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Alll those deletionists can go fuck themselves! Magnus bjerg (talk) 21:41, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Anatole Krasnyansky‎‎, you may be blocked from editing. Disruption to make a WP:POINT not allowed here. Page blanking an article at WP:AFD is not allowed. If you continue in this manner you will likely loose your editing privileges for a time. Jbh ^Talk 19:56, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can hound, attack, and harass me all over Wikipedia, but stay off my talk page.''' And it was you that wanted it cut, not me! --MurderByDeadcopy^"bang!" 20:01, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You need to be able to back up accusations of hounding - this is the third personal attack you have made against me, not including the attacks you have made against others. I strongly suggest you strike it. I have interacted with you at Anatole Krasnyansky‎‎ and its AfD. No one asked you to blank that page, there was a discussion about sourcing and notability going on between several editors. You opened a discussion about an edit I made at Misogyny. This warning template is standard for someone who does page blanking. So back off and calm down. I will not comment further here unless you address me here or to leave required template messages. Jbh ^Talk 20:10, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 2016

Hello, I'm Mrfrobinson. I noticed that you removed a Biographies of Living Persons PROD, from Lali Kandelaki, and I wanted to let you know that I have replaced it. Please don't remove these Biographies of Living Persons PRODs from articles unless they contain at least one reliable source or were created before 18 March 2010. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider adding reliable sources to the article or commenting at the respective talk page. Thank you. Mrfrobinson (talk) 03:31, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, I know you. You enjoy following editors around. I'm apparently lucky enough to be one of those editors! I especially love this recent gift that you've given me. It will remain prominently on talk page forever. I look forward to many more such gifts! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 05:51, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you kindly!

Thank you for the barnstar honor! I was wandering WikiProject Virginia and cleaning up. -- econterms (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you from me as well. It's always nice to get some positive feedback.--Mojo Hand (talk) 17:12, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notifications

At first, I assumed you were not being serious (considering your userpages) but if you actually want to follow our article nominations, simply go through the deletion sortings (all are listed Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Flat), I usually hang around the Bands and musicians, Actors and filmmakers, Business, Businesspeople, etc. so most of my nominations are there and, for DGG, he's not as swift with AfD nominations as I, so you can simply watch his contributions for his most recent AfDs. BTW, if you ever wonder if we're "deletionists", we've actually never been explicit about that, we simply both like to take care of troubled articles that seem to have no improvement and should've gotten attention long ago. SwisterTwister talk 20:10, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My page is this way not because I want it to be this way, but because I've been heavily harassed on Wikipedia. Whether Wikipedia admits it or not, it is a battlefield here. And AfD is the front line! What I'm asking for is when you notify DGG of any AfD"s between the two of you that I also get a notification from you as well. It shouldn't be any extra work, just copy and paste! Thanks!!! FYI - As for whether you are (or are not) a deletionists, the evidence speaks for itself. --MurderByDeadcopy^"bang!" 16:35, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some falafel for you!

Let's share a falafel to fight against the Deletion-nazis...! Waka waka1509 (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the snack...

...I like to chip in sometimes with a helpful comment, but please don't take that as meaning that I totally agree with your recent stance on Wikipedia matters. Sure, there are some trigger-happy people about, and new editors should be treated with every consideration; but to me this doesn't mean we accept any self-publicity, trivia or opinionated diatribes they care to post. This is meant to be an encyclopedia, not like social media websites where they eagerly accept any & all user-generated content. So it may appear "hostile" to those whose expectations are formed in using those other websites. To reduce the chances that a new user will have a bad experience, it would be better to argue for measures to let them know, before they post their contributions, that we do in fact have limits to what we accept and do demand scads of references. That, and educating new page patrollers and restricting new or clueless users from doing patrolling. Sorry, yes, limits and restrictions, and not because we're loveless police but because restrictions and limits are necessary to maintain our project as a usable, credible and valuable resource for the world's readers. For my money this "inclusionist/deletionist" polarity is just daft. Thanks for your work and hope to see you around: Noyster (talk), 13:44, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think your response to User:Noyster comment is rather tasteless and is borderline a personal attack.Mrfrobinson (talk) 20:03, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And I think you ought to stop following me! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 20:07, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go, anytime anyone disagrees with you or remarked about how uncivil you are you come out with accusations. Next will be I am bullying you I assume. Stop being uncivil, stop with the accusations and stop with the personal attacks. Mrfrobinson (talk) 21:18, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GO AWAY! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 23:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your valuable opinion

Thank you for coming to the defense of the Henry Flynt and the Insurrections article. It is your vote more than any that will probably save the article from unnecessary destruction. Garagepunk66 (talk) 07:05, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My Deleted Article

Thanks, friend. Happy holidays to you.Czolgolz (talk) 03:26, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thank you for coming to the defense of the articles against deletionists. I thank you very much. Garagepunk66 (talk) 00:33, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

proposed GNG change

This is unnecessary: [1]. WP:N specifically states "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list." Not the plural "sources"; later, it further explains multiple sources are required: ""Sources"[2] should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability. There is no fixed number of sources required since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage, but multiple sources are generally expected.[3] Sources do not have to be available online or written in English. Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability."

No need for your change; it's already covered. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:12, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that the above is about as clear as mud! It is, however, one terrific way to game sources, notability, and deletion hard!!! Especially since I see a ton of deleting based on "don't like' or "don't understand." Granted, were I you, I wouldn't "see" any problem with the current situation either since the sports notability is set up to include a wide berth. Once the system benefits you, there's zero need to "fix' it! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:36, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

MBD, I just saw this. One thing I have learned in my last year of AfD participation is that the general notability guideline standards for "significant coverage" vary widely from subject area to subject area, which usually implies a different cast of participants. No conspiracy, just different standards that have evolved among different participants in different subject areas. That said, and contrary to your implication above, sports-related AfD discussions usually have among the weaker standards for "significant coverage". I've been trying to change that, especially in light of the extremely very permissive "one game" rule that is the prevalent SNG for MLB baseball, NBA basketball, NFL football, NHL hockey, and major match cricket players, and professional association football players of all levels. As for the second half of your comment above, you would do well to assume good faith in my case; I am one of the strongest advocates you will find for a consistent interpretation of GNG -- and significant coverage in particular -- across all subject areas. My "agenda" is simply to see a more consistent standard, consistently applied. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:31, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that I don't see you participating in AfD's in area's I care about. In fact, from what I've discovered editor's who were most active in those area's left about 5-6 years ago. As for the sports area, it's just much easier for most editor's to clearly see what passes in an AfD. In other areas, it becomes more of a rough guess based on the knowledge each individual editor brings to an AfD and what is found on Google. Sure, I know you've said that sources don't need to be in English or on the net, however, that isn't really the norm of what's happening at most AfD's. I'd also say reliable sources are changing fast. Newspapers are folding. And unfortunately, I don't believe Wikipedia is adjusting quickly enough to keep up with all these new changes. This place seems rather stuck in the past. Granted some of that has to do with the thinking that Wikipedia needs to be exactly like Encyclopædia Britannica! Doubt Wikipedia will ever be very consistent, but it is an admirable goal.

I'd also like to see an article only being sent to AfD three times. It's a ridiculous amount of time sink. And after the third time, it really shouldn't happen again.

FYI - Happy Holiday's & hope you were around when going to Skeeter's Home of the Big Biscuit was there! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 04:22, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I attended Florida for undergraduate school in the '80s and returned for grad and professional school in the early '90s. I knew Skeeter's well; not a fan of the Big Biscuit, but I ate more than my share of Asher Specials at 3:00 a.m. I still get a craving from time to time for sunny-side-up eggs over crispy hash browns with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar. Merry Christmas. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An Article help

Tradeo aticle is speeded even though it has links from reuters etc.. Please let me know if you can help. Always :) (talk) 11:29, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

78.26's RFA Appreciation award

	The 78.26 RFA Appreciation award
	Thank you for the participation and support at my RFA. It is truly appreciated. I hope to be of further help around here, and if you see me doing something dumb, you know where to find me. Again, I thank you. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 24:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Wishes

Christmas wishes Always :) (talk) 15:36, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some advice (take it or leave it)

Hi, I appreciate what you are doing, participating at AFDs, it isn't the most glamorous of jobs here. However, if you really want to make a difference, I suggest going more in-depth in your responses to better sway who decides whether an article stays or is sacked. Decisions are made by the quality, not quantity, of opinions, so admins can just ignore your response if it isn't well-thought-out. Don't just say "keep" just because your belief is AFDs are a way of revenge (sometimes they are, mostly they are not), sometimes you have to accept an article isn't notable. You can say what you want about this, but this was just advice. I'm not trying to stop your little "crusade" you got going on here, but if you want to be taken seriously, follow some of the points I made. Best of luck.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:34, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I just noticed what you said on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoo Art Fair, in response to Deb, who invited you to help improve an article--your response is, basically, "no I don't want to do anything, I just want to complain". Cullen328 also commented in that discussion, and had some arguments to make. Your AfD comments are typically worth nothing to a closing admin since they don't present policy-based arguments and/or lack evidence, nor do they--and this is what TheGracefulSlick is getting at--seem to convince anyone that some article is worth keeping. Drmies (talk) 06:50, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since I was pinged by Drmies, I will chime in here. The style of your user page and talk page motivates me to bring you an olive branch. Please take a look at the current improved state of Zoo Art Fair, which is my little gift to you. I decided to check it out based on your "keep" comment at AfD. I expanded the article and added four references, three of them independent. Then, please do me a favor and take a look at the section on my user page called "Found at Articles for Deletion, and helped to keep by improving". That is a list of over 90 articles once listed at AfD that I decided to try to save. And so far, my success rate is 100%. Here's my strategy: I spend as little time as possible moaning and groaning and complaining about the editors who support deletion. Instead, I find reliable sources, add them to the article, and then use those sources to expand the article. If necessary, I rewrite the text to the NPOV. Then, I report what I have done at the AfD debate. It works every time, so far at least. Give it a try! Thank you for your kind attention to these points I have made, and Happy New Year! Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:37, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's a pretty nice little gift there, Cullen. Happy new year to you too! Drmies (talk) 16:41, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, now I'm none to sure which AfD TheGracefulSlick is discussing but I do know that for Zoo Art Fair my view was that it didn't have a hope of making it which is why I only commented on it rather then actually state "keep". It's a habit I got into after seeing editors following me just to vote "delete" after me. What really soured me with AfD's is my experience with Anatole Krasnyansky. (And to a lesser degree Barbara Bly.) I'd seen other editors save articles, however, my attempt was meet with ridicule and repugnancy as though I was committing some crime against humanity. That's when I realized those other editors had been around for years and had the clout to save an article. I did not have that clout and it was fair game to bully me off any article that I might attempt saving.

