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8 (April 2015-August 2016)
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The Signpost: 02 April 2014

News and notes: Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future

The run-up to the conference has seen the unfolding of two fractious threads on the Wikimedia public mailing list, both of which may serve as background for the last session at Berlin: "Future of the Wikimedia Conference".

WikiProject report: Deutschland in English

This week, we visited with WikiProject Germany.

Special report: On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference

The annual Wikimedia Conference is about to start in Berlin, hosted by Wikimedia Germany, which won the bid to hold the event over three others. This will be the fifth time the chapter has hosted the Wikimedia Conference—it did so from 2009 to 2012, with attendance ranging from 100 to 180 Wikimedians. This year 160 people are expected at the four-day event, which is mainly for representatives of affiliated Wikimedia organisations. The conference has been built around two themes: Organisation, structures, and grants and Success and impact.

Featured content: April Fools

The Signpost's "Featured content" writers had a bit of fun this week.

Traffic report: Regressing to the mean

The mysterious fate of MH370 still tops the list, but in all other respects our readership has retreated from the real world into its pop-cultural happy place: TV, movies, music, Reddit and Google Doodles all made an appearance.

The Signpost: 09 April 2014

News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments

Community review is open for the four applications in the second and final round of applications to the WMF's Funds Dissemination Committee for 2013–14. Three eligible organisations have applied for funding under the newly named "annual program grants": Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Norway, and the India-based Centre for Internet and Society, which last November was recognised as eligible to apply for FDC funding purposes.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Law

This week, we interviewed the Law WikiProject.

Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz

"I remember laughing and talking and laughing and talking at Wikimania 2012. I took this picture of her that she used for a long while as a profile pic. Someone on Facebook said it looked 'skepchickal', which she loved."

Traffic report: Conquest of the Couch Potatoes

Television has always been a topic of choice on this site, but it exploded this week. Fully six slots were devoted to television shows, as the final episode of How I Met Your Mother, one of the most popular Wikipedia searches of the last few years, coincided with the season finale of The Walking Dead and the upcoming fourth season of Game of Thrones. The number rises to 8 if movies released on video and new TV tech are are included.

Featured content: Snow heater and Ash sweep

Five article, five lists, and ten pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

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22	2003 in Afghanistan (talk)	Add sources
16	Home Ministry (talk)	Add sources
331	History of Palestine (talk)	Add sources
603	Islamic terrorism (talk)	Add sources
888	Giuseppe Garibaldi (talk)	Add sources
155	Electron degeneracy pressure (talk)	Add sources
255	Ping-pong diplomacy (talk)	Cleanup
93	Pakistan and state sponsored terrorism (talk)	Cleanup
1,076	Mujahideen (talk)	Cleanup
37	2001 in Afghanistan (talk)	Expand
983	Thermonuclear weapon (talk)	Expand
6,178	Afghanistan (talk)	Expand
2,176	Israeli–Palestinian conflict (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
115	Islam and war (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
408	Japanese Canadian internment (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
2,201	Photon (talk)	Merge
409	Gaza War (talk)	Merge
6,848	2014 Crimean crisis (talk)	Merge
252	Corby (talk)	Wikify
22	Internet and terrorism (talk)	Wikify
295	Homosexuality and psychology (talk)	Wikify
2	Military leadership in the Afghan Civil War (talk)	Orphan
2	Anwar Dangar (talk)	Orphan
3	The Battle of Santiago (band) (talk)	Orphan
59	Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (talk)	Stub
13	Likhi Range (talk)	Stub
27	Bruce Bagemihl (talk)	Stub
1	The Slide Effect (talk)	Stub
9	False Bay College (talk)	Stub
8	HD 147513 (talk)	Stub

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The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014

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 reviews: Hawkeye7 looks at Britain's War Machine
Interview: Article writers discuss German military history

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The Signpost: 23 April 2014

Special report: 2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?

The annual Wikimedia Conference wound up last Sunday, 13 April—a four-day meeting costing several hundred thousand dollars, hosted in Berlin by Wikimedia Germany and attended by more than 100 Wikimedians.

Op-ed: Five things a Wikipedian in residence can do

Hey you—yeah you, the Wikipedian! Do you want to help a museum, a library, a university, or other organization explore ways to engage with Wikipedia? Great—you should offer your expertise as a Wikipedian in residence!

News and notes: Wikimedian passes away

Cynthia Ashley-Nelson, who edited as "Cindamuse" on the Wikimedia projects, passed away in her sleep at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin on 10 April.

WikiProject_report: To the altar—Catholicism

This week, we visited WikiProject Catholicism.

Wikimania: Winning bid announced for 2015

After just over a month of deliberation, the Wikimania jury has selected Wikimedia Mexico's bid to host Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City, with a proposed date of 15–19 July.

Traffic report: Reflecting in Gethsemane

If I were the kind of person who made snap judgments based on flimsy evidence, I'd say our readership is in a funk.

Featured content: There was I, waiting at the church

Fourteen articles, four lists, seven pictures, and one topic attained "featured" status on the English Wikipedia over the last two weeks.

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The Signpost: 30 April 2014

News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal

Like hammering a square peg into a round hole, the Wikimedia Foundation has submitted a draft annual plan for 2014–15 to its own Funds Dissemination Committee. Unlike the WMF's submission to the FDC's inaugural round in October 2012, the "proposal" does not seek funding.

Traffic report: Going to the Doggs

Not much to report this week. The same post-Easter celebrations (4/20, Earth Day) were popular again this year, except last year we were still reeling from the Boston Marathon bombing.

Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director

The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that its new executive director will be Lila Tretikov, until now a chief product officer in Silicon Valley.

WikiProject report: Genetics

This week, we unraveled the mysteries of WikiProject Genetics.

Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum

Ed Roley, Associate Director of Integrated Media at the Peabody Essex Museum, talks about GLAM engagement with Wikipedia.

Featured content: Browsing behaviours

Four articles and sixteen featured pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google

Can you predict the number of seasonal influenza-like illness in the U.S. using data from Wikipedia?

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
544	History of Afghanistan (talk)	Add sources
94	Specials (Unicode block) (talk)	Add sources
25	History of Afghanistan (1992–present) (talk)	Add sources
1,464	Sexual orientation (talk)	Add sources
503	Shape of the universe (talk)	Add sources
70	Croatia–Serbia relations (talk)	Add sources
201	Neutron radiation (talk)	Cleanup
820	Hamid Karzai (talk)	Cleanup
444	Minkowski space (talk)	Cleanup
64	Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict (talk)	Expand
2,474	Kyrgyzstan (talk)	Expand
118	Flinders University (talk)	Expand
26	Timeline of quantum mechanics (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
45	History of Transnistria (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,757	Kosovo War (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
157	Demographics of Croatia (talk)	Merge
69	Gay literature (talk)	Merge
6,290	Osama bin Laden (talk)	Merge
1,239	Umayyad Caliphate (talk)	Wikify
1,217	Racism in the United States (talk)	Wikify
38	Pankisi Gorge crisis (talk)	Wikify
1	Bisexual politics (talk)	Orphan
1	Styr Nyxas (talk)	Orphan
2	Shahid Panah (talk)	Orphan
42	Association of Indian Universities (talk)	Stub
5	Coșnița (talk)	Stub
13	Axios Systems (talk)	Stub
9	Abu-Ageila (talk)	Stub
4	Rachaya Al Foukhar (talk)	Stub
20	Mitla Pass (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 07 May 2014

News and notes: New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?

