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The Signpost
: 3 October 2011
News and notes:
Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy
In the news:
QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts
WikiProject report:
Kia ora
WikiProject New Zealand
Featured content:
Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan
Arbitration report:
Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams
Technology report:
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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The Signpost
: 10 October 2011
Opinion essay:
The conservatism of Wikimedians
News and notes:
Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised
In the news:
Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist
WikiProject report:
The World's Oldest People
Featured content:
The weird and the disgusting
Arbitration report:
Senkaku Islands
closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions
Technology report:
1.18 deployment and HTTPS switchover completed, but developer help now needed with new projects
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The Signpost
: 17 October 2011
News and notes:
Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized
In the news:
Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out
WikiProject report:
History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP
Featured content:
Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic
Arbitration report:
Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined,
Abortion
case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment
Technology report:
WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun
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The Signpost
: 24 October 2011
From the editors:
A call for contributors
Opinion essay:
There is a deadline
Interview:
Contracting for the Foundation
In the news:
Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical
WikiProject report:
Great WikiProject Logos
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
Technology report:
WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project
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The Signpost
: 31 October 2011
Opinion essay:
The monster under the rug
Recent research:
WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
News and notes:
German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
In the news:
Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism
Discussion report:
Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful
WikiProject report:
'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined
Technology report:
Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
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The Signpost
: 7 November2011
Special report:
A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot
News and notes:
Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised
In the news:
The Economist
assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.
Discussion report:
Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC
WikiProject report:
Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science
Featured content:
Slow week for Featured content
Arbitration report:
Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week
Technology report:
Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release
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The Signpost
: 14 November 2011
News and notes:
ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
In the news:
Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles
WikiProject report:
Having a Conference with WikiProject India
Featured content:
Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!
Arbitration report:
Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
Technology report:
Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"
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The Signpost
: 21 November 2011
News and notes:
Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London
In the news:
Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered
Discussion report:
Much ado about censorship
WikiProject report:
Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
Technology report:
Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
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The Signpost
: 28 November 2011
News and notes:
Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
In the news:
The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
Recent research:
Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
WikiProject report:
The Signpost
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The Bugle
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Voting underway in the elections, finally a final decision on
Abortion
, scant movement on requests
Technology report:
Foundation appears correct to back improved smartphone support; and how a Reddit slip meant no-one could read anything for thirty minutes
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The Signpost
: 05 December 2011
News and notes:
Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
In the news:
A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
Discussion report:
Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
WikiProject report:
This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
Featured content:
This week's
Signpost
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Arbitration report:
Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended
Technology report:
Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites
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The Signpost
: 12 December 2011
Opinion essay:
Wikipedia in Academe – and
vice versa
News and notes:
Research project banner ads run afoul of community
In the news:
Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
WikiProject report:
Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
Featured content:
Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and
Entombment
Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper
Technology report:
Trials and tribulations of image rotation, Article Feedback version 5, and new diff colours
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The Signpost
: 19 December 2011
News and notes:
Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
In the news:
To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
Discussion report:
Polls, templates, and other December discussions
WikiProject report:
A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
Featured content:
Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
Arbitration report:
The community elects eight arbitrators
Technology report:
Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised
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The Signpost
: 26 December 2011
Opinion essay:
Openness versus quality: why we're doing it wrong, and how to fix it
Recent research:
Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data
News and notes:
Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
WikiProject report:
The Tree of Life
Featured content:
Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content
Arbitration report:
Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
Technology report:
Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
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The Barnstar of Diligence
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The Signpost
: 02 January 2012
Interview:
The Gardner interview
News and notes:
Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays
WikiProject report:
Where are they now?
Part III
Featured content:
Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future
Arbitration report:
New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators
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The Signpost
: 09 January 2012
Technological roadmap:
2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold
News and notes:
Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
In the news:
Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches
WikiProject report:
From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
Featured content:
Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3
Technology report:
December in more detail; and why the MediaWiki codebase was "slushed" this week
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The Signpost
: 16 January 2012
Special report:
English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18
Sister projects:
What are our sisters up to now?
News and notes:
WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Beer
Featured content:
Lecen on systemic bias in featured content
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near
Technology report:
ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored
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The Signpost
: 23 January 2012
News and notes:
SOPA blackout, Orange partnership
In the news:
World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout
WikiProject report:
The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto
Featured content:
Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications
Technology report:
Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues
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The Signpost
: 30 January 2012
News and notes:
Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
In the news:
Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation
über alles
, editor engagement and the innovation plateau
Recent research:
Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
WikiProject report:
Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
Featured content:
Featured content soaring this week
Arbitration report:
Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
Technology report:
Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
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The Signpost
: 06 February 2012
News and notes:
The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
In the news:
Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
Discussion report:
Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
WikiProject report:
The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
Featured content:
Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff
Arbitration report:
Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
Technology report:
October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more
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The Signpost
: 13 February 2012
Special report:
Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
News and notes:
Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
In the news:
Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
In focus:
Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Stub Sorting
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
Technology report:
January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers
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The Signpost
: 20 February 2012
Special report:
The plight of the new page patrollers
News and notes:
Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
Discussion report:
Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Poland
Featured content:
The best of the week
Arbitration report:
Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
Technology report:
Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis
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The Signpost
: 27 February 2012
News and notes:
Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
Recent research:
Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
Discussion report:
Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
WikiProject report:
Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
Featured content:
By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
Arbitration report:
Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
Technology report:
1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
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The Signpost
: 05 March 2012
News and notes:
Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
In the news:
Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
Discussion report:
COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
WikiProject report:
We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
Featured content:
Best of the week
Arbitration report:
AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
Technology report:
With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month
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The Signpost
: 12 March 2012
Interview:
Liaising with the Education Program
Women and Wikipedia:
Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
Arbitration analysis:
A look at new arbitrators
News and notes:
Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
In the news:
Britannica
runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar
Discussion report:
Nothing changes as long discussions continue
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Women's History
Featured content:
Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
Arbitration report:
Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
Education report:
Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
Technology report:
Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?
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The Signpost
: 19 March 2012
News and notes:
Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
Discussion report:
Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
WikiProject report:
Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
Featured content:
Featured content on the upswing!
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
Technology report:
Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead
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The Signpost
: 26 March 2012
News and notes:
Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Rock Music
Featured content:
Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
Recent research:
Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
Education report:
Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
Technology report:
A busy week: Git switchover, mobile site upgraded, and still time for three security releases
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The Signpost
: 02 April 2012
Interview:
An introduction to movement roles
Arbitration analysis:
Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
News and notes:
Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
WikiProject report:
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Featured content:
Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
Arbitration report:
Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
Technology report:
Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more
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