Wikipedia:Signpost/Archief/2013

The Signpost: 31 December 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?; Wales accused of Kazakh corruption
Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined
Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
WikiProject report: New Year, New York
Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes

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The Signpost: 07 January 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die
News and notes: 2012—the big year
WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year
Featured content: Featured content in review
Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013

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The Signpost: 14 January 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
News and notes: Launch of annual photo competition, new grant scheme
Special report: Loss of an Internet genius
Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style, accessibility and equality
WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months
Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment

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The Signpost: 21 January 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward
WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics
Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review
Arbitration report: Doncram case continues
Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success

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The Signpost: 28 January 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia
News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate
Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics
Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012
WikiProject report: Checkmate! – WikiProject Chess
Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests
Arbitration report: Doncram continues
Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems

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The Signpost: 04 February 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications
In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry
News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance
Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun – WikiProject Norway
Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment

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The Signpost: 11 February 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
Discussion report: WebCite proposal; request for adminship reform
WikiProject report: Just the Facts – WikiProject Infoboxes
Featured content: A lousy week
Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters

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The Signpost: 18 February 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit
In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press
WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines
Featured content: Featured content gets schooled
Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings

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The Signpost: 25 February 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year
In the media: Former WMF board member creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for Fleishman-Hillard PR agency
Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers; EPOV instead of NPOV
Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization
WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload
Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'
Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely

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The Signpost: 11 March 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger; new writers
News and notes: Finance committee updates
Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes
WikiProject report: Setting a precedent
Arbitration report: Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns
Technology report: Article Feedback reversal: watershed moment?; plus code review one year on

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The Signpost: 18 March 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee
Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries
Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm
WikiProject report: Making music with WikiProject Composers
Arbitration report: Another arbitrator resigns; Richard case closes
Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule" for July rollout

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The Signpost: 25 March 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews
Featured content: One and a half soursops
WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh
Arbitration report: Two open cases
Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?
Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages

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The Signpost: 01 April 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia? The WMF's surprising stats
News and notes: Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions
Featured content: What the ?
WikiProject report: Special: FAQs
Arbitration report: Three open cases
Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt

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The Signpost: 08 April 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Wikizine: Introducing Wikizine: WMF scales back feature after outcry
News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer
Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry
WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes
Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History
Technology report: Testing week for developers and their deployments

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The Signpost: 15 April 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?
News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops
Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear
WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa

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The Signpost: 22 April 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag
In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news
Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea
WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention
Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban
Technology report: A flurry of deployments

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The Signpost: 29 April 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
Featured content: Wiki loves video games
WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball
Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases
Recent research: Sentiment monitoring, Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers, UNESCO and systemic bias, How ideas flow on Wikiversity

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The Signpost: 06 May 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!
Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy

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The Signpost: 13 May 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?
Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map
WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts
Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases

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The Signpost: 20 May 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment
News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles
In the media: Qworty incident continues
WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome
Featured content: Up in the air

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The Signpost: 27 May 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money
News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions
In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing
Featured content: Life of 2π
WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates
Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels
Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?

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The Signpost: 05 June 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Signpost developments
News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?
In the media: China blocks Wikipedia
Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report
Featured content: A week of portraits
WikiProject report: Operation Normandy
Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'

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The Signpost: 12 June 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons
News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal
Traffic report: Who holds the throne?
In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"
Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more
Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange
Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History
WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing

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The Signpost: 19 June 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'
News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?
In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia
Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting
Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen
WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee
Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement
Technology report: VisualEditor set for early July rollout

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The Signpost: 26 June 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Election results released
In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden
Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator
WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion
Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden
Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended
Recent research: Controversial Wikipedia topics

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The Signpost: 03 July 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace
In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing
Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views
Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more
WikiProject report: Puppies!
Featured content: Queen of France
Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments
Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series

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The Signpost: 10 July 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikimedia Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south
Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?
Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more
WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales
Featured content: The week of the birds

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The Signpost: 17 July 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced
WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix
Featured content: Documents and sports
Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications
Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

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The Signpost: 24 July 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India
In the media: Wikipedia flamewars
Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more
WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion
Featured content: Engineering and the arts
Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens
Traffic report: Gleeless

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The Signpost: 31 July 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change
News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013
Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!
Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles
WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia
Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes
Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha
Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

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The Signpost: 07 August 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Chapters Association self-destructs
WikiProject report: WikiProject Freedom of Speech
Featured content: The great Colorado River and the mysterious case of the grand duchess
Discussion report: Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more
Arbitration report: Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea party movement case
Traffic report: Greetings from the graveyard

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The Signpost: 14 August 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness
News and notes: "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches
In the media: Chinese censorship
Discussion report: Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS
WikiProject report: For the love of stamps
Featured content: Wikipedia takes the cities
Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes; invitation to comment on applicants for checkuser and oversight ends 16 August

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The Signpost: 21 August 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Call for contributors
WikiProject report: Today's article for improvement
News and notes: Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's sex change
Traffic report: Bad Cat
Discussion report: Skyscrapers, Gibraltar DYKs, Four Award, Secure login, and more
Featured content: Afrobeat
Technology report: Generating musical scores with LilyPond

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The Signpost: 28 August 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments
In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'
Traffic report: Reddit creep
WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks
Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland
Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia
Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

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The Signpost: 04 September 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in the Azerbaijani Wikipedia
News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up
WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia
Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds
Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more
Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt
Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion
Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

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The Signpost: 11 September 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas
In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?
WikiProject report: Traveling to Indonesia
Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

Featured content: Tintin goes featured
Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

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The Signpost: 18 September 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests
Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV
WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall
Featured content: Hurricane Diane and the Van Gogh
Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

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The Signpost: 25 September 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia
News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor
Traffic report: Look on Walter's works
In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia
WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!
Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage
Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

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The Signpost: 02 October 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities
Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership
Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more
WikiProject report: U2 Too
Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia
Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

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The Signpost: 09 October 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed
Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans
In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia
WikiProject report: Australian Roads
Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns
Featured content: Under the sea

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The Signpost: 16 October 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin
WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology
Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri
Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more
Featured content: That's a lot of pictures
Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes

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The Signpost: 23 October 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumbling in the German-language Wikimedia
In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia
Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia
Traffic report: Your average week... and a fish
Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more
WikiProject report: WikiProject Elements

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The Signpost: 30 October 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?
Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years
In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?
WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying
Featured content: Wrestling with featured content
Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube

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The Signpost: 06 November 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Alleged 'outing' of an editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban
Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic
WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility
Traffic report: Danse Macabre
Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more
Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

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The Signpost: 13 November 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: FDC staff assessments raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance
News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it
Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block
Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more
WikiProject report: The world of soap operas
Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

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The Signpost: 20 November 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help
News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting
Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive
Traffic report: Ill Winds
WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia
Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures

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The Signpost: 04 December 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions
Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more
WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie
Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who
Featured content: F*&!
Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review
Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 11 December 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced
In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling
Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion
Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list
WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine
Featured content: Viewer discretion advised
Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released

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The Signpost: 18 December 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced
WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia
Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more
Traffic report: Hopper to the top
Featured content: Triangulum, the world's most boring constellation
Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset

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The Signpost: 25 December 2013

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions
Discussion report: Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings
WikiProject report: More Great WikiProject Logos
Featured content: Drunken birds and treasonous kings
Technology report: OAuth: future of user designed tools
Recent research: Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments

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