The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) introduced the first form of what are known as the "discretionary sanction" (DS) in 2009. A new DS regime, called Discretionary sanctions (2014), is the result of an elaborate review process involving both the community, since last September, and the committee, for more than a year.

Traffic report: TMZedia

For all the claims of Wikipedia bringing the world's knowledge to all who want it, it seems the human race most wants is a tabloid newspaper; a quick source for TV listings, pop culture facts, celebrity gossip and, above all, scandal—with some nice juicy racism thrown in too.

In focus: Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director

In a live video stream on 1 May, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that Lila Tretikov will be replacing Sue Gardner, its executive director. Gardner, who has been in the position since 2007, declared her intention to leave more than a year ago.

WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain.

In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne

Boston Children's Hospital postdoctoral fellow David McIver and a team have determined that using page view statistics from Wikipedia, they can track flu progression better than the Center for Disease Control can using Google searches.

WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision

Formed in 2003, the Eurovision WikiProject boasts four featured articles and 22 good articles. The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 is currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, so we went to the stage to talk with one of the project's members.

Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum

Four articles, two lists, and five pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

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6	Education and the LGBT community (talk)	Add sources
220	Isma'ilism (talk)	Add sources
1,774	Hamas (talk)	Add sources
367	Orexin (talk)	Add sources
837	Speed (talk)	Add sources
21	Political status of Transnistria (talk)	Add sources
92	North–South differences in the Korean language (talk)	Cleanup
507	Gag (BDSM) (talk)	Cleanup
132	Carlos Castillo Armas (talk)	Cleanup
8,254	Ku Klux Klan (talk)	Expand
172	Eurasian Economic Community customs union (talk)	Expand
66	Timeline of the history of the region of Palestine (talk)	Expand
75	Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
663	Masculinity (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
673	Islamism (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
110	Tactics of terrorism (talk)	Merge
3,823	Arab Spring (talk)	Merge
2	July 2006 in the Middle East (talk)	Merge
7	Treatment of infections after exposure to ionizing radiation (talk)	Wikify
52	Foreign relations (talk)	Wikify
21	Henyey track (talk)	Wikify
2	Eastern Moldova (talk)	Orphan
70	History of homosexuality in American film (talk)	Orphan
4	Light front holography (talk)	Orphan
1	Abdul Momim (talk)	Stub
14	Clinical Psychology Review (talk)	Stub
15	First Carrier Division (talk)	Stub
4	Cornelius Thuhageni Njoba (talk)	Stub
13	Order of Liberty (Ukraine) (talk)	Stub
16	Coat of arms of Transnistria (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 14 May 2014

Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity

On 2 May 2012, the Wikimania jury announced that Hong Kong's bid to hold the 2013 event had beaten four other proposals. Moderator James Forrester wrote: "The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off a magnificent Wikimania,"—and indeed there were positive comments about the event from most attendees.

WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico

This week, the Signpost jumped over the ocean to chat with the Puerto Rico WikiProject.

News and notes: 'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia

Editors of Australian-related topics on the English Wikipedia may have noticed an odd addition if they viewed the article's talk pages. For example, on Talk:Darwin, Northern Territory, they might be drawn in by the question mark, nested within what is often a sea of WikiProject templates: "Need help improving this article? Ask a librarian at the National Library of Australia, or the Northern Territory Library." Just what is this?

Featured content: On the rocks

Six articles, seven lists, and four pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.

Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May

Eurovision is known for being political, and it was a doozy this week.

Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look

The Media Viewer is scheduled to launch on the English Wikipedia next week.

The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014

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 reviews: Nick-D looks at The Lost Boys of Anzac
Op-ed: Peacemaker67 on Featured Articles involving Yugoslavia in World War II

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The Signpost: 21 May 2014

News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution

Last Sunday the board of Wikimedia Germany passed 9–1 a vote of no confidence in the chapter's executive director, Pavel Richter, who has held the position since 2009. With more than 50 employees, an annual budget approaching $10 million, and the right to conduct its own fundraising through the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) site banners, Wikimedia Germany is the second-largest organisation in the movement after the WMF itself. The decision was announced on the Wikimedia mailing list by the chapter chair, Nikolas Becker.

Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles

Thirteen articles, sixteen pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Traffic report: Doodles' dawn

It's a relief to see Google Doodles having an impact again; their wide coverage means that they inspire curiosity on many subjects which, for reasons of nationality, ethnicity or gender, might not be known in the English-speaking world. It's a shame then, that Wikipedia so often fails to keep up; articles on Google Doodles are almost invariably C-class, and seldom do justice to their subjects. Still, interest in Google Doodles has been waning in recent months—Audrey Hepburn last week was the first to top the list since December—so any rise in popularity is worth celebrating.

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38	'Asir Region (talk)	Add sources
33	Collective Rapid Reaction Force (talk)	Add sources
304	Dayton Agreement (talk)	Add sources
74	Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (talk)	Add sources
25	Purple Line (ceasefire line) (talk)	Add sources
1,204	Tritium (talk)	Add sources
61	Five-year survival rate (talk)	Cleanup
67	Internal Troops of Ukraine (talk)	Cleanup
197	Ralph Bunche (talk)	Cleanup
256	Jihadism (talk)	Expand
184	Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement (talk)	Expand
141	Philippe Couillard (talk)	Expand
841	Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
162	International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
2,367	Yulia Tymoshenko (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
11	Ajam of Iraq (talk)	Merge
62	Afghanistan–Iran relations (talk)	Merge
38	History of the Palestinian people (talk)	Merge
31	CIA transnational anti-terrorism activities (talk)	Wikify
16,788	European Parliament election, 2014 (talk)	Wikify
240	Nuclear technology (talk)	Wikify
5	Armand DiMele (talk)	Orphan
2	Aguascalientia panamaensis (talk)	Orphan
2	Alasha tribe (talk)	Orphan
6	Albert Avogadro (talk)	Stub
34	Plutonium-240 (talk)	Stub
3	Grass Pond Colony, Texas (talk)	Stub
74	Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130) (talk)	Stub
18	Siege of Khost (talk)	Stub
49	Gingivectomy (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 28 May 2014

News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video

With the promotion to featured article of Grus (constellation) on 17 May, Casliber became Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion, following Wehwalt's groundbreaking achievement last December. Cas's first FA, Banksia integrifolia, a group effort, was promoted on 16 November 2006. His first solo project, Diplodocus, followed in January 2007; he has rarely been off the FAC since. In a second story, Ward Cunningham, an American computer programmer who invented the wiki, was interviewed by the WMF.

Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon

Wikipedia editor Sven Manguard's work is quite underappreciated a lot of the time, most likely because people haven't heard of it yet: He's developed good relationships with game companies, and is thus able to get full-resolution screenshots released under a Creative Commons license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere. This week's trove of new featured items on the English Wikipedia comprises seven articles, three lists, and four pictures.

Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats

In the US, Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and summer is definitely on people's minds this week, with summer films Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past, the apparently designated summer song "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea, and summer TV show, Game of Thrones.

Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next

Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders; "Chinese-language time zones" favor Asian pop and IT topics on Wikipedia; and bipartite editing prediction in Wikipedia.

The Signpost: 04 June 2014

Special report: IEG funding for women's stories: a new approach to the gender gap

Individual engagement grants (IEGs) are announced twice yearly by a volunteer WMF committee, the most recent of which we covered last December. The scheme, launched at the start of last year, awards funds to individuals or teams of up to four to produce high-impact outcomes for the WMF's online projects. It favours innovative approaches to solving critical issues in the movement.

