The Signpost

News and notes
Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.
In the media
Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!
Interview
ComplexRational's RfA debrief
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.
Technology report
Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
Wikifunctions might drag it down.
Essay
Mobile editing
Frustrations and successes.
Arbitration report
Arbitration Committee Election 2022
Congratulations.
Recent research
Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes
And other new research findings.
Serendipity
Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.
Featured content
Would you like to swing on a star?
You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Traffic report
Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!
It is mostly about football!
CommonsComix
#4: The Course of WikiEmpire
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.
From the archives
Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".

















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