The Signpost

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Vaguely bird-shaped crossword

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Across

The Signpost, in the same style as 9 across  SIPO 
“the ____ encyclopedia that anyone can edit”  FREE 
The programming language that Mediawiki is mostly written in  PHP 
"This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Paint Drying article. This is not a _____ for general discussion of the article's subject"  FORUM 
(abbr.) Publication for which Across 20 is their slogan  WAPO 
11  "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, _______ it."  IGNORE 
13  (initialism) Main page section that's consistently written in present tense  ITN 
14  A vandal's vulgar go-to word  PP 
15  (initialism) Userright that makes the robin fly  PM 
16  (abbr.) Our sister project where I found the 11 down  WIKT 
17  (abbr.) Where you can find every 1900 establishments in the United Kingdom; or: a cute creature  CAT 
19  First name of the supposed inventor of the electric toaster  ALAN 
20  The infamous “Democracy ____ in darkness”  DIES 
 

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Continuing from the last crossword, under the featured list in the main page  FP 
(initialism) A note-making template  EFN 
(abbr.) A weekday, two days before fancy updates and userscript breakdowns, or: a shortcut to an wikiessay about Napoleon  TUES 
(singular) The Wikipedia page that sex work, piracy, underwater diving, and the American Civil War have, but deforestation, World War I/II, and Buddhism lack.  PORTAL 
The sound you make after deleting the main page  OOPS 
(initialism) What the robin is a reference to in Across 15  RRM 
(initialism) "The visionary and legendary entrepreneur, John Doe, made an astonishing breakthrough recently, which some people say will revolutionize the industry. Despite this, some claim he has links to a terrorist organization, raising eyebrows."  WTW 
10  (initialism) Overused The Signpost crossword™ clue; everyone's favorite dramaboard  ANI 
11  (acronym) /haʊ du ju pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs/  IPA 
12  (initialism) “I'm sorry, as of my last knowledge update …” or: a type of LLMs  GPT 
17  (acronym) News giant with a red logo, host of the recent US presidential debate   CNN 
18  (initialism) Userright that has its logo as the Wikipedia globe with missing pieces.  OS 
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This was the crossword I've enjoyed the most up to this point. I was almost completely able to fill it in, with the Robin being basically the only thing I'm fully stuck on! Very fun :) ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stumped me on the same part! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:20, 22 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I fail to see how 19 Across is an abbreviation. —⁠andrybak (talk) 00:05, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake! I've fixed it. Ca talk to me! 02:37, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

















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