decision tell us?
The Signpost: 4 April 2011
[edit]- News and notes: 1 April activities; RIAA takedown notice; brief news
- Editor retention: Fighting the decline by restricting article creation?
- WikiProject report: Out of this world — WikiProject Solar System
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments, new case, proposed decision for Coanda case, and motion regarding CU/OS
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 11 April 2011
[edit]- Recent research: Research literature surveys; drug reliability; editor roles; BLPs; Muhammad debate analyzed
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases close - what does the Coanda decision tell us?
- Technology report: The Toolserver explained; brief news
The Signpost: 18 April 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Commons milestone; newbie contributions assessed; German community to decide on €200,000 budget; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia accurate on US politics, plagiarized in court, and compared to Glass Bead Game; brief news
- WikiProject report: An audience with the WikiProject Council
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Case comes to a close after 3 weeks - what does the decision tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 April 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Survey of French Wikipedians; first Wikipedian-in-Residence at Smithsonian; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Somerset
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Request to amend prior case; further voting in AEsh case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 2 May 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Picture of the Year voting begins; Internet culture covered in Sweden and consulted in Russia; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Physics of a WikiProject: WikiProject Physics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two new cases open – including Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Call for RTL developers, varied sign-up pages and news in brief
The Signpost: 9 May 2011
[edit]- In the news: Billionaire trying to sue Wikipedians; "Critical Point of View" book published; World Bank contest; brief news
- WikiProject report: Game Night at WikiProject Board and Table Games
- Features and admins: Featured articles bounce back
- Arbitration report: AEsh case comes to a close - what does the decision tell us?
The Signpost: 16 May 2011
[edit]* In the news: Education minister's speech copied from Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales interviewed; brief news
* WikiProject report: Back to Life: Reviving WikiProjects
* Features and admins: The best of the week
* Arbitration report: Motions - hyphens and dashes dispute
* Technology report: Berlin Hackathon; April Engineering Report; brief news
The Signpost: 23 May 2011
[edit]- News and notes: GLAM workshop; legal policies; brief news
- In the news: Death of the expert?; superinjunctions saga continues; World Heritage status petitioned and debated; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Formula One
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Injunction – preliminary protection levels for BLP articles when removing PC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 30 May 2011
[edit]- News and notes: ArbCom referendum goes live; US National Archives residency; financial planning; brief news
- In the news: Collaboration with academia; world heritage; xkcd; eG8 summit; ISP subpoena; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Royal Railway
- Featured content: Whipping fantasies, American–British naval rivalry, and a medieval mix of purity and eroticism
- Arbitration report: Update – injunction from last week has expired
- Technology report: Wikimedia down for an hour; What is: Wikipedia Offline?
The Signpost: 6 June 2011
[edit]- Board elections: Time to vote
- News and notes: Board resolution on controversial content; WMF Summer of Research; indigenous workshop; brief news
- Recent research: Various metrics of quality and trust; leadership; nerd stereotypes
- WikiProject report: Make your own book with Wikiproject Wikipedia-Books
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases pending resolution; temporary desysop; dashes/hyphens update
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 13 June 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedians 90% male and largely altruist; 800 public policy students add 8.8 million bytes; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Aircraft
- Featured content: Featured lists hit the main page
- Arbitration report: More workshop proposals in Tree shaping case; further votes in PD of other case
- Technology report: 1.18 extension bundling; mobile testers needed; brief news
The Signpost: 20 June 2011
[edit]- News and notes: WMF Board election results; Indian campus ambassadors gear up; Wikimedia UK plans; Malayalam Wikisource CD; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Elemental WikiProject
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: One case comes to a close; initiator of a new case blocked as sockpuppet
The Signpost: 27 June 2011
[edit]- WikiProject report: The Continuous Convention: WikiProject Comics
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision for Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 4 July 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject
- Featured content: Two newly promoted portals
- Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue; Motion re: admin
The Signpost: 11 July 2011
[edit]- From the editor: Stepping down
- Higher education summit: Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit recap
- In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia compared; Putin award criticized; possible journalistic sockpuppeting; brief news
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Albums
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Tree shaping case comes to a close
- Technology report: WMF works on its release strategy; secure server problems; brief news
The Signpost: 18 July 2011
[edit]- In the news: Fine art; surreptitious sanitation; the politics of kyriarchic marginalization; brief news
- WikiProject report: Earn $$$ free pharm4cy WORK FROM HOME replica watches ViAgRa!!!
