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The Wikipedia Signpost is published every Monday. Below are archived stories from 2007. January February March April May June January 2 January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19 February 26 March 5 March 12 March 20 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July August September October November December July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 December 23 December 30 January Volume 3, Issue 1, 2 January 2007 Promotional photos: Effort to modify fair use policy aborted . Experanza: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Thagomizer" . News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 2, 8 January 2007 2006 in review: Special: 2006 in Review . Press plagiarism: Another newspaper columnist found to have plagiarized Wikipedia . Content manipulation: Blogs track attempts to manipulate articles . Goldacre-Holford controversy: Nutritional beef cooks PR editor . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Facial Hair" . News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 3, 15 January 2007 2006 in review: Special: 2006 in Review, Part II . Arbitration series: New arbitrators interviewed . Cascading protection: Cascading protection feature added . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Apples and Oranges" . News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 4, 22 January 2007 Nofollow: Wikipedia modifies handling of "nofollow" tag . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Truthiness" . News and notes: News and notes: Talk page template, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 5, 29 January 2007 Advisory board named: Foundation names advisory board, new hires . Court citations: Court decisions citing Wikipedia proliferate . Microsoft's Wikipedia standards: Microsoft approach to improving articles opens can of worms . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Hyperthymesia" . News and notes: News and notes: Investigation board deleted, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . February Volume 3, Issue 6, 5 February 2007 Board changes: Foundation organizational changes enacted . Arbitration and IRC: Group of arbitrators makes public statement about IRC . Astroturfing Wikipedia: AstroTurf PR firm discovered astroturfing . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Clabbers" . News and notes: News and notes: More legal citations, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the News . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 7, 12 February 2007 More government editing: US government agencies discovered editing . Financial state hullabaloo: Comment prompts discussion of Wikimedia's financial situation . Media licensing: Board recapitulates licensing policy principles . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Extreme ironing" . News and notes: News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 8, 19 February 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Arbitrator resigns: Arbitrator Dmcdevit resigns; replacements to be appointed . Failing: Essay questions Wikipedia's success: Abort, Retry, Fail? . Google again: In US, half of Wikipedia traffic comes from Google . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Tony Clifton" . News and notes: News and notes: Brief outage, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the News . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 9, 26 February 2007 War of the Wheels: Three users temporarily desysopped after wheel war . Peppers pickle: Peppers article stays deleted . Fuzzy suit: Pro golfer sues over libelous statements . Interwiki report: Report from the Norwegian (Bokmål) Wikipedia . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Pet skunk" . News and notes: News and notes: New arbitrators appointed, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . March Volume 3, Issue 10, 5 March, 2007 Essjay: New Yorker correction dogs arbitrator into departure . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "The Rutles" . News and notes: News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 11, 12 March, 2007 Paid editing: Report of diploma mill offering pay for edits . What you don't know can't hurt you: Essay tries to clarify misconceptions about Wikipedia . Blog aggregator: Blog aggregator launched for Wikimedia-related posts . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Cartoon Physics" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikimania 2007, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 12, 20 March, 2007 WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Wilhelm Scream" . News and notes: News and notes: Bad sin, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 13, 26 March, 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Departures: Patrick and Wool resign in office shakeup . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" . News and notes: News and notes: Board resolutions, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . April Volume 3, Issue 14, 2 April, 2007 Wikipedia poll: Poll finds people think Wikipedia "somewhat reliable" . Errors and publicity: Wikipedia biographical errors attract more attention . AMA nominated for deletion: Association of Members' Advocates nominated for deletion . Times correction: Reference desk work leads to New York Times correction . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Charles Lane" . News and notes: News and notes: Alexa, Version 0.5, attribution poll . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 15, 9 April, 2007 Danny: Danny Wool regains adminship in controversial RFA . Election leaks: Leak last year likely to produce changes for handling next board election . AMA debate: Association of Members' Advocates' deletion debate yields no consensus . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Fake shemp" . News and notes: News and notes: Donation, Version 0.5, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 16, 16 April, 2007 Britannica: Encyclopædia Britannica promoted to featured article . A Wikipedia education: Wikipedia continues to get mixed reactions in education . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Hodag" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikipedia television mention makes news, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 17, 23 April, 2007 Robdurbar: Administrator goes rogue, is blocked . Brandt unblock: Wales unblocks Brandt, then reverses himself . Wikidetainment: Historian detained after his Wikipedia article is vandalized . RFA reform: Efforts to reform Requests for Adminship spark animated discussion . Pat Binns: Canadian politician the subject of an edit war . Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech massacre articles rise to prominence . Back in China: Wikipedia enters China one disc at a time . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Buttered cat paradox" . News and notes: News and notes: Unreferenced biographies, user studies, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 18, 30 April, 2007 Western Civ blog: Students in Western Civilization course find editing Wikipedia frustrating, rewarding . Statistical profiles: Statistics indicate breadth of Wikipedia's appeal . Featured list: Featured lists reaches a milestone . Backlogs: Backlogs continue to grow . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Calvin and Hobbes" . News and notes: News and notes: Board resolutions, user studies, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . May Volume 3, Issue 19, 7 May, 2007 Admins desysopped: Four administrator accounts desysopped after hijacking, vandalism . Fair use: Debate over non-free images heats up . Wikipedian scholarship: Norwegian Wikipedian awarded scholarship . News and notes: News and notes: Election volunteers, admin contest, milestones . The key to Wikipedia: Digg revolt over DVD key spills over to Wikipedia . Wikimania2007: Update on Wikimania 2007 . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Friday the 13th" . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 20, 14 May, 2007 Compromised accounts: Administrator status restored to five accounts after emergency desysopping . Academic journal coverage: Academic journals multiply their analyses of Wikipedia . Committed identity: User committed identities provide protection against account hijacking . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Ubbi dubbi" . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 21, 21 May, 2007 Trafigura: Corporate editing lands in Dutch media . Spoilers: Spoiler warnings may be tweaked . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Disruptive technology" . News and notes: News and notes: LGBT project mention, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 22, 28 May, 2007 BLP, DRV, ARB, IRC: Controversy over biographies compounded when leading participant blocked . Wikipedian death: Norwegian Wikipedian, journalist dies at 59 . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Five-second rule" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikipedian dies, Alexa rank, Jimbo . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . June Volume 3, Issue 23, 4 June, 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Admin desysopped: Sockpuppeting administrator desysopped, banned . BLP, revisited: Admin restored after desysopping; dispute centers on suitability of certain biographies . RFA suspended: Controversial RFA suspended, results pending . Dutch government: Dutch government provides freely licensed photos . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "John Hodgman" . News and notes: News and notes: Another Wikipedian dies, brand survey, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 24, 11 June, 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Privacy report: Privacy report lists Wikipedia among best sites, but needing improvement . Board elections: Board candidacies open, elections planned . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Why did Mike the Headless Chicken cross the road?" . News and notes: News and notes: Ontario error, no consensus RFA, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 25, 18 June, 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Brandt merger: Wikipedia critic's article merged . Board elections: Board election series: Election information . Account compromised: Admin account apparently compromised, blocked . RfA withdrawn: Controversial RfA withdrawn, bureaucrats fail to clarify consensus . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "They Might Be Giants" . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 26, 25 June, 2007 Board elections: Board election series: An interview with the candidates . RFA and open proxies: RfA receives attention, open proxies policy reviewed . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Thagomizer" . News and notes: News and notes: Logo error, Norwegian chapter, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . July Volume 3, Issue 27, 2 July, 2007 Wrestler death: IP unwittingly predicts death: "Awful coincidence" . Board elections: Board elections open . German chapter: German chapter relaunches website, arranges government support . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Cashew" . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 28, 9 July, 2007 Bureaucrat nominations: Seven administrators request promotion to bureaucrat status . Board elections: Board election series: Elections closed, results pending . New hires: Wikimedia Foundation hires consultant, general counsel . Japanese plagiarism: Newspaper obituary plagiarizes Japanese Wikipedia . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Ann Coulter" . News and notes: News and notes: FA stats, top information site, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 29, 16 July, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Filling in with a new feature . Board elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected . F1 trademark: British agency cites Wikipedia in denying F1 trademark . Two new bureaucrats: Two new bureaucrats promoted . Blogger rescue: Wikipedian bloggers launch "article rescue" effort . Keen review: Book review: The Cult of the Amateur . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Charles Lane" . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 30, 23 July, 2007 WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "World domination" . News and notes: News and notes: "The Wikipedia Story", visa ruling, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 31, 30 July, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Another experiment and Wikimania . Citizendium analysis: Report on Citizendium . News from Citizendium: Response: News from Citizendium . Another desysopping: User resigns admin status amid allegations of sock puppetry . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Mr. Bean" . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . August Volume 3, Issue 32, 6 August, 2007 US chapter: Committee makes statement on U.S. chapter . Wikipedia Plays: About: The Wikipedia Plays . Wikipedia Plays Review: Review: The Wikipedia Plays . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Terry Gross" . News and notes: News and notes: Similpedia, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 33, 13 August, 2007 CC 3.0: CC 3.0 licenses accepted on Commons . Bug review: Reviewing five software requests . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "2000s" . News and notes: News and notes: Meetup, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 34, 20 August, 2007 BJAODN: Bad Jokes, Deletion Nonsense, and an arbitration case . WikiScanner: WikiScanner tool creates "minor public relations disasters" for scores of organizations . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Tomcat and Bobcat" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikimania '08, 200 x 100, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 35, 27 August, 2007 WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Helicopter parent" . News and notes: News and notes: Court case, BJAODN, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . September Volume 3, Issue 36, 3 September, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales . WikiScanner: WikiScanner tool expands, poses public relations problems for Dutch royal family . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "George P. Burdell" . News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser, Wikimania 2008, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 37, 10 September, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales . Jimbo interview: An interview with Jimbo Wales . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Godwin's Law" . News and notes: News and notes: 2,000,000, Finnish ArbCom, statistics, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 38, 17 September, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Reader survey . Treasurer and fundraising: Wikimedia treasurer expected to depart soon . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Sarah Vowell" . News and notes: News and notes: Template standardization, editing patterns, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 39, 24 September, 2007 From the editor: From the editor . Relocation: Wikimedia announces plans to move office to San Francisco . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Ambigram" . News and notes: News and notes: Times archives, conferences, milestones . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . October Volume 3, Issue 40, 1 October, 2007 WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Buttered cat paradox" . News and notes: News and notes: Commons uploaders, Wikimania 2008/2009, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 41, 8 October, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: New feature . Vandalism study: Study examines Wikipedia authorship, vandalism repair . Myanmar to Burma: Myanmar article renamed to Burma after unrest . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "W" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikimania 2008, Flickr image tool, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Biography . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 42, 15 October, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Brion Vibber interview . Wikimania 2008: Wikimania 2008 awarded to Alexandria . Board meeting: Board meeting held, budget approved . Two-million Commons: Wikimedia Commons reaches two million media files . Job openings: San Francisco job openings published . CSN closed: Community sanction noticeboard closed . Adminbot approved: Bot is approved to delete redirects . License changes: License edits under consideration to accommodate Wikipedia . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Soramimi Kashi" . News and notes: News and notes: Historian dies, Wiki Wednesdays, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the news . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Military history . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 43, 22 October, 2007 Fundraiser, budget: Fundraiser opens, budget released . Living people: Biographies of living people grow into "status symbol" . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "George Stroumboulopoulos" . News and notes: News and notes: Wikipedian Robert Braunwart dies . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: League of Copyeditors . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 44, 29 October, 2007 From the editor: From the editor: Interview with Florence Devouard . Page creation: Page creation for unregistered users likely to be reenabled . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Human billboard" . News and notes: News and notes: Treasurer search, fundraiser, milestones . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Agriculture . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . November Volume 3, Issue 45, 5 November, 2007 French lawsuit: Wikimedia avoids liability in French lawsuit . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Fall Out Boy" . News and notes: News and notes: Grant money, fundraiser, milestones . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Lists of basic topics . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 46, 12 November, 2007 Page creation redux: Unregistered page creation remains on hold so far . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Exploding whale" . News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser, elections galore, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the News . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Missing encyclopedic articles . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation . Volume 3, Issue 47, 19 November, 2007 Anthere interview: Signpost interview: Florence Devouard . Khobar plagiarism: Author borrows from Wikipedia article without attribution . WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Raining animals" . News and notes: News and notes: Page patrolling, ArbCom age requirement, milestones . In the news: Wikipedia in the News . WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: History . Features and admins: Features and admins . Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News . Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation .