The Signpost

News and notes
New CEO, new board members, China bans
And one new admin!
In the media
The future of Wikipedia
And a bit about the past.
Opinion
Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
But just disregarded the warnings.
Op-Ed
I've been desysopped
But not banned!
Disinformation report
Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme.
Discussion report
Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
Emotional injury and rising standards against a backdrop of a dwindling sysop cadre: the 2021 Requests for adminship review grapples with tough issues.
Recent research
Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
And other new research publications
Community view
Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?
Help us piece together WikiProject Craft!
Traffic report
Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11
Or is it Donda, Leylah Fernandez, and Flight 93?
News from Diff
Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund
$4.5 million for equity.
WikiProject report
The Random and the Beautiful
An interview with members of the Random Page Patrol.

















Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2021-09-26