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The Signpost should write about... Categories of created articles.

Last year, I published an article about a set of tools to analyse the list of articles created by a user. I've just developed a new tool which analyses all categories associated to the list of articles created by a user.

PAC2 (talk) 21:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

• based on last year's article, this one should probably be accepted, but I'm not in my comfort zone on tech. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 18:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Re: 10 down in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-07-22/Crossword, may I suggest incorporating Greater ani (deliberately hidden) into the crossword? Or perhaps it was already used in one of the previous issues? Found in (spoiler alert) an archived discussion. —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:14, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... the Wikipedia article about Wikipedia and how technically that whole article goes against WP:COI because everyone who has ever contributed to that article has a COI with Wikipedia. That would be an interesting Humour article!

Shadestar474 ^(talk) 01:26, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

@Shadestar474: I already had something like this noted down as a potential draft. On the Wikipedia talk page, you can see that an AfD is ran on some April Fools' Day with this logic. Is your suggestion for someone else to write it, or would you like to collaborate on it? (Humour is not my strong suit.) Svampesky (talk) 23:59, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

I’m not very good at humour, either, so I was thinking that maybe one of the more experienced humour writers could write it? Shadestar474 ^(talk) 09:04, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Well, we have some experienced writers, and some humour writers, but I'm not sure we have any experienced humour writers. April 1 is an especially difficult time to write humour. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:23, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

We should probably just get one of the humour writers to write it, then? Shadestar474 ^(talk) 22:38, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books

~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 23:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... criticism by the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore of changes made to the lead section of the article Zionism between 2023 and now: https://x.com/simonmontefiore/status/1836032108105490799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw. "History needs to be balanced & authoritative, based on facts and knowledge. Its replacement here @wikipedia by prejudiced ideology, distorted facts, and ahistorical fakery is alarming . @wikipedia is (was) respected & important because it presents facts & history without bias. Sometimes there were duels on pages between historical schools of thoughts but ultimately its editors wished to present history based on facts and balance. Has this page been captured by activists? It looks like it has. If so dear @wikipedia come back: You are part of the wider underpinnings of truth, authoritative history and factbased reportage that we desperately need in our society to foster the trust in information, reporting and scholarship, and the respect for learning and evidence that we need for our democracies to work. These principles are under attack in our academies, our media and of course in social media. @wikipedia has with a few exceptions been rare sanctuary of standards. We need you. Plse restore those all important principles"

This was in a quote tweet of a post which may have gone viral yesterday; at any rate the original post seems to have sparked Twitter activity reported on at https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/09/17/wikipedia-entry-now-calls-zionism-colonialism/ and https://www.jns.org/wikipedia-defines-zionism-as-colonialism-sparking-outrage/. (Those two webpages are essentially the same article.) At Talk:Zionism § Bat Signal a user notes that "page views for this article more than doubled from the average yesterday". Ham II (talk) 19:29, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... Asian News International court case against Wikimedia Foundation. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-hc-warns-wikipedia-over-ani-defamation-case-issues-contempt-notice-11725517336837.html in the next In the news report.

A draft: India's Asian News International (ANI) has brought Wikimedia Foundation to the courts over what they alleged to be defamatory content on the article about themselves, which currently stated that they "[had] been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions." Wikimedia Foundation is being compelled by the courts to give personal information of some editors who have edited the article. ANI as a source was determined in 2021 RfC that for general reporting, it is between marginally reliable and generally unreliable; it should be attributed in-text for contentious claims; and generally unreliable and questionable for its coverage of domestic and international politics, and other topics that the Government of India has a stake due to reported dissemination of pro-government propaganda. (WP:RSPANI)

– robertsky (talk) 08:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, added it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/In the media, with a link to our earlier coverage in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-07-22/In the media.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... Wikipedia:Administrator elections. These are right around the corner (October) and will be a big change for enwiki. You can find a summary of some important details at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/MMS/Election schedule. This probably doesn't need a whole article, but would be good to mention somewhere. –Novem Linguae (talk) 02:23, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae Thank you for suggesting this: it will feature in one of the lead stories on "News and notes", courtesy of @Soni! : ) Oltrepier (talk) 20:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... South China Morning Post wrote this piece "Wikipedia bans user for ‘alleged trolling, doxxing and intimidation’ of Hong Kong journalists"

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3278559/wikipedia-bans-user-alleged-trolling-doxxing-and-intimidation-hong-kong-journalists

Cross referencing Global ban list confirms the user is Flamelai (blocked here locally in July 2023 under WP:NOTHERE)

SYSS Mouse (talk) 01:33, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

See also n:Chinese Wikimedian banned amidst largest ‘harassment’ campaign against Hong Kong journalist (draft by User:Cypp0847). Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:25, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

@SYSS Mouse Thank you for suggesting this! A short piece about the global ban will feature in the "News and notes" section of the upcoming issue, so watch out for it! Oltrepier (talk) 20:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost should write about... Seems something is happening at the Azerbaijani Wikipedia [1] (OC Media). Related discussions at [2][3]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Thank you for suggesting this: it will feature in the "In the media" section of the upcoming issue! Oltrepier (talk) 20:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Here's a creationist website article asking the question "Is Wikipedia distorted by ideology and propaganda?" https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/09/18/is-wikipedia-distorted-by-ideology-and-propaganda/ Amusing, to say the least. — The Anome (talk) 03:20, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Since when is Jerry Coyne a creationist? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 08:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)