News and notes: Two new affiliate-selected trustees

New trustee Frieda Briosch from Italy: we face "a couple of headaches", she says: "how to boost editors, which includes the development of the next strategic plan, and how to keep our project always 'glamorous'."

Op-ed: "Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA

I never feel quite adequate trying to paraphrase Sumana's words: she is so articulate. I highly encourage every person who reads this article to directly watch her keynote—it directly speaks to a lot of Wikimedia's most significant issues, made with great eloquence. We have a serious issue with retaining editors, and parts of her speech could serve as a pretty good partial blueprint towards how we could begin to fix that problem.

Featured content: Ye stately homes of England

David Iliff, or Diliff, as he is known on here outside of the file pages for his many, many, excellent photographs, is one of Wikipedia's longest-standing professional-standard photographers. This week, the Signpost salutes him.

In the media: Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia

The month of May saw significant coverage concerning the reliability of Wikipedia's medical articles.

Traffic report: Autumn in summer

The northern summer is a time when one is meant to celebrate the exuberance of life; instead, commemoration of the dead was a significant theme this week.

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164	Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia (talk)	Add sources
535	Roaming (talk)	Add sources
126	2060s (talk)	Add sources
24	Immature ovum (talk)	Add sources
263	Real gross domestic product (talk)	Add sources
12	A. W. Lawrence (talk)	Add sources
134	Survey data collection (talk)	Cleanup
163	Abul A'la Maududi (talk)	Cleanup
329	Mitral valve stenosis (talk)	Cleanup
29	Joint CIS Air Defense System (talk)	Expand
3,818	Eurasian Economic Union (talk)	Expand
124	Ossetia (talk)	Expand
522	Clash of Civilizations (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
52	Tihamah (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,102	Nuclear reactor (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
101	Prophets and messengers in Islam (talk)	Merge
4	Lakes of Biggar, Saskatchewan (talk)	Merge
1,083	Academi (talk)	Merge
2,570	Soviet war in Afghanistan (talk)	Wikify
258	Evolution of fish (talk)	Wikify
3	Élise Desaulniers (talk)	Wikify
1	Kokoity Fandarast (talk)	Orphan
7	Ethel Cooper (talk)	Orphan
4	United States' presidential plurality victories (talk)	Orphan
10	Japan Karate Federation (talk)	Stub
176	Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies (talk)	Stub
50	The Hornet's Nest (talk)	Stub
33	Amin Saikal (talk)	Stub
276	Denis Pushilin (talk)	Stub
35	CD79 (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 11 June 2014

News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia

Eleven public relations agencies have declared their intention to follow "ethical engagement practices" in Wikipedia editing. The results were published last Tuesday: a joint statement from the participating PR agencies—representing five of the top ten global agencies and all but one of the top ten in the United States—clarifying their views and practices with regards to the Wikimedia projects.

Traffic report: The week the wired went weird

It seems that, more than commemorating the great moments in our history, more than even anticipating great sporting events, what our audience wants is the weird.

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler

William Beutler (WWB), author of the blog The Wikipedian, is a long-time editor and community-watcher. He is also a paid editor (WWB Too). Well—not anymore—because he gave up direct editing of articles in 2011. Instead, for the past three years he has followed Jimmy Wales' Bright Line rule in acting as a researcher and consultant for companies and clients that want to suggest changes to Wikipedia articles and engage on the Talk page.

Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees

Last week we reported the announcement of two new affiliate-selected WMF trustees. The board of trustees is the most powerful and influential body in the movement, and chapters have been permitted to select two of the 10 seats since 2008, for two-year terms that start in even-numbered years.

Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones

Five articles, one list, twelve pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.

The Bugle: Issue XCIX, June 2014

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 reviews: Nick-D looks at life aboard a US aircraft carrier and Hawkeye7 considers the role of food in World War II

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The Signpost: 18 June 2014

News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use

The Wikimedia Foundation has amended its terms of use to ban editing for pay without disclosing an employer or affiliation on any of its websites. The broad scope of these changes will allow the WMF to selectively enforce their terms of use to avoid ensnaring well-meaning editors.

Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture

Five articles, five lists, 22 pictures, and one portal were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey

The Bangladesh chapter of the Wikimedia movement was formed in 2009. They received official local registration from the national authorities on 10 June 2014. The long road in between was subject to much persistence, patience, and luck—along with a good deal of worry.

Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones

To the surprise of absolutely no one, the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the main draw this week, taking four slots. People appeared desperate to bone up on their trivia; checking not only this year's World Cup, but the last one. Even so, they still couldn't push Game of Thrones from the top ten. It will be interesting to see what happens come next week's season finale.

WikiProject report: Visiting the city

This week, the Signpost came in from the hinterland to interview members of the Cities WikiProject.

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7	Lushei tribe (talk)	Merge
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117	Viral meningitis (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 25 June 2014

News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan

The US National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) have committed to engaging with Wikimedia projects in their newest Open Government Plan. The biannual effort is a roadmap for how the agency will accomplish its goals in the digital age.

Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport?

Despite the interest generated by its season finale, Game of Thrones still couldn't top the World Cup, which still dominated interest, as evidenced by the fact that this top 10 is virtually identical to last week's, just with a different dead celebrity.

Exclusive: "We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the Signpost

In her first interview since taking office, Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new executive director, speaks about grantmaking, the global south, and the gender gap.

Discussion report: Media Viewer, old HTML tags

Discussions on the English Wikipedia this week include...

Featured content: Showing our Wörth

Ten articles and eleven pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true

This week, the Signpost visited the land of Disney, blockbusters, explosions, dream sequences, and cultural masterpieces: film.

Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects

In a recent paper, Jacob Solomon and Rick Wash investigate the question of sustainability in online communities by analysing trends in the growth of WikiProjects.

The Signpost: 02 July 2014

In the media: Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms

The Los Angeles Times highlighted a recent Wiki Education Foundation (WEF) course at Pomona College in their article "Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula". We interviewed Char Booth, the campus ambassador for the course, for additional details.

Traffic report: The Cup runneth over... and over.

With Game of Thrones over for another year, the World Cup dominated yet again. And that is pretty much that. This list isn't likely to be particularly eventful until the Cup is won.

News and notes: Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award

Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) has won a Roaring Lion in the category of Internet and cellular for its public outreach during the tenth anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia in July 2013.

Featured content: Ship-shape

Six articles, five lists, seventeen pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

WikiProject report: Indigenous Peoples of North America

This week, the Signpost visited the Indigenous peoples of North America WikiProject.

Technology report: In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Wikimedia Deutschland's Toolserver project was switched off, marking the end of one of the Wikimedia movement's longest running Chapter-led projects. The Toolserver, which was in fact a collection of servers, first came online in 2005, hosting hundreds of webpages and scripts ("tools") made available for use by Wikimedia readers, editors and administrators.

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318	Voting system (talk)	Expand
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13	Moleben (talk)	Merge
11	Pnong people (talk)	Merge
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596	Castle Bravo (talk)	Wikify
2	Sergei Mirkin (talk)	Orphan
4	HELP Tourism (talk)	Orphan
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59	Spermatogonium (talk)	Stub
15	Gonocyte (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 09 July 2014

Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?

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Wikicup: Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more

After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in 2012.

Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis

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Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!

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News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative

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Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week

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The Signpost: 16 July 2014

Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile

On the same day the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) announced it would offer assistance to English Wikipedia editors embroiled in a legal dispute with Yank Barry, the lawsuit has been withdrawn without prejudice at the request of Barry's legal team—but this action is being described as "strategic" so that they can refile the lawsuit with a "new, more comprehensive complaint."

Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week

This week it's still more and more World Cup, with five entries out of the top ten (and 14 out of the Top 25).

Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic

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Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun

Eight articles, three lists, and 28 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

News and notes: Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles

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The Bugle: Issue C, July 2014

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 reviews: Jonas Vinther and Nick-D look at examples of electronic media
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the shot heard around the world

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169	Butyl (talk)	Merge
445	Alpha Group (talk)	Wikify
163	Ajyad Fortress (talk)	Wikify
1,843	VK (social network) (talk)	Wikify
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9	Vinyl iodide functional group (talk)	Orphan
18	Selenonic acid (talk)	Stub
22	Thial (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 23 July 2014

Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel

"Great success" in Israel universities is leading to collaboration and editing in high schools.

Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it

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News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier

Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) today are facing fewer barriers to uploading their content onto Wikimedia projects now that the new GLAM-Wiki Toolset Project has been launched. The tool, which is the fruit of a collaboration between Europeana and several Wikimedia chapters, relieves GLAMs from having to write their own automated scripts and gives them a standardized method of uploading large amounts of their digitized holdings.

Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform

The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.

Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!

Ten articles, five lists, and 25 pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

Book review: Knowledge or unreality?

In Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia, Dariusz Jemielniak discusses Wikipedia from the standpoint of an experienced editor and administrator who is also a university professor specializing in management and organizations. In Virtual Reality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?, Charles Seife presents a more broadly themed work reminding us to question the reliability of information found throughout the Internet.

Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate

Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in the English language Wikipedia. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, Osman analyzed 573 posts from the three main votes on paid editing conducted in the community in November 2013.

News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?

Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?

Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World

A "program of heroes" is leading the charge in Egypt.

Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit

We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the top 10, with Gaza Strip, Israel, and Hamas. The top 25 also includes Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Death also lies behind the popularity of James Garner, the American actor who died on July 19th, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and deaths in 2014.

Featured content: Skeletons and Skeltons

Two articles, four lists, and seven pictures attained featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

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335	Signal transduction (talk)	Merge
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19	Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization (talk)	Wikify
103	Â (talk)	Wikify
18	British women's literature of World War I (talk)	Orphan
3	Pseudoacid (talk)	Orphan
4	Transmission of hepadnaviruses (talk)	Orphan
26	Shikimic acid pathway (talk)	Stub
7	Prethcamide (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 06 August 2014

Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview

As the start of Wikimania proper on 8 August approaches, the Signpost looks ahead to what its dozens of presentations might offer the technologically-inclined, whether attending in person or taking advantage of what promises to be a strong digital offering.

Traffic report: Ebola

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Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them

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Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico

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News and notes: "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results

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AFD Notice

Nomination of Mercury hydride for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mercury hydride is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Mercury hydride

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Use of the term "ape"

Humans, chimpanzees and gorillas are part of the same clade; that's indisputable. What "ape" means is not indisputable. The most common use of "ape", easily verified by searching, is to mean the paraphyletic group excluding humans. There is a newer, and as yet less common, use of "ape" to mean the monophyletic taxon, but even Dawkins is inconsistent (see User:Peter_coxhead/Work_page#Dawkins' use of "ape"). Wikipedia's task is to report the world, not change it, so we need to accept and report both uses, as the article does. See also Talk:Primate#"Old_World_monkey" and apes. You're welcome to discuss this further on the Primate talk page, but there's no consensus for the change you made. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:20, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CI, August 2014

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 reviews: Wrap-up of some recent external reviews
Interview: World War I editors
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the outbreak of World War I

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The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

Slate reports that Tom Scott, co-creator of the emoji social network Emojli, created a Twitter bot called Parliament WikiEdits to automatically tweet a link to any Wikipedia edits made from an IP address belonging to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Scott's bot initially did not tweet any links to edits made from Parliament and, according to Scott, an "insider" reports that their IP addresses changed. Despite this, Scott's Twitter bot has inspired similar creations in numerous other countries.

Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

It's been a grim few weeks. It says something that formerly arresting crises like the war in Ukraine, Boko Haram and the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, despite still being ongoing, have fallen out of the top 10 to make way for the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak and the equally if not more intense conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective

"Education is at the core of the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission."

Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars

Wikimania 2014 was held last week in the Barbican Centre in London. Below, the Signpost's former "Technology report" writer Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) shares his thoughts on a bustling conference.

News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation staff members have now been granted superpowers that would allow them to override community consensus. The new protection level came as a response to attempts of German Wikipedia administrators to implement a community consensus on the new Media Viewer. "Superprotect" is a level above full protection, and prevents edits by administrators.

Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia

Erythrophobia is the fear of, or sensitivity to, the colour red. Recently, I have seen more and more erythrophobic Wikipedians; specifically, Wikipedians who are scared of red links. In Wikipedia's early days, red links were encouraged and well-loved, and when I started editing in 2006, this was still mostly the case. Jump forward to 2014, and many editors now have an aversion to red links.

In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

The Observer reported (August 2) that Google would "restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe's controversial new 'right to be forgotten' legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia."

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63	Common reagents (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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14	Chief rent (talk)	Merge
108	Free-ranging dog (talk)	Merge
94	Hexafluorosilicic acid (talk)	Wikify
75	Carbon–oxygen bond (talk)	Wikify
18	Dmytro Korchynsky (talk)	Wikify
3	Orthoacetic acid (talk)	Orphan
28	Death of Nahid Almanea (talk)	Orphan
1	Kepert model (talk)	Orphan
8	Distorted octahedral molecular geometry (talk)	Stub
23	Dioxirane (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 20 August 2014

Interview: Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia

Dorothy Howard interviews Michael Szajewski, archivist for digital development and university records at Ball State University.

Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

Comedian Robin Williams' untimely death takes the top spot.

WikiProject report: Bats and gloves

At the plate with WikiProject Baseball!

Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia

Denny Vrandečić argues that "We should focus on measuring how much knowledge we allow every human to share in, instead of number of articles or active editors."

Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan

Ten articles and three pictures were promoted to featured status last week.

Oncolite

Hello, WWPU. Do you know anything about oncolites, or were you just copyediting? I ask because I strongly suspect that in the statement "a calcium carbonate structure is precipitated by encrusting microbes", "precipitated" is the wrong word, and what is meant is probably "deposited". But I'm only guessing, and my German isn't up to scanning the huge pdf to confirm. What do you think? Awien (talk) 18:57, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Copyediting. Word fixed. Whoop whoop pull up ^{Bitching Betty | Averted crashes} 19:23, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news

Journalistic integrity, Congressional edits, and other news.

News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster

More discussions about Media Viewer, Superprotect, and software development

Traffic report: Viral

"This was a week when an actual virus, Ebola, competed for attention with several viral social phenomena; most notably the Ice Bucket Challenge..."

Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!

Sixteen articles, five lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted.

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75	Management Development Institute (talk)	Cleanup
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30	Bibliography of India (talk)	Expand
98	Period 2 element (talk)	Expand
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724	Fluoride (talk)	Merge
249	Macedonians (ethnic group) (talk)	Wikify
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24	Literature from North East India (talk)	Wikify
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4	Nitroacetic acid (talk)	Orphan
8	Thionyl fluoride (talk)	Stub
4	William von Eggers Doering (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 03 September 2014

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended

"On 1 September, the Arbitrators voted to suspend the Media Viewer case for 60 days. After the suspension period is up, the case is to be closed unless the committee votes otherwise. The case suspension comes in response to several new initiatives and policies announced by the Wikimedia Foundation that may make the case moot. In the same motion, the committee declared that Eloquence's resignation of the administrator right was "under the cloud" and that he can only regain the right through another RfA."

Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more

Two articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted

Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial

Doc James and some collaborators are working on quick detection of copyright violations

Traffic report: Holding Pattern

"This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."

WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

"This week, the Signpost went out to meet WikiProject Anatomy, dedicated to improving the articles about all our bones, brains, bladders and biceps, and getting them to the high standard expected of a comprehensive encyclopaedia."

Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies

The latest roundup of research about Wikimedia

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Last month, I wrote an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, inviting others to join me in a simple but important request: roll back the recent actions—both technical and social—by which the Wikimedia Foundation has overruled legitimate decisions of several Wikimedia projects.

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Even though it's not quite 3/4 over, it's safe to say that 2014 will go down as a year of war, mass murder, plane crashes and terrible diseases. While certainly paying it some heed, it's not surprising that Wikipedia viewers tried this week to find any alternative to that litany of tragedy and pain, and their chosen method of escape was, as usual, celebrity.

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

The amazing and strange tongue-eating louse replacing a fish's tongue! Because isopods, the subject of a new featured article, are both awesome and really damn weird!

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

This week, the Signpost decided to have a look around with WikiProject Check Wikipedia a maintenance project not concerned so much with articles' content, but in all the tiny errors that are to be found scattered within them. Their front page gives a list of things they mainly focus on ...

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

The Hürriyet Daily News reports on a series of posts on Twitter from Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik.

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

A prominent Wikipedia researcher has discovered that the encyclopedia's widely used article traffic statistics are missing out on approximately one-third of total views.

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

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952	Nouri al-Maliki (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
64	Demographic history of Macedonia (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
110	Microdrive (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
614	Nonmetal (talk)	Merge
30	FOXP2 and human evolution (talk)	Merge
12	Badlands bighorn (talk)	Merge
74	Post viral cerebellar ataxia (talk)	Wikify
878	Ahmad Shah Massoud (talk)	Wikify
8	James Ferguson-Lees (talk)	Wikify
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9	Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
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55	Brodmann area 4 (talk)	Stub
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The Bugle: Issue CII, September 2014

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 reviews: Hawkeye7 looks at the military history of Austria-Hungary
Timeleine: This month in World War I

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

0.75% of Wikipedia birthdates are inaccurate, reported Robert Viseur at WikiSym 2014. Those inaccuracies are "low, although higher than the 0.21% observed for the baseline reference sources". Given that biographies represent 15% of English Wikipedia, the third largest category after "arts" and "culture", their accuracy is important.

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.

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184	Solar updraft tower (talk)	Cleanup
924	Symbol (chemistry) (talk)	Cleanup
189	Bombing of Iraq (1998) (talk)	Expand
79	Index of India-related articles (talk)	Expand
33	Smuggling tunnel (talk)	Expand
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340	Hydrolyzed collagen (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,111	El Paso, Texas (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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18	Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (talk)	Merge
176	Tranquillity (talk)	Merge
236	Amalgam (chemistry) (talk)	Wikify
281	Ajyad Fortress (talk)	Wikify
509	Latin script (talk)	Wikify
4	1974-75 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season (talk)	Orphan
5	3Dchat (talk)	Orphan
1	Angarf (talk)	Orphan
143	Public domain software (talk)	Stub
43	Palm-nut vulture (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do.

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

This article was first published in the Signpost in 2009. Written by several long-standing editors, including the late Adrianne Wadewitz, the article was subjected to extensive commentary and ultimately influenced the English Wikipedia's plagiarism guideline. With recent debates about close paraphrasing vis-à-vis plagiarism, we feel that this dispatch retains its relevance and deserves a second airing.

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

The argument on Wikipedia over the benefits of crowdsourcing versus the primacy of "expert" contributors stretches back to co-founder Larry Sanger's break with the project to start the alternative Citizendium.

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

This week, the Signpost went down to the farm to have a look at the work of WikiProject Agriculture, which has been in existence since 2007 and has a scope covering crop production, livestock management, aquaculture, dairy farming and forest management.

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

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Featured content: Brothers at War

As the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the American Civil War draws to a close, the race to improve content continues. The Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, will, quite appropriately, be Picture of the Day for November 30, 2014, its 150th anniversary. If you want to help commemorate the American Civil War, why not help out at the Military History WikiProject's Operation Brothers at War. Or help out with the World War I centennial, just starting up, Operation Great War Centennial.

The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Also, Wikimedia Norge and Nobel Peace Center edit-a-thon

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

2 Featured articles, 4 Featured lists, 62 Featured pictures, and 2 Featured portals were promoted.

Traffic report: Panic and denial

The first case of the Ebola virus on US shores sent people into a tizzy, rushing to their keyboards to try and learn what they could.

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

No seriously, it is.

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

Why does Wikipedia still use the gendered pronouns "she" and "her" for ships?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Ben Koo of the sports blog Awful Announcing investigated how player Joe Streater's name became involved in recent years with a historic sports scandal.

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

The Banning Policy case was closed on 12 October. Arbcom affirmed that users have "considerable leeway" in terms of how their talk pages are managed.

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Nine articles and twenty-six pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia.

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

This week we sat down with The Earwig to learn about his wikitext parser.

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

We are pleased to report that the WP:5000 has now been updated to include mobile views, including a column reflecting the percentage of views coming from mobile devices.

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

Today, it's the turn of WikiProject Ohio to give us an interview probing deep into of how they manage to run a project covering one fiftieth of the United States, and the workings of how they manufacture their successes and other articles.

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767	Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (talk)	Expand
111	Biomolecular structure (talk)	Expand
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856	Khorasan (Islamist group) (talk)	Merge
61	Methylene bridge (talk)	Merge
503	Transliteration (talk)	Wikify
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975	Mesothelioma (talk)	Wikify
822	Michael Pestronk (talk)	Orphan
2	Tropical cyclones in 2010 (talk)	Orphan
3,163	Post Brothers Apartments (talk)	Orphan
36	Millennium Tower (Frankfurt) (talk)	Stub
19	Iodine monofluoride (talk)	Stub
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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
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Book review: Nick-D on Britain in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014, Redux

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The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Four articles, four lists, and fifty-three pictures were promoted to featured status.

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

Our op-ed writer this week opines that the organization of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" resembles how Wikipedia is organized.

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Among many newsworthy stories this week, the Signpost notes the passing of Italian Wikipedia administrator and former Wikimedia Italia treasurer [Cotton

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

Ebola, movies and television articles appear in this week's top ten.

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

PaintedCarpet explains that "WikiProject Orphanage aims to connect all Wikipedia pages, so that pages can be found and read more easily."

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Noam Cohen reports in The New York Times (October 26) that Wikipedia's "Ebola Virus Disease article has had 17 million page views in the last month," an indication of the public's reliance on the online encyclopedia.

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Rather than the usual WikiProject Report, this week our guest author Jheald is telling us about a campaign to identify thousands of old maps which have been digitised, to make them available for georeferencing and upload

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Ebola virus disease leads the Report for the fourth straight week. The rest of the list is primarily a mix of pop culture topics, including movie Avengers: Age of Ultron (#4) whose trailer was leaked early, and the death of Oscar de la Renta (#7). A BuzzFeed article on creepy Wikipedia articles, no doubt well-timed with Halloween (#9) around the corner, was responsible for three articles in the Top 25, including June and Jennifer Gibbons (#10), Taman Shud Case (#17), Joyce Vincent (#25). And the internet-run-amok controversy of Gamergate cracked the Top 25 for the first time at #19.

