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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:26, 30 October 2019 (UTC) Ok! Thank you Anasskoko 22:55, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Madrasatut tashihil iman concern

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Your draft article, Draft:Madrasatut tashihil iman

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Lapablo (talk) 12:47, 30 November 2019 (UTC) Thanks [[User:Anasskoko|Anasskoko]] [[User talk:Anasskoko|^(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Anasskoko|^(cont)]] 21:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Badarawa moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Badarawa, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Britishfinance (talk) 20:00, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Abubakar Mahmud Gumi Market (December 11)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Chris troutman was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Sources have to discuss the subject, not just mention the subject because routine stuff happened there.

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Chris Troutman (talk) 01:29, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Anasskoko! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Chris Troutman (talk) 01:29, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Badarawa (December 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CaptainEek was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

None of the sources appear to be reliable. Please add some better sources. You may use Nigerian language sources if necessary.

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Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:11, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Badarawa, Kaduna has been accepted

Badarawa, Kaduna, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Bkissin (talk) 18:46, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (January 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Eagleash were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

We're sorry, but we cannot accept blank submissions. If in fact you did include text within the article, but it isn't showing, please make sure that any extra text above your entry is removed, as it may be causing it to hide and not be shown to the reviewer.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

The snadbox draft is basically blank. The sandbox is for testing and experimentation. To start an draft article about a notable subject see WP:YFA for help in getting started and go via WP:WIZ to create a draft. Thank you.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Eagleash (talk) 21:53, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Ali Jita for deletion

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Nomination of Umar M Shareef for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ibrahim IV na Bornu

Hello Anasskoko,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username JSFarman and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged an article that you started, Ibrahim IV na Bornu for deletion, because it's not written in English and seems to have been copied from an article on another Wikimedia project. To request a translation, please visit our translators over here. If you'd like to contribute to another Wikipedia, take a look at our full list of language projects.

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JSFarman (talk) 17:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

@JSFarman: Thank you for your notice, indeed this article is not written in english, but I was confused a little bit! How come did I create this Article here! It soppose to be in Hausa Wikipedia not here, because if I can remember I use content translation tool to create articles from English to Hausa. anyway, JSFarman thank you very much for your time, if you see any further faults Within my contribution, please dont hesitate to tag it for deletion. I am more than curious to accept my mistakes. Thank you Anasskoko (talk) 18:16, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Anasskoko. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have temporarily enabled rollback on your account until {{{expiry}}}. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! FASTILY 07:32, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Lori Saine

I continue to add verified sources and yet someone continues to remove them. I am working directly with her, and have verified these claims with her. What is wrong with my cites and contributions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe1jackson (talk • contribs) 18:29, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

@Joe1jackson:

Hello, I indeed need to help you jackson, but I find it very unfortunate that part of your contrubution to Lori Saine is not accepted in Wikipedia. Stay calm and keep cool to be familiar with Wikipedia's copyright violation, when writting some thing in wikipedia, you need to write it in your own words and make referenc to other sites. Take note! You can not write exactly as it appears in the referencing site. Check this WP:C-P it will help you writting in Wikipedia. Farewell! Yours An@ss_koko^(speak)(war) 19:25, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

my nmbr

Assalamu alaikum. 08033165908 itace number ta. Nagode, sai najika Mudatex (talk) 23:40, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Nura M. Inuwa has been accepted

Nura M. Inuwa, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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MatthewVanitas (talk) 04:54, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 26

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Sardauna Memorial College moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Sardauna Memorial College, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. Please see the school article guidelines which describes how the content of school articles should be organized, with the aim of providing general guidance to editors. Alumni also needs sources to confirm attendance. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Steven (Editor) (talk) 19:45, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

The same for Federal Government College, Kaduna. Steven (Editor) (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Abubakar Mahmud Gumi Market has been accepted

Abubakar Mahmud Gumi Market, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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QueerEcofeminist ^{"cite! even if you fight"!!!} [they/them/their] 05:58, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Federal Government College, Kaduna has been accepted

Federal Government College, Kaduna, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Mahveotm (talk) 12:11, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools

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This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments.

The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.

In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools.

The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.

• On 31 March 2020, the new reply tool was offered as a Beta Feature editors at four Wikipedias: Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian. If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF).
• The team is planning some upcoming changes. Please review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page. The team will test features such as:
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To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Anasskoko, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Kaduna State have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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Proposed deletion of Sani Yahaya Jingir

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In-depth significant coverage in reliable sources are not met.

