Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2023-12-24

File:Political poster Mao (6243036431) (cropped).jpg

Francisco Anzola – CC 2.0

Special report

Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?

Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.

Sandro Botticelli – PD

News and notes

The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023

Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...

Smirkybec – CC BY-SA 4.0

In the media

Consider the humble fork

Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.

Arabic Wikipedia contributors – CC 4.0 BY-SA

Discussion report

Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI

Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.

Matvej Alekseev – CC0 1.0

In focus

Liquidation of Wikimedia RU

Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".

Andrés Nieto Porras – CC BY-SA 2.0

Technology report

Dark mode is coming

No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.

Siddharth Patil – Kopimi

Recent research

"LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata

And other new research publications.

William Morris & Co – PD

Gallery

A feast of holidays and carols

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Edward Linley Sambourne – PD

Comix

Lollus lmaois 200C tincture

the dilution makes it stronger.

JPxG – CC 4.0 BY-SA

Crossword

when the crossword is sus

The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.

Pat Loika – CC 3.0 BY

Traffic report

What's the big deal? I'm an animal!

Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.

East718 – CC 3.0 BY-SA

From the editor

A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^

The debugging will continue until performance improves.

JPxG – CC 4.0 BY-SA

Apocrypha

Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.

Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!

Moshe Milner – PD

Humour

Guess the joke contest

Winner receives a special prize!

Tim Felce – CC 2.0 BY-SA

BJAODN

Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense

Edit summary: "Only need this page for about 30 minutes to demonstrate to a friend how easy it is to create a Wikipedia page. Then it will be deleted."

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