User talk:Quiddity/Archive 23
Editing news 2022 #2Read this in another language • Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter  The new [subscribe] button notifies people when someone replies to their comments. It helps newcomers get answers to their questions. People reply sooner. You can read the report. The Editing team is turning this tool on for everyone. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences. –Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 August 2022
[email protected] [email protected] (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.
Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.
But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!
2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links
Change and stability.
All there is to know about userboxen.
Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.
Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!
One exterior, one interior.
Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".
And other new research
Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.
Some articles aren't worth saving
Edinburgh in August.
Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.
The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all. Always precious Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 1 September 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for comment Your feedback is requested at Talk:Andy Ngo on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 14:30, 7 September 2022 (UTC) October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC) Books & Bytes – Issue 52
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Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.
Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?
Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?
The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.
Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.
Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.
Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.
Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.
And other research news.
Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.
This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.
Lo!
When Commons gives you a blank space...
Yes, again. Administrators' newsletter – October 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
New show nearby articles feature on Kartographer mapsHello! _auf_einer_Kartographer_Karte_II.jpg) You receive this message because you have voted for show nearby or related articles in maps in this year’s Community Wishlist Survey. I am happy to let you know that soon it will be possible to automatically display nearby articles in a map on Commons and other Wikimedia projects using Kartographer. This feature is one of the improvements to Kartographer the Technical Wishes Team from Wikimedia Germany has been working on. Each Kartographer generated map in full-screen mode is now given a new “Show nearby articles” button at the bottom. It can be used to show and hide up to 50 geographically close articles. The deployment of this feature is planned for 12 October on a first group of wikis. After the first feedback phase, more wikis will follow. Read more on our project page. Your feedback and comments to our open questions on this feature are very much appreciated on this discussion page. Thank you! -- Timur Vorkul (WMDE) 15:48, 5 October 2022 (UTC) Feedback request: Wikipedia proposals request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard on a "Wikipedia proposals" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 09:34, 9 October 2022 (UTC) Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Dallas Express (established 2021) on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 17:30, 14 October 2022 (UTC) Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 17:30, 15 October 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 October 2022
Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.
News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.
501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.
Wading into several controversies.
I can has Kremlin sockfarms?
And other new research publications.
The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.
Featured content from October.
The strength of Wikipedia is the peer review afterwards.
More serial killers than you can shake a stick at!
What tales echo in these hallowed halls. Administrators' newsletter – November 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:The Amazing Race on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 17:30, 5 November 2022 (UTC) Books & Bytes – Issue 53The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?
Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.
An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.
Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...
Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?
Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?
Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.
Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.
Productively doing nothing
And other research findings.
Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
A lost article from our deep annals
The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.
Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection.
A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast. ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 08:30, 30 November 2022 (UTC) Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Mariupol on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 07:30, 1 December 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).
Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Maamme on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:30, 11 December 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 January 2023Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.
Wikifunctions might drag it down.
Frustrations and successes.
Congratulations.
And other new research findings.
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.
You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
It is mostly about football!
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.
Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass". Administrators' newsletter – January 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 06:31, 9 January 2023 (UTC) Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Quentin Tarantino on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 15:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 16 January 2023It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.
The economics of Wikipedia.
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.
...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.
War, sports, and all types of chaos.
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback. Books & Bytes – Issue 54The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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The Signpost: 4 February 2023
Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.
As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.
Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.
Or Santos on Wikipedia?
WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.
English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.
And other new research publications.
An interview with those who pitch in together
Letting you find out about yourself (and others).
An exceptionally good period for featured articles.
Can we have a chat? Feedback request: Wikipedia proposals request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:In the news on a "Wikipedia proposals" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 04:31, 6 February 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 February 2023UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.
Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.
Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.
GPT: friend or foe?
Your one-stop hooker's handbook.
But much else to be found.
Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.
And maybe a side of AI.
Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!
Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.
A musical interlude. Editing news 2023 #1Read this in another language • Subscription list for this newsletter This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:
Talk pages project  The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools. It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.  An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site. New Project: Edit Check The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more. –Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC) Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 12:31, 25 February 2023 (UTC) Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:30, 26 February 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 20:31, 4 March 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 9 March 2023
A lack of transparency.
Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.
Probable answers: No, no, maybe?
Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.
And other new research publications.
Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article. Books & Bytes – Issue 55The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 March 2023
Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!
One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.
Everything is broken, again.
Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!
An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.
All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear). The Signpost: 03 April 2023
Errata regretted.
Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.
Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.
Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.
Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.
And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.
A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.
Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet! Administrators' newsletter – April 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 11:43, 12 April 2023 (UTC) New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 26 April 2023
Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.
Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.
The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.
No news is good news, and this isn't no news.
The problem we haven't solved.
Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?
In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.
First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.
And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.
2011 and on.
The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.
Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that. Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 01:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
The Signpost: 8 May 2023
... and at WP:Mastodon.
Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!
And other new research publications.
...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.
There will likely be more to say next issue.
The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.
First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years. Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for commentYour feedback is requested at Template talk:Infobox settlement on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 11:30, 13 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 22 May 2023... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.
Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.
Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.
And other new research results.
Bird is the word for featured pictures.
Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.
An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents. Books & Bytes – Issue 56The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 5 June 2023
Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Building Committee Commences Command By Convening.
Also: Goog gets delist ask for en-wp yt-dl ar-ticle, wacky football fails.
Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous? A thorough-paced absurdity - explain it if you can.
Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids. Administrators' newsletter – June 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
The Signpost: 19 June 2023
Problems with emergency emails sent to WMF.
... and an AI writer explains why he just bought a paper encyc.
Poetry still present.
And other new research findings. Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Daher Kodiak on a "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 01:31, 30 June 2023 (UTC) New pages patrol needs your help! Hello Quiddity, The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help. Reminders:
Sent by Zippybonzo using MediaWiki message delivery at 06:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:PragerU on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 08:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 3 July 2023... and a new Elections Committee.
A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?
In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.
Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.
Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area. Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for commentYour feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 20:30, 7 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 17 July 2023Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.
Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.
Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.
The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.
Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.
A summary of various tools designed over the years.
And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.
Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.
The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.
In which choices have been made™.
Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science. Books & Bytes – Issue 57The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 August 2023
And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.
Or just another brouhaha?
Hot damn, it's damned hot!
Three editors have departed.
You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?
A serious visual investigation.
A compilation of over 3M citations.
Possible solutions after being re-harassed.
Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.
Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals. Administrators' newsletter – August 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.
Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.
Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.
Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.
Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.
The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.
For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?
An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.
Some improvement on last week.
Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.
Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup. Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for commentYour feedback is requested at Talk:Vijay (actor) on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 20:30, 30 August 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 August 2023
News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.
Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.
"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".
And other recent research publications.
The good, the bad, and the nonsense.
A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.
I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah Administrators' newsletter – September 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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