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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your endless work on coastal defense vessels. Thank you! Neopeius (talk) 03:13, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! My previous barnstar of this type was awarded by someone who never communicated with me before or since lol. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 22:21, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ringling

https://books.google.com/books?id=J4sRtpB1UswC&pg=PA68 Qwirkle (talk) 02:15, 1 February 2021 (UTC) ...and, for something below water... Qwirkle (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Qwirkle: Coast Artillery Journal/AA Journal is on Google Books, haven't investigated which issues though. See also HathiTrust. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 06:42, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Digital Commonfilth has added a few new ones. Qwirkle (talk) 02:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assessing articles

Hey RobDuch! I posted some articles on the Military History Assessment Request but haven't gotten much feedback. I saw that you've assessed some fort articles, so thought I'd reach out to you. I've expanded some of the articles and created some of the others. All are either classified as "stub" or "start", and some don't meet criteria based on "grammar" or "citations" per the MilHistBot, even though they're all cited and have proper grammar. I've never assessed an article (and think it's probably not good decorum to assess an article I created), so thought I'd see if you would (or could direct me to someone else who could). I don't expect any of these to be "B-class" in comparison to Fort Saulsbury, but thought they could at least be a "C-class" when compared to Fort Glover. The articles in question are Fort Armstrong (Alabama), Fort Bainbridge, Fort Carney, Fort Claiborne, Fort Strother, and Fort Williams (Alabama). I'm open to any suggestions and won't take any offense to positive criticism. Thanks! Dofftoubab (talk) 16:59, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your interest. I don't routinely assess articles, but I'll take a look at yours in the next few days and let you know what I think. User:MilHistBot is operated by User:Hawkeye7; you can ask him if you have questions on how the bot works. The only thing I think I know about it is that "citations" looks for a cite at the end of every paragraph. The bot has assessed some of my coast artillery unit articles as B-class, but I don't know why, as these are usually on the short side. Thank you for doing fort articles! RobDuch (talk·contribs) 03:38, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

After a quick look at Fort Armstrong, it seems at least a C-class. I'd add "Units", "Postwar", and "Present" sections for those sentences; I'd also link the War of 1812 in there somewhere. "Infobox military installaton" may be more suitable than "Infobox historic site", but there's no problem as is. I can't see what the "grammar" problem is. I think your "citation" quibble was that the lead sentence doesn't have a cite, seems to be resolved though. I suppose your sources have no info on when the fort was demolished. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 00:43, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! I added those categories and it makes it look much better. Also changed the infobox to the military installation one and I like it a little more. Gonna add some of this stuff to the other fort articles and hopefully that will help those out! Dofftoubab (talk) 03:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I assessed Fort Armstrong and Fort Claiborne as B-class, and Fort Strother as C-class. Fort Williams (AL) remains Start-class, though I upgraded the referencing to B-class. I would clarify that the Creek War was part of the War of 1812 and link both wars in each of these articles. Personally, I was not aware of the Native American sub-wars of the War of 1812. I've left Fort Bainbridge as a stub; when the infobox and cites are removed it's 1.7k, barely above the stub threshold of 1.5k. If you feel different, re-assess as Start-class. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 03:31, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! Thanks so much for your help! Dofftoubab (talk) 20:34, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maunsell

The design of these concrete structures is equal to a military grade bunker, due to the ends of the stilts, (under water) that are solidly locked into the ground.

Man, some of that thing just isn’t English; it isn’t even Terran. Qwirkle (talk) 15:51, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Although the article is shaky, they're working out much better than the Texas Towers of the 60s. This includes the long-gone Brenton Reef Tower off Newport, RI. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 21:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah. I remember Buzzards Bay, and you could sometimes see Chesapeake out through Story from Monroe. Qwirkle (talk) 22:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yah know, I just realized I was thinking about the wrong kinda Texas Tower.

In other news, Electric Boat? Nahh, electric boat. Qwirkle (talk) 17:20, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You scared me, the decapper has been active recently lol. Personal hydrofoil would be tempting if I had the money. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 22:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I thought about that, too; the Minion of the Minuscule has been pretty busy, yup.

