
Our volunteer-run, independent newspaper has covered @Wikipedia & @Wikimedia since 2005. Also at @WikiSignpost@wikis.world
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A new Signpost is out!
* US-based Wikimedia Foundation staff vote to unionize
* Have UN Secretary-General candidates manipulated Wikipedia?
* Report on Wiki Conference India 2026
* Obituary: Gobonobo, community leader advocating for women and minorities
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In the latest Signpost:
▸ Does the country of birth affect the likelihood of having a Wikipedia biography?
▸ Corrections employee referenced Wikipedia for an execution dose
▸ Report on WikiConference North America 2026
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In the latest Signpost:
▸ Unionization effort of Wikimedia staff progresses, unanswered questions about law firm remain
▸ Raju Narisetti leaves WMF board
▸ A tell-all interview with Baby Globe at Wikimania
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In the latest Signpost:
▸ Wikimedia staff demand voluntary union recognition, WMF refuses and insists on vote
▸ Is Larry Sanger the co-founder of Wikipedia?
▸ Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026
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A new Signpost is out:
* Wikipedia escapes "existential threat" of Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act - for now
* Larry Sanger community-banned after canvassing for "Wikiproject Intellectual Diversity"
* How to host a "Wikicurious" event en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
In our new issue:
*WMF disbands Community Tech, sparking backlash over Wishlist future and unionization concerns
*Op-ed: Breathe, Don’t Panic, there's a different story about Wikimedia + AI
*Checking in 12 years after PR firms' declaration on COI editing
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A new Signpost is out!
▸ Wikinews shuts down after 21 years: A look back
▸ Indonesia lifts auth domain block after WMF agrees to register as "administrative formality"
▸ A closer look at Wikipedia's traffic drop: Which topic areas declined most?
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In the new Signpost:
▸ Wikinews to be shut down
▸ Press applauds prohibition of AI in Wikipedia articles
▸ How editors deal with whitewashing of sexual abuse claims: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
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In the new Signpost:
▸ Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
▸ Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
▸ Indonesian government blocks Wikipedia logins
and more:
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In the latest Signpost:
* Concerns about new Italian copyright law
* In the media: (Almost) every view on Wikipedia's 25th anniversary
* Charlie Kirk beats ChatGPT, but "Deaths in 2025" tops both in the list of most viewed articles of 2025
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In the latest Signpost:
* Op-ed: Wikipedia at 25 - A Wake-Up Call
* The inbox behind Wikipedia: The Volunteer Response Team (VRT)
* Estonia's public broadcaster accuses English Wikipedia of spreading "Russian propaganda" in birthplace descriptions
and more
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In our new issue:
• Interview: Incoming Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan (part 1)
• WMF wants more AI companies to pay for API access - but will it join Cloudflare's anti-crawler framework?
• Obituaries: [[User:Iwelam]] and [[User:A R King]]
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In the new Signpost:
▸ WMF reports record revenue in 2024–2025
▸ Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
▸ The whitewashing attempts of Jeffrey Epstein's "online reputation managers"
▸ ChatGPT finds errors in 90% of "Today's featured articles"
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ALT "Revision as of 19:54, 14 December 2011 view source Stgeorge12 (talk | contribs) →Life: I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein to describe his biography in a professional and accurate way, that does not involve any scandals or disreputable content. As a living person, this is his right. Tag: references removed" (screenshot of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&diff=prev&oldid=465874272 , by Stgeorge12, CC BY-SA 4.0)
A new Signpost is out!
* Wikipedians and the media react to the launch of Elon Musk's AI-powered "Grokipedia"
* Jimmy Wales asks community to act over alleged bias in 'Gaza genocide' article
* 2025 WikiCup ends with record results
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A new Signpost is out!
* Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"
* Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
* Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: 1,339 recent noticeboard threads analyzed
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In the latest Signpost:
* Wikimedia Foundation loses court challenge to protect editors' identities from UK Online Safety Act
* Essay: The one question to ask before figuring out which Wikipedia policy applies
* US Congress probes Wikipedia
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In the new Signpost:
* Court orders redaction of Caesar DePaço article
* Most-translated article revealed as single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history
* Mass use of checkuser tool by WMF employee triggers investigation, policy changes
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Also included: an opinion/analysis piece from WikiWorks' Yaron Koren, about the Wikipedia content gender gap!
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In the new Signpost:
▸@faznet test: Outdated info,other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸Should Wikinews be closed?
▸Analysis:Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
In the new Signpost:
▸@faznet test: Outdated info,other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸Should Wikinews be closed?
▸Analysis:Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
In the new Signpost:
* Wikipedia administrators arrested in Belarus
* New "ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
* Russian Wiki-fork flails
* A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
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