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Anasskoko

Thank you for creating Kabiru Gombe.

User:SmokeyJoe, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Please add incoming links to your new article. For example, Kabiru Gombe should be linked from Izala Society. Could you do that now please? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:13, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

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@SmokeyJoe: It is Done, Thanks. An@ss_koko^{(speak up)©T®} 08:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Kabiru Gombe for deletion

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Celestina007 (talk) 08:28, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thank you for your fantastic articles on Nigerian topics! — Sagotreespirit (talk) 12:07, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Appreciation:@Sagotreespirit: Than you very much Sagotreespirit, It is indeed an honor to receive this barnstar from you, at my pleasure.---- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)©T®} 14:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Peter Okoye

Hi Anasskoko
Thanks for creating the Peter Okoye article. I moved it to Mr P because his stage name is exactly that. Someone else thinks he isn't independently notable. I personally think he and his brother deserve to have separate articles but it might WP:TOOSOON. Both singers have not released an independent full-length body of work since going solo, just a handful of singles. I know someone suggested for it to be created but I think you should focus on something else for now. The P-Sqaure article needs expanding. If you're fan of them, you can help me out with expanding it.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 15:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Versace1608 It was many days ago, when I see the suggestion in Wikiproject Nigeria, so I was working to create the article for both of them, and I think they are notable to have a separate article, I am not a fan to P-square but I listen to some of their music, not too much, I can help you expand the article time to time, Thanks.---- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 15:51, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Paul Okoye moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Paul Okoye, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 18:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2020

Hello, I'm Celestina007. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Paul Okoye, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. I’ve blanked the offensive controversial “Personal life” section & returned the article to draftspace as it is undesourced. For future sake do not repeat such grapevine. Celestina007 (talk) 18:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Celestina007 With all due respect, what did I say about him that is offensive and controversial? all that which you have seen in the article is all the information I have got from this P-Square, with no addition nor subtraction, only that I write it in my own words a little changeable, keep your eyes wide and open, it also appear here P-Square and I am not the one that write it in the first place.---- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 04:54, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

False Information On Userpage

You aren’t a new page reviewer so cease and desist from putting misleading information on your Userpage. Celestina007 (talk) 11:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Celestina007 I was granted the right of reviewing New AFC, check it out and my name was also in the list, here . ---- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 12:25, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Anasskoko, oh! Just as I thought, an AFC reviewer is not a new Page reviewer, clearly you didn’t even know what exactly you were applying for. But that’s alright in time you would learn the difference.Celestina007 (talk) 12:33, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Celestina007 Yeah I don't know the differences, but now I know, your unpleasant words keeps me going. hahaha! Thanks to you ma'am.--- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 12:56, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Anasskoko, glad I could be of help.Celestina007 (talk) 13:03, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gates of Hausa kingdoms (April 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This draft is very hard to understand. Please rewrite it or have it rewritten so that a reviewer can evaluate it.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 23:58, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Abou draft Aio Kubair

Sir could you explain what type of sources required for reference. RLvikbeta05 (talk) 17:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

User:RLvikbeta05, please see this WP:RS and this WP:BLP, it is written in details, if you can satisfy what is stated, best for your Article. --- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 18:52, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Abubakar M. Gana (May 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Anasskoko was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 16:26, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Thank you for creating Federal Government College, Kaduna.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gates of Hausa kingdoms has been accepted

Gates of Hausa kingdoms, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

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Ways to improve List of Hausa people

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Thank you for creating List of Hausa people.

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Draft:Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun re-review

Hello, @ An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} Can I ask you please, for a re-review? I already added independent reliable sources. Thanks! Elizabethhope89

Funmi Iyanda

Hi Anasskoko,
You recently added a whole bunch of sources to the Funmi Iyanda article. While I commend you for doing that, you need to move them to their appropriate sections. Adding excessive inline citations isn't encourage and can cause citation clutter. Please read WP:OVERCITE to learn more about this. Thank you  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 17:36, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Versace1608 I'm working on it, I just need a time to fix it.---- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 18:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Okay. Please try to fix this issue as soon as possible.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 13:08, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Category:Schools in Kaduna state has been nominated for renaming

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Category:Izala society preacher has been nominated for renaming

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Anasskoko

Thank you for creating Federal College of Education, Zaria.

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Good start!

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North8000 (talk) 12:37, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Your proposal for WikiProject Hausa

I see you have made a proposal to start a "WikiProject Hausa" at Wikipedia: WikiProject Council. I hope you do not mind, but I have advertised for this project on the talk page of the article Hausa people. I think the proposal is a good idea. It could help Wikipedia give more coverage to African topics. Vorbee (talk) 16:33, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

User:Vorbee Thank you, you are appreciated.--- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 12:55, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #2 – Quick updates

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The new features include a toolbar. What do you think should be in the toolbar?

This edition of the Editing newsletter includes information the Wikipedia:Talk pages project, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. The central project page is on MediaWiki.org.

• Reply tool: This is available as a Beta Feature at the four partner wikis (Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian Wikipedias). The Beta Feature will get new features soon. The new features include writing comments in a new visual editing mode and pinging other users by typing @. You can test the new features on the Beta Cluster. Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.
• New requirements for user signatures: Soon, users will not be able to save invalid custom signatures in Special:Preferences. This will reduce signature spoofing, prevent page corruption, and make new talk page tools more reliable. Most editors will not be affected.
• New discussion tool: The Editing team is beginning work on a simpler process for starting new discussions. You can see the initial design on the project page.
• Research on the use of talk pages: The Editing team worked with the Wikimedia research team to study how talk pages help editors improve articles. We learned that new editors who use talk pages make more edits to the main namespace than new editors who don't use talk pages.

– Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Category:Government schools in Nigeria has been nominated for renaming

Category:Government schools in Nigeria has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Fuddle (talk) 19:42, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #3

On 16 March 2020, the 50 millionth edit was made using the visual editor on desktop.

Seven years ago this week, the Editing team made the visual editor available by default to all logged-in editors using the desktop site at the English Wikipedia. Here's what happened since its introduction:

• The 50 millionth edit using the visual editor on desktop was made this year. More than 10 million edits have been made here at the English Wikipedia.
• More than 2 million new articles have been created in the visual editor. More than 600,000 of these new articles were created during 2019.
• Almost 5 million edits on the mobile site have been made with the visual editor. Most of these edits have been made since the Editing team started improving the mobile visual editor in 2018.
• The proportion of all edits made using the visual editor has been increasing every year.
• Editors have made more than 7 million edits in the 2017 wikitext editor, including starting 600,000 new articles in it. The 2017 wikitext editor is VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode. You can enable it in your preferences.
• On 17 November 2019, the first edit from outer space was made in the mobile visual editor.
• In 2019, 35% of the edits by newcomers, and half of their first edits, were made using the visual editor. This percentage has been increasing every year since the tool became available.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:05, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

An Invite to join Hausa Wikimedia Community

Hello! I noticed you've made edits to Hausa related articles or that you are in some way connected to Hausa. I thought you may be interested in joining Hausa Wikimedians User Group They are a group of editors working to improve Wikip(m)edia's Hausa projects coverage and topics related to Hausa people, culture etc. Please take a look and If you would be interested in joining feel free to add your name at the Members Page! Thank You. Em-mustapha talk 12:09, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi! you can use this to invite users to our community, I see a lot of people connected to this here may be would be interested to join. Thanks Em-mustapha ^talk 12:13, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Sorry I forgot to give you the template code, here it is. {{Subst:HausaWikimediansUG Invite}}. Em-mustapha ^talk 14:48, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #4

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Reply tool

The number of comments posted with the Reply Tool from March through June 2020. People used the Reply Tool to post over 7,400 comments with the tool.

The Reply tool has been available as a Beta Feature at the Arabic, Dutch, French and Hungarian Wikipedias since 31 March 2020. The first analysis showed positive results.

• More than 300 editors used the Reply tool at these four Wikipedias. They posted more than 7,400 replies during the study period.
• Of the people who posted a comment with the Reply tool, about 70% of them used the tool multiple times. About 60% of them used it on multiple days.
• Comments from Wikipedia editors are positive. One said, أعتقد أن الأداة تقدم فائدة ملحوظة؛ فهي تختصر الوقت لتقديم رد بدلًا من التنقل بالفأرة إلى وصلة تعديل القسم أو الصفحة، التي تكون بعيدة عن التعليق الأخير في الغالب، ويصل المساهم لصندوق التعديل بسرعة باستخدام الأداة. ("I think the tool has a significant impact; it saves time to reply while the classic way is to move with a mouse to the Edit link to edit the section or the page which is generally far away from the comment. And the user reaches to the edit box so quickly to use the Reply tool.")

The Editing team released the Reply tool as a Beta Feature at eight other Wikipedias in early August. Those Wikipedias are in the Chinese, Czech, Georgian, Serbian, Sorani Kurdish, Swedish, Catalan, and Korean languages. If you would like to use the Reply tool at your wiki, please tell User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF).