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

In new research conducted in light of proposed changes to data protection legislation in the European Union (EU), authors Bart Custers, Simone van der Hof, and Bart Schermer conducted a comparative analysis of social media and user-generated content websites’ privacy policies along with a user survey (N=8,621 in 26 countries) and interviews in 13 different EU countries on awareness, values, and attitudes toward privacy online.

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106	Khap (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
87	Common reagents (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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5	Hypocone (talk)	Merge
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116	Hexafluorosilicic acid (talk)	Wikify
179	Carbon–oxygen bond (talk)	Wikify
29	InstaEDU (talk)	Orphan
6	1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice (talk)	Orphan
2	(229945) 1998 US8 (talk)	Orphan
2,619	Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 (talk)	Stub
18	Feline spongiform encephalopathy (talk)	Stub
239	Anbar campaign (Fall 2014) (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

"Rachel Feltman, in The Washington Post (November 4), examined research in which a team, mostly from Los Alamos National Laboratory, headed by Kyle Hickman developed a model that enabled them "to successfully predict the 2013-2014 flu season in real time" by employing "an algorithm to link flu-related Wikipedia searches with CDC data from the same time." Apparently when individuals search for information about the flu and its symptoms in Wikipedia when they feel ill, this generates data useful in forecasting the the flu season."

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

"It is, perhaps, ironic that humanity chose the week of Halloween to finally put its fears to bed. Let's face it: 2014 has been a year of tragedies, conflicts, plagues and pain, and eventually something had to break... Whether we at last came to terms with our limited ability to affect events, shoved those events under the carpet, or just decided to let go and move on, we turned our eye to more positive things, such as sports heroes, hotly anticipated movies, and lifelong learning; two Google doodles appeared in the top 25 for the first time since the beginning of August."

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19	Isobutyl chloride (talk)	Cleanup
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32	Turkish general election, 2007 (talk)	Expand
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963	Low-carbohydrate diet (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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2	Hari Anand Barari (talk)	Wikify
8	Nitroacetic acid (talk)	Orphan
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10	Thiazyl trifluoride (talk)	Stub
55	Hooded vulture (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

"Technology media outlets are abuzz after the November 6 unveiling of the Amazon Echo, an Internet-connected voice command device"; "The EUobserver talks (November 4) with Dimitar Dimitrov (User:Dimi z) about the lack of freedom of panorama in some European Union countries and its implications for Wikimedia projects"; "Scott Cantrell, classical music critic for the Dallas Morning News, recounts efforts to verify an uncited claim in the Wikipedia article for the Béla Bartók opera Bluebeard's Castle."

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

This was very much a week dominated by holidays and pop culture over current events, with new film Interstellar taking the top spot followed by holidays Day of the Dead (#2), Guy Fawkes and his Night (#4 and #5), and Halloween (#8, and its third week on the list). And a foursome of television shows, all return visitors, appear to setting up residence on the greater Top 25: The Walking Dead (#11), American Horror Story: Freak Show (#14), Gotham (#16), and The Flash (#18).

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

Nine articles, two lists, and 55 featured pictures were promoted during the week of 26 October.

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

We return to our interview format this week, speaking with the participants of WikiProject Hospitals. This project, formed in 2010, has no Featured content and only three Good articles, yet aided by around 30 hard-working Wikipedians covers a topic that is essential to life.

The Bugle: Issue CIV, November 2014

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 reviews: Nick-D looks at Nazi Germany's Eastern Front allies
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the origins and legacy of trench warfare
Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions

Four articles, four lists, eleven pictures, and one topic were promoted.

In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism

Numerous media outlets are reporting on a November 14 statement on the website of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library announcing the formation of a Russian "alternative" to Wikipedia, a "regional electronic encyclopedia" dedicated to "Russian regions and the life of the country".

Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures

The monthly roundup of research related to Wikimedia.

WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

It's time for this year's edition of the Report looking at possibly our largest wikiproject: Military history. Since our last interview in June 2013, the project has had no break in its huge quest to document everything in their scope, that is, militaries and conflicts of the past. As usual, its participants were eager to answer the questions posed by The Signpost and update us on how they are doing.

Traffic report: Big in Japan

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68	Management Development Institute (talk)	Cleanup
117	Summer Breeze (song) (talk)	Cleanup
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27	2011 Pacific hurricane season (talk)	Expand
402	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (talk)	Expand
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385	Photic sneeze reflex (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
959	Blood–brain barrier (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
459	Nonmetal (talk)	Merge
14	Badlands bighorn (talk)	Merge
122	Free-ranging dog (talk)	Merge
40	Post viral cerebellar ataxia (talk)	Wikify
2,029	Grenada (talk)	Wikify
357	Giuseppe Mazzini (talk)	Wikify
2	Protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
8	Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
5	Actinonin (talk)	Orphan
49	Jeff Lewis (actor) (talk)	Stub
33	White-headed vulture (talk)	Stub
7	Lycée Français de San Francisco (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

In the media: Embroidery and cheese

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

Traffic report: Turkey and a movie

WikiProject report: Today on the island

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The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"

Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction

Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

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699	Zoonosis (talk)	Cleanup
239	Amalgam (chemistry) (talk)	Cleanup
2,226	Wisconsin (talk)	Cleanup
130	2012 Pacific typhoon season (talk)	Expand
50	2013–14 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season (talk)	Expand
95	Groove Coverage (talk)	Expand
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279	Cryptosporidiosis (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
7	Abdullah Mujahid (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
671	Circassians (talk)	Merge
108	Methylene group (talk)	Merge
2,530	Herpes simplex (talk)	Merge
8	Adel Hassan Hamad (talk)	Wikify
858	Symbol (chemistry) (talk)	Wikify
3	Quarto dei Mille (talk)	Wikify
9	Alvernia Studios (talk)	Orphan
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1	Achargaon (talk)	Orphan
7	Laura Manuelidis (talk)	Stub
2	MF Vladimir Nazor (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 17 December 2014

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results

Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

Traffic report: A December Lull

The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014

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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 reviews: Hawkeye7 on armoured reconnaissance and German scientists, Nick-D on time travelling historians
Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the World War I Christmas truce
Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Signpost: 24 December 2014

From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

In the media: Wales on GamerGate

Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

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147	Riot control (talk)	Add sources
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53	History of the Republic of Macedonia (talk)	Cleanup
14	Anthony Gates (talk)	Cleanup
7	Protected areas of Bihar (talk)	Cleanup
4,073	Alaska (talk)	Expand
711	Russians (talk)	Expand
156	2013 Pacific typhoon season (talk)	Expand
36	Iona Nikitchenko (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
151	Prostitution law (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
94	Balkans Campaign (World War I) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
53	Methylene bridge (talk)	Merge
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14	Telephone numbers in Fiji (talk)	Wikify
400	Transliteration (talk)	Wikify
22	Battle of Jugla (talk)	Wikify
1	Tropical cyclones in 2010 (talk)	Orphan
1	Andre Finkelstein (talk)	Orphan
2	André Dieudonné Berre (talk)	Orphan
42	PAVA spray (talk)	Stub
10	Iodine monofluoride (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.