- Featured content: Historic last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour; Teddy Roosevelt's threat to behead official; 18th-century London sex manual
- Arbitration report: Motion passed to amend 2008 case: topic ban and reminder
- Technology report: Code Review backlog almost zero; What is: Subversion?; brief news
The Signpost: 25 July 2011
[edit]- Wikimedian in Residence interview: Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science: an interview with Daniel Mietchen
- Recent research: Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research
- WikiProject report: Musing with WikiProject Philosophy
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened; hyphens and dashes update; motion
- Technology report: Protocol-relative URLs; GSoC updates; bad news for SMW fans; brief news
The Signpost: 8 August 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay
- In the news: Israeli news focusses on Wikimania; worldwide coverage of contributor decline and gender gap; brief news
- WikiProject report: Shooting the breeze with WikiProject Firearms
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Manipulation of BLPs case opened; one case comes to a close
- Technology report: Wikimania technology roundup; brief news
The Signpost: 15 August 2011
[edit]- Women and Wikipedia: New Research, WikiChix
- News and notes: Chapter funding and what skeptics and Latter Day Saints have in common
- In the news: Wikipedia a "sausage fest", Chicago Wikipedians ("the people you've probably plagiarized"), and other silly season stories
- WikiProject report: The Oregonians
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case opened, two more still in progress
- Technology report: Forks, upload slowness and mobile redirection
The Signpost: 22 August 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens
- WikiProject report: Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation
- Featured content: JJ Harrison on avian photography
- Arbitration report: After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration
- Technology report: Engineering report, sprint, and more testers needed
The Signpost: 29 August 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results
- Recent research: Article promotion by collaboration; deleted revisions; Wikipedia's use of open access; readers unimpressed by FAs; swine flu anxiety
- The pending changes fiasco: How an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Tennis
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Four existing cases
- Technology report: The bugosphere, new mobile site and MediaWiki 1.18 close in on deployment
The Signpost: 5 September 2011
[edit]- News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive
- WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport
- Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care
- Arbitration report: BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle
The Signpost: 12 September 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canadia, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked
- WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics
- Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures
- Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications
- Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live
- Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Signpost: 19 September 2011
[edit]- From the editor: Changes to The Signpost
- News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
- Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork
- WikiProject report: Back to school
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
- Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year
The Signpost: 26 September 2011
[edit]- Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews
- News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content
- In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references
- WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles
- Featured content: The best of the week
The Signpost: 03 October 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Italian Wikipedia threatens site shutdown over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy
- In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts funghi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts
- WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand
- Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan
- Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 10 October 2011
[edit]- Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians
- News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised
- In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist
- WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People
- Featured content: The weird and the disgusting
The Signpost: 17 October 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized
- In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out
- WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP
- Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic
- Arbitration report: Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject in disrepute declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment
- Technology report: WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun
The Signpost: 24 October 2011
[edit]- From the editors: A call for contributors
- Opinion essay: There is a deadline
- Interview: Contracting for the Foundation
- WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
- Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project
Global Message Delivery for TMIG
[edit]I restarted it for you while fixing the key - "Error: Key is invalid" meant that this key had been used before (I had previously reverted to an earlier key to have it complete a stalled bot run, and then Livingbot just increased that earlier key for the Signpost delivery, likewise generating an invalid key). Regards, HaeB 06:17, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 October 2011
[edit]- Opinion essay: The monster under the rug
- Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
- News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
- In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism
- Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful
- WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined
- Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
The Signpost: 7 November 2011
[edit]- Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot* News and notes: Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised* In the news: The Economist assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.* Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC* WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science* Featured content: Slow week for Featured content* Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week* Technology report: Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release
The Signpost: 14 November 2011
[edit]- News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
- In the news: Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles
- WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India
- Featured content: Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!
- Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
- Technology report: Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"
The Signpost: 21 November 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London
- In the news: Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered
- Discussion report: Much ado about censorship
- WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
- Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
The Signpost: 28 November 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
- In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
- Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Voting underway in the elections, finally a final decision on Abortion, scant movement on requests
- Technology report: Foundation appears correct to back improved smartphone support; and how a Reddit slip meant no-one could read anything for thirty minutes
The Signpost: 05 December 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
- In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
- Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
- WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
- Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!
- Arbitration report: Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended
- Technology report: Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites
The Signpost: 12 December 2011
[edit]- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
- Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment
- Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper
- Technology report: Trials and tribulations of image rotation, Article Feedback version 5, and new diff colours
The Signpost: 19 December 2011
[edit]- News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
- In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
- Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions
- WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
- Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
- Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators
- Technology report: Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised
The Signpost: 26 December 2011
[edit]- Opinion essay: Openness versus quality: why we're doing it wrong, and how to fix it
- Recent research: Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica, but a threat to the Rorschach test; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart, fun and other-focused; structured biological data
- News and notes: Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
- WikiProject report: The Tree of Life
- Featured content: Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content
- Arbitration report: Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
- Technology report: Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
The Signpost: 02 January 2012
[edit]- Interview: The Gardner interview
- News and notes: Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays
- WikiProject report: Where are they now? Part III
- Featured content: Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future
- Arbitration report: New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators
The Signpost: 09 January 2012
[edit]- Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold
- News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
- In the news: Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches
- WikiProject report: From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
- Featured content: Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3
- Technology report: December in more detail; and why the MediaWiki codebase was "slushed" this week
The Signpost: 16 January 2012
[edit]- Sister projects: What are our sisters up to now?
- Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark January 18
- News and notes: WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Beer
- Featured content: Lecen on systematic bias in featured content
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near
- Technology report: ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored
The Signpost: 23 January 2012
[edit]- News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange
- In the news: World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout
- WikiProject report: The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto
- Featured content: Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications
- Technology report: Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues
Hi. In this edit, you left a <div> unclosed, specifically this <div>: <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center; ">. This has caused all subsequent posts to any talk page where this message was delivered to be in Times New Roman (example). I think you were already were aware of this, but just in case... please be careful. :-) --MZMcBride 01:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Actually, while the November 2011 issue also had unclosed tags, it was the December issue that caused the problems I noticed. --MZMcBride 01:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 January 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
- In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau
- Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
- WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
- Featured content: Featured content soaring this week
- Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
- Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
The Signpost: 06 February 2012
[edit]- News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
- In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
- Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
- WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
- Featured content: Talking architechture with MrPanyGoff
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
- Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more
The Signpost: 13 February 2012
[edit]- Discussion report: Administrators, vanishing, and ponies
- Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
- News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
- In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
- In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
- Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers
The Signpost: 20 February 2012
[edit]- Special report: The plight of the new page patrollers
- News and notes: Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
- Discussion report: Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
- Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis
The Signpost: 27 February 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
- Recent research: Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
- Discussion report: Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
- WikiProject report: Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
- Featured content: By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
- Arbitration report: Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
- Technology report: 1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
Global message delivery/Spam (again)
[edit]Hi. This delivery didn't use proper links. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 23:27, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
- Hi there! I'd noticed that just after the initial batch of newsletters were sent round. A few of us managed to fix all of those that had been delivered at that point. However, the bot didn't seem to want to deliver to some other pages and has only just got round to that. :-) Regards, Rock drum (talk·contribs) 16:15, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 March 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
- In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
- Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
- WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
- Featured content: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
- Technology report: With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month
The Signpost: 12 March 2012
[edit]- Interview: Liaising with the Education Program
- Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
- Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators
- News and notes: Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
- In the news: Britannica runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar
- Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History
- Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
- Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
- Technology report: Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?
The Signpost: 19 March 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
- Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
- WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
- Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
- Technology report: Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead
The Signpost: 26 March 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Rock Music
- Featured content: Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
- Recent research: Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
- Education report: Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
- Technology report: A busy week: Git switchover, mobile site upgraded, and still time for three security releases
The Signpost: 02 April 2012
[edit]- Interview: An introduction to movement roles
- Arbitration analysis: Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
- News and notes: Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
- Featured content: Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
- Technology report: Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more
The Signpost: 09 April 2012
[edit]- Wikidata: The next big thing? An interview with Wikidata
- Interview: Funds, fiduciaries, and the Foundation: the complex dynamics of scaling
- News and notes: Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
- WikiProject report: The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
- Featured content: Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucification: the bloodiest of the week
- Arbitration report: Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
- Technology report: Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements
The Signpost: 16 April 2012
[edit]- Arbitration analysis: Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren
- News and notes: French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded
- Discussion report: The future of pending changes
- WikiProject report: The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera
- Featured content: A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
- Arbitration report: Evidence submissions begin in Rich Farmbrough case, proposed decision in R&I Review
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20wmf01 hits first WMF wiki, understanding 20% time, and why this report cannot yet be a draft
The Signpost: 23 April 2012
[edit]- Investigative report: Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"
- News and notes: Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits
- WikiProject report: Skeptics and Believers: WikiProject The X-Files
- Featured content: A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content
- Arbitration report: Evidence submissions ends in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review
- Technology report: Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?
The Signpost: 30 April 2012
[edit]- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth
- News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities
- Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more
- Discussion report: 'ReferenceTooltips' by default
- WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps
- Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings
- Arbitration report: R&I Review remains in voting, two open cases
- Technology report: What Git means for end users, design controversies and pertinent poll results
The Signpost: 07 May 2012
[edit]- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes
- News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013
- In the news: What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies ... again.
- WikiProject report: Say What?: WikiProject Languages
- Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in Rich Farmbrough, two open cases
- Technology report: Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed
The Signpost: 14 May 2012
[edit]- Special report: Wikimedia and the "seismic shift" towards open-access research publication
- News and notes: Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic
- WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse
- Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week
- Arbitration report: R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure
- Technology report: Cross-wiki watchlist controversy; and is "go file a bug" really a useful response?
