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16 January 2023
From the team
We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again
It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.
Special report
Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".
News and notes
Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.
In the media
Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.
Technology report
View it! A new tool for image discovery
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.
In focus
Busting into Grand Central
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.
Serendipity
How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
The economics of Wikipedia.
Gallery
What is our responsibility when it comes to images?
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.
Humour
New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".
Opinion
Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of
Wikifun
rampant.
Featured content
Flip your lid
...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.
Traffic report
The most viewed articles of 2022
War, sports, and all types of chaos.
From the archives
Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.
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