I see a lot of issues with AfD's. One of the biggest is just how effective it is at running off new editors. Regrettably, I don't see any fix for that. Most of the rules here are merely guidelines open to a wide berth of interpretation. But then, I've come to secretly believe that were it not for Google's influence Wikipedia wouldn't be where it is right now which is what's mostly likely enabling Wikipedia to safely continue with a skeletal crew. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 21:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I predict that Zoo Art Fair will be kept, and thank you for commenting. Pretty much any article for which significant coverage in independent, reliable sources exist can be saved from deletion, simply by adding the sources to the article and pointing that out at AfD. Improving the article is "AfD gold", as I learned as a very new editor. I always got thanks for that and never once criticism. Most of the time, simply providing a link to the significant coverage in the AfD debate is enough to save the article. As for the "skeletal crew", English Wikipedia has well over 3000 highly active editors (over 100 edits a month) and that number is growing. We also have about 30,000 moderately active editors. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:07, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My personal experience has differed greatly from your's in this area. The truly oddest part of this situation is that the more cynical I became about AfD's, the better I seem to have become at saving article's at AfD's. All I can think is that there must be some backfire effect combined with zero sum game going within the AfD environment. (Or, perhaps, it's just that old saying of expect nothing and be surprised?!) Because I'm now truly surprised whenever anything that I'm involved in over at AfD gets saved there! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 22:37, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think the reason you are surprised is that your approach was based on a misconception in the first place. You seem to have taken an isolated incident and focused on it to the exclusion of all else. It's not like you've created a whole lot of articles that have been deleted or even nominated - the personal experience of which you speak is actually quite limited. Deb (talk) 23:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am, however, quite the lurker and (I believe) I have the ability to empathize when I read about others in similar situations!

FYI - My original approach was to add reliable sources to articles up for AfD's so where did I go wrong? Because that seems to be what everyone here is ascribing that I do to succeed when the fact remains that is the plan that failed me. It didn't just fail for me, it complete agony. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 00:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As I said before, sometimes you just have to accept when an article isn't notable. It isn't a common occurrence and any user can create articles that stay here. For example, I have written 157 articles since I started here a year ago with 0 being deleted, so it isn't a difficult task. But overall my point is cynicism at AFDs make 0 difference to an outcome, and may actually hinder its stay sometimes. Articles that are borderline could be saved if you wrote a thorough and accurate reason as to why it should stay. However, when they are deleted do not think it is because editors are evil or it was a "gotcha" moment. If we kept every article here and disregarded notability to not hurt people's feeling, Wikipedia would be a complete joke.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 00:26, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you are sincerely convinced that a topic is notable, but the article is in danger of being deleted, drop me a note at any time, and I will do my best to help. By the way, the AfD debate for Zoo Art Fair has been closed as "Keep". Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:46, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The funniest part in all of this is that doing it "wrong" actually saved the article so... now believe I finally did it correctly! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 22:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

AfD's I did wrong.

Robin Haley
Gail Leven Pollock
Khesrau Hayat Kakakhel
Gia DeSantis
List of birds on stamps
Complykaro A fav since I offered to fix this article!
Dave Taylor
Nigma Talib
Andrew Osta

AND my personal Biggest epic failure ever where I kept finding additional reliable sources so the only option deletionists had was to hound me off the article. Was also accused of all sorts of things even though I didn't create the article and had barely added anything to said article!

Anatole Krasnyansky

Lindsay Tait

Hello. I see you removed personal info from Lindsay Tait and mentioned it was requested it be removed. Do you know where this was requested? Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 13:42, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.

To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:24, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus is not working

Hello. Thanks for your contribution to the debate. Biscuittin (talk) 19:15, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement

Just wanted to offer you my thanks. While it's only at best a stub, I'd still hate to see the work go to waste :) FiReSTaRT (talk) 19:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List?

What "list" am I on? Are you annoyed with me because someone said I'd thanked them for reverting an incorrect edit of yours? That isn't bullying either. I know you don't like rules, but we have them partly to stop bullying. There are also rules saying that we shouldn't make threats or accuse people of things they haven't done. I'm glad you feel passionately about making this place work better, but calling everyone bullies really doesn't help. Burninthruthesky (talk) 21:40, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can gather you've decided you can read my mind. So after having a good laugh behind my back about me, you ran to my talk page to bully me about one cryptic summary I made which you've chosen to misconstrue. Well, all I can add at this point is that I'd prefer never engaging with you anymore on any level. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 21:14, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

I appreciate you bringing the matter of one specific editor to my attention. I have offered that editor my personal greeting and my offer of help. If, in your view, I could have done better, please let me know. Thank you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:16, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

I'd just like to thank you for summing up the misconduct of Bondegezou and NewsAndEventsGuy nicely. I've copied your comment to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents to thank you there too as they have decided to escalate their conduct. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 18:53, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

I have some insight into the background of Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz's case I just posted on User:HighInBC's Talk page (don't want to retype it so if you want to read it, you can go there). But you are correct, he is being mob bullied. I wish I'd seen the ANI sooner and I might have tried to help intervene before it got to this point. I'm traveling at the moment and posting from an iPad so can't help out - I posted a quick note in the ANI, though. Thanks for tackling this. LavaBaron (talk) 01:47, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For sticking-up for a new editor being bullied.LavaBaron (talk) 01:49, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Goodbye

To whom it may concern: I'm quitting Wikipedia due to misbehavior, bullying, gaslighting and other harassment by NewsAndEventsGuy and Bondegezou (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:LavaBaron#80.25_likely_I_just_quit._Make_that_90.25. for details, noting they filed a bad-faith ANI action trying to get me blocked out of spite as well as their IP vandalism to my talk page). Today the only thing I'm doing is closing down my involvement with one or two pages so nobody expects me to respond to anything.

So long, and thanks for all the fish! Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 13:44, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not surprised. Not only have I personally experienced being bullied myself here on this site, I've seen it played out multiples since creating my account. I have decided that those on Wikipedia who choose to be silent about bullying are just as bad as the bullies themselves, I just cannot comprehend why they remain silent. I refuse to become a bully or remain silent, and it certainly has altered my opinion of Wikipedia is really all about considerably! All the best to you! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 17:28, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I support you

I really like how you are fighting for change here. I especially respect your nerve to stand up to the "big wig" editors and admins who think they are all that just because they can throw some policies at others. While I don't 100% agree with all your viewpoints, and I don't believe you will be the user who leads to noticeable change, I think this is a step to ending the harassment and lack of good faith I see here. If you need any help, I'd be glad to lend a hand if possible. Best of luck.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 22:23, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia builds character

Thank you for the beer. The badges and the scars on my talk page are equally welcome -- when balanced. And you have helped with the balance. Grammar'sLittleHelper (talk) 05:46, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment at ANI about the SEO editor

So... i brought that case, and I feel like your comment .... de-humanized me. I reviewed your talk/user/sandboxes and i get it that you feel pretty burned and have seen some bad things and been treated badly, but still. I am not writing to you to stomp my foot or make drama, i just want to talk a bit. Are you willing? Jytdog (talk) 02:23, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You've got my ear, talk. I will add that I did not check into who started that ANI, only who it was against and that it had to do with COI. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 19:38, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

M thanks for replying and welcoming the discussion! Well hm. I first got interested in COI issues because I am a science-based editor and delete a lot of crap that people add to articles about medicine (and formerly about other topics that I cannot discuss) and I have been accused many, many, MANY times of being an industry shill. And still am.

I used to work in academia and interacted with the conflicts of interest office a lot while I did; I understand deeply why COI management is important, how it is done well and how it is done poorly, and how people react to discussions of it. I decided that COI work in WP needed help. People didn't really know what to do when they came across what they thought was conflicted editing, and conflicted editors didn't know very well what they should do, to be here more or less peaceably. My approach is to just try to talk everybody like the people they actually are - I describe it here on my user page.

If you look at the Talk page of the editor we just banned for using WP in his SEO business, you will see that I tried to explain last July what the deal is with COI in WP, why it matters, and what we do to try to manage it, and how various parts of the community react to conflicted editors. You can see that here. I try to be simple, polite, and direct, as (I hope) you can see there, and tailor the discussion to the person and their situation. (In Tony's case, him being a PR guy who gives talks and writes articles in PR magazines about how to use WP in your PR business, and had no clue about COI in WP when we started talking, he was in an especially deep hole to start with, especially with the history of wiki-PR etc here). If you are not familiar with the history of PR firms abusing WP, please see the article Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia which describes the major scandals of the past, and please see Wikipedia:Statement_on_Wikipedia_from_participating_communications_firms from some firms that at least say they "get it" and don't want to be part of the problem.