The Signpost: 21 May 2012
[edit]- From the editor: New editor-in-chief
- News and notes: Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues
- WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
- Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending
- Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content
The Signpost: 28 May 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends
- Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph
- WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology
- Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese
- Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits
- Technology report: Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6
The Signpost: 04 June 2012
[edit]- Special report: WikiWomenCamp: From women, for women
- News and notes: Editors want most funding for technical areas, while widespread ignorance of WMF board elections and chapters persists; voting still live on Commons best picture
- Discussion report: Watching Wikipedia change
- WikiProject report: Views of WikiProject Visual Arts
- Featured content: On the lochs
- Arbitration report: Two motions for procedural reform, three requests for arbitration, Rich Farmbrough risks block and ban
- Technology report: Report from the Berlin Hackathon
The Signpost: 11 June 2012
[edit]- Special report: Springer's misappropriation of Wikimedia content "the tip of the iceberg"
- News and notes: Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI
- WikiProject report: Counter-Vandalism Unit
- Featured content: The cake is a pi
- Arbitration report: Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three requests for arbitration
- Technology report: To support or not to support? IPv6, and how best to serve non-Wikimedia wikis
The Signpost: 18 June 2012
[edit]- Investigative report: Is the Requests for adminship process 'broken'?
- News and notes: Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: The Punks of Wikipedia
- Featured content: Taken with a pinch of "salt"
- Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration, GoodDay case closed
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 June 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: A call for editorial input in developing new Creative Commons licensing
- News and notes: "Mystical" Picture of the Year; run-up to Wikimania DC; RfA reform 2012
- In the news: Wales enters extradition battle; Wikipedia's political bias
- Recent research: Edit war patterns, deleters vs. the 1%, never used cleanup tags, authorship inequality, higher quality from central users, and mapping the wikimediasphere
- WikiProject report: Summer Sports Series: WikiProject Athletics
- Featured content: A good week for the Williams
- Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration
- Technology report: Second Visual Editor prototype launches
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
[edit]- Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism
- Op-ed: Representing knowledge – metadata, data and linked data
- News and notes: RfC on joining lobby group; JSTOR accounts for Wikipedians and the article feedback tool
- In the news: Public relations on Wikipedia: friend or foe?
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: Burning rubber with WikiProject Motorsport
- Featured content: Heads up
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
- Technology report: Initialisms abound: QA and HTML5
The Signpost: 09 July 2012
[edit]- Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
- News and notes: Russian Wikipedia protest blackout; E3 team and new tools; Wikitravel proposal bogged down
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Football
- Featured content: Keeps on chuggin'
- Arbitration report: Three cases, Carnildo desysopped
- Technology report: Optimism over LastModified and MoodBar, but change in clock time causes downtime
The Signpost: 16 July 2012
[edit]- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
- Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
- News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
- Featured content: Takes flight
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
The Signpost: 16 July 2012
[edit]- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
- Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
- News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
- Featured content: Takes flight
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
The Signpost: 23 July 2012
[edit]- From the editor: Signpost developments
- Op-ed: The future of PR on Wikipedia
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike
- News and notes: Chapter head speaks about the aftermath of Russian Wikipedia shutdown
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Olympics
- Featured content: When is an island not an island?
- Arbitration report: Fæ and Michaeldsuarez banned; Kwamikagami desysopped; Falun Gong closes with mandated external reviews and topic bans
- Technology report: Translating SVGs and making history bugs history
The Signpost: 30 July 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South
- Recent research: Conflict dynamics, collaboration and emotions; digitization vs. copyright; WikiProject field notes; quality of medical articles; role of readers; best wiki paper award
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing
- Featured content: One of a kind
- Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
- Technology report: Talking performance with CT Woo and Green Semantic MediaWiki with Nischay Nahata
The Signpost: 06 August 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
- News and notes: FDC portal launched
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts
- Featured content: Casliber's words take root
- Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
- Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity
The Signpost: 13 August 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden
- News and notes: Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias
- Discussion report: Image placeholders, machine translations, Mediation Committee, de-adminship
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Dispute Resolution
- Featured content: On the road again
- Arbitration report: Youreallycan request for arbitration
- Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit
The Signpost: 20 August 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: Wikimedians are rightfully wary
- News and notes: Core content competition in full swing; Wikinews fork taken offline
- In the news: American judges on citing Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: Land of Calm and Contrast: WikiProject Korea
- Featured content: Enough for a week – but I'm damned if I see how the helican.