The Reply tool is still in active development. Per request from the Dutch Wikipedia and other editors, you will be able to customize the edit summary. (The default edit summary is "Reply".) A "ping" feature is available in the Reply tool's visual editing mode. This feature searches for usernames. Per request from the Arabic Wikipedia, each wiki will be able to set its own preferred symbol for pinging editors. Per request from editors at the Japanese and Hungarian Wikipedias, each wiki can define a preferred signature prefix in the page MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix. For example, some languages omit spaces before signatures. Other communities want to add a dash or a non-breaking space.

New requirements for user signatures

• The new requirements for custom user signatures began on 6 July 2020. If you try to create a custom signature that does not meet the requirements, you will get an error message.
• Existing custom signatures that do not meet the new requirements will be unaffected temporarily. Eventually, all custom signatures will need to meet the new requirements. You can check your signature and see lists of active editors whose custom signatures need to be corrected. Volunteers have been contacting editors who need to change their custom signatures. If you need to change your custom signature, then please read the help page.

Next: New discussion tool

Next, the team will be working on a tool for quickly and easily starting a new discussion section to a talk page. To follow the development of this new tool, please put the New Discussion Tool project page on your watchlist.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

You won a prize !

Hello Anasskoko. You may not be aware of that... but you actually won the WPWP campaign prize offered by m:Wiki in Africa for your work on the Hausa language. Please more info here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos/Results. Please get in touch ! and keep up with the good work in the UG ;) Anthere (talk)

Anthere Thank you very much for alerting me, I am glad that I move Hausa Wikipedia and Hausa Wikimedian User Group forward, I will like to know much on how I could get the gift voucher.--- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 17:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Great ! I'll send you a message. Anthere (talk)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Dauda Kahutu Rarara moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 05:21, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

COI

Due to the glaring COI you have with the subject of your latest article, I have moved it back to Draftspace & I urge you to submit via the AFC process as you should have done from inception, given your COI with the article’s subject. Celestina007 (talk) 05:24, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Celestina007, with all due respect what kind of COI do I have exactly, and lets put it on a table.-- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 10:56, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I’m afraid I can’t oblige that request. Celestina007 (talk) 10:59, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Celestina007 Well then! now I fully understand, and I say a farewell to you Celestina007, as I always want peace and rest of mind, wish you the best in next more fortune to come.-- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)}

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dauda Kahutu Rarara (October 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Celestina007 were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Sources used do not show notability of subject neither do they show how subject satisfies any criterion from WP:MUSICBIO. Furthermore the article seems too gossipy. See WP:GRAPEVINE.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Celestina007 (talk) 11:13, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Federal Government College, Kaduna moved back to draftspace

Hi Anasskoko, following on from the previous moved to draftspace notice, the article Federal Government College, Kaduna has been moved back to draftspace. I'm afraid it is not ready for mainspace, the references does not cite the given text in the article, instead are passing mentions. One reference is about a female student murdering her own baby which is absolutely terrible but I'm not sure exactly the purpose of this reference? The other two are about construction/reconstruction projects but they don't source the given text, for example it doesn't say the school was established on 25 January 1973? Stubs are also to be avoided per the school article guidelines — this describes how the content of school articles should be organized, with the aim of providing general guidance to editors. Please work on this article and ensure you add independent, reliable sources and anything you add is written from a neutral point of view. Thanks, Steven (Editor) (talk) 17:58, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Markets in Kaduna State

A tag has been placed on Category:Markets in Kaduna State requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:30, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Ministry of Kaduna State

A tag has been placed on Category:Ministry of Kaduna State requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Aisha Dikko