Generally this approach works really well - I have had editors with a COI thank me for teaching them how things work here. here is one. There are a bunch more but I have not kept track of them (I guess I should). Conversations have also gone badly. Sometimes that is my fault, sometimes the other editor's, and sometimes both of us mis-step... everybody is human and this is an especially messy thing to deal with. And as I acknowledged in the ANI, I did come down on Tony too harshly when I found out he had blown off everything I had tried to teach him and had gone back to writing crappy articles to promote his clients. That was my bad. But we should have banned him. He wrote crappy articles. (you can check them if you don't believe me). So banning him was a good thing - the only thing that matters here at the end of the day, is how good the content is. The purpose of managing COI is to stem the tide of crap content added by conflicted editors (note I am not saying that conflicted editors always add crap content, but if you start engaging in COI-management work here you will see that the way we detect conflicted editors, is by their crap edits. Which makes sense - they are not here to write good articles that comply with policy - they are here to promote their clients or themselves and they tend to write puffery and use no sources, or poor sources like press releases.) (And I'll just add, since it is often brought up in these context, that advocacy-driven editors also harm WP a lot too by adding crap content. I don't know which problem is worse; nobody does. But discussions about COI-driven editing are distinct from discussions about advocacy-driven editing; they are a clearly-definable subset of discussions about advocacy).

Anyway, I hope that helps you understand where I at least come from. I do know there are a lot of people here who are really cruel to editors they even believe have a COI. Those people are not good Wikipedians in my view; I would say they are probably not good people but that would be too a big leap. This place is a laboratory of human behavior though.

Anyway, thanks for entertaining this. Sorry if it was too long. And I am happy to hear anything you have to say in response. Jytdog (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The issue I'm having here with disclosing the COI is that is patently incorrect. No one on Wikipedia discloses COI except those who are paid . . . or those who other Wikipedians believe are paid. (Which could be wrong, but who cares since I've found Wikipedians will always believe the worst, not necessarily the truth.) That label is then attached to any editor here that any other editor here chooses to accuse. It can be a lie. Doesn't matter. Meanwhile, I can love potatoes all I want and write glowingly about that subject. Or despise peanut nut and trash that subject so long as I don't get paid for doing so.

The only effect I see happening with all these labels thrown on editors is just another pre-approved sanctioned Wikipedia harassment project. If proper rules are created that all Wikipedia editors follow (instead of just a few) the whole site would be better. Now, to top it off, not only are COI labels approved, but there is a movement occurring to OUT editors. Hell, why not just go to those editors living quarters and torch the place?

As for the second part peer review all I can say is, there is no peer review on Wikipedia! And if you believe AfC is peer reviewed, well I'm sorry, but I would never consider those doing that work my peer. I'm slightly entertained by the fact that were Wikipedia editors paid, Wikipedia would probably be the number one company in the USA in violation of child labor laws. On top of which, Wikipedia is now demanding wholly completed articles, and not articles began by one individual while worked on by the masses. So . . . while Wikipedia initially rejected Nupedia and the experts, there is now an attempt to turn Wikipedia into Nupedia? Or . . . at least the pretense of an attempt?!!!

I also find Wikipedia's use of templates to be the most useless, unfriendliest, lamest concepts around. (Although, I do advocate a cheerful bot "Welcome" with clearly defined rules. Doubt Wikipedia has the wherewithal to create that however. Especially since they can't even be bothered with kerning their logos!) Best part about templates here is any fool can use them. I can go to any other editors page, slap multiple warnings in it, back them into a corner and hopefully they'll say something offensive to me so I can get them banned. But, then, the majority of editors don't even bother to place a Welcome to Wikipedia on that of any suspected COI's talk page. Why Welcome an editor when it's more fun running them off.

Then there's the concept that all this is improving Wikipedia. Except that it is also eliminating the good editors. Editors who would work on making an article more neutral, instead just leave. I've met a lot of writers and very few of them would enjoy or endure this brand of hostility. (With the possible exception of Sorken.) I, myself, don't touch certain articles due to the fear that they will be sent to AfD or I might be called COI . . . again.

COI is a minor problem made big because no one here wants to deal with fixing the big problems. Were those big problems fixed, the COI issue would vanish. Fortunately, as long as Google keeps placing Wikipedia at the top of their searches, everyone gets to pretend everythings honky-dory. Google and Jimbo have been ballin' off Wikipedia for years . . . that's the real COI issue. Not those peons that you're squashing in their meager attempts to put food on their table --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 23:12, 30 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Hm. I read everything you wrote there, twice. My first reaction, is that you don't seem to have read what I actually wrote. I made it clear that I am aware that many people in WP use "COI" claims as a cudgel in content disputes, and that I have been the target of a bunch of that. I also made it clear that I am well aware that unpaid advocacy is a huge problem. (the cudgeling and advocacy are often coming from the same people). So I don't know what you are actually responding to.

It is clear that you have very strong opinions on the topic of COI in WP and perhaps this was a good opportunity for you to vent and let off some rhetorical fireworks and make some grand statements (and statements unsupportable with data, like "COI is a minor problem" - no one has any data to say if is a major or minor problem). If at some point you do want to actually talk with me like I am a person (where we respond to one another) I would be happy to do that. I really don't know how to respond to what you've written though, which is less like a conversation between adults and more like an internet chatboard flame. I have no interest in that.... Anyway let me know if you want to talk. Jytdog (talk) 23:28, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

DITTO! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 00:09, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I do want to talk. That is why I opened the discussion. Because of your comment about the posting I made at ANI, i wanted to explain to you why I opened the case and what I had done before i opened it. Do you have anything that you would like to say to me, in particular? Jytdog (talk) 01:01, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this is correct, you want to talk, however, based on the above evidence, I don't see you wanting to have an actual conversation with me. You wanted me to fall obediently in line with your way of thinking. Well, I'm nobody's "yes" man! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:27, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No i don't expect you to agree with me at all. i did hope you would respond to me. To me, and what i actually wrote. I do appreciate you telling me your thoughts about how people deal with COI generally, though. And I heard that. Jytdog (talk) 23:17, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that in your zealous desire to push this ideology that "all COI is bad", you have been overlooking the negative fallout that's being left behind in it's wake. This includes harassment, bullying, and the running off of innocent editors. And, to me, those are Wikipedia's major problems. The reader's of Wikipedia couldn't care less about all this COI kerfunkle. Reader's don't go to talk pages so the adding of editors as possibly having a COI is only used by other editors to harass them. That's why most of those editors once they are list leave. Or start a new account. And, finally, savvy readers realize humans are biased so they would expect articles to be biased anyways. Therefore, It would be way more logical to work on making edits neutral, not on harassing editors. Because there is no such thing as an unbiased editor. Of course, if one were truly concerned about eliminating bias, one would figure out a way to increase the numbers of minorities and women on Wikipedia, since right now, all we've got is a bunch of articles white men relate to! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 00:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks For Your Comment

	Duck and cover
	For being bold at ANI with your comment about editors with COI. You could also mention that it pushes such editors deeper underground and makes it tougher to find articles that need reviewed for NPOV. Wikipedia needs more people like you if it plans to retain editors. CNMall41 (talk) 03:46, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Best use of the word "Duck" that I've seen on Wikipedia! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:27, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are braver than I. After being accused of being a shill based on that same thread, I evaluated if I really wanted to stay. I see now why people leave the project. Good luck to you! --CNMall41 (talk) 21:36, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I did not accuse you of being a shill and I have said repeatedly that my question to you on your Talk page (not in the ANI thread) had nothing to do with your post at the ANI thread. I understand that you continue to believe it does. There is nothing I can do about that. Jytdog (talk) 18:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can I say that I have often said things in a vague way to not put the blame onto someone only to have someone else believe I was referring to them. Just something to consider. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 02:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kitten shortage

Gosh thanks! I don't have any kittens to spare, so here is a picture of the beautiful town of Levoča. Best, --Smerus (talk) 08:41, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What??? Shouldn't we notify the authorities? Thanks for the gorgeous pic! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 19:47, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

I heard about the shortage. Be good to the kitty.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:50, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Whew! For a second there, I was worried!!! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:27, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Major cricket - possible merge

Hi. Given the closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Major cricket (2nd nomination) as non-consensus I'd like to consider a possible merge of the Major cricket article to History of cricket - see the discussion I've started at Talk:Major cricket. Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:37, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for supporting my RfA

	Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award
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You may not care, but…

You may not care, but it doesn't do your reputation any good to screw around (as Floquenbeam put it), first on Hawkeye's RFA, so much so that the 'crat clerk felt impelled to remove bits of several of your posts, and now on Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat. It's not witty. Please stop. Bishonen | talk 18:28, 2 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

So my guess is that you prefer suppression through silence? If I didn't care, I would be wasting my time here at all. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:36, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

- - I also want to add that Bishonen did not go to Hallward's Ghost's page even though they are the one who followed me and started the whole issue Bishonen is referring to here. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 18:53, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
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Multilingual help offered

I sent you a barnstar in admiration for your ...everything I've read on your talk page. Love your userboxes too. My purpose is not to just compliment you, but to offer my help, if ever needed. I am a proud Polyglot, with 3 mother tongues, (English, French and Spanish), a few degrees, and a few other languages. Feel free, anytime and I'll respond. Merci pour tes tripes! --Natalie.Desautels (talk) 15:21, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments at the cratchat talk

Hi. For better or for worse, Wikipedia does not treat RfX as a straight-up vote where a numerical percentage suffices. To use a strange analogy, there is supposed to be flavor an texture to the discussion, and when the discussion gets murky enough, 'crats are supposed to taste the soup and determine if the support flavor appears clear, or is it too muddled. Two sets of 68% may taste different. In this case, my opinion (as I wrote) is that the opposition was more effective in their case as their concerns were laser focused on the essence of RfX. Hawk had lost the tools for cause, and the opposition was pretty clear that they did not see sufficient rehabilitation. The supports were less adamant about their trust in Hawk's rehabilitation and had a significant proportion of second chance even without certainty of Hawk's change. That was probably the key element in why I felt the soup was did taste strongly enough of support. In another hypothetical case, where the opposes are less concentrated, more spread out over areas (so section A of oppose may actually support in the issues bothering section B), the oppose flavor may be too diffuse to counteract the support. I apologize for the gastronomic analogy, but perhaps that helps explain how we act and that it really isn't arbitrary (at least we hope so!). Thank you for the feedback! -- Avi (talk) 15:40, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This answer appears to more about defending your position for why the RfX failed as opposed to addressing some of my points. Believe me, I understand why that is. It still seems to me, that the supposed moving around of percentages, that recently happened, was a complete waste of time. Since, clearly, RfX's with these low percentages were able to pass in the past without such nonsense.