- Technology report: Lua onto test2wiki and news of a convention-al extension
The Signpost: 27 August 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Tough journey for new travel guide
- Recent research: New influence graph visualizations; NPOV and history; 'low-hanging fruit'
- Discussion report: Sidebar and main page alterations; Recent Deaths; Education Program extension
- WikiProject report: From sonic screwdrivers to jelly babies: WikiProject Doctor Who
- Featured content: Wikipedia rivals The New Yorker: Mark Arsten
- Technology report: Just how bad is the code review backlog?
The Signpost: 03 September 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: Dispute resolution – where we're at, what we're doing well, and what needs fixing
- News and notes: World's largest photo competition kicks off; WMF legal fees proposal
- Featured content: Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror
- Technology report: Time for a MediaWiki Foundation?
The Signpost: 10 September 2012
[edit]- From the editor: Signpost adapts as news consumption changes
- Special report: Two Wikipedians set to face jury trial
- Op-ed: Fixing Wikipedia's help pages one key to editor retention
- News and notes: Researchers find that Simple English Wikipedia has "lost its focus"
- In the media: Author criticizes Wikipedia article; Wales attacks UK government proposal
- Discussion report: Closing Wikiquette; Image Filter; Education Program and Momento extensions
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Fungi
- Featured content: Not a "Gangsta's Paradise", but still rappin'
- Technology report: Mmmm, milkshake...
The Signpost: 17 September 2012
[edit]- From the editor: Signpost expands to Facebook
- News and notes: Tens of thousands of monuments loved; members of new funding body announced
- WikiProject report: Action! — The Indian Cinema Task Force
- Featured content: Go into the light
- Technology report: Future-proofing: HTML5 and IPv6
The Signpost: 01 October 2012
[edit]- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Founder: Jimmy Wales
- News and notes: Independent review of UK chapter governance; editor files motion against Wikitravel owners
- Technology report: WMF and the German chapter face up to Toolserver uncertainty
- WikiProject report: The Name's Bond... WikiProject James Bond
- Featured content: Mooned
The Signpost: 08 October 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Education Program faces community resistance
- Discussion report: Closing RfAs: Stewards or Bureaucrats?; Redesign of Help:Contents
- WikiProject report: Ten years and one million articles: WikiProject Biography
- Featured content: A dash of Arsenikk
- Technology report: The ups and downs of September and October, plus extension code review analysis
The Signpost: 15 October 2012
[edit]- In the media: Wikipedia's language nerds hit the front page
- Op-ed: AdminCom: A proposal for changing the way we select admins
- News and notes: Chapters ask for big bucks
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Chemicals
- Featured content: Second star to the left
- Technology report: Wikidata is a go: well, almost
The Signpost: 22 October 2012
[edit]- Special report: Adminship from the German perspective
- News and notes: Wikimedians get serious about women in science
- Arbitration report: War declared over Malleus Fatuorum
- WikiProject report: Where in the world is Wikipedia?
- Featured content: Is RfA Kafkaesque?
- Discussion report: Good articles on the main page?; reforming dispute resolution
- Technology report: Wikivoyage migration: technical strategy announced
The Signpost: 29 October 2012
[edit]- News and notes: First chickens come home to roost for FDC funding applicants; WMF board discusses governance issues and scope of programs
- WikiProject report: In recognition of... WikiProject Military History
- Featured content: On the road again
- Technology report: Improved video support imminent and Wikidata.org live
- Recent research: WP governance informal; community as social network; efficiency of recruitment and content production; Rorschach news
The Signpost: 05 November 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: 2012 WikiCup comes to an end
- News and notes: Wikimedian photographic talent on display in national submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments
- In the media: Was climate change a factor in Hurricane Sandy?
