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The Signpost 2015

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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors (en)
In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints (en)
Featured content: Kock up (en)
Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne (en)

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Featured content: Citations are needed (en)
In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors (en)
News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community (en)
Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you (en)
Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie (en)
WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story (en)

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief (en)
Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost (en)
Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing (en)
Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better (en)
News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections (en)
In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers (en)
Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess (en)
Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens (en)
Technology report: The future of MediaWiki (en)

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you (en)

Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola (en)

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case (en)

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate (en)

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia (en)

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

Traffic report: A sea of faces (en)

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

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia (en)
Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale? (en)
In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue (en)
Traffic report: The American Heartland (en)
Featured content: It's raining men! (en)
Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate (en)
WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia? (en)
Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes (en)
Gallery: Langston Hughes (en)

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editors: We want to know what you think! (en)
News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million (en)
In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself? (en)
Traffic report: Bowled over (en)
WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled (en)
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... (en)
Gallery: Feel the love (en)

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The Signpost: 18 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition (en)
In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia (en)
Special report: Revision scoring as a service (en)
Traffic report: February is for lovers (en)
Gallery: Darwin Day (en)
Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish (en)
Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed? (en)

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity? (en)
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own (en)
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot (en)
Gallery: Far from home (en)
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial? (en)
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong. (en)
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired (en)
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight (en)
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation (en)

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity? (en)
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own (en)
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot (en)
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial? (en)
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong. (en)
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired (en)
Gallery: Far from home (en)
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight (en)
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation (en)

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: A sign of the times—the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier (en)
Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish quarterly reports, indicate operating changes (en)
Interview: Meet a paid editor (en)
Traffic report: Attack of the movies (en)
In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire (en)
Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps (en)
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News (en)
Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur (en)
Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes (en)

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

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

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

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

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West (en)

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

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted – (en)

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters (en)

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: A salute to Pine (en)

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

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

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

Featured content: A woman who loved kings, a king who loved angels ... (en)

Traffic report: It's not cricket (en)

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The Signpost: 25 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

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

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

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

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014 (en)

Traffic report: Oddly familiar (en)

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes (en)

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

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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

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

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015 (en)

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

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The Signpost: 01 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data (en)
In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism (en)
Traffic report: All over the place (en)
Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe. (en)

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam (en)
News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes (en)
In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom (en)
WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity (en)
Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument (en)
Traffic report: Resurrection week (en)
Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments (en)
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News (en)

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review (en)
In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax (en)
Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi! (en)
Traffic report: Furious domination (en)
Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis (en)

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The Signpost: 22 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing (en)
News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections (en)
In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality (en)
In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway (en)
Featured content: Vanguard on guard (en)
Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes (en)
Gallery: The bitter end (en)

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues (en)
News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced (en)
In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award (en)
Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes (en)
Traffic report: The grim ship reality (en)
Blog: How many women edit Wikipedia? (en)

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Foundation elections: WMF Board candidates share their views with the Signpost (en)
Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation? (en)
In the media: Grant Shapps story continues; Wikipedia's "leftist ties" (en)
News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests (en)
Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way (en)
Traffic report: Round Two (en)

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: The dark side of comedy: Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes (en)
In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts (en)
From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election (en)
In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize (en)
WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology (en)
Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases (en)
Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls (en)
Traffic report: Inner Core (en)

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The Signpost: 27 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans (en)
In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history (en)
Recent research: Drug articles accurate and largely complete; women "slightly overrepresented"; talking like an admin (en)
Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime (en)
Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated (en)
Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust (en)
Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers (en)

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out (en)
Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition (en)
Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia (en)
Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013 (en)
In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim (en)
Traffic report: A rather ordinary week (en)
Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings (en)
Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier (en)

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief (en)
Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity (en)
In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel (en)
Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am (en)
Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only (en)
Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese (en)

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Arbitration report: An election has consequences (en)
Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin (en)
Featured content: Great Dane hits 150 (en)
In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe (en)
In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch (en)
Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars (en)
News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief (en)
Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time (en)
Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed, proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts (en)
WikiProject report: We are back - Western Australia speaks (en)

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative (en)
Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia (en)
News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments (en)
In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing (en)
Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia (en)
Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles (en)
Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done (en)
Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia (en)
Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration (en)
Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced (en)

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF (en)
In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology (en)
WikiProject report: Able to make a stand (en)
Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I. (en)
Traffic report: We're Baaaaack (en)
Technology report: Technical updates and improvements (en)
Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution (en)