I just have huge concerns about impartially amongst the 'crats. I believe their decision to not promote was based on their own biases. Once that occurs, new 'crats are needed. Especially with 'crats moving goal posts on how to correctly vote in an adminship. The restructuring of how one's suppose to actually vote, yet no one was specifically notified about these changes. For instance, had I been aware of these newest changes, I would have stated, "Strong Support - I TRUST THAT THIS EDITOR WILL NOT USE THE ADMINSHIP TOOLS IMPROPERLY!!! Instead, I just feel betrayed. But then I guess the 'crats didn't betray the core in-crowd which I believe was the true goal. Which makes sense since those are the individuals that voted them in, and there is no such thing as a reelection here. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 23:26, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support

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"Women are wonderful" effect

Hi, I noticed the dispute at "Women are wonderful" effect ~~due to the level of editing - a tool called Pushipedia flagged it up (it "pushes" notifications of high-edit articles)~~ in Recent changes (whoops, mixed up). I thought some advice may help: 1. I see you proposed a merge, but you didn't open a discussion. I have fixed the tag to direct to the talk section opened an IP editor to oppose the merge. Please add a succinct explanation of why this topic is best dealt with as part of Ambivalent sexism rather than as a standalone topic. Please also place a brief and neutrally worded note at Talk:Ambivalent sexism and at the relevant WikiProjects so interested editors can find the discussion. 2. Try to avoid discussing the motives of other editors and labels such as MRA. A focus on the sources and what they say keeps the emotional level down. 3. Avoid over-tagging in content disputes. How are "might" and "possibility" weasel words? For the "women are wonderful when" part, a look on Google Scholar shows it has been only Laurie Rudman et al. who have made that point, so "some" can be replaced with "Rudman et al." Fences&Windows 12:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. Template:Edit conflict is for when there are clashes in editing and to be used on talk pages. It is not the same as edit warring. If you feel that edit warring is happening, it is best to stop editing and keep talking. Fences&Windows 12:21, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't comment here to warn you off: I saw the lack of justification for the merge and gave some additional advice. I am trying to help resolve the dispute. As well as posting to WikiProjects, you can also gain help at WP:NPOV/N. You say "they repeatedly attempted to hide info" - can you explain this, provide diffs? If this IP is a "civil POV pusher", the last thing you want to do is lose your temper. Stay calm, and get more eyes on this. Fences&Windows 01:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

After re-reading your comment - MRA I know, I took my a while to work out TRP though I have heard of The Red Pill. I hold no brief for those ideas, and I have no favouritism to any side of that article. The topic involves scholarly work, so focus on how that is best represented in Wikipedia. As well as WP:NPOV/N, the fringe theories noticeboard may also be of assistance. Fences&Windows 01:27, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Fences and windows: Because of the constant personal attacks about me by this IP, I would love more eyes on the subject. However, I don't see much interest in this subject except from the outside by the MRA & Terps/TRP group. There is no interest in an explanation of the term, just the term. The interest in this article is only to omitting info and/or classifying anything they don't like as "controversial." Doing these two things turns any article into a propaganda piece.

The hiding I'm referring to is stuff like this. On 07:49, 6 February 2016 the IP created this subject titled, MurderByDeadcopy overwhelming bias and deception. Then later the same IP on 02:23, 7 February 2016 hid that info. Again on 04:49, 7 February 2016 along with multiple other times, Why this was being done is so that the IP could then brazenly claim all these exact issues about me. That, even though I had wanted to work on consensus in the first place, and the IP lied about me, once they believed they had the upper hand, the IP mysteriously changed their tune. This could be because more than one individual is doing the writing on that IP. The tell here is in the comments Removed off topic comment, let us know when you want to contribute

These are the reasons why I didn't understand that while the IP was clearly attacking me, you decided to show up only on my talk page. That's the favoritism/disparity I was referring to, not the article itself. I'd never heard of that article's subject before making this account and it's clearly given too much WP:UNDUE by a few fringe groups, while most WP editors have little interest in it. My guess is that most sociologists are more interested in the dynamics of Wikipedia itself rather than the horrible inaccuracies WP creates with the sociology/psychology subjects written here. --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 22:33, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've explained that I primarily commented here because you made a merge request that you did not provide any justification for. My comments were intended as advice not admonishment. Another editor has now commented and restored the merge tag, but you still need to add a comment on the talk page to argue for a merge. You should also add a note at Talk:Ambivalent sexism to direct readers to the merge discussion and probably at the WikiProjects to alert interested editors.

I have advised the IP editor to follow talk page guidelines after they removed your comments etc. There is a lot of talk and I missed some of the issues with their edits before. The IP editor has also had two of their talk page comments removed, once by another editor and once by you, probably inadvertently. You say they were trying to hide information when they changed the heading to "Misleading language", but their edit was accompanied by an apology and the original heading was not in accordance with talk page guidelines as it was an attack on you and not neutrally worded (they apologised and themselves changed the title, so there is no need for me to warn them unless this recurs). To take some heat out of this talk page, I have again changed the section heading to "Neutrality dispute" with the original title commented out. Using "us" is not by itself evidence of a shared account (by "us" they probably just mean editors reading the talk page) and they'd have to be using the same computer to have the same IP.

The IP editor may well have an agenda and may have come from Reddit, but it is possible for editors with competing agendas and no agenda alike to work together. Not all of their first series of edits were wrong: the paragraph they removed beginning "In contemporary research..." was too close in wording to the source text and one of the references was misattributed, for example. This dispute is only a week old and they're discussing the edits, even if some of their understanding of reliable sourcing guidelines is sketchy. Fyddlestiks is involved again, so stay calm and keep discussing the merge and sourcing. There is a risk of improper synthesis on this topic because it is so specific and there are relatively few sources directly discussing this effect in detail; a merge to Ambivalent sexism might better put this content into context.

UNDUE is about the weight given to content within an article, not the existence of articles or the attention editors give to them. I hope these comments are of some help. Fences&Windows 14:28, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Fences and windows: I'm going to stop explaining myself to you because I believe this discussion as fallen into, "No, what I meant was," and, I'm not sure it matters all that much at this point. Also, I'm actually feeling more as the odd man out now, then I did before your last comments, so I'd rather quit while only 10% behind rather than 90% behind. Or, before it devolves into whether or not I can comprehend three syllable words! --MurderByDeletionism^"bang!" 21:44, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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HI @MurderByDeadCopy

Hope you are doing well. Okay so we have done a lot of work on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Harvey_Boulter entry. Can I possibly ask that you have a look at the entry to see if it looks okay?

Would really appreciate it. Might help me not getting beaten up again :-)

Regards CB — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccboshoff (talk • contribs) 10:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.

Film and television maintain a strong grasp on Wikipedia's readership

Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes

The final results of the heated case

WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games

We sat down with the writers of some of the most vistied Wikipedia articles

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The Signpost: 15 June 2016

News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov

WMF board chair Patricio Lorente answers questions

Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group

Wikimedia enters academic publishing

Featured content: From the crème de la crème

Eleven featured articles, nine featured lists and fourteen featured pictures

In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing

Recent media coverage of Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing

Two for the price of one—do the popular Commons image contest and Wikidata licensing serve the community as well as they should?

Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle

Wikipedia's most read articles in the last two weeks

Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource

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

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The Signpost: 04 July 2016

News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany

News from Wikimania and the courts

Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?

Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing

In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source

Reliability worries

Featured content: Triple fun of featured content

Six articles, nine lists, one topic and thirteen pictures promoted

Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit

European football and politics dominate the top-10

Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year

From the Wikimedia Foundation blog

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The Signpost: 21 July 2016

News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments

Four seats to be filled in top WMF grantmaking body; General Counsel and Secretary Geoff Brigham leaves Wikimedia

Discussion report: Busy month for discussions

New ArbCom restrictions; genetically modified food safety

In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"

Female scientists in India; Cracked.com probes Wikipedia's weaknesses

Featured content: A wide variety from the best

Promotions in four featured-content forums

Traffic report: Sports and esports

Northern summer makes sport the winner

Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks

Plus a clerk appointment and two motions

Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality

Plus navigating the Chinese Wikipedia, and talkpage sentiment

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The Signpost: 04 August 2016

Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information

And the Signpost loses and gains a co-editor-in-chief

News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open

WMF and Alphabet are developing an algorithm designed to detect personal attacks

In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias

Plus Android and Taylor Swift

Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24

Condolences are being left on his English Wikipedia talk page

Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary

Pokémon Go led the chart for two weeks running

Featured content: Women and Hawaii

Eight articles, two lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks

Plus: new Wiki Studies journal, Wikipedia usage on Twitter and more

Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most

WMF announces enhancements to the notifications system

Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)

New user scripts and other tech news

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The Signpost: 18 August 2016

News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses

Conference draws highly diverse and productive participation, and several years' advocacy pays off in a new government policy

Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica

Guest post recaps in-depth engagement of experts to address Wikipedia gender gap while improving coverage of their field

In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising

Wikipedia coverage ranged from sobering to playful in this issue's roundup

Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks

Eight articles, eleven lists, one topic and five pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Olympic views

Politics gives way to sports, TV and film

Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)

A review of numerous useful Wikipedia customizations

Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case

New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information

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The Signpost: 06 September 2016

News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters

The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones

Special report: Olympics readership depended on language

A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia

In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage

Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage

WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia

An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie

Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between

Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted

Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit

An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool

Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them

New scripts and technical news

Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism

One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia

Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway

Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos

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The Signpost: 29 September 2016

News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit

Medical school class's Wikipedia contributions profiled as case study; and a remembrance of Ray Saintonge, Wikimedian since 2002

In the media: Wikipedia in the news

This edition's roundup of media coverage

Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content

Nineteen articles, eleven lists, one portal and twelve pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens

TRM, CUOS '16, R&I, RfC

Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét

Four weeks of Wikipedia's most popular articles examined

Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters

Titles with numbers now sort numerically, and a new tool to check how template parameters are used

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The Signpost: 14 October 2016

News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna

Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection

Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input

A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities

In the media: A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio

And this edition's roundup of media coverage

Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017

A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch

Featured content: Variety is the spice of life

Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Debates and escapes

Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel

Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report

We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

News and notes: Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade impending

Victoria Coleman to fill long-vacant CTO role; Trustee Kelly Battles joins Quora executive team; last week for community input on Creative Commons 4.0 license

In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage

Plus our roundup of recent media stories

Wikicup: WikiCup winners

Winners of the tenth annual WikiCup competition announced and profiled

Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?