It’s only about 15-20 years that a boat with that kinda range would have been a displacement boat limited to hull speed. Now it looks like we might electric wing-in-ground-effect “boats” getting affordable soon. Qwirkle (talk) 22:48, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents

See Talk. While I applaud the research, (although it may open a can of worms), I feel that the name change did not take into account the conflict with the main Medal of Honor article. Anthony Staunton (talk) 03:34, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Back on the wiki again

@Qwirkle: After a year's near-absence, I'm back. The games I've been playing are either made by pig-dogs or I'm burned out (both in the case of WoW). So I'm suspending my participation in games for a bit. I will be picking up on the HD Ches Bay article that's still in my sandbox. I'm also debating taking a major plunge; reorganizing the USN SP and ID ship articles (see List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy) into a series of listicles, similar to Lists of Empire ships, which others have advocated at WP:SHIPS for quite some time but don't have the time to do themselves. I don't want to see the bulk of these sent to the scrapyard. My wiki-efforts will be interrupted by a cruise the second half of next month, and another one most of December, with any luck. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 02:59, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Based on a suggestion from a few months ago, I've put together an op-ed for the Bugle on US coast defenses and the CAC, expanded from my intro to List of coastal fortifications of the United States. It's at User:RobDuch/sandbox/list. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 06:19, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Op-ed accepted for the next Bugle. Read it here first. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 23:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, who the heck removed the intro sentence for Fort Monroe from Old Point Comfort? Maybe somebody thought the link in the intro was enough? But didn't notice the follow-on sentence about Lafayette, which became non sequitur? I put it back with a ref. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 06:03, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Found CAJ Aug 1923 at DTIC here! Search the parent site on "Coast Artillery Journal" for many more issues. Couldn't find useful archive links. This is the issue with most of the HDC coats of arms included, and some regiments. (sig update from original post) RobDuch (talk·contribs) 07:12, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff there. It is a little scary how much research material appears and disappears on the internet; all the while libraries and even individuals are getting rid f stuff because ”it’s online!”… and then it isn’t.

I wish you had a better place to put this, though. As I wrote someone earlier this year I’ve pretty well given up on Wikipedia. Good work likes yours serves to validate the tendentious agenda-driven slop that makes up too much of it. In the last few months, I’ve seen people praised for wholly imaginary achievements based on their gender, solid cites set aside because they contradicted some cranks “research”, laughably inaccurate commercial claims on their way to highlighting on the main page, to say nothing of the usual MoS pettifoggery.

What put the icing on it was someone putting an anniversary reminder for some WikiMeritBadge, right after they’d given it out to someone for adding obvious Agenda Driven Bullshit On Wikipedia. ADBOW, whether commercial, political, social, religious, or just simple crankery, should be squamped on sight, you ask me; it shouldn’t instead lead to certification as an “awesome wikipedian”.

At least part of the appeal the site has to many wikiteurs is the sort of instant gratification that leads to addictions; it’s been harder to quit than I expected. I beat cigarettes, though, and I expect to kick this too, eventually. Qwirkle (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the problem (IMHO) is that WP hit critical mass a long time ago, and it has gained ironclad street cred by being the first (and in many cases only) source checked by everything from Google to Alexa. All of the numerous attempts to create an alternative site have failed, including Jimbo and Larry's respective latest projects as of last year. An acquaintance has pointed out that WP will eventually become Memory Alpha when we leave Earth. However, like the planet Jupiter, it is damned hard to change the direction in which it is traveling. Although most of the long-timers are really trying to improve WP quality, there are many self- and agenda-serving individuals that keep popping up. Well-written BS can look quite convincing, esp since wikiteurs are supposed to pride themselves on not being an expert in anything. My relatively narrow wiki-focus keeps me insulated from anything resembling recent events, and almost all quackery/POV-pushing. As a gamer since I was 16 (pinball, arcade games, computer lab in college, getting my own comp) I know all about the need for a short reward cycle. It's certainly a lot of why I keep coming back. I've gone back to World of Warships for a bit; some would think it sad, though I have a lot of company. A couple of days' effort should finish HD Chesapeake. Main issue on that article is trimming down the pre-history; Endicott period is the shortest section in it so far. Fortunately, if I follow the coast I shouldn't have another really long or complex HD article until I get to San Francisco. (update) Many congrats on beating cigarettes, I'm in the third week of a weight loss program that's actually working. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 04:13, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting; any particular take on the weight loss program? My attempt to bring Wiki up to 2007 on that subject had interesting consequences.Qwirkle (talk) 00:34, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's called Optavia (link is to parent company) and is sadly rather expensive, at $400/month for "fuelings", or 100-cal snacks. The idea is you eat five snacks at 2-3 hour intervals, and once a day a "lean and green" meal of 5-7 oz. lean meat accompanied by lower-carb green veg. It's a bit like Atkins, but with minimal fat and a more reasonable amount of carbs. My personal trainer is paying for mine by giving me free sessions. Its literature has mildly cult-like overtones, and your first self-survey includes "financial health". One part is that losing weight is only the first step, the other steps are to make the weight loss permanent and improve health in other areas. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 02:08, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How goes the battle? I recently had to take another run at the Newcastle diet, and am finally on the downhill stretch. Qwirkle (talk) 18:39, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've lost 55 lbs since August, down from 308. I plan to keep going until I've lost 90-100 lbs. I've been usually losing 4 lbs a week. I've only broken the diet twice, for a pizza a couple of months ago and for Thanksgiving just now. Since my meals are supposed to be a generous portion of lean meat (or egg white omelet w/o cheese) and a salad, I've been able to stick with it in several restaurants and even on a Viking Mediterranean cruise. I've been focusing on games recently; WoW, WoWS, and just yesterday WoT. I'm unlikely to get back on the wiki until after New Years. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 20:25, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

