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Suggestion by Robertsky (2024-09-09)

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Suggestion by Novem Linguae (2024-09-10)

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

Suggestion by SYSS Mouse (2024-09-16)

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-09-18)

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

Suggestion by The Anome (2024-09-19)

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)[reply]

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

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-10-14)

The Signpost should write about... There is a new WP-article, Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation, you have probably heard of the subject. However, that WP-article has now been mentioned in the court, and not approvingly:[4][5]

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The court hearing is to be held on 25 October. I think we can roll this into that hearing if Signpost isn't released by then. – robertsky (talk) 11:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I correct myself, it seems to be barely within the deadline for the next issue. – robertsky (talk) 11:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

and WP:Office has oversighted it. SYSS Mouse (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using policy and WP:SHORTCUT link counts to evaluate consensus

Hello. Initially for my own interest, I created a series of bar charts to evaluate the link counts Wikipedia's top-level policy pages (as of the first full week of November). I'd like to offer these up if anyone working on the Signpost would like to use them for an article:

User:Rjjiii/Core content policy link counts

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 19:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Hawkeye7 (2024-11-23)

Found this news article frustrating': Aussie Wikipedia editors burn out: New study highlights disagreements, racism, and 'edit wars' Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone

when did Snoop Dogg start to become a famous person and how Amogelang22 (talk) 11:47, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Amogelang22. This page is for suggesting items to go into Signpost, the Wikipedia internal newsletter, so it is usually only about matters involving Wikipedia or its associated sites, or the Wikimedia Foundation, not general knowledge.

For general questions, the Reference Desk is the place to ask; but I think your questions are answered at Snoop Dogg. ColinFine (talk) 16:23, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-12-02)

The Signpost should write about... According to this video, c. 16:00-17:00, the WMF have stopped fund-raising in India for the time being. May be worth a mention. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:30, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Bogazicili (2024-12-08)

The Signpost should write about...

In addition to Wikipedia's Indian problem: Settler colonial erasure of native American knowledge and history on the world's largest encyclopedia study, there's a recent study about Australia-related articles that found problematic coverage of Indigenous topics:

To engage with place in the Australian context is inevitably an engagement with settler-colonialism. This research concludes that First Nations histories, current experiences and voices remain marginalised on Wikipedia, reflecting the literature (Thorpe, Sentance & Booker 2023; Gallert et al. 2016; Bjork-James 2021). There are other omissions as well. Lucas argued that “basically any non-white experiences or non-dominant experiences are omitted.” Gabriel felt that Wikipedia was “quite a hostile space to marginalised people” and that there is “a really frustrating lack of space, I suppose, to me in all three elements: being a regional Australian; being queer; being disabled. None of them feel like something that Wikipedia really quite welcomes a lot of the time.”

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The previous journal article was covered in the Signpost (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-10-19/Recent research) and there was also a response to it (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-06-08/Opinion). Can we also mention the most recent study in one of the upcoming Signpost issues? Bogazicili (talk) 14:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Photo challenge

I would like to see a brief monthly note in The Signpost about the c:Commons:Photo challenge themes. It could probably be a simple, standardized blurb, e.g., The c:Commons:Photo challenge for December 2024 is to upload photos you have taken of pastel colors and footprints. Photos must be taken by the uploader. Vote for your favorites from last month's challenge.

WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]