Progress on the 2015 Community Wishlist for tech features; and plans for a new Wishlist

Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content

Proposed best practices for communication and community involvement, and an improvement to Wikipedia's citation infrastructure

Featured content: Cream of the crop

Fourteen articles, six lists and fourteen pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Un-presidential politics

Two weeks of insights into the mind of the mob

Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities

Two cases closed, and an administrator loses editing rights

Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia

A recap of recent research in our realm

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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

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

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence

An overview of the English Wikipedia ArbCom election; brief notes as Asian and African initiatives wind down

In the media: Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more

Election prompts media to explore themes important to Wikipedians, including news literacy, privacy, and data security

Blog: The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth

115,000 images were submitted as part of the annual competition.

Gallery: Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016

A sampling of photo submissions to the annual photography campaign

Featured content: Featured mix

Eight articles, two lists and nine pictures were promoted

Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog

A close examination of the efficacy of the GA Cup contest, a longstanding effort to reduce the backlog of articles awaiting review

Op-ed: Fundraising data should be more transparent

Empowering volunteers and local chapters to engage with fundraising would yield varied benefits

Traffic report: President-elect Trump

Someone is likely to dominate traffic for a long time

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The Signpost: 22 December 2016

Year in review: Looking back on 2016

Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation

News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results

WMF reflects, to some degree, on its past approaches to strategic planning

Special report: German ArbCom implodes

The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud

In focus: Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment

A proposal from the Inspire Campaign to address harassment was recently implemented to prevent unconstructive and malicious editing on user pages

Op-ed: Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia

Even a well executed outreach event can yield disappointing results

In the media: In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more

Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign

Featured content: The Christmas edition

Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted

Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results

And a roundup of recently-added tools

Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues

Four weeks of popular article analysis

Blog: Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced

Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them

Recent research: One study and several abstracts

Privacy and Tor, and several other studies

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The Signpost: 17 January 2017

From the editor: Next steps for the Signpost

Building toward better recruitment and retention

News and notes: Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?

A close look at the history of approving administrators on English Wikipedia, and a roundup of news

Interview: What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?

The wiki environment can appear deceptively uniform, but it masks strikingly different editorial experiences

In the media: Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more

The latest media reports

Featured content: One year ends, and another begins

Twelve articles, thirteen lists and twelve pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases

Various minor developments

Traffic report: Out with the old, in with the new

If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive

Technology report: Tech present, past, and future

Data sets now available on Commons, wishes to be worked on in 2017, and a recap of the Wikimedia Developer Summit

Recent research: Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia

And several other research papers reviewed and summarized

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The Signpost: 6 February 2017

Arbitration report: WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy

The two statements prompt extensive community discussion; plus, our updates on recent ArbCom decisions

Special report: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

Undisclosed paid editing by a financial broker mired in scandal spans years, impacting Wikipedia's editors and readers

News and notes: Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds

Foundation's latest foray into political waters, and grants funding structured data and anti-harassment measures, met with enthusiasm and concern

In focus: WMF strategy consultant brings background in crisis reputation management; Team behind popular WMF software put "on pause"

Several developments in the $2.5 million strategic planning process explored, and a team within the software production department is sidelined

WikiProject report: For the birds!

Our second interview with the productive WikiProject Birds crew

Op-ed: How to make editing workshops useful, even if participants don't stick around

Veteran editing workshop leader responds to a previous Signpost op-ed

In the media: Presidential politics, periodic table, and our periodic roundup of updates

Wikipedia's response to Trump inauguration and a fruitful, public "edit war" lead our media updates

Technology report: Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news

Traffic report: Cool It Now

Three weeks of the most popular Wikipedia articles

Featured content: Three weeks dominated by articles

Twenty-eight articles, seven lists, two topics and four pictures were promoted

Forum: Productive collaboration around coordinated protest marches; Media and political personalities comment on Wikipedia at its 16th birthday celebration

Women's marches on seven continents attracted strong Wikipedia engagement; Media luminaries and a presidential candidate joined WMF boss Katherine Maher at a New York gathering

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The Signpost: 27 February 2017

From the editors: Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed

The Signpost's poll suggests we should take a cautious approach to the Newsletter Extension, under development; and our RSS feed is functional once again

Recent research: Special issue: Wikipedia in education

This month's edition focuses on research about the role of Wikipedia in education

Technology report: Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app

Demonstrations of developers' experiments and works in progress

In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia

Is the Daily Mail fake news and your media roundup

Gallery: A Met montage

A selection of CC0 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Special report: Peer review – a history and call for reviewers

An overview of English Wikipedia's peer review process

Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer

Increased WMF spending every year is not sustainable

Featured content: The dominance of articles continues

Fifteen articles, two lists, and six pictures were promoted

Traffic report: Love, football, and politics

They may not mix in life, but they do in popularity

Blog: WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward

Republished from the Wikimedia blog

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The Signpost: 9 June 2017

From the editors: Signpost status: On reserve power, help wanted!

Inviting new writers, editors, and ideas

News and notes: Global Elections

WMF Board election results, and FDC elections begin

Arbitration report: Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis

Two cases were closed from 19 February to 27 March.

Op-ed: Wikipedia's lead sentence problem

Lead sentence metadata is out of control and a serious impediment to readability

Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured

Eighty-eight articles, forty-three lists, five topics and twenty-two pictures were promoted

In the media: Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?

Garfield is male, and other places Wikipedia made the news

Recent research: Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press

...but are they real?; personality and attitudes to Wikipedia; large expert review experiment

Technology report: Tech news catch-up

Bots, scripts, tools, and changes from February to June 2017

Traffic report: Film on Top: Sampling the weekly top 10

Two weeks of film dominance: Baahubali and the Academy Awards

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The Signpost: 23 June 2017

News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)

While the English Wikipedia community produces no new requests for adminhood in June, the Wikimedia Foundation makes changes to the Product and Technology departments.

In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill

The anatomy of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's chest area has been the talk of the month. But so have high-profile edits, hacked articles, and one particular newborn growing up.

Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take

Exploring sourcing issues in Wikimedia projects, a solution in Wikidata and fact mining, and a newsletter to continue the conversation.

Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues

22 featured articles, 17 featured lists, 7 featured pictures

Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth

Summer blockbusters and sports, Trump and world events.

Recent research: Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?

A researcher applies Marxist critiques of political economy to investigate whether gamification, a culture of altruism, and other anti-corporatist influences on peer production can create a sustainable gift economy in a project like Wikipedia.

Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all

Search now can include sister projects; EpochFail

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

The English Wikipedia sees its first new admin of the season, discord rocks Wikimedia France, some tweaks to the WMF reorg, and a new WMF annual plan mark this issue's community news.

Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more

Recently promoted articles, lists, and pictures.

In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce

A grab bag of alt-right speech, classical scholars, the dark web, elicited European tourism, $500,000 golden parachutes, forgery, the Great Firewall, net neutrality, nukes, paid editing, porn, and terrorism.

Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers

A closer look at the research that found that the 2013 Snowden revelations coincided with a significant drop of pageviews for privacy-sensitive Wikipedia articles

Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017

...and is there anything we can do to stop it? Opinions and examples from across the project.

Gallery: A mix of patterns

An interesting mix of patterns and colors to brighten your day...

Humour: The Infobox Game

Enjoy the Parameters: The Infobox Game can be enjoyed by everyone, not just those interested in water buffalo breeds, volcanic hotspots or the mysterious heteroisoform, and some day just might spawn an important facet of the financial derivatives industry.

Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday

Popular interest in celebrities, blockbusters and an upcoming season of a popular television show drive traffic, with a smattering of world events, holidays and a Reddit storm around – surprise – free porn for the U.S. Congress.

Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts

Syntax highlighting, changes to Recent Changes, Wikidata on the enhance watchlist, accessible editing buttons and jQuery upgrade may break scripts.

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up

The heat turns up on the 32 contestants who entered round three: 13 featured articles, 82 good articles, 167 DYKs, but we had to pick just eight of them to advance.

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

News and notes: Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!

Wikimania in Montreal, lawsuit in Sweden, challenges in France

Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality

Local tourism gains +9% when Wikipedia articles are improved; significant improvements in predicting article quality with deep learning; recent editor behavior is a strong predictor of content quality

WikiProject report: Comic relief

An interview with a project that is centered around comics.

In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity

Wikipedia and reliable sources of information continue to define each other

Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

Plus plenty of sports, film, and television

Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that Google must remove search results worldwide, dismissing concerns that this may impede freedom of expression for people outside of Canada or inspire other countries to censor speech.

Special report: Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic

Wikimedia contributors support each other's projects in many unexpected ways

Featured content: Everywhere in the lead

Recently promoted articles, lists and pictures – with a very heavy one in the mix

Technology report: Introducing TechCom

The Architecture Committee adopts a new charter and name; and the latest in script, bot, and tech news

Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs

An elite squad of highly insightful editors can lead the way for other editors who may need to retrain their faces into forming a smile.

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

Please share your Wikimania 2017 experiences!

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Some of the goings-on from Wikimania 2017.

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Take your pick of the best of Wikipedia.

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

White supremacists v. anti-fascism groups, Mayweather v. McGregor, Moon v. Sun.