More Kaufmann at Internet Archive

Fortress America and Maginot Line Qwirkle (talk) 07:20, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's so nice to have these readily available. I added 2 countries and 1 continent to my user page, since I just got back from a Nile cruise in Egypt with a side trip to Jordan. The best unexpected tour was crawling inside the Great Pyramid. Something I noticed on the wiki: again, somebody couldn't resist turning a short article into a long list article. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 07:15, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of stuff good to see readily available: Christopher Schwarz on campaign furniture. Damned if I can understand how some of this stuff ever became a rarity, especially among the many groups who move too damned much. Qwirkle (talk) 07:33, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As a regimental adjutant in the Civil War, I'm sure my gggrandpa had some of these items. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 17:40, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I received an email from the author stating that the Ebook version of Fortress Europe is on Google Books several months before the print version will be released, for $36.99. There's a previous book by this name also. Does not include the Atlantic Wall, and the author thinks this will be his last fort book. Just thought you should know. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 18:34, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, good. (Although pity about the “last” part.) One thing I’ve been looking for for years is some coverage of the light mobile sinking turrets (used in some of the Tchermann works in Alsace or Lorraine, IMS.) Don't remember if they were

standard fahrpanzers or a modified version. Qwirkle (talk) 21:45, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just looked through FE. Godalmighty, that’s beautiful work. The only niggling complaint I could make is that I wish this had been available back in the day… Qwirkle (talk) 02:54, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Boston fort pix

@Qwirkle: It's been a while, and for a change I found a Digital Commonwealth photo collection linked on FB. Besides CAC forts, has a German WW1 210mm Morser formerly on Boston Common, and an Atomic Annie on its top carriage, presumably freshly mounted at Watertown. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 06:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage

English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.

Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias

And other new research publications.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour

An interview with those who pitch in together

Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles

Letting you find out about yourself (and others).

Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea

An exceptionally good period for featured articles.

Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT

Can we have a chat?

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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on translation and Eisenhower's armies
Review essay: Catlemur on military museums in Athens

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023

News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.

In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage

Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.

Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?

Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.

Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia

GPT: friend or foe?

Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK

Your one-stop hooker's handbook.

Featured content: Eden, lost.

But much else to be found.

Gallery: Love is in the air

Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.

Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world

And maybe a side of AI.

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!

Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!

Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground

Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.

Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song

A musical interlude.

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William D. Leahy

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?

A lack of transparency.

Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy

Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.

In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?

Probable answers: No, no, maybe?

Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter

Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.

Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events

And other new research publications.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

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The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hog Farm on the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate

Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians

One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.

In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences

Everything is broken, again.

Featured content: Way too many featured articles

Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!

Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA

An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.

Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?

All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions

Errata regretted.

News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI

Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.

In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news

Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing

Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.

Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid

Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.

Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT

And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages

A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.

Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic

Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

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The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D on the Australian War Memorial and the South China Sea raid, Hawkeye7 on the 1999 East Timor intervention

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns

Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.

In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia

Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.

Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman

The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.

Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping

No news is good news, and this isn't no news.

Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming

The problem we haven't solved.

Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth

Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?

Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022

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.

News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation

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.

Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again

And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two

2011 and on.

Humour: The law of hats

The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.

Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme

Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that.

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Lake

https://www.soundingsonline.com/news/divers-locate-1907-submarine-in-long-island-sound? Qwirkle (talk) 20:09, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's excellent! Always good when sub wrecks get found. Great to hear from you again. I'm still mostly gaming, no ETR yet for the Wiki. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 20:13, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Western Allied invasion of Germany
Op-ed: Hawkeye7's tips for writing articles on military logistics

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The Signpost: 8 May 2023

News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU

... and at WP:Mastodon.

