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Suggestion by Maile66 (2025-01-20)
[edit]Request a poll re external plagiarism. How many times have you noticed your work on Wikipedia has been lifted verbatim and published elsewhere under another name?
I think it would be an interesting response from long-time editors. Happens to me a lot, which maybe says I did a good job if someone wants to steal it. My most recent was Loyal Valley, Texas. But the most blatant was someone who published a book under their own name from my content they copied verbatim: [1]. — Maile (talk) 16:27, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Ed Erhart (WMF) (2025-01-21)
[edit]Planning for m:Wikipedia 25 is kicking off. Ed Erhart (WMF) (talk) 20:18, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- @JPxG: I'm not sure if you or anyone else has seen this suggestion and the one above it. Ed Erhart (WMF) (talk) 06:08, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2025-02-09)
[edit]"Even Wikipedia recognises the gravity of the situation its contributors in Belarus now face, to the extent that they have overridden their own protocols and deleted the entire edit history for Belarus-related articles that could land its users in trouble." That's interesting. From Novaya Gazeta. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:20, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Ham II (2025-02-10) Suggestion
[edit]The Signpost should write about... Jordan Prosser (10 February 2025), "Want to know how the world ends? Try this Wikipedia page", The Guardian. One for In the media (probably the In brief section). Ham II (talk) 15:09, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Srf123 (2025-02-19)
[edit]The Signpost should write about... this news article - Remove derogatory and objectionable reference from Wikipedia about Sambhaji Maharaj: Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis has asked Maharashtra police to remove "derogatory and objectionable references" about Sambhaji in Wikipedia.
Srf123 (talk) 10:01, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Viriditas (2025-03-01)
[edit]There's something odd about the font used to overlay the images on the main Signpost page (within the Signpost/snippet template). I think it's supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek, retro call out or homage to Web 1.0 graphic design, and I get that, but the readability of the font is lacking due to the fat (or bold) typeface. It would help if there was increased legibility in the font. Viriditas (talk) 23:01, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Lupe (2025-03-03)
[edit]The Signpost should write about... the Museum of all Things. Someone mentioned it in the German Signpost equivalent and someone should do so here as well! So far it only has an English version anyways.
Lupe (talk) 10:34, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Another Believer (2025-03-04)
[edit]The Signpost should write about:
Nice to see appreciation for Wikipedia's coverage of restaurants!
--Another Believer (Talk) 20:16, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Bruce1ee (2025-03-09)
[edit]The Signpost should write about xkcd's Wikipedia Omniroll – "a cylindrical food containing one layer of every item from the Wikipedia article List of rolled foods".
—Bruce1eetalk 07:18, 9 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2025-03-10)
[edit]The Signpost should write about...
Kjersti Flaa broke through the WP:N wall, mainly by being BLP2E. At least an editor currently blocked thought so[2], but personally I agree. Flaa has been vaguely connected to something WP calls It Ends with Us controversy (no, I never heard about that either). She made a YT-video about being on WP[3] which has 3 628 comments atm, and the WP-article about her has been mentioned in Verdens Gang:[4] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:30, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Seefooddiet (2025-03-19)
[edit]The Signpost should write about... [5] Shameless self-plug about an article in The Korea Times about me and a bunch of Wikipedia articles I wrote in the List of oldest restaurants in South Korea. Think suited for the "In brief" section of "In the media".
Could use this as a base (it's really boring because I'm boring, feel free to spice it up).
- Oldest restaurants in South Korea: The Korea Times covered a list of oldest restaurants in South Korea created by seefooddiet and the English Wikipedia's need for more Korea-focused editors.
seefooddiet (talk) 00:34, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Seefooddiet By the way, I requested this above! Good stuff ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
- oop just spotted, thanks :) seefooddiet (talk) 01:03, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Chetsford (2025-03-21)
[edit]I don't want to brag / self-promote, but I got recognized for my "extra stupid" [sic] RfC close in this newspaper or magazine or something [6]. Several other editors are also mentioned! Chetsford (talk) 02:53, 21 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Pyb en résidence (2025-03-22)
[edit]The Signpost should write about... the release of Ziyad Alsufyani from jail. Unfortunately Osama Khalid remains in prison. Source: https://x.com/ALQST_En/status/1899417275733574124
Pyb en résidence (talk) 20:08, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Relativity (2025-03-24)
[edit]The Signpost should write about... something along the lines of a thank you to the WMF/Jimbo for keeping Wikipedia safe and free.
Relativity ⚡️ 01:26, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by JMF (2025-04-07)
[edit]The Signpost should write about...
- To no-one's surprise, daily readership of the Tariff article shot up from less than 5000 a day to over 60,000 on 3 April. (template:Annual readership is currently suspended but the data is available externally.) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:27, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Suggestion by Feed Me Your Skin (2025-04-10)
[edit]The Signpost should write about...
I wrote a blogpost where I go over the entire Wikimedia movement and explain how it all works, including (but not limited to) Wikipedia, which I think that it's something that the community would find interesting.
Short draft:
User:Feed_Me_Your_Skin has written an article detailing the entire Wikimedia movement. It goes over the main projects, the software behind the Wikimedia projects, the role of the Wikimedia foundation in managing the movement, and more. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the most in-depth document that has ever been written about Wikimedia. The author hopes that this article will help spread awareness about the more obscure aspects of Wikimedia and make people more familiar with the other projects. Whether or not you're new to Wikipedia or if you're a seasoned Wikipedian, the author is confident that everybody will find something in this article that they find interesting. To read it, click the following link: [7].