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

Wikipedia's medical and scientific content has come a long way since 2001. Here are some thoughts on how it may continue to evolve.

Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia

A list of recent research publications on various topics.

In the media: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?

Plus the latest reports of vandalism and mistakes in Wikipedia.

WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube

WikiProject YouTube is a new project on both English and Simple English Wikipedia.

Technology report: Latest tech news

Syntax highlighting, failed login notifications, watchlist filters, and more.

Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up

Ships, typhoons, birds, and more!

Humour: Bots

They do the things you don't want to do (and sometimes things you don't want done).

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The Signpost: 25 September 2017

News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

News from Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Macedonia, and Wikimedia Israel's; Autoconfirmed article creation trial begins

In the media: Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues

Also: Jeopedia, Dubaipedia, shaping science, fake quote reused by scholarly sources

Humour: Chickenz

The best that poultry has to offer

Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe

Plus the latest research publications.

Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

Plus more tech news, and the latest scripts and bots

Gallery: Chicken mania

Complimenting this issue's Humour about chickens...

Special report: Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative

Finally we're seeing some initial successes, but the Wikimedia movement is still far from being environmentally sustainable.

Traffic report: Fights and frights

Boxing, hurricanes, clowns, and more!

Featured content: Flying high

Newly featured birds, planes, and high achievers

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The Signpost: 23 October 2017

News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!

The Wikimedia Foundation publishes the latest fundraising report, convenes over the close of the strategic plan discussion, and moves into a new space.

Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables

A variety of topics promoted.

Humour: Guys named Ralph

If your name is Ralph, well sorry.

In focus: Offline Wikipedia developed at OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon

Advocates for sharing offline information gather to make content, software, hardware, and social decisions.

Blog: The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example

A chat with a developer of open source software which allows users to download web content for offline reading, and the future of offline access to Wikipedia.

In the media: Facebook and poetry

Fighting fake news and plagiarism.

Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK

Wikimedia UK's partnerships and achievements working with GLAM institutions.

Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment

Readers interested in the the death of Hef, Puerto Rico, films and television.

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

News and notes: Cons, cons, cons

The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much.

Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely

Arbitration matters from October and November.

Technology report: Searching and surveying

A new advanced search interface; the Community Wishlist Survey is back.

Interview: A featured article centurion

Brianboulton talks about featured articles on his 100th promotion.

WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects

A novel approach to recruit members for your project!

In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution

Wikipedia seen as flawed but important; conservative think-tank fellow wants his say; volunteer in Madison wants to close the gender gap.

Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate

Readers intrigued by the Netflix show Stranger Things, and by sexual assault allegations.

Featured content: We will remember them

War memorials, soldiers, extinct species, and devastating hurricanes are some of the most recently promoted featured content.

Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text

And other new research publications.

Humour: Good faith (but still incomprehensible)

The entertainment value of Wikipedia.

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The Signpost: 18 December 2017

Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up

Global article creation contest/editathon exceeds expectations.

Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind

Astronaut is first to specifically contribute to Wikipedia from space.

Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017

Seventeen articles, twenty-nine lists, three pictures and one featured topic were promoted.

In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more

The media discuss online copyright issues, Wikipedia's coverage of the capital of Israel and creation of a "reasonably clean, honest and reliable" work on Earth and in space.

Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors

Evidence phase in Mister Wiki editors case is complete; the community is proposing remedies and the Arbitration committee is slated to make a decision by end of year. Meanwhile, voting has closed on 2017 elections.

Gallery: Wiki loving

Winners of the international photo competitions Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments.

Interview: Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures

Looking back on a decade of contributions including over 1,000 images and over three dozen Featured Pictures, Charles shares his wildlife photography experience and tips.

Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"

And other recent research publications.

Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech

Including improved blocking tools, new user scripts, and the latest technical news.

Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys

We like our heroes and bad guys.

Humour: On their way to the WMF Incubator

u-nye-loo-lay-doo? Dochvetlh vISoplaHbe’.

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The Signpost: 16 January 2018

News and notes: Communication is key

Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.

In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media

Wikipedia manipulated and copied – again

Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics

Historical and pop culture articles promoted.

Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count

How do you make an average of 3,600 edits a week for over a decade? And what do you learn when you've done it?

Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers

Plus the latest technology upgrades, tools and news.

Humour: Why don't we have an article about _________?

Notable missing articles.

Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018

In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.

Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017

A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018

Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?

Should an editor's block history be a permanent "rap sheet", or does Wikipedia forgive and forget? A reform initiative has begun.

Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible

Exemplary content recognized between January 12 and January 20, 2018

Recent research: Automated Q&A from Wikipedia articles; Who succeeds in talk page discussions?

Also: Polish quality, Russian political mythologization, and multilingual analyses

Blog: New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes

The Wikimedia Foundation's Analytics team compiles a clickstream dataset, now available as a series of monthly data dumps for English, Russian, German, Spanish, and Japanese Wikipedias.

Interview: Interview with The Rambling Man, Wikipedia's top contributor of Featured Lists

Lessons on Creating a Featured List

Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles

The most popular articles for January 14 to 27

Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative

A partnership to improve and update Wikipedia's medical content

Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues

Politeness and collegial behavior about to be taken up by Arbcom, and perhaps a revisit of the infobox question.

In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations

Also, did UCF really win?

Humour: You really are in Wonderland

Enjoy the humour of another contributor

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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators

Sweden selected for Wikimania 2019; research report on shaping the future; a scarcity of RfAs.

Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back

There might be good things about an edit war.

Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases

Editor in self-imposed exile and infobox wars a thorn in the side of arbitration committee.

Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain

The Superbowl, the Winter Olympics, death, and accusations of unspeakable things.

Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history

An eclectic mix of promotions.

Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks

And other recent tech news.

Humour: Impossible and unexplained traffic report

Stubs get a lot of pageviews.

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

Is The Signpost on its last legs?

News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.

Wikimedia events, group recognition, and individual appointments are ongoing.

Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.

Arbcom considers new discretionary sanctions for infoboxes and an extension of 1RR.

In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good

Diplomats join Wikipedia for International Women's Day, the perfect "Human", how fringe theories are sustained, and perennial plagiarism from our pages.

Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers

Wakanda still fascinates; the Oscars happened; Winter Olympics come to a close; and International Women's Day gets over a million page views.

Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs

A plethora of content.

Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.

Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.

Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.

Retrospective on article creation trial.

Humour: WikiWorld Reruns

Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again

Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.

Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost

How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.

News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.

Finally a free image Kim Jong-un. WMF wins legal battle. Stephen Hawking death tops all Wikipedia hits.

In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop

Internet companies use Wikipedia to police truth; Citogenesis proven yet again; early birthday greetings; and trains

In focus: Admin reports board under criticism

A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).

Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide

New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts

Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised

The standards have been raised for sources used in judging the notability of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia

Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".

Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias

Can Wikipedia mobilize the same energy to fill other gaps in coverage?

Discussion report: The future of portals

What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?

Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct

Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee

WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History

Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.

Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia

What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study

Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff

You might not get all excersized about essays but they can be as fun as talk pages

Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March

The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.

Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation

Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.

Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints

Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

A busy office with minimal staff.

Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?

Kudpung has some thoughts on the reasons for becalmed forums and the reluctance of candidates to (wo)man the rigging.

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

Thoughts on how looking for the truth on Wikipedia brings out unexpected things in the real world.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.

Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals

A busy month for discussions on major topics.

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Science, sportspeople, video games, and history feature heavily in the community's picks this month.

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.

In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work

And the burning question of the day, is the monkey selfie going to space with the rest of Wikipedia?

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

Improved mobile app, searching, citations, inline maps, voting, and more.

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Editor SusunW delves into reasons why she has created hundreds of articles about women.

Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues

Too many women still don't know that Wikipedia is editable.

Humour: Play with your food

Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade mind.

Gallery: Wine not?

May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

The dark and twisted world of Wikipedia's most powerful media institution: The Signpost.

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

A busy office with minimal staff.

Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?

Kudpung has some thoughts on the reasons for becalmed forums and the reluctance of candidates to (wo)man the rigging.

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

Thoughts on how looking for the truth on Wikipedia brings out unexpected things in the real world.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

After a recent Village Pump discussion, the Signpost looks at WikiProject Portals.

Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals

A busy month for discussions on major topics.

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Science, sportspeople, video games, and history feature heavily in the community's picks this month.

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.

In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work

And the burning question of the day, is the monkey selfie going to space with the rest of Wikipedia?

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

No surprises here as the summer movie season begins.

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

Improved mobile app, searching, citations, inline maps, voting, and more.

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Editor SusunW delves into reasons why she has created hundreds of articles about women.

Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues

Too many women still don't know that Wikipedia is editable.

Humour: Play with your food

Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade mind.

Gallery: Wine not?

May 25 is National Wine Day in the United States.

From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

The dark and twisted world of Wikipedia's most powerful media institution: The Signpost.

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

A Wiki not so Simple, a mayor motivating an editathon, a Marshall Plan, and a Wikimania under a cloud of criticism

Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

Further developments on New Page Review and Articles for Creation work sharing

Op-ed: What do admins do?

Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems

Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

So it shouldn't get credit for our work, either.

News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania

Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.

In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress

Several online battles are juxtaposed with stories about cooperation and good deeds, Arbcom hovering over it all; notwithstanding, a good action movie script is not necessarily found here.

Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page

Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.

Featured content: New promotions

Enjoy the superb content

Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed

British politics case enters workshop phase and German war effort closes workshop, goes to Arbcom for proposals.

Traffic report: Endgame

Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway

Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements

An AI assistant comes to watchlists; better mobile compatibility; new bots, tools and scripts; and more

Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa

Colorful and moving.

Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

WMF appeals to Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet Arslan to lift the block of all language versions of Wikipedia for over a year.

Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry

Studying ourselves: 'driven by a sense of mission' according to researchers.

Humour: Television plot lines

In our next episode...

Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors

Some essays are funny, some are serious; some are just, well what exactly?