In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics

Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!

Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions

And other new research publications.

Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!

...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion

There will likely be more to say next issue.

News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation

The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.

Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023

First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years.

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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Western Allied invasion of Germany
Op-ed: Hawkeye7's tips for writing articles on military logistics

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation

... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.

In the media: History, propaganda and censorship

Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.

Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"

Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.

Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors

And other new research results.

Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles

Bird is the word for featured pictures.

Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs

Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.

WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference

An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents.

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023

News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea

Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Building Committee Commences Command By Convening.

In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again

Also: Goog gets delist ask for en-wp yt-dl ar-ticle, wacky football fails.

Featured content: Poetry under pressure

Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous? A thorough-paced absurdity - explain it if you can.

Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye

Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids.

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The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D review three recent works

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023

News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing

Problems with emergency emails sent to WMF.

In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia

... and an AI writer explains why he just bought a paper encyc.

Featured content: Content, featured

Poetry still present.

Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics

And other new research findings.

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The Signpost: 3 July 2023

News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter

... and a new Elections Committee.

Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia

A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.

In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed

Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?

Featured content: Incensed

In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.

Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?

Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.

Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions

Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area.

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The Bugle: Issue 207, July 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D on alleged Australian war crimes and Hawkeye7 on the 1944–45 Philippines campaign and the Australian Signals Directorate

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023

News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?

Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.

In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia

Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.

Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)

Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.

News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns

The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.

In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?

Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.

Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)

A summary of various tools designed over the years.

Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy

And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.

Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced

Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.

Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop

The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.

Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!

In which choices have been made™.

Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master

Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science.

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The Signpost: 1 August 2023

News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server

And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.

In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change

Or just another brouhaha?

Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!

Hot damn, it's damned hot!

Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash

Three editors have departed.

Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!

You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?

Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?

A serious visual investigation.

In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia

A compilation of over 3M citations.

Opinion: Are global bans the last step?

Possible solutions after being re-harassed.

Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July

Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.

Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party

Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.

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The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Recent external reviews
Op-ed: Adam Cuerden on finding and using images

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The Signpost: 15 August 2023

News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects

Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.

In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida

Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.

In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!

Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.

Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?

Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.

Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them

Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.

Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing

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.

Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?

For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?

Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether

An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.

Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed

Some improvement on last week.

Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire

Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.

Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion

Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023

From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online

News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.

News and notes: You like RecentChanges?

Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.

In the media: Taking it sleazy

"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".

Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia

And other recent research publications.

Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties

The good, the bad, and the nonsense.

Humour: The Dehumourification Plan

A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.

Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday

I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Recent external reviews
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the Oppenheimer biopic

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?

Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.

In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?

Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!

Obituary: Nosebagbear

A Wikipedian and a friend.

Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me

Non-flammable, BPA-free, and really whips the llama's ass.

Featured content: Catching up

Covering all of August. Pretty much.

Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"

The Signpost brings you the latest from the source.

Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

Sports, film and singers. We've got it all!

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published

Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.

In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors

Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!

Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"

And other new research publications

Featured content: By your logic,

The first issue to feature two poetry article

Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS

Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.

Poetry: "The Sight"

Tamzin reflects on the hunt.

Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam

Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat?

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The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on an American general and the first female astronauts, Nick-D on Roman fortifications

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023

News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?

Long time passing

In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing

Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements

The benefits of research.

Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!

These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?

Traffic report: The calm and the storm

They are still fighting.

News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes

Sounds good!

Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it

"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015

"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"

In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man

Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.

News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups

And three new admins!

Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk

You should learn some of our rules!

WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023

The winner is...

News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia

Do you ever wonder where Wikipedia articles come from?

Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades

And other new research findings.

Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.

Only literally.

Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia

A systematic approach.

Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare

Plus Kollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon, and ongoing war.

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The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at English Civil War logistics and Peacemaker67 at Austro-Hungarian torpedo boats
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on how WP:SIZE matters

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023

In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup

Comic-con, Media summit, and a classic!

News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health

Plus: Sockpuppet investigators asking for help.

Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads

Or if it's Indian sport or cinema.

Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom

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News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy

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In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns

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Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"

An analysis of a literary mystery.

In focus: Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged

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Comix: Bold comics for a new age

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Essay: I am going to die

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Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies

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The Bugle: Issue 212, December 2023

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D looks at the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Op-ed: Nick-D on writing Rhodesian military articles

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The Signpost: 24 December 2023

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.

