[Wikimedia-l] New edition of the Signpost

2016-11-04 Thread Wikipedia Signpost 
The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 28 – 4 November 2016



News and notes: Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade
impending
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/News_and_notes

In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/In_the_media

Wikicup: Winners announced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Wikicup

Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Discussion_report

Featured content: Cream of the crop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Featured_content

Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation
templates now flag open access content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Technology_report

Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Arbitration_report

Traffic report: Un-presidential politics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Traffic_report

Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented;
article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-11-04/Recent_research


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[Wikimedia-l] New edition of the Signpost: AffCom, Olympics, ethics & research, and more

2016-09-07 Thread Pete Forsyth 
The Signpost, Volume 12 #25 is out, covering English Wikipedia and beyond:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2016-09-06

Contents:

NEWS AND NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/News_and_notes
AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters

SPECIAL REPORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Special_report
Olympics readership depended on language

IN THE MEDIA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/In_the_media
Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage

WIKIPROJECT REPORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/WikiProject_report
Watching Wikipedia

FEATURED CONTENT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Featured_content
Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between

TRAFFIC REPORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Traffic_report
From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit

TECHNOLOGY REPORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Technology_report
Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them

RECENT RESEARCH:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Recent_research
One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another
critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia

BLOG:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-09-06/Blog
Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway

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