Hello Anasskoko,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Aisha Dikko for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:04, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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Please do not create half baked articles such as this directly to mainspace next time. Especially when you are an old editor with knowledge of both the Draftspace and the Sandbox and their functions. Thank you for you compiling in advance. Celestina007 (talk) 17:29, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Celestina007, you call it half baked article! No! I call it a stub article, a terminology in Wikipedia, a stub article is allowed, needed and required, so that the page creator or others can help to improve the article bit by bit, get yourself familiar with that Celestina, and by what right are you stoping others from creating stub articles? I can even create an article with a triple lines, create empty sections under, and leave it like, tag will be added under the empty sections that this section is empty you can help improve it, and surely other users will come over and do it, simple as that. You made mention of creating articles through sandbox and draftspace, that I will not, because it's not the editing style that I choose, I prefer to create it into the main space directly, if that is wrong reviewers are seeing, and if you think I shouldn't, please report me. also you want others to be carrying task according to your personal desire in Wikipedia, not knowing that Wikipedia gives right to users to be carrying tasks according to their basics alternative which they provided, either by sandbox, draftspace or clicking a redlink and what have you, as far as it does not breach any rules, Celistina I once told you that I am bold not silly, and it's in Wikipedia that I was guided to be bold, because they know things like this use to happen whithout them knowing, someone will be discouraging others, trying to stop them from doing something small that will surely benefit Wikipedia one way or the other. Take a note that you have bite me once and keep on watching my steps over time looking for my fault, the next time you try to do anything irrelevant like this or trying to prove me wrong, I will report directly to administrators intervention for clarification, so that anything in between me and you has to be watched and justify. Furthermore any sort of accusation on me will be reported to administrators intervention for justification, because I am tired of this, I am one of the good ones in Wikipedia, putting knowledge accordingly, but your altitude upon me is always trying to prove me as part of the bad ones, why?. An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 05:11, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

No, you did not use the {{Under construction}} template, neither did you use the {{Stub}} template. Furthermore, no, you may not create articles with empty sections & “leave it that way” hoping some editor would randomly come to complete the Job for you. That is precisely why I said you should use the Draftspace for article creations as they are meant for such purposes(building an article little by little until they are mainspace worthy) & that you don’t understand that means you should slow down on article creations. I have drafitified the article in question as it currently meets WP:DRAFTIFY as it possess merit of a potential encyclopedic article of value but as of now isn’t simply ready for mainspace (per the sources used) Thank you and have a great weekend ahead. Lest I forget, Please provide me a link to me ”biting” you & if you can’t id have to report you for casting aspersions as all I have done is correct your countless mistakes. I should also add that I consider you a “good guy” no doubt, as far as I am concerned I don’t believe you engage in Paid editing or terrible things as such, but my issue with you is competency related & nothing more. It’s nothing personal. Celestina007 (talk) 21:31, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Celestina007, you once said to me in Versace1608's talk page "Your article is borderline useless & a blatant promotional rubbish" in this [talk page] on 22:22, 19 January 2020 (UTC), also you added by saying "Less I forget also learn common things like signing properly for starters." And according to this rule WP:BITE it says "If you feel that you must say something to a newcomer about a mistake, please do so in a constructive and respectful manner" my question here is, is that a good manner? Also it says "Avoid intensifiers in commentary (e.g., exclamation points and words like terrible, dumb, stupid, bad, etc.)." By doing such you bite a new user, also you said to me this "Less I forget also learn common things like signing properly for starters." All this sort of unpleasant sentence are in bad manner, the person speaken to will surely feel uncomfortable, so Wikipedia don't like this, and such expression is considered uncomfortable to the person you are speaking to, and I know you know that, because you know far better than I know, Celestina let me tell you something you don't consider, you are an elderly woman, more educative women far better than I, at your age and your education level, such words doesn't soppose to be from you, at large, I know you know what euphemism is, pleasant speech and the unpleasant one, why not choosing the good pleasant speech style? I don't border because you correct my mistakes, I swear to Allah, I like to be corrected, because I beleive in learning from my mistakes, but I only wanted to be corrected in a good way not bad, when you speak harsh to me I feel unfortable, but I focuse on what you always point out, even though I feel sad. Lastly, I respect your work on Wikipedia (keeping it clean and genuine), I mean it, but I don't appreciate the style you choose in doing so. The truth!- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 05:09, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Okay, the “Elderly woman” part got me laughing really hard. ان شاء الله we all pray to be Elderly but that isn’t me at this point. So back to what I was saying, I do not believe you understand how to create an article properly as of now, neither do I believe you understand WP:GNG properly. In fact, your most recent article has been proposed for deletion by an editor, so when I say use the WP:AFC to create your future articles I do not mean to be condescending. I hope you do understand. Celestina007 (talk) 15:48, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Funmi Efuwape moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Funmi Efuwape, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 21:16, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Ahmed Fatimah Bisola moved to draftspace