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...

In the media: Consider the humble fork

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

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.

In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU

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

Technology report: Dark mode is coming

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

Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata

And other new research publications.

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture

the dilution makes it stronger.

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.

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

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

From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^

The debugging will continue until performance improves.

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!!!!!

Humour: Guess the joke contest

Winner receives a special prize!

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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The Bugle: Issue 213, January 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three diverse works
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the state of the Wikiproject

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!

The Signpost can now drink beer and chant slogans in Canada. What slogans should we chant for the next nineteen years?

Special report: Public Domain Day 2024

Mickey & You: What can you do?

Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit

A techie looks at the big questions.

News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!

Let the games begin! The 2024 WikiCup is off to a strong start. With copyright enforcement, AI training and freedom of expression, it's another typical week in the wiki-sphere!

In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate

The first of two installments, regarding a process of many installments.

In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?

Watch out for those space ships!

WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine

What are the editorial processes behind covering some of the most politically polarizing and contentious topics on English Wikipedia?

Obituary: Anthony Bradbury

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023

Around the world in 365 days (with many stops in India).

Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading

The good news is that I've perfected the templates that allow other people to make actually good crosswords.

Comix: Conflict resolution

Getting down to brass tacks &c.

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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail

Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Wikipedia changes admin rules

Opinion: Until it happens to you

A stream of consciousness about plagiarism on Wikipedia from the perspective of a user who directly witnessed it.

Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry

And how you can stop them!

In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race

Another wobble, more Ackman, our usual pathological optimist, and football in dirty pants!

In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2

Everything you really wanted to know about writing featured articles.

Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"

And other new research publications.

Comix: We've all got to start somewhere

Writing a good subheading for a one-sentence joke is basically like writing an entire second joke so I'm not going to do it.

Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Job changes, death, sex, murder, suicide and a vacation!

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The Bugle: Issue 214, February 2024

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Pickersgill-Cunliffe review four books

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The Signpost: 13 February 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers

"the exact extent of the obligations" unclear... many such cases!

Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?

Lower, trust me!

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna

Finding the right bumblebee among all the bumblebees!

In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part

The usual odd articles about Wikipedia.

Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?

The hunt for Bertil Ragnar Anzén.

Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football

Plus films, Grammys and a rumble!

Crossword: Our crossword to bear

&c.

Comix: Strongly

That's more than weakly!

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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"

Plus, the U4C Charter keeps planting seeds, the RfA process is set to become more sustainable, and more news from the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"

And other new findings

In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record

Plus, naughty politicians, Federal judge not a fan, UFOs and beavers.

Obituary: Vami_IV

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday

If you say it loud enough the views will come your way!

WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close

135 battle it out; 67 advance

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The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at four recent works

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The Signpost: 29 March 2024

Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year

Much effort was spent drafting a movement charter about becoming "essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". How much is spent maintaining it?

Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy

Signpost interviews Wikimedia Foundation leadership on fundraising banners

Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles

And does it have anything to do with the unusual decision to let a zero-edit user open an arbitration request?

Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge

Can we compete with social media? Will aoomers forget Wikipedia?

Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors

And several papers look at climate change on Wikipedia

News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified

WLM winners announced, Wikimania 2024, a new Wikimedia movement affiliate, and active enwp admins reach a record low.

In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled

Worldwide women turned blue and controversies on Serbian & French Wikipedia.

Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune

Let me take you to the movies.

Humour: Letters from the editors

The only worthwhile grievance is the one that prompts satire.

Comix: Layout issue

margin: 0 auto !important;

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The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7, Nick-D and Pickersgill-Cunliffe discuss six (count 'em, six!) works comprising eight volumes
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on a lecture by the Australian official historian

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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics, and another wikirace on live TV

Plus, tribute songs and shout-outs outweighing vandalism and hoaxes, a dispute about the real king of the platform and other bits of news.

News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law

Plus, new updates on the privacy and research ethics whitepaper and the graphs outage situation, and an Iranian former steward is globally banned from Wikimedia projects

WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap

Outcomes of the event including newly published videos and photos, the archived conference website and program, and some attendee reflections on its significance.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)

A WikiProject report on the 📰🌍 globe's finest news source!

Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users

And other recent research publications

Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem

Plus Godzilla meets Francis Scott Key!

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The Bugle: Issue 217, May 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at a diverse range of works
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the "center of gravity"

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The Signpost: 16 May 2024

News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections

WMF trustee elections, U4C results, Italian ArbCom, WMF and Endowment annual reports.

Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?

We don't know yet, but there is some encouraging news, nevertheless.

Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24

Some go out with a bang, some with a whimper, few with much of a comprehensible explanation.

In the media: Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis

Plus, the WMF joins the Unicode Consortium, Chris Albon talks about AI tools on Wikipedia, communities address under-representation on the site.

Op-Ed: Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure

More queries are failing, and more frequently, so what is to be done?

Comix: Generations

It do be like that sometimes.

Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby

With cricket and some cute baby reindeer!

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The Signpost: 8 June 2024

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023

The Form 990, as well as highlights and FAQs, are now available for review.

Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade

A new model for collaboration between the WMF and the community?

Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor

Hoaxes and the genesis of information.

In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say

First line, sixth paragraph, body text or unified Reich?

News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024

Outlining progress against the four key goals

Opinion: Public response to the editors of Settler Colonial Studies

A letter.

Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth

And various research findings about Wikidata and knowledge graphs.

Featured content: We didn't start the wiki

No we didn't write it, but we tried to cite it

Essay: No queerphobia

An essay.

Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!

... and flagging your articles with big ugly red notices! (This is a good thing.)

Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer

Movies, deaths, elections (but no cricket).

Comix: The Wikipediholic Family

Some stuff's only okay in the privacy of the home.

Humour: Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox

Project in shambles – "it had never occurred to us that this was possible".

Concept: Palimpsestuous

Hypertext.

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The Bugle: Issue 218, June 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Tokyo war crimes trials

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Thanks be to God…

That we have got

The Maxim Gun

And they have not.

(Hilaire Belloc)

Qwirkle (talk) 21:55, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TYVM, good to hear from you again. Gaming has replaced the wiki in my life, my Maxim gun edit was just to clarify in which year its first significant use occurred. I haven't ruled out a return to wikilife, but it's not on the horizon atm. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 04:21, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 July 2024

News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates

Three new admins, but overall numbers still shrinking.

Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board

Will we weather the storm?

In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators

Unbundling, automation, fighting spirit, and a bot named Reimu Hakurei.

Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna

Debate unsettled after seventeen years.

In the media: War and information in war and politics

Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.

Sister projects: On editing Wikisource

A journey to a sister project.

Obituary: Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan

Rest in peace.

Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion

An article about Etika's appeal and legacy in pop culture.

Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos

A virtual visit to the Inland Northwest.

Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections

"Simply not good enough".

Crossword: On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares

How well do you know the main page (no peeking)?

Humour: A joke

...!

Cobwebs: Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn

Special:Diff/1 and related techno-trivia more complicated than you'd think.

Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps

And other new publications on systemic bias and other topics.

Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play

Elections, movies, sports.

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Senior Wikipedians

WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older has been inactive for some time. The following three proposals may help invigorate this project.

Change the name of this project to WikiProject Senior Wikipedians.^[a]
Open membership in this project to users who are at least 60 years of age and have made at least 50 edits in the past year.^[b]
Open supporting membership in this project to users who are less than 60 years old but have made at least 50 edits in the past year and support the goals of this project.^[c]

Suggested goals for this project:

To support collaboration and communication among members for the advancement and improvement of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.
To encourage older people, retired people, and soon-to-be-retired people to participate in Wikipedia both for the advancement of the encyclopedia and for their own personal enjoyment.
To encourage older people to share their experience and expertise for the improvement of Wikipedia.
To encourage older users to use their experience and expertise to help younger and less experienced users.
To encourage participation in local and regional Wikimedia events.
To sponsor Wikipedia meetings and classes at places where older people gather.
To advocate for the elimination of ageism and sexism in Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.

Notes

^ The current name of this project, WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older, is somewhat cumbersome and excludes participation by any users under the age of 70 years.
^ This current minimum age limit of this project is 70 years. A minimum age limit of 60 years should permit the participation of most retired users. The minimum activity level of 50 edits per year is arbitrary. A minimum activity level indicates continued interest. Members who do not meet the minimum activity level shall be moved to inactive status. Members who have died shall be moved to memorial status.
^ A new class of Supporting Members allows those users under 60 years to support the goals of the project. Users approaching the age of 60 years may wish to become supporting members in anticipation of reaching the minimum age limit for members.

Please add your suggestions for this project at Senior Wikipedians. Thank you, Buaidh talk e-mail 01:15, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue 219, July 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Recent external reviews

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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo

Iconic photograph, invalid fair use exemption criterion #3a claimant, or both?