From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

Revisiting an editor's warning to count our kidneys and keep the wolves at bay

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

From the editor: If only if

Ships and shoes – and if you don't like it here, just go away!

Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise

How admin would-bes run the gauntlet.

Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

Wikipedia referees wag a finger at Professional Wrestling editors.

News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR

New admins and Kudpung finally leaves NPP after 7 years.

In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set

One secret cabal that watches out for conspiracy theories, and another one out to stymie venture capitalists?

Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals

And more: a new user group for editing code, Women in Red, and arbitrator articles.

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose

Spanning the gamut from warfare and destruction to pop culture to celebrations of nature and humanity's achievements.

Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes

We don't have "state agents" in a political debate, but couldn't talk about it if there were.

Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else

Finding the mathematician and Supreme Court nominee in this list is like playing Where's Waldo?.

Technology report: New bots, new prefs

Useful new gadgets.

Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July

Depictions of July events in several countries.

Blog: Motivation of two editors

Those who study ancient Egypt.

Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons

And other recent findings, plus a roundup of research presentations at Wikimania.

Humour: It's all the same

Merge WikiProject Professional wrestling and ANI.

Essay: Wikipedia does not need you

Get over it!

From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.

Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

"Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"

News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend

WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.

In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles

But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.

Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy

Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.

Special report: Wikimania 2018

"Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits

Very high and very low hits; love and loss.

Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work

Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.

Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat

Some of the best pictures of 2017.

Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies

Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.

Humour: Signpost editor censors herself

Nothing funny about it.

Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?

From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words

The Wikipedia Plays.

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

We keep on publishing as long as you keep on reading.

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

Wikipedia dodges a bullet in Brussels... maybe.

In the media: Knowledge under fire

Can Wikipedians help save the world's knowledge and shine a light on current events?

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

Plus: signatures, shortcuts, and reliable sources.

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom

No valid new requests for arbitration, no new cases.

Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low

Fourth highest view count of the year; lowest view count since 2014; death, sports, and movies ever constant.

Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news.

Gallery: A pat on the back

A pictorial ode to the end of summer.

Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains

As the global community of volunteer Wikimedia editors mourns the destruction of this amazing museum, this post pays tribute to all editors who have contributed restlessly to tell the story of the National Museum, our history.

Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?

And other recent research papers.

Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle

What is a four-letter word for...

Essay: Expressing thanks

You know you should...

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

A slightly thinner issue, but out on time.

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

Is a missing article on a Nobel laureate a fail? What if her draft biography was declined as non-notable?

News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

And it's richer than ever.

In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

Breitbart begone; rescued by archivists; celebrating trolls?

Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

Plus: two pending changes-related discussions, notability, and naming conventions.

Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring

Who's reading what?

Technology report: Bots galore!

Bots can do anything you want – well, almost.

Special report: NPP needs you

WMF continues to stonewall development; NPP wishes again relegated to stocking fillers.

Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

SPARQL adds sparkle to WMF projects.

In focus: Alexa

We are all writing for Amazon.

Gallery: Out of this world!

No special effects here, just beautiful celestial images.

Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

If it weren't free, of course.

Humour: Talk page humour

Wikipedia has a long history of talk page tomfoolery.

Opinion: Strickland incident

The reviewer who declined the article gives his perspective.

From the archives: The Gardner Interview

The "holy-shit" slide.

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

Lay down your verbal weapons.

Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

The experiences of a new user on Wikipedia, told in their own words.

Special report: The Christmas wishlist

What do the WMF devs have in store for the community?

Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

Suppose they gave a blog and nobody came?

News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit

Looking both backward and forward to events concerning the community.

Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

A personal reflection on Wikipedia's role as a repository of history.

In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars

Real-world news competes with the usual celeb fascination for Wikipedia's commentators.

Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

It was a good 15 years. Plus: admins, notability, substubs, and new padlocks.

Arbitration report: A long break ends

Arbcom takes its first new case since June.

Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

The "Queen" of stage and screen, that is. Is there another?

Gallery: Intersections

Biology or technology? Form follows function in nature and the constructed world.

Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize

And other new research results.

Essay: No one cares about your garage band

Nope, don't care!

Humour: The dark side of our favorite root vegetable

Wonky carrots invoke terror.

From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis

ARS might continue, but some Wikipedians might not.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Tell us what you think!

Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

Did World Patent Marketing pay to get Wikipedia to include flattering information on their board member, now the Acting United States Attorney General?

Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?

A statistical insight into the English Wikipedia's very own online community newsletter.

News and notes: Some wishes do come true

NPP wins the wish list poll; Wikipedia editors will be able to work better at night; new WMF appointments and new arbitrators; and who wants to be an admin?

In the media: Political hijinks

Wikipedia says 'ta' to British M.P. and 'buh-bye' to U.S. President's image vandals.

Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

Plus: reliable sources, notability, and fallout from the self-blocking software changes.

WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

Discovering how new and unregistered users make articles with the members of WikiProject Articles for Creation.

Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

GiantSnowman asked to chill, and other disputes addressed by Arbcom (or not).

Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

The band relinquishes its first place hold; Aquaman is swimming into view for late December.

Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

Happy solstice, and happy New Year!

Blog: News from the WMF

In and around the WMF and its projects from the WMF's web site.

Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

Are you a believer?

Essay: Requests for medication

When the desire to continue to have the privilege of editing Wikipedia overrides the body's innate desire to choke the living shit out of some bastard who really has it coming.

From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

Compromised accounts – especially those of inactive admins.

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected

Lab rats deflate research to be performed on the Wikipedia community.

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

Did you know that there was an admin who thought that the metaphor of the mop was a joke, and now they know it's not?

News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

Rude or just forgetful? Eight-year WMF manager has disappeared; Facebook gives a million bucks, gets no love.

In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

Heroes and unsung heroes: many good news stories about the work we are all doing together.

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

Plus: plagiarism from Wikipedia, user categories, and admin activity requirements.

Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

Get yourself lost in 1730's Paris, and a wide range of other recently promoted content.

Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

Snowman flames newbies? Or just oversensitive snowflakes?

Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther

The most popular articles of 2018 include a cornucopia of superheroes (Avengers: Infinity War)

Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

Emergency server switch goes smoothly; technical glitches resolved; a new way to transfer files to Commons.

Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

A tour of some of the world's greatest memorials courtesy the Prime Minister of India.

News from the WMF: News from WMF

The world’s largest photo contest, a $1 million gift, Wikipedia’s birthday, WF appoints Valerie D'Costa.

Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?

And other new research publications.

Essay: How

A narrative to get you oriented to how this place works, and to the key policies and guidelines.

Humour: Village pump

More talk pages you don't want to miss.

From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

Four years - and nothing changed?

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

This may be too wordy, verbose and loquacious – and possibly redundant – but as you know, it takes others to check our work, and if there were more people in the Newsroom, we'd be able to double check ourselves and produce a better product for our readership; if you think you are up to it, you are welcome to join us and even copyedit the Editor-in-Chief's article intros.

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

Encyclopedias for Deletion; Corinne; scholarships; partial blocks; and administrators headcount.

In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

This election will select 2 of 10 seats on the board. All Wikimedia users are stakeholders in the election outcome and should participate.

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

This month's major discussions include a WMF talk page consultation and a proposed current events noticeboard.

Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

Horsemen of the apocalypse all represented in recently promoted content, alongside new life, pretty birds, great music, and other miscellaneous topics.

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Snowed in, maybe.

Traffic report: Binge-watching

Netflix shows and TV sports dominate. A US politician breaks into the top 10.

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

Tool labs goes kaput, bots running wild (not really), interface administrators step into the breach, new gadgets and other tech happenings.

Gallery: Signed with pride

A gallery of user signatures created by Wikipedians themselves.

Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

When watchers want the whole truth, they wind up with the wiki! And Cultural Context Content comes out of a complete cartography.

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

Assume good faith even if it kills you.

From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

The creation of the Esperanza group.

Humour: Pesky Pronouns

Not feeling blurbish right now.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

From the editors: Getting serious about humor

News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive

In the media: Women's history month

Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding

Featured content: Out of this world

Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM

Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations

Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles

News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive

Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention

From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion

Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37

Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?

In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch

Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride

Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings

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The Signpost: 30 April 2019

News and notes: An Action Packed April

New Administrators, April Fools, our competitors, and other associated updates

In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?

Harassment, a black hole, the Mueller Report, and Mötley Crüe - just another social media site?

Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages

Plus: another round of paid editing discussion.

Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art

April's admirable additions.

Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee

Policies and procedures, cases and controversies, and other ArbCom updates

Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde

Round up the unusual suspects

Technology report: A new special page, and other news

Welcoming English Wikipedia's newest admin (bot)

Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns

Photos and videos show the damage

News from the WMF: Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?

Wikimedia Foundation data scientists are using machine learning to predict whether—and why—any given sentence on Wikipedia may need a citation in order to help editors identify areas of content violating the verifiability policy.

Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy

And other recent research results

From the archives: Portals revisited

"The future of portals", a year later

Humour: Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...

Some editors will do anything to get a laugh

Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps

What we know we don't know, and why it might matter more than you might think

Interview: Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director

Maher discusses her tenure as ED, the editing community, harassment and diversity, the WMF's 3-5 year plan, airplane travel, books, and her future.

Community view: 2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy

An overview of Wikimedia Summit 2019, a working conference to discuss the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Process, preparing draft recommendations for Wikimania 2019 in August.

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The Signpost: 31 May 2019

From the editors: Picture that

The North Face sneaks in advertisements, apologizes after being caught

News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections

Get ready to go to Wikimania in Stockholm where you might meet two new trustees

In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball

Wikipedia finds itself up against China, Pennsylvania politicians and the Detroit Tigers

Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia

Neutrality and copyright concerns lead and part 2 of the talk pages consultation.

Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead

Resignations, new cases, administrator security, and more

Traffic report: Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!

Who will be next to fill the throne at the top of the list?

Technology report: Lots of Bots

Admin bots, approved bots, bots on trial, lots and lots of bots

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey

The WMF keeps working to stop Turkey from blocking Wikipedia.