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Commissioners

Hi I see you’ve recently created a number of articles about State-level commissioners in Nigeria. While elected State assembly members are notable, most state level officials and appointees are not likely to be. Some of them may pass the general notability guideline, but from a first read I’m not sure all of them will. All the best Mccapra (talk) 14:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello Mccapra, first let me start by saying thank you for the suggestion and recommendations, you've said a reasonable suggestion, and I will put what you've stated into consideration, before I created those articles I realise that there are many articles for American commissioners at state level, some and many of whom have no more than five references, like this Rick Pate and in this cat [], thus, I then acquire courage to go ahead, though I know USA's politician can not be compared with Nigerian politician. Anyway it's nice meeting you, I will be glad if you contacted me next for anything like this, I really appreciate your concern.- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 21:45, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi yes you’re right. I didn’t realise there were so many articles about state-level commissioners in the USA. I see many articles of this sort about state officials in other countries going to deletion but if I see any I’ll bear in mind what you’ve said. Many thanks. Mccapra (talk) 22:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, sorry for the late reply, is because you didn't ping me, anyway its indeed nice sharing idea with you, stick to what you have encounter, a good idea that will make a good work.- An@ss_koko^{(speak up)} 19:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Before I respond individually to the various nominations you've made of articles about Nigerian state commissioners at AfD I thought this would be as good a place as any to address them collectively. From my understanding, Lagos State has a population of some 14 million people and these commissioners are what in other countries would be called ministers, and they're members of the state legislature, so I believe they would meet the first NPOL criteria which says 'politicians and judges who have held international, national, or (for countries with federal or similar systems of government) state/province–wide office, or have been members of legislative bodies at those level'. If you disagree what is your rationale? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:52, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Curb Safe Charmer, hi. The difference is between elected and appointed. NPOL, if you read the entire context, deals with elected officials. Historically, appointed officials don't automatically qualify for NPOL, and should meet GNG. However, I agree it definitely is a grey area. I think the key is over WP:POLOUTCOMES, "Elected and appointed political figures at the national cabinet level are generally regarded as notable, as are usually those at the major sub-national level (US state, Canadian province, Japanese prefecture, etc.) in countries where executive and/or legislative power is devolved to bodies at that level." Nigeria has a federal government, so the issue the final part of that statement, "countries where executive and/or legislative power is devolved to bodies at that level". I definitely am not infallible, but I don't think they are members of the state legislature, that would be limited to folks in organizations like Lagos State House of Assembly.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:12, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I have been doing some more reading and yes you're right they are not part of the legislature. I agree this comes down to POLOUTCOMES and executive appointees. The bit that says 'Sub-cabinet officials (assistant secretary, commissioner, etc.) are usually considered notable' might apply. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Curb Safe Charmer, I agree, this is a grey area, I opened two AfD's, and I'm not canvassing (since I have no idea how you'd !vote there), but would appreciate your input at both. That way we can get community consensus, and perhaps tighten WP:NPOL a bit. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:06, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

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Editing news 2021 #1

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Reply tool

Completion rates for comments made with the Reply tool and full-page wikitext editing. Details and limitations are in this report.

The Reply tool is available at most other Wikipedias.

• The Reply tool has been deployed as an opt-out preference to all editors at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
• It is also available as a Beta Feature at almost all Wikipedias except for the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias. If it is not available at your wiki, you can request it by following these simple instructions.

Research notes:

• As of January 2021, more than 3,500 editors have used the Reply tool to post about 70,000 comments.
• There is preliminary data from the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedia on the Reply tool. Junior Contributors who use the Reply tool are more likely to publish the comments that they start writing than those who use full-page wikitext editing.
• The Editing and Parsing teams have significantly reduced the number of edits that affect other parts of the page. About 0.3% of edits did this during the last month. Some of the remaining changes are automatic corrections for Special:LintErrors.
• A large A/B test will start soon. This is part of the process to offer the Reply tool to everyone. During this test, half of all editors at 24 Wikipedias (not including the English Wikipedia) will have the Reply tool automatically enabled, and half will not. Editors at those Wikipeedias can still turn it on or off for their own accounts in Special:Preferences.

New discussion tool

Screenshot of version 1.0 of the New Discussion Tool prototype.

The new tool for starting new discussions (new sections) will join the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures at the end of January. You can try the tool for yourself. You can leave feedback in this thread or on the talk page.

Next: Notifications

During Talk pages consultation 2019, editors said that it should be easier to know about new activity in conversations they are interested in. The Notifications project is just beginning. What would help you become aware of new comments? What's working with the current system? Which pages at your wiki should the team look at? Please post your advice at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/Notifications.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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AfroCine: 2020 Months of African Cinema Contest Winners

Greetings!