- Discussion report: Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Songs
- Featured content: Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads
- Technology report: Hue, Sqoop, Oozie, Zookeeper, Hive, Pig and Kafka
The Signpost: 12 November 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Court ruling complicates the paid-editing debate
- WikiProject report: Land of parrots, palm trees, and the Holy Cross: WikiProject Brazil
- Featured content: The table has turned
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20 and the prospects for getting 1.21 code reviewed promptly
The Signpost: 19 November 2012
[edit]- News and notes: FDC's financial muscle kicks in
- Discussion report: GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question
- WikiProject report: No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles
- Featured content: Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect
- Technology report: Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"
The Signpost: 26 November 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Toolserver finance remains uncertain
- Recent research: Movie success predictions, readability, credentials and authority, geographical comparisons
- WikiProject report: Directing Discussion: WikiProject Deletion Sorting
- Featured content: Panoramic views, history, and a celestial constellation
- Technology report: Wikidata reaches 100,000 entries
The Signpost: 03 December 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2012 winner
- Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; standardize version history tables
- WikiProject report: The White Rose: WikiProject Yorkshire
- Featured content: The play's the thing
- Technology report: MediaWiki problems but good news for Toolserver stability
The Signpost: 10 December 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Wobbly start to ArbCom election, but turnout beats last year's
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Human Rights
- Featured content: Wikipedia goes to Hell
- Technology report: The new Visual Editor gets a bit more visual
The Signpost: 17 December 2012
[edit]- Op-ed: Finding truth in Sandy Hook
- News and notes: Arbitrator election: stewards release the results
- Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes
- WikiProject report: WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany
- Featured content: Wikipedia's cute ass
- Technology report: MediaWiki groups and why you might want to start snuggling newbie editors
The Signpost: 24 December 2012
[edit]- News and notes: Debates on Meta sparking along—grants, new entities, and conflicts of interest
- WikiProject report: A Song of Ice and Fire
- Featured content: Battlecruiser operational
- Technology report: Efforts to "normalise" Toolserver relations stepped up
The Signpost: 31 December 2012
[edit]- From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
- Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
- In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?; Wales accused of Kazakh corruption
- Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined
- Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
- WikiProject report: New Year, New York
- Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
- Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes
The Signpost: 07 January 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die
- News and notes: 2012—the big year
- WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year
- Featured content: Featured content in review
- Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013
The Signpost: 14 January 2013
[edit]- Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
- News and notes: Launch of annual photo competition, new grant scheme
- Special report: Loss of an Internet genius
- Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style, accessibility and equality
- WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
- Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
- Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months
- Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment
The Signpost: 21 January 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward
- WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics
- Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review
- Arbitration report: Doncram case continues
- Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success
The Signpost: 28 January 2013
[edit]- In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia
- News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate
- Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics
- Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012
- WikiProject report: Checkmate! – WikiProject Chess
- Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests
- Arbitration report: Doncram continues
- Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems
The Signpost: 04 February 2013
[edit]- Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications
- In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry
- News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance
- Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
- WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun – WikiProject Norway
- Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment
The Signpost: 11 February 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
- News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
- In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
- Discussion report: WebCite proposal; request for adminship reform
- WikiProject report: Just the Facts – WikiProject Infoboxes
- Featured content: A lousy week
- Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters
The Signpost: 18 February 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit
- In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press
- WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines
- Featured content: Featured content gets schooled
- Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings
The Signpost: 25 February 2013
[edit]- News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year
- In the media: Former WMF board member creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for Fleishman-Hillard PR agency
- Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers; EPOV instead of NPOV
- Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization
- WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload
- Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'
- Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely
The Signpost: 11 March 2013
[edit]- From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger; new writers
- News and notes: Finance committee updates
- Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes
- WikiProject report: Setting a precedent
- Arbitration report: Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns
- Technology report: Article Feedback reversal: watershed moment?; plus code review one year on
The Signpost: 18 March 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee
- Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries
- Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm
- WikiProject report: Making music with WikiProject Composers
- Arbitration report: Another arbitrator resigns; Richard case closes
- Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule" for July rollout
The Signpost: 25 March 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews
- Featured content: One and a half soursops
- WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh
- Arbitration report: Two open cases
- Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?
- Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages
The Signpost: 01 April 2013
[edit]- Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia? The WMF's surprising stats
- News and notes: Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions
- Featured content: What the ?
- WikiProject report: Special: FAQs
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
- Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt
The Signpost: 08 April 2013
[edit]- Wikizine: Introducing Wikizine: WMF scales back feature after outcry
- News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer
- Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry
- WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes
- Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History
- Technology report: Testing week for developers and their deployments
The Signpost: 15 April 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?
- News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops
- Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear
- WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa
The Signpost: 22 April 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag
- In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news
- Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention
- Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban
- Technology report: A flurry of deployments
The Signpost: 29 April 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
- In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
- Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
- Featured content: Wiki loves video games
- WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball
- Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases
- Recent research: Sentiment monitoring, Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers, UNESCO and systemic bias, How ideas flow on Wikiversity
The Signpost: 06 May 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
- In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
- Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
- WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!
- Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy
The Signpost: 13 May 2013
[edit]- News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
- In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?
- Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map
- WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts
- Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases
The Signpost: 20 May 2013
[edit]- Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment
- News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles
- In the media: Qworty incident continues
- WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome
- Featured content: Up in the air
The Signpost: 27 May 2013
[edit]- Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money
- News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions
- In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing
- Featured content: Life of 2π
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates
- Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels
- Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?
The Signpost: 05 June 2013
[edit]- From the editor: Signpost developments
- News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?
- In the media: China blocks Wikipedia
- Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report
- Featured content: A week of portraits
- WikiProject report: Operation Normandy
- Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'
The Signpost: 12 June 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons
- News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal
- Traffic report: Who holds the throne?