Recent research: Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?

And other new research publications

Essay: Paid editing

We've been talking about paid editing forever

From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?

A debate from 5 years ago on whether we use to prohibit undisclosed paid editing

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The June 2019 Signpost is out!

Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia

Could this be a new relationship between the Foundation and ArbCom, and between the Foundation and enwiki?

News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising

Many administrators resign related to Fram case; Wikimedia Thailand to host Wikimania 2020.

In the media: The disinformation age

Or is it the information error?

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse.

Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters

Readers look for info on what they watch, mostly Chernobyl.

Technology report: Actors and Bots

Database changes, new scripts, Tech News, and more.

Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth

Wikimedia photographers surge to contribute to the Wiki Loves Earth campaign even while rogue clothing company The North Face replaces wiki illustrations with advertisements.

Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?

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Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia

And other recent research publications.

From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching

"If you don't clean up this mess, the adults are going to come and take your toys away from you."

Opinion: Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might

To reduce the incentives driving undisclosed paid editing, Wikipedia could simplify the process and meet outsiders halfway.

In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal

Academic peer review meets Wikimedia.

Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes

How an Irish state-level paid editor tried to turn me into the villain.

Op-Ed: 2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results

Wikimedia community organizations elect two members for the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees.

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The Signpost: 31 July 2019

News and notes: Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India

WMF grants program changes position on funding random individuals globally and 100 crore people in one region

In the media: Politics starts getting rough

Are we ready for the sharp elbows?

Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban

Resysop requests on the ’crat board prove controversial; plus, aftermath of Framgate.

Arbitration report: A month of reintegration

Arbitration begins setting new boundaries after the June blow-up

Gallery: Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann

It looks nice and cool up in those mountains

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse.

Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?

It's easy, education saves lives.

News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way

Or, how to avoid Artificial Ignorance

Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect

And other new research publications

Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract

A new record set: fewer than 500 active admins.

Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things

and don't forget the movies

In focus: The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German

Who is growing? Who is not?

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The Signpost: 30 August 2019

News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings

The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.

In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff

Working with leadership and the community, taking on both operational and strategic responsibilities

In the media: Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism

And the media report it all

Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users

Can we survive without IP addresses?

Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes

And some summer flicks with the usual heroes and villains

Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored

Should we break the law or publish the truth?

Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia

Or how to make a concentration camp disappear?

Community view: Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong

From streets to Wikipedia - What are editors from Hong Kong facing?

News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year

Emna Mizouni was named the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year.

Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research

A roundup of many recent publications examining Wikpedia's gender gaps in participation and content, and their possible reasons

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

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The Signpost: 30 September 2019

From the editors: Where do we go from here?

Our constitutional crisis may continue

Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup

Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship

In the media: A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?

The internet may not be as stable as it seems

Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads

Luck, Serena, Bianca, 9/11, bad films, mass murderers and other good stuff

News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green

Wikipedia's footprint is equivalent to 251 average US homes’ energy use. Yes we can go green.

Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report

And other recent research publications

Gallery: Finding freely licensed photo collections

Wikimedia Commons is not the only place to find freely licensed photos

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

In focus: Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting

National libraries are planning to leverage Wikidata to interoperate and to bring information to the public

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The Signpost: 31 October 2019

In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit

Sweden, Poland, Armenia, Russia, the Vatican, and clueless English pubs.

Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse

"It's time for Wikipedia to grow up."

In focus: The BBC looks at Chinese government editing

But they aren't entirely sure they see it

Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars

A discussion on info wars, government editing and our defences.

Community view: Observations from the mainland

A different point of view

Arbitration report: October actions

An "unblockable" is blocked; a former arb resigns.

Traffic report: Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot of jokers

Plus a few celebrities.

Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast

The future of public broadcasting has arrived.

Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content rare on English Wikipedia

And other new research publications

Essay: Wikipedia is in the real world

Editing can have serious consequences.

News from the WMF: Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around

Twenty questions to get you started.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

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The Signpost: 29 November 2019

From the editor: Put on your birthday best

"We get by with a little help from our friends"

News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?

And when will we get the second extraterrestrial edit?

In the media: You say you want a revolution

Everybody wants to change Wikipedia.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases

Important or imprudent? Pondering portals. And an editor gets transported off-wiki for good.

Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker

Could this be the end of the Terminator?

Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things

The latest tech news and updates.

Gallery: Winter and holidays

Some interesting and unusual winter and holiday images.

Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews

And other new research publications.

Essay: Adminitis

Some humor about the otherwise serious subject of burnout.

From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited

Veteran editor: Wikipedia is losing existential battle against spam.

In focus: An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy

Coming to the end of a long road formulating the strategy.

Special report: How many people edit in your favorite language? Where are they from?

Only now can we say!

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The Signpost: 27 December 2019

From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again

You can buy "cleaners" but you might not come away clean.

News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages

Active administrators and articles achieved are marking milestone metrics, but in diverging directions. Plus, the first time any court has found there exists a constitutional right to read Wikipedia.

Special report: Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?

Son of Wiki-PR.

In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?

Praise for possibly pansophic Wikipedia from a Nobel laureate collides head-on with real-world events in December.

Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki

Regarding integrity of information presented by Wikipedia, as well as the processes and people who ensure it remains trustworthy.

Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee

ArbCom election results and status of open and requested cases.

Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December

We may have scrambled the headlines a bit.

Technology report: User scripts and more

Customise your Wikipedia experience

Gallery: Holiday wishes

Messages of holiday cheer from us to you.

Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary

16 recent papers, and other research news

From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)

A look at different approaches taken by Wikipedia's founders in 2002, as seen from the perspective of nine years when it was written; nearly twenty years ago now.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

Op-Ed: Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap

There's still a long way to go.

WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report

Eight years after our last interview, WikiProject Tree of Life continues to thrive.

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The Signpost: 27 January 2020

From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium

How long can we ignore Wiki-PR?

News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta

How to survive the asshole consensus.

In the media: Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?

Plus politics and other oddities.

Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom

The new arbs have a big load.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019

As only The Signpost can describe them.

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners

The top 15 international photos.

News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations

Growing our community and our abilities.

Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015

Well, it's a bit subjective.

In focus: Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!

Everybody needs to make a buck somehow — just not here, thanks.

Recent research: How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?

And other new research publications.

From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015

The first 10 years are the hardest.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report

An interview with four members of the WikiProject Japan.

Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article

I may fall in love all over again!

Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton

A mentor to us all

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The Signpost: 1 March 2020

From the editor: The ball is in your court

How to stop abusive commercial editing.

News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide

Falling behind Chinese websites.

Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews

A statistical insight into the English Wikipedia's very own online community newsletter.

In the media: Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation

We're all over the map this month.

Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?

Wikimedia or Wikipedia?

Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed

Arbitration Committee and the "blue wall of silence".

By the numbers: How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?

Numbers for vandalism and sockpuppeting included at no additional charge!

Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman

No more "Hidden Figures", let's work to make women visible on Wikipedia!

In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019

Covering Wikipedia for another five years!

Recent research: Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone

And other new research results

From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?

How long has Wikipedia been for sale? When will it stop?

Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark

Kobe sets another record.

Gallery: Feel the love

Renewing our vows.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator

Getting across the Wikipedia experience to the press.

Opinion: Wikipedia is another country

Or: how to best bite a newbie.

Humour: The Wilhelm scream

WikiWorld is back.

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The Signpost: 29 March 2020

From the editors: The bad and the good

Getting ready for anything.

News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked

Wheel war on Tatar Wikipedia.

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report

An interview with members of the COVID Project.

Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters

Wikipedia presents solid widely-consulted information on COVID-19 and related topics.

In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story

COVID-19, Zika, edit-a-thons, and macrons.

Discussion report: Rethinking draft space

Plus: geonotices, reliable sources, and job titles.

Arbitration report: Unfinished business

A new case, a case returns from limbo, and an RfC being prepared.

In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"

The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.

Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19

Individually and in organized groups, Wikimedians stand up and make a difference.

Recent research: Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia

New research publications on "the fear of being erased" and other topics.

From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Five years ago with a different crisis.

Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world

Going to movies and sport stadiums is history, and readers turn to Wikipedia for crucial medical information and updates.

Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia

Images from the Whose Knowlege? campaign.

News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time

The WMF responds.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

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The Signpost: 26 April 2020

News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pitches in.

In the media: Coronavirus, again and again

Plus the importance of language.

Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit

The Wikimedia community discusses modifying or hiding the sidebar on the left of every page.

Featured content: Featured content returns

Movies, roads, awards and more.

Arbitration report: Two difficult cases

Even our best editors sometimes disagree.

Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night

Coronavirus, coronavirus, and Joe Exotic.

Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos

A coronavirus cruise can't stop Roy!

Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias

And other new research results.

Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing

And it could get worse!

By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic

What COVID-19 data are available from the WMF?

Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together

In an increasingly factious world, Wikipedia's approach to collaboration and trust-building point to a brighter future.

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon

A Wikipedia editor reflects on his recent RfA and the health issues that became part of it.

In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia

How to better integrate articles across language editions.

WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors

An interview with members of the WP:GOCE

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Hello!

Even though I like to "help" Wikipedia by doing "basic improvements", I must say, you've been through a lot and think you deserve a treat, maybe some coffee or tea if you like. Sadly, I can do that for this is the internet (but the thought counts, yes?). Anyways, I hope you are doing well in all seriousness! I wish you luck in Wikipedia reforms, especially in terms of those stupid notability guidelines assuming you are still fighting the good fight, if not, that's fine too; this place is very, very bias bureaucracy that gets very angry if you call it that.... Otherwise, please enjoy yourself! Cheers, -Dgfknjk

P.S. I'm not really good at emoting, even more so on the virtual sphere, so please, don't take this as sarcasm, it would be very easy in your position. P.S.S. Sorry if this is too long to read.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgfknjk (talk • contribs) 09:03, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]