News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification

Establishment of power-sharing agreement between WMF corporation and volunteer user community in limbo.

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter

Natalia Tymkiv, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, on the Charter vote results, the resolution, meeting minutes, and proposed next steps.

Essay: Reflections on editing and obsession

A lost Signpost submission from fifteen years ago brought into the light, as good and true now as it was then.

In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?

Failing forks, smart and well-researched stories, LGBT rights, and oral sex!

Obituary: JamesR

Rest in peace.

Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword

Do you know these Wikipedia quotes?

Humour: Joe Biden withdraws RfA, Donald Trump selects co-nom

Dems in disarray, GOP in chaos — analysts say news expected, but few can predict how race will shape up from here.

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The Bugle: Issue 220, August 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at two works on logistics and one on the Battle of Arnhem

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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse

A STORM over an AI that writes articles. And other notes of interest.

Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems

And other findings.

In focus: Twitter marks the spot

Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.

And Movement Charter ratification vote comments have been published

Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?

Possibly paid articles.

Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing

HouseBlaster's reflections on his RfA. In particular, do not ask superlative questions.

Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird

Just normally weird!

Humour: I'm proud to be a template

Come in, you whippersnapper, have a cup of tea.

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Voting for coordinators is now open!

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 September 2024

News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked

JCW compilation now tracks free DOIs, Wiki Loves Monuments getting started, WMF's status as UN observer stymied by China for fourth time.

In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?

Updates from the Portland pol's case, the war in Gaza, and other Wiki-related reports.

Recent research: Simulated Wikipedia seen as less credible than ChatGPT and Alexa in experiment

And other new research findings

News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election

Who are they, why are they running and what are they bringing to the Board?

Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024

What all happened in Katowice?

Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year

Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.

Traffic report: After the gold rush

The Olympics (yay!) and the American election (oh no).

Humour: Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor

"I can't remember whether he is an incompetent moron, or an incorrigible POV warrior, or some other thing, but either way, to hell with him."

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The Bugle: Issue 221, September 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hog Farm looks at the bayou battles for Vicksburg

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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"

ANI (but probably not the one you're thinking of), bias and bans, crisis and Clover, Engelhorn's euros, and will the zoomers inherit the project?

Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus

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Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics

User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing

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News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?

More changes to RfA on the way in October, final results for the U4C elections revealed, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Gallery: Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning

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In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!

Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!

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The Bugle: Issue 222, October 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on US Army divisions in the Pacific War, Nick-D on the First Indochina War

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From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime

But not everybody is able to legally read Wikipedia, and not everybody is able to legally edit Wikipedia.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?

Defamation, privacy, censorship, and elections.

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And Tata too!

Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK

IP address privacy tools, and mysterious archive sites.

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Many such cases.

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Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military history newcomer of the year and military historian of the year

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In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names

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News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports: FY 2023–2024

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It's so over.

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The Bugle: Issue 223, November 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at battles of Operation Veritable in 1945

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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes

New arbs to be seated in January.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5

Will the fifth try at achieving peace be a mudfight, or something better?

Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited

Should old acquaintance be forgot?

Op-ed: On the backrooms

An editor's reflection on social capital and their changing relationship with Wikipedia culture.

by Tamzin

In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?

Wikipedia aims to represent the sum of all knowledge. Is there an imbalance between Western countries and the rest of the world.

In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial

Ballooning British bias bombast!

Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody

Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.

Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing

The importance of feedback.

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Forts Independence and Winthrop

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The Signpost: 24 December 2024

News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"

What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.

Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything

A personal essay.

Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject

Explanations for what led to it and what it was like to undergo it.

In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case

Plus, the dangers of editing, Morrissey's page gets marred, COVID coverage critique, Kimchi consultation, kids' connectivity curtailed, centenarian Claudia, Christmas cramming, and more.

From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Who's news?

Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality

And other new research findings.

Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Wikipedia article intensifies

Good faith edits REVERTED and accounts BLOCKED.

Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols

Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

Traffic report: Was a long and dark December

Wicked war, martial law, killing, death and an Indian movie with a new chess champ!

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The Bugle: Issue 224, December 2024

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D on the Franco-Prussian War
Op-ed: Nick-D visits the Swiss Air Force Museum

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The Bugle: Issue 225, January 2025

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Pickersgill-Cunliffe and Nick-D look at Germans in the Flanders Campaign and 50 years of Australian military history
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the state of the Wikiproject

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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

From the editors: Looking back, looking forward

The 20th anniversary of The Signpost.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024

A lot of psephology!

