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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 39 – 26 September 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the “German question” Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians’ weekends, WikiSym previews News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, [...]

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Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 38 – 19 September 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

From the editor: Changes to The Signpost News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised In the news: Wikipedia: yesterday’s news? Calls for women, doctors, and scholars of humanities; Wales makes Wikimedia work “look easy” Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork WikiProject report: Back [...]

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Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 37 – 12 September 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked In the news: 9/11 coverage, Wikimedia hypothetically rebranded and Wikipedia golf 2.0 WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 [...]

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Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 36 – 5 September 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011

News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia like “apples and chairs”; should anyone who’s anyone get an article?; and why fighting and barriers to editing may be useful after all WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject [...]

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