The Signpost

Volume 21

Issue 2

7 February 2025

HaeB – CC0

Recent research

GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians

But an open language model is ready to help.

Joe Mabel – CC 4.0 BY-SA

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

Alighazanfarz – cc-by-sa-3.0

Fathoms Below, but over the moon

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

Jacques-Louis David/Kotejan – CC BY-SA 4.0

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

Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.

SkaterbyAssociation – CC0

24th Wikipedia Day in New York City

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

STS-107 (Columbia) crew – Public domain

Arbitration report

Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed

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

Alan Light – CC 2.0

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

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