In the media: Will you be targeted?

HUMINT or humbug?

Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last

Hallelujah!

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

Johnny Au has edited for 17 years straight without missing a day.

Opinion: Reflections one score hence

Some thoughts from the original editor-in-chief.

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Public Domain Day 2025, Women in Red hits 20% biography milestone, Spanish Wikipedia reaches two million articles, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

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

The Signpost staff on achievements of '24 and hopes for '25.

Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia

The latest crusade?

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Our alumni speak!

Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics

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Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 7 February 2025

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

But an open language model is ready to help.

News and notes: Let's talk!

The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon

Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.

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

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Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City

Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed

Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.

Traffic report: A wild drive

The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.

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The Bugle: Issue 226, February 2025

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three aspects of World War II
Op-ed: Matarisvan on ways to improve A-class reviewing numbers

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The Signpost: 27 February 2025

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

French Wikipedia defends a user against public threats, steward elections, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World

"The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".

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

From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.

In the media: The end of the world

Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?

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

Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".

Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing

User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.

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

What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?

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

Liberté, liberté chérie.

Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars

Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.

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

Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!

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

Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.

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The Bugle: Issue 227, March 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at works on a female astronaut and a senior US Navy officer
Op-ed: Adam Cuerden on his experiences with a recent featured picture
Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 22 March 2025

From the editor: Hanami

It's an ecstasy, my spring.

Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia

Let them know what you think!

News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia

Read this, then forget all about it.

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

Life on the Wiki as usual!

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

And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals

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

The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.

Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!

The photographers are the celebrities!

Essay: Unusual biographical images

And very unusual biographical images.

Obituary: Rest in peace

Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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

Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.

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

Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?

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

Defeat, or just a setback?

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

Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.

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

Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!

Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas

What is to be done?

Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing

Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.

Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM

Rest in peace.

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

Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!

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

The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.

Comix: Thirteen

Gadzooks!

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The Bugle: Issue 228, April 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D looks at the Borneo campaign of 1945 and warfare the South African way
Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment

As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status

Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?

Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia

And other new research findings.

Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom

And don't bite those newbies!

Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions

And don't bite those newbies!

Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man

Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?

Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media

Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.

News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan

A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).

Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts

Hey! At least it is something!

Comix: By territory

Zounds!

In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?

Would a billion articles be a good idea?

Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia

There's a lot more to this than you think.

Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing

I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.

Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024

Just beautiful photos!

Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher

Rest in Paradise.

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The Bugle: Issue 229, May 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at aspects of World War II
Review essay: Nick-D on Osprey Publishing
Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander 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

And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.

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

And other courtroom drama.

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

And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.

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

Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

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

And QR codes for every page!

Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing

When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)

Rest in peace.

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

The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

Comix: Collection

Gadzooks!

From the archives: Humor from the Archives

And more.

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The Bugle: Issue 230, June 2025

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Antonine Plague and cryptographic security
Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 24 June 2025

News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!

Admins arrested in Belarus.

In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion

Pardon our alliteration!

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

A get-out-of-jail card!

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

And other new research publications.

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

Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

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

Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!

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

After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing

With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

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

Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

Comix: Hamburgers

Egad!

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The Signpost: 18 July 2025

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

Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

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

And how do we know?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles

Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

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

Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

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

As well as "hermeneutic excursions" and other scientific research findings.

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

The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

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

A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

Comix: Divorce

Drawn this century!

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

How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

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

Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

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

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: God only knows

Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

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

If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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The Bugle: Issue 231, July 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at an overview of war history and the biography of a war historian
Review essay: Simon Harley critiques a work from Osprey Publishing
Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

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

Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

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

A review of June, July and August.

Disinformation report: The article in the most languages

Who is this guy?

Community view: News from the Villages Pump

Threads since June.

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

And slop.

Crossword: Accidental typography

It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

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

gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

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

Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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The Bugle: Issue 232, August 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at four works spanning ancient to modern times
Timeline: This month in military history

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Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The current name of this project, WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older, is somewhat cumbersome and excludes participation by any users under the age of 70 years.

[2] This current minimum age limit of this project is 70 years. A minimum age limit of 60 years should permit the participation of most retired users. The minimum activity level of 50 edits per year is arbitrary. A minimum activity level indicates continued interest. Members who do not meet the minimum activity level shall be moved to inactive status. Members who have died shall be moved to memorial status.

[3] A new class of Supporting Members allows those users under 60 years to support the goals of the project. Users approaching the age of 60 years may wish to become supporting members in anticipation of reaching the minimum age limit for members.

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