- In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"
- Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more
- Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange
- Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History
- WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing
The Signpost: 19 June 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'
- News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?
- In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
- Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting
- Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen
- WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee
- Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement
- Technology report: VisualEditor set for early July rollout
The Signpost: 26 June 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Election results released
- In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
- Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion
- Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden
- Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended
- Recent research: Controversial Wikipedia topics
The Signpost: 03 July 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace
- In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing
- Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views
- Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more
- WikiProject report: Puppies!
- Featured content: Queen of France
- Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments
- Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series
The Signpost: 10 July 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south
- Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
- Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
- Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more
- WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales
- Featured content: The week of the birds
The Signpost: 17 July 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix
- Featured content: Documents and sports
- Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
The Signpost: 24 July 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India
- In the media: Wikipedia flamewars
- Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion
- Featured content: Engineering and the arts
- Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens
- Traffic report: Gleeless
The Signpost: 31 July 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change
- News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013
- Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!
- Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles
- WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia
- Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes
- Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha
- Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview
The Signpost: 07 August 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Chapters Association self-destructs
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Freedom of Speech
- Featured content: The great Colorado River and the mysterious case of the grand duchess
- Discussion report: Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more
- Arbitration report: Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea party movement case
- Traffic report: Greetings from the graveyard
The Signpost: 14 August 2013
[edit]- Special report: Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness
- News and notes: "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches
- In the media: Chinese censorship
- Discussion report: Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS
- WikiProject report: For the love of stamps
- Featured content: Wikipedia takes the cities
- Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes; invitation to comment on applicants for checkuser and oversight ends 16 August
The Signpost: 21 August 2013
[edit]- From the editor: Call for contributors
- WikiProject report: Today's article for improvement
- News and notes: Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's sex change
- Traffic report: Bad Cat
- Discussion report: Skyscrapers, Gibraltar DYKs, Four Award, Secure login, and more
- Featured content: Afrobeat
- Technology report: Generating musical scores with LilyPond
The Signpost: 28 August 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments
- In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'
- Traffic report: Reddit creep
- WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks
- Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland
- Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia
- Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective
The Signpost: 04 September 2013
[edit]- In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in the Azerbaijani Wikipedia
- News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up
- WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia
- Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds
- Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more
- Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt
- Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion
- Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible
The Signpost: 11 September 2013
[edit]- News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas
- In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?
- WikiProject report: Traveling to Indonesia
- Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!
- Featured content: Tintin goes featured
- Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes
The Signpost: 18 September 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests
- Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV
- WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall
- Featured content: Hurricane Diane and the Van Gogh
- Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?
The Signpost: 25 September 2013
[edit]- Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia
- News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor
- Traffic report: Look on Walter's works
- In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia
- WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!
- Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage
- Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?
Help test better mass message delivery
[edit]Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)
For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)
You can test out MassMessage here: testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}}
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or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}
. For detailed instructions, check out mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.
If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! --MZMcBride (talk) 05:26, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 October 2013
[edit]- News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities
- Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership
- Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more
- WikiProject report: U2 Too
- Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia
- Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war
The Signpost: 09 October 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed
- Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans
- In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: Australian Roads
- Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns
- Featured content: Under the sea
The Signpost: 16 October 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin
- WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology
- Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri
- Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more
- Featured content: That's a lot of pictures
- Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes
The Signpost: 23 October 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumbling in the German-language Wikimedia
- In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Your average week... and a fish
- Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Elements
The Signpost: 30 October 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?
- Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years
- In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?
- WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying
- Featured content: Wrestling with featured content
- Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube
The Signpost: 06 November 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Alleged 'outing' of an editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban
- Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility
- Traffic report: Danse Macabre
- Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more
- Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed
The Signpost: 13 November 2013
[edit]- Special report: FDC staff assessments raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance
- News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it
- Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block
- Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more
- WikiProject report: The world of soap operas
- Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent
Beginning of MassMessage, end of EdwardsBot
[edit]Hi. You're being contacted as you're listed as an EdwardsBot user.
MassMessage has been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. For help using the new tool, please check out its help page or drop a note on Meta-Wiki.
With over 400,000 edits to Wikimedia wikis, EdwardsBot has served us well; however EdwardsBot will no longer perform local or global message delivery after December 31, 2013.
A huge thanks to Legoktm, Reedy, Aaron Schulz and everyone else who helped to get MassMessage deployed. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 November 2013
[edit]- From the editor: The Signpost needs your help
- News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting
- Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive
- Traffic report: Ill Winds
- WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures
The Signpost: 04 December 2013
[edit]- News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions
- Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more
- WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie
- Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who
- Featured content: F*&!
- Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review
- Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia
The Signpost: 11 December 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced
- In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling
- Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion
- Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine
- Featured content: Viewer discretion advised
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released
The Signpost: 18 December 2013
[edit]- News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced
- WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia
- Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more
- Traffic report: Hopper to the top
- Featured content: Triangulum, the world's most boring constellation
- Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset
The Signpost: 25 December 2013
[edit]- News and notes: IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions
- Discussion report: Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings
- WikiProject report: More Great WikiProject Logos
- Featured content: Drunken birds and treasonous kings
- Technology report: OAuth: future of user designed tools
- Recent research: Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments
The Signpost: 01 January 2014
[edit]- News and notes: The year in review
- In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?
- Book review: Życie Wirtualnych Dzikich
- Discussion report: Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer
- Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic
- WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition
- Featured content: 2013—the trends
- Technology report: 2013: Year in review
The Signpost: 15 January 2014
[edit]- Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles
- News and notes: Wikimedia Germany asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?
- In the media: Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the New York Times
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Sociology
- Traffic report: The Hours are Ours
- Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published
The Signpost: 22 January 2014
[edit]- Book review: Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse
- Special report: The few who write Wikipedia
- News and notes: Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom
- Featured content: Dr. Watson, I presume with the Tramp* Traffic report: No show for the Globes
- Technology report: Architecting the future of MediaWiki
The Signpost: 29 January 2014
[edit]- News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
- Traffic report: Six strikes out
- WikiProject report: Contesting Contests
- Arbitration report: Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion
- Recent research: Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years
The Signpost: 29 January 2014
[edit]- News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
- Traffic report: Six strikes out
- WikiProject report: Contesting Contests
- Arbitration report: Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion
- Recent research: Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years
The Signpost: 12 February 2014
[edit]- News and notes: WMF bites the bullet on affiliation and FDC funding, elevates Wikimedia user groups
- In the media: WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia
- Featured content: Space selfie
- Traffic report: Sports Day
- WikiProject report: Game Time in Russia
- Technology report: Left with no choice
The Signpost: 15 February 2014
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge
- WikiProject report: Countering Systemic Bias
- Featured content: Holotype
- Traffic report: Chilly Valentines
- Technology report: ULS comeback
The Signpost: 26 February 2014
[edit]- Special report: Diary of a protester—Wikimedian perishes in Ukrainian unrest
- Forum: Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
- News and notes: Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy
- Traffic report: Snow big deal
- WikiProject report: Racking brains with neuroscience
- Featured content: Odin salutes you
- Recent research: CSCW '14 retrospective; the impact of SOPA on deletionism
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The Signpost: 05 March 2014
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources
- Traffic report: Brinksmen on the brink
- Discussion report: Four paragraph lead, indefinitely blocked IPs, editor reviews broken?
- WikiProject report: Article Rescue Squadron
- Featured content: Full speed ahead for the WikiCup
The Signpost: 12 March 2014
[edit]- Traffic report: War and awards
- News and notes: Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month
- WikiProject report: Examining the Russian Wikipedia's Entomology Project
- Featured content: Ukraine burns
The Signpost: 19 March 2014
[edit]- Interview: Nate Ott: the writer behind 71 articles in the English Wikipedia's largest-ever good topic
- Forum: Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects?
- News and notes: Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny
- Traffic report: Into thin air
- WikiProject report: We have history
- Featured content: Spot the bulldozer
- Technology report: Wikimedia engineering report
The Signpost: 26 March 2014
[edit]- Op-ed: Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia
- Comment: A foolish request
- News and notes: Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced
- Traffic report: Down to a simmer
- WikiProject report: From the peak
- Featured content: Winter hath a beauty that is all his own
- Recent research: Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates; analysis of "In the news" discussions; user hierarchy mapped
- Technology report: Why will Wikipedia look like the Signpost?
The Signpost: 02 April 2014
[edit]- Special report: On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference
- News and notes: Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
- Traffic report: Regressing to the mean
- WikiProject report: Deutschland in English
- Featured content: April Fools
The Signpost: 09 April 2014
[edit]- Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz
- News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments
- Traffic report: Conquest of the Couch Potatoes
- WikiProject report: Law
- Featured content: Snow heater and Ash sweep
The Signpost: 23 April 2014
[edit]- Special report: 2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?
- Wikimania: Winning bid announced for 2015
- News and notes: Wikimedian passes away
- WikiProject report: To the altar—Catholicism
- Featured content: There was I, waiting at the church
- Traffic report: Reflecting in Gethsemane
Peak for viewing Th GLAM Revolution
[edit]Please see my note on the talk page of Wikimedia Highlights, August 2014. !63 hits, not bad! Fabian Tompsett (WMUK) (talk) 11:04, 4 December 2014 (UTC)