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn? (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief (en)
In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved (en)
Traffic report: The Empire lobs back (en)
Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison... (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it (en)
News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania (en)
In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion (en)
Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report (en)
Traffic report: Belles of the ball (en)
WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country? (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate (en)

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Change the world (en)
News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case (en)
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries (en)
In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free (en)
Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin' (en)
WikiProject report: Some more politics (en)
Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters (en)\
Gallery: "One small step..." (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate (en)
Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian (en)
Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted (en)
In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars? (en)
Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues (en)
Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit (en)

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers (en)
Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google (en)
News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief (en)
WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers (en)
In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten (en)
Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya... (en)
Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga (en)
Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program (en)

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The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA (en)
In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj (en)
Forum: Community voices on paid editing (en)
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event (en)
Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom (en)
Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz (en)

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus (en)
In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women" (en)
Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias! (en)
Travelogue: Seeing is believing (en)
Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news (en)

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The Signpost: 26 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors (en)
Op-ed: Wikimania – can volunteers organize conferences? (en)
News and notes: Re-imagining grants (en)
In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia (en)
Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report; PageRank and wiki quality; news suggestions; the impact of open access (en)
Featured content: Out to stud, please call later (en)
Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration (en)

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The Signpost: 02 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia (en)
News and notes: Flow placed on ice (en)
Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments (en)
Featured content: Brawny (en)
In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage (en)
Traffic report: You didn't miss much (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Gallery: Being Welsh (en)
Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity (en)
News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article (en)
In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined (en)
Featured content: Killed by flying debris (en)
Traffic report: Mass media production traffic (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access (en)
Traffic report: Another week (en)
News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia? (en)
In the media: Is there life on Mars? (en)
Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road? (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 23 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library (en)
In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (en)
Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia? (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda. (en)
WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject? (en)

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The Signpost: 30 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania (en)
Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators (en)
Recent research: Wiktionary special; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?; newbies, conflict and tolerance (en)
Tech news: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 07 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption (en)
In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person? (en)
Traffic report: Reality is for losers (en)
Featured content: This Week's Featured Content (en)
Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan (en)

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The Signpost: 14 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid (en)
Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence (en)
Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: Built on good faith (en)
Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death (en)
WikiConference Report: WikiConference USA 2015 (en)
News and notes: Fundraising: 2015–2016 Q1 Update sparks mailing list debate (en)
Featured content: A fistful of dollars (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 21 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched (en)
In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women" (en)
Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus (en)
Featured content: A more balanced week (en)
Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications (en)
Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing (en)
Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 28 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost‍‍ 's reorganization plan—we need your help (en)
News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles (en)
In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA (en)
Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying (en)
Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement (en)
Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth (en)
Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages (en)
Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Community letter: Five million articles (en)

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The Signpost: 04 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone (en)
In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history? (en)
Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad (en)
Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket (en)
Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 11 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed (en)
Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee (en)
Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review (en)
Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling (en)
In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys (en)
Traffic report: Doodles of popularity (en)
Gallery: Paris (en)

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The Signpost: 18 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed (en)
In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing (en)
Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world (en)
Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running (en)
Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales (en)
Traffic report: Darkness and light (en)

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The Signpost: 25 November 2015

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Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art (en)
Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone (en)
Traffic report: J'en ai ras le bol (en)
News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations (en)
In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia (en)
Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films (en)
Featured content: Caves and stuff (en)
Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 02 December 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Whither Wikidata? (en)
Traffic report: Jonesing for episodes (en)
News and notes: Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections (en)
In the media: Is Wikidata as transparent as it seems?; Wikimedia Fund-raising drive launches (en)
Featured content: This Week's Featured Content (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 09 December 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: ArbCom election results announced (en)
Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view (en)
In the media: Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries (en)
Traffic report: So do you laugh, or does it cry? (en)
Featured content: Sports, ships, arts... and some other things (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 winners (en)

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The Signpost: 16 December 2015

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In the media: Wales in China; #Edit2015 (en)
In focus: Drone photography: New possibilities and new challenges (en)
Arbitration report: GMO case decided (en)
WikiProject report: Women in Red—using teamwork and partnerships to elevate online and offline collaborations (en)
Traffic report: A feast of Spam (en)
Featured content: An unusually slow week (en)
Gallery: WikiConference USA 2015: images, slide decks, and videos (en)

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The Signpost: 30 December 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee (en)
Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015 (en)
Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended (en)
In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception" (en)
Traffic report: The Force we expected (en)
Featured content: The post-Christmas edition (en)
Gallery: It's that time of year again (en)