Thank you very much for participating in The 2020 Months of African Cinema Global Contest which was concluded on 30 November 2020. The contest was able exceed all expectations, with the creation of over 3,200 articles written in 19 languages. This places the contest firmly as one of the most successful article writing contest on Wikipedia.

A big thank you to you and every single person who created articles during the period of the contest for making this happen!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Funmi Efuwape (April 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Eternal Shadow were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Lacks WP:SIGCOV in sources and fails WP:NPOLITICIAN.

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Invitation as guest speaker to Episode 2 of WikiAfrica Hour

Dear Anas Adam,

I hope this meets you well.

My name is Ceslause Ogbonnaya, from Wiki In Africa. Last month we launched the WikiAfrica Hour with our first ever episode featuring outgoing Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Katherine Maher. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ

We started WikiAfrica Hour, a monthly vodcast, to build the community of Wikimedians across Africa by: 1. Interacting with guest(s) and ask questions from the context of and relating to African Wikimedians; 2. Providing a platform for Wikimedians to discuss topics, issues, projects and collaborations to promote synergy and more advanced knowledge within the Wiki communities across Africa, and 3. Sharing current updates, and highlights of Africa Wikimedians activities undertaken by Africa Wikimedians with the African audience, and those globally who are interested.

For the next WikiAfrica Hour, we would like to discuss the role photography plays within a Wikimedia context. With this in mind, and given your experience, I would like to invite you as a special guest speaker on this 2nd episode of WikiAfrica Hour. This episode is slated for 28st May 2021 at 4pm UTC.

Wiki Loves Africa has just finished. Wiki Loves Earth has launched. African Wikimedians are enthusiastic participants, but Wikimedia Commons and the photography world are complex sectors. We would like the WikiAfrica Hour discussion to provide insight into how Wikimedia Commons works ‘behind the scenes’.

Your involvement in the Commons Photographers UserGroup is the reason why I am contacting you. African Wikimedians are probably not aware of the photography user group, and would benefit immensely to hear about its goals and the benefits of being a member.

The vodcast is run live using StreamYard, with the support of Andrew Lih from the Wikipedia Weekly Team. WikiAfrica Hour is a live broadcast and will be simulcast on the Wiki in Africa YouTube and Facebook channels, as well as Wikipedia Weekly YouTube and Facebook channels. The episode will remain for reviewing on both YouTube channels.

I look forward to hearing from you, and you confirming your availability. Please let us know if 28 May 2021 at 4pm UTC is convenient.

Regards,

Ceslause Ogbonnaya — Preceding undated comment added 13:15, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Editing news 2021 #2

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When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (Source)

Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:

• Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
• The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.

Looking ahead

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "Discussion Tools" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

00:27, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Welcoming New Volunteers

Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria

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Welcoming New Volunteers (25/06/2021)

We hereby want to officially welcome new volunteers who have recently joined the collaborative project and have volunteered to work in WP:NIGERIA. The arrival of new volunteers is often associated with the confusion of “what to do” on their part, it is then behoove of us to treat them with care, guide them, and protect them from the general pitfalls a new editor would most usually fall into. We are also admonished to clean up after them if they err and encourage them, most especially when they are genuine editors with potential to do good work not just for us, but for the community as a whole. Once more, we hereby thank all new editors who have volunteered to work here and hope they enjoy their stay here.

Requests for uncreated articles (24/1/2020) Greetings & a great weekend to you all. It would be great if the (Requests for uncreated articles) section in our wiki project can be attended to & at least one article be created this weekend as some requests have been pending since 2016. I believe this would be pivotal to the encyclopedia as a whole & a means to get editors who have gone inactive to revive their Wikipedia activities.

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Our To-Do List

• Adamu Garba II, IT Entrepreneur and presidential aspirant of the 2019 general elections
• Beverly Osu  Done by Celestina007
• James Green Ugbaja Mbadiwe, business magnate and older brother of K.O. Mbadiwe
• Gozel Green, fashion designer (might not pass GNG)
• Mohammed Balarabe Haladu  Done by our president; HandsomeBoy.
• Ugo Monye (fashion designer), fashion designer (seem like he'll pass GNG)
• Rudeboy (P-Square), singer & Producer. Separated from P-Square with his first solo hit single Fire Fire
• Mr P (P-Square), singer
• Adaure Achumba, CNN journalist (might not pass GNG)
• Peruzzi (musician), DMW signed singer, songwriter and performer
• Nnamdi Ekeh, ecommerce entrepreneur, founder yudala.com, CEO Konga.com
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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

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Editing newsletter 2022 – #1

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New editors were more successful with this new tool.