Featured content: A bit fruity

Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

A paper titled "Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education" uses the technology acceptance model to shed light on faculty's (of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) views of Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

ISIL hostage quotes Wikipedia in propaganda video; AirAsia articles draw complaints regarding Flight 8501; Article errors reveal US political approaches to Wikipedia editing; Rhode Island Governor numbering debate

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

User:Jakec has been a Wikipedia editor for over two years and has been a writer of many recent Did you know articles on Wikipedia, including multiple articles on rivers and streams in the state of Pennsylvania.

Featured content: Kock up

Two lists and twelve pictures were promoted.

Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "Auld Lang Syne" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.

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896	Biochemistry (talk)	Add sources
2,415	Lyme disease (talk)	Add sources
1,281	Carbon monoxide (talk)	Cleanup
35	Phytophthora ramorum (talk)	Cleanup
287	History of Palestine (talk)	Cleanup
80	2013–14 Australian region cyclone season (talk)	Expand
66	2010–11 Australian region cyclone season (talk)	Expand
46	Index of India-related articles (talk)	Expand
65	Khap (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
440	Languages of Europe (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
50	Desert Solitaire (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
20	1970–75 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons (talk)	Merge
6	Hypocone (talk)	Merge
195	Hydride (talk)	Merge
82	Hexafluorosilicic acid (talk)	Wikify
138	Timeline of major crimes in Australia (talk)	Wikify
15	International Headache Society (talk)	Wikify
3	Dennis B. McGilvray (talk)	Orphan
12	Form and document creation (talk)	Orphan
3	1982–83 Athletic Gorna Oryahovitsa season (talk)	Orphan
6	Sulfuryl chloride fluoride (talk)	Stub
2	Williston-West Church and Parish House (talk)	Stub
5	Cyanogen fluoride (talk)	Stub
14	Feline spongiform encephalopathy (talk)	Stub
30	Coal Hill School (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.

WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story

This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.

News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.

Featured content: Citations are needed

Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie

It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief

A letter from departing Signpost editor-in-chief The ed17.

Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost

Celebrating and remembering ten years of community journalism.

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing

Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer Mahan was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined Mahan 's crew in April 1944.

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

The municipality of Esino Lario in Italy will host Wikimania 2016.

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better

Our contributor opines that WikiProjects are failing to live up to their potential. WikiProject X is a new project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant that focuses on figuring out what makes some WikiProjects work and not others.

In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers

Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.

Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess

Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.

Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens

ArbCom's three open cases are GamerGate, Wifione, and Christianity and sexuality.

The Bugle: Issue CVI, January 2015

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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 reviews: Jonas Vinther on Hitler and Cliftonian on the Rhodesia Regiment
Interview: 2014 Military History Newcomer Award nominees
Review essay: Nick-D on the Australian War Memorial
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the birth of strategic bombing
Timeline: This month in World War I

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438	Meningococcal disease (talk)	Add sources
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2,629	4G (talk)	Cleanup
10	B. D. Sharma (talk)	Cleanup
36	State Committee on the State of Emergency (talk)	Expand
530	LGBT rights in the United States (talk)	Expand
29	Saran district (talk)	Expand
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6,027	Constitution (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
90	Kaveri River water dispute (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
138	Naat (talk)	Merge
2	Hurricane Trudy (1990) (talk)	Merge
346	Character encodings in HTML (talk)	Merge
80	Simple suspension bridge (talk)	Wikify
16	American Headache Society (talk)	Wikify
418	Chess (musical) (talk)	Wikify
35	Holt v. Hobbs (talk)	Orphan
5	Nitroacetic acid (talk)	Orphan
2	Akustika Chamber Singers (talk)	Orphan
8	Thionyl fluoride (talk)	Stub
6	Thiazyl trifluoride (talk)	Stub
52	Hooded vulture (talk)	Stub
22	Aluminium monofluoride (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

The editorial board is not complete without you. We are looking for Wikipedians with all kinds of experience levels.

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has closed the colossal GamerGate arbitration case, whose size—involving 27 named parties—recalls large and complex cases of the past.

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

A murder suspect edits Wikipedia, Russia is kidding when it says it wants to censor Wikipedia.

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Does the committee facilitate stability... or is it a circus. Two users, two perspectives.

Traffic report: A sea of faces

It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year presents an automated method to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theatre plays.

Special report: Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola

As with last year, music stars were the majority of celebrities on the list, as their frequent concerts and media appearances keep their flames alight longer than others of their stripe.

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

Ten featured articles, three featured lists, and 22 featured images were promoted this week.

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

The Signpost talks with the creator of a grant proposal to create an on-wiki exclusive space for women to discuss issues.

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.

Traffic report: The American Heartland

The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.

Featured content: It's raining men!

Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from the Meta-Wiki.

Gallery: Langston Hughes

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776	Infection (talk)	Add sources
36	LGBT rights in Sri Lanka (talk)	Add sources
607	Kuru (disease) (talk)	Add sources
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167	AlphaSmart (talk)	Add sources
11	Tanacross language (talk)	Cleanup
1,243	Stem cell (talk)	Cleanup
402	Toxoplasma gondii (talk)	Cleanup
989	Belle (2013 film) (talk)	Expand
23	Southern Athabaskan languages (talk)	Expand
19	2011 Pacific hurricane season (talk)	Expand
747	Blood–brain barrier (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
240	Qasem Soleimani (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
159	Skype protocol (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
558	War in Afghanistan (2001–14) (talk)	Merge
79	Free-ranging dog (talk)	Merge
74	Criticism of fast food (talk)	Merge
24	Range safety (talk)	Wikify
645	National electoral calendar 2015 (talk)	Wikify
10	Challenger Center for Space Science Education (talk)	Wikify
48	Contingent contracts (talk)	Orphan
1	Protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
3	Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
6	Transmissible mink encephalopathy (talk)	Stub
6	Lipan language (talk)	Stub
58	Alpha cell (talk)	Stub
17	White-headed vulture (talk)	Stub
6	Sulfur chloride pentafluoride (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

Please take this survey about the Signpost.

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

Also: GLAM-Wiki Conference; Ombudsman Commission announced; Slovak Wikipedia now has 200,000 articles

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Two articles, three lists, and twenty five pictures became featured.

Traffic report: Bowled over

Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

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Gallery: Feel the love

This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

Go Phightins! shares his thoughts on admin attrition and the size of the administrative backlog.

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."

Gallery: Darwin Day

Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.

Traffic report: February is for lovers

This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

The most significant item on ArbCom's agenda this fortnight has been the closure of the Wifione case and subsequent fallout, although the fallout from GamerGate continues to linger.

The Bugle: Issue CVII, February 2015

Your Military History Newsletter

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77	Management Development Institute (talk)	Cleanup
1,472	Bill Belichick (talk)	Cleanup
94	Biomolecular structure (talk)	Expand
102	2012 Pacific typhoon season (talk)	Expand
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3	Education in Meghalaya (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
6	Abdullah Mujahid (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
62	Demographic history of Macedonia (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
53	Ministry of Defence (talk)	Merge
11	Lordship of Prilep (talk)	Merge
801	Maithripala Sirisena (talk)	Merge
48	Post viral cerebellar ataxia (talk)	Wikify
62	Roger Boisjoly (talk)	Wikify
30	Degeneracy (biology) (talk)	Wikify
5	3E Accounting Private Limited (talk)	Orphan
4	Actinonin (talk)	Orphan
21	Self-esteem instability (talk)	Orphan
22	Golden Age of Television (2000s-present) (talk)	Stub
39	Palm-nut vulture (talk)	Stub
42	Sodium pyruvate (talk)	Stub
8	Laura Manuelidis (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

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Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

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Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015

From the editor: A sign of the times: the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier

We received a large amount of feedback in our survey indicating that our readers found the idea of contributing to the Signpost difficult due to our opaque internal structure.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes

The Wikimedia Foundation released their Quarterly Report last week covering the three months October to December of 2014.

Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report

Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.

Traffic report: Attack of the movies

The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.

Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

In the first of what the author hopes will become a regular feature of the Arbitration report, the Signpost speaks to veteran arbitrator Newyorkbrad, who recently retired from the committee after almost seven years of arbitrating. The Signpost was keen to hear his thoughts on his time on the committee and on the past, present, and future of ArbCom.

Interview: Meet a paid editor

Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.

In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire

Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.

Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur

Two featured articles, four featured lists, and 38 featured pictures were promoted this week..

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from Meta-Wiki to supplement the long-form tech coverage in our infrequent Technology report..

Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps

Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

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169	Riot control (talk)	Add sources
112	Joule per mole (talk)	Add sources
72	Register machine (talk)	Cleanup
17	Anthony Gates (talk)	Cleanup
11	Adel Hassan Hamad (talk)	Cleanup
17	University Hospital of Geneva (talk)	Expand
89	Groove Coverage (talk)	Expand
11	Michael E. Krauss (talk)	Expand
368	Photic sneeze reflex (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
48	Jane Lane (Daria) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
62	Acute inhalation injury (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
352	Same-sex marriage law in the United States by state (talk)	Merge
19	Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (talk)	Merge
815	Fluoride (talk)	Merge
15	Telephone numbers in Fiji (talk)	Wikify
2,039	Immigration to the United States (talk)	Wikify
367	NNN Lease (talk)	Wikify
2	Tropical cyclones in 2010 (talk)	Orphan
33	Leadership by Virtue (talk)	Orphan
3	Biofilm factory (talk)	Orphan
17	Iodine monofluoride (talk)	Stub
2	Security Industry Registry (talk)	Stub
3	Melrose/Cedar Park (MBTA station) (talk)	Stub
44	PAVA spray (talk)	Stub
4	Thiazyl fluoride (talk)	Stub
16	U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

From the editor: A salute to Pine

We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

The publication of the Wikimedia survey findings on fundraising questions came three months after significant concerns were voiced about the design and wording of the December 2014 fundraising banners and e-mails.

Featured content: A woman who loved kings

Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: It's not cricket

If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.

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513	Poverty threshold (talk)	Add sources
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68	Swissport (talk)	Cleanup
32	Index of India-related articles (talk)	Expand
122	Ronnie Mitchell (talk)	Expand
99	2013–14 Australian region cyclone season (talk)	Expand
1,081	Biometrics (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
424	Languages of Europe (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
2,894	Atlantis (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
5	Hypocone (talk)	Merge
9	Begone, Demons (talk)	Merge
124	Structural integrity and failure (talk)	Merge
36	Harvard (MBTA station) (talk)	Wikify
14	International Headache Society (talk)	Wikify
62	Galena, Alaska (talk)	Wikify
1	Alliance Against the ESM (talk)	Orphan
1	Agroetas (talk)	Orphan
6	Adrian Naef (talk)	Orphan
39	Phenacyl chloride (talk)	Stub
20	Feline spongiform encephalopathy (talk)	Stub
5	Reading (MBTA station) (talk)	Stub
3	Chirand (talk)	Stub
23	1K ZX Chess (talk)	Stub
6	Stony Brook (MBTA station) (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Four featured articles, three featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

The Wikipedia Commons annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded, with 6,698 people voting, its largest participation yet.

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

This week's list is reminiscent of lists from the early days of this project: a preponderance of famous faces, Reddit threads, and Google Doodles.

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

The authors attempt to answer the question "Who are the most important people of all times?" Their findings clearly show that different Wikipedias give different prominence to different individuals.

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.

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The Bugle: Issue CVIII, March 2015

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
Review essay: Nick-D on the Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum
Op-ed: TomStar81 on submarine warfare in World War I
Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

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News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

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25	Green Line "E" Branch (talk)	Add sources
401	Meningococcal disease (talk)	Add sources
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378	Symbol (chemistry) (talk)	Cleanup
18	Delta TechOps (talk)	Cleanup
16	Media in Bihar (talk)	Expand
15	Urban Ring Project (MBTA) (talk)	Expand
285	Hollywood, Florida (talk)	Expand
934	Cambridge, Massachusetts (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
882	Languages of the United States (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
19	Panipat district (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
114	Massachusetts Turnpike (talk)	Merge
648	Homicide (talk)	Merge
2	Hurricane Trudy (1990) (talk)	Merge
435	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (talk)	Wikify
13	Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq) (talk)	Wikify
273	Giuseppe Mazzini (talk)	Wikify
9	Universal Stress Protein (talk)	Orphan
2	Chelsea Greenway (talk)	Orphan
3	Alexandra Nereïev (talk)	Orphan
8	Thionyl fluoride (talk)	Stub
28	Aluminium monofluoride (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam

Wikipedia has been gravitating towards a vehicle for business and product promotion for too long.

News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes

March saw a number of high-level hirings and executive reorganizations in the Wikimedia Foundation.

In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom

The venerable CBS news program 60 Minutes profiled Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community.

Traffic report: Resurrection week

How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.

Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument

Four featured articles, seven featured lists, and 23 featured pictures were promoted this week.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity

With Holy Week having recently drawn to a close, it is an apt time to examine WikiProject Christianity, which was created in 2006, and boasts over 200 active members.

Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments

The Committee has voted on the 2015 appointments to the Functionary team.

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review

The Wikimedia Foundation's vice president for engineering, Erik Möller, will leave the WMF on April 30.

In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax

Time profiles Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and paints a grim picture of the challenges faced by Tretikov and the encyclopedia.

Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

Later this month, everyone will be able to use the same user name on every wiki, thanks to Single-User Login.

Traffic report: Furious domination

If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.

Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

Six featured articles, four featured lists, and fourteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

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100	Interstate 93 (talk)	Add sources
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11	Tanacross language (talk)	Cleanup
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8	MBTA bus routes in East Boston, Chelsea, and Revere (talk)	Expand
446	Particle in a box (talk)	Expand
496	Boris Nemtsov (talk)	Expand
1,537	Emoticon (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
106	Balkans Campaign (World War I) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
58	Bhojpur district, India (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
26	Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (talk)	Merge
268	Hydride (talk)	Merge
99	Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy (talk)	Merge
10	Great Lakes (band) (talk)	Wikify
11	Challenger Center for Space Science Education (talk)	Wikify
56	History of the Republic of Macedonia (talk)	Wikify
2	Protease-sensitive prionopathy (talk)	Orphan
2	Asım Kibar (talk)	Orphan
2	Ahmad Rahil Fourmoli (talk)	Orphan
6	Mech Mice (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing

A Signpost investigation of the released data has revealed Sony's corporate practices regarding Wikipedia and uncovered what appears to be undisclosed advocacy editing of Wikipedia by Sony employees and possibly by others.

In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality

Wikipedia appears to have been drawn into the drama of the upcoming, hotly contested UK general election.

News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections

The Affiliates Committee this week announced the organization of a community referral for comment, currently open on the meta-wiki, to address upcoming changes to the way that the Affiliations Committee will review movement-affiliated user-groups in the future.

In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway

2015 will see through the biennial community election for the three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made.

Featured content: Vanguard on guard

Six featured articles and fifteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes

Couch potatoes rule this week, as 9 of the top 10 slots were taken by either movies, TV, or sports.

Gallery: The bitter end

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