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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

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

• From the editors: Looking back, looking forward

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024

• In the media: Will you be targeted?

• Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last

• Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia

• Opinion: Reflections one score hence

• News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free

• Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next

• Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia

• In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?

• Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics

• Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 29 fra Wikimedia Norge

Wikimedia Norge

Hello, and happy new year from Wikimedia Norge!

The newsletters have kept going by e-mail, but it's been a while since we posted them on-wiki, so here are the three latest newsletters:

• August 2024: Members' weekend, budget change, Wikimania and events
• December 2024: Cultural heritage contest, Fix it!, Sámi living heritage, and visitors in our Oslo office
• January 2025: General assembly and wikigrants

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 31. jan. 2025, 12:21 (UTC)

The Signpost: 7 February 2025

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

• Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians

• News and notes: Let's talk!

• Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon

• In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk

• Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City

• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed

• Traffic report: A wild drive

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 30 fra Wikimedia Norge

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Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!

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• March 2025: Women in Red
• What's happening in March:
  • March 1: Wiki meetup in Oslo
  • March 5: Wikipedia kickstart (online)
  • March 6: Wiki lunch at Sentralen, Oslo (hybrid event)
  • March 8: Drop-in Wikipedia editathon at Sentralen, Oslo
  • March 17: Wiki meetup in Trondheim

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 26. feb. 2025, 15:28 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2025

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

• News and notes: Administrator elections up for reapproval and 1bil GET snagged on Commons

• Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World

• Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year

• In the media: The end of the world

• Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read

• Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing

• Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?

• Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors

• Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars

• Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source

• Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)

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The Signpost: 22 March 2025

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

• From the editor: Hanami

• News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia

• In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual

• Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?

• Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...

• Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!

• Essay: Unusual biographical images

• Obituary: Rest in peace

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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

• Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison

• In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear

• In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International

• News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack

• Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

• Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas

• Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing

• Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM

• Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...

• News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view

• Comix: Thirteen

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 31 fra Wikimedia Norge

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Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!

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• Theme: India and Norway
• Newcomers in the board and staff
• Three Lofoten photos amongst the top ranking photos in Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
• #5kvinner: Missing biographies on women
• What's happening in April and May?
  • 24 April: Wikipedia template workshop
  • 5 May: Wiki meet-up in Trondheim
  • 7 May: Wikipedia kickstart (online)
  • 8 May: Wikilunch at Sentralen, Oslo
  • 8 May: Wikipedia module workshop

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 24. apr. 2025, 07:56 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 May 2025

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

• News and notes: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/News and notes

• In the media: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/In the media

• Recent research: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Recent research

• Arbitration report: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Arbitration report

• Discussion report: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Discussion report

• Traffic report: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Traffic report

• Disinformation report: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Disinformation report

• News from the WMF: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/News from the WMF

• Humour: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Humour

• Comix: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Comix

• In focus: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/In focus

• Community view: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Community view

• Debriefing: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Debriefing

• Gallery: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Gallery

• Obituary: en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-05-01/Obituary

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

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

• News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskandar preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo

• In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide

• Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?

• In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions

• Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie

• Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing

• Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)

• Comix: Collection

• From the archives: Humor from the Archives

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 32 fra Wikimedia Norge

Wikimedia Norge

Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!

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• AI, knowledge and community – from Prague to Norway
• We've reached 100 members!
• Wikilunch June 5: We're celebrating! Growing the female ratio on Wikipedia
• On June 26, Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Norge invite you to the AI Rooftop Party at the Sentralen rooftop in Oslo. More info on this will be published on our website!

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 4. jun. 2025, 12:49 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 June 2025

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

• News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!

• In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion

• Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?

• Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians

• Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past

• News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

• Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors

• Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)

• Comix: Hamburgers

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 33 fra Wikimedia Norge

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Hello, and happy summer from Wikimedia Norge!

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• Wikigrant for Tons of Rock photographer
• Knowledge can begin with a Q
• Promoting the Wikimedia projects' interests
• Strengthened female participation in Wikipedia: Did you miss the status update?
• Happening this August:
  • August 6–9: Wikimenia 2025 in Nairobi
  • August 13: Wikipedia Kickstart
  • August 14: Wikilunch at Sentralen, Oslo

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 17. jul. 2025, 15:13 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 July 2025

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

• News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!

• In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles

• In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years

• Recent research: Knowledge manipulation on Russia's Wikipedia fork; Marxist critique of Wikidata license; call to analyze power relations of Wikipedia

• News from the WMF: Form 990 released for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fiscal year 2023-2024

• Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred

• Comix: Divorce

• Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion

• Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone

• Traffic report: God only knows

• Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

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

• News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them

• Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN

• Disinformation report: The article in the most languages

• Community view: News from the Villages Pump

• In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches

• Crossword: Accidental typography

• Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men

• Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman

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The Signpost: 9 September 2025

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

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court

• In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks

• Disinformation report: A guide for Congress

• Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists

• Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource

• Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice

• Essay: The one question

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 34 fra Wikimedia Norge

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Hello, and happy autumn from Wikimedia Norge!

Autumn is here, and we hope you are full of impressions and renewed energy for the free knowledge movement! Follow our newsletters and SoMe channels in the coming months – there will be plenty of wiki activities this fall.

On September 7^th, we held an extraordinary general assembly in Trondheim to elect an election committee.

• Wikimania August 6^th–9^th: Strong presence from WMNO
• Part-time job opening: Project staff 50 %
• September 16^th: Wikipedia editing course for women in Oslo
• September 23^rd: Wikipedia editing course for women in Kristiansand

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 10. sep. 2025, 13:05 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 2 October 2025

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

• News and notes: Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"; WMF publishes transparency report

• In the media: Extraordinary eruption of "EVIL" explained

• Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client

• Discussion report: Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: another 1,339 threads analyzed

• Community view: The pressing questions of the modern WWW, as seen from the Village Pump

• Recent research: Is Wikipedia a merchant of (non-)doubt for glyphosate?; eight projects awarded Wikimedia Research Fund grants

• Opinion: Some disputes aren't worth it

• Obituary: Michael Q. Schmidt

• Traffic report: Death, hear me call your name

• Comix: A grand spectacle

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