Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2022-08-01

From the editors

Rise of the machines, or something

The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.

News and notes

Information considered harmful

Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.

In the media

Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

Real news or silly season?

Op-Ed

The "recession" affair

IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

War diary (part 3)

"This year's victory was sad and dull."

Election guide

The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.

Community view

Youth culture and notability

Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?

Opinion

Criminals among us

Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.

Arbitration report

Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3

Deletion report

This is Gonzo Country

GPT-3 whips it out.

Discussion report

Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

And when is 'today'?

Traffic report

US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

The world shows its messy complexity.

Featured content

A little list with surprisingly few lists

More lists expected next month.

Tips and tricks

Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!

In focus

Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

PAC2 explains the item documentation template.

On the bright side

Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

Education, climate change, and journalism.

Essay

How to research an image

Zoom and enhance.

Recent research

A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

And other new research findings.

Serendipity

Don't cite Wikipedia

But Commons is a treasure trove.

Gallery

A backstage pass

All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

From the archives

2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...

Humour

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Strange mysteries of our animal world.

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