The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Enabling the New Topic Tool by default. You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

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• In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
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• Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
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• News and notes: Information considered harmful
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• Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
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• Gallery: A backstage pass
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Nomination of Uche Nnaji for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Uche Nnaji is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uche Nnaji until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Editing news 2022 #2

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The [subscribe] button shortens response times.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

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• Essay: Delete the junk!
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Nomination of Mariatu Bala Usman for deletion

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AfC notification: Draft:Adamu Garba II has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Adamu Garba II. Thanks! Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 18:26, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Adamu Garba II (September 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Greenman were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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 The comment the reviewer left was:

"insisting that he should face trail in the corrupt, bias Nigerian judicial system." is not neutral or supported by the source. Personal life section needs sourcing.

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

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Category:Northern Nigerian Publishing Company Limited Books has been nominated for deletion

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• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
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• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal
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Thank you for creating Sorinola Omolara.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

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Sorinola Omolara moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Sorinola Omolara, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Reading Beans (talk) 04:21, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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Some of the upcoming changes

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Sorinola Omolara moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Sorinola Omolara, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. UtherSRG (talk) 19:20, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sorinola Omolara (July 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Reading Beans was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Your draft article, Draft:Adamu Garba II

Hello, Anasskoko. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Adamu Garba II".

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Anasskoko:

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

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• WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
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• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

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• Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
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The Signpost: 29 March 2024

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• Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
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• Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
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• News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
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• In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
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• Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
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• Humour: Letters from the editors
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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

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• News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
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• WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
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• WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
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• Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
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The Signpost: 16 May 2024

• News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections
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• In the media: Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis
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• Op-Ed: Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure
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• Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby
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The Signpost: 8 June 2024

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• Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
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• Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
  Hoaxes and the genesis of information.

• In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
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• News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
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• Opinion: Public response to the editors of Settler Colonial Studies
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• Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
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• Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
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• Essay: No queerphobia
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• Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
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• Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
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• Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
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• Humour: Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox
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• Concept: Palimpsestuous
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The Signpost: 4 July 2024

• News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
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• Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
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• In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
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• Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
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• In the media: War and information in war and politics
  Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.

• Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
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• Obituary: Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan
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• Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
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• Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
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• Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections
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• Crossword: On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares
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• Humour: A joke
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• Cobwebs: Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn
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• Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
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• Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

• Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
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• News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
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• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter
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• Essay: Reflections on editing and obsession
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• In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?
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• Obituary: JamesR
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• Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
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• Humour: Joe Biden withdraws RfA, Donald Trump selects co-nom
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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

• In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
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• Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems
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• In focus: Twitter marks the spot
  Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

• News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.
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• Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
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• Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
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• Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
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• Humour: I'm proud to be a template
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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

• News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
  JCW compilation now tracks free DOIs, Wiki Loves Monuments getting started, WMF's status as UN observer stymied by China for fourth time.

• In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
  Updates from the Portland pol's case, the war in Gaza, and other Wiki-related reports.

• Recent research: Simulated Wikipedia seen as less credible than ChatGPT and Alexa in experiment
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• News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
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• Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
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• Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
  Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.

• Traffic report: After the gold rush
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• Humour: Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor
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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

• In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"
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• Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus
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• Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics
  User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.

• Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing
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• News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?
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• Gallery: Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?
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• Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors
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• Traffic report: Jump in the line, rock your body in time
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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

• News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
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• In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
  Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!

• Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
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• Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
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• Book review: The Editors
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• Humour: The Newspaper Editors
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• Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug
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The Signpost: 6 November 2024

• From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime
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• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?
  Defamation, privacy, censorship, and elections.

• In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel
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• Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship
  Asian News International, the Delhi High Court, and the encyclopedia.

• Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them
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• In focus: Questions and answers about the court case
  What is going on?

• Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?
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• Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK
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• Humour: Man quietly slinks away from talk page argument after realizing his argument dumb, wrong
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The Signpost: 18 November 2024

• News and notes: Open letter to WMF about court case breaks one thousand signatures, big arb case declined, U4C begins accepting cases
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• In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names
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• Recent research: SPINACH: AI help for asking Wikidata "challenging real-world questions"
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• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports: FY 2023–2024
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• Traffic report: Well, let us share with you our knowledge, about the electoral college
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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

• News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes
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• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5
  Will the fifth try at achieving peace be a mudfight, or something better?

• Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited
  Should old acquaintance be forgot?

• Op-ed: On the backrooms
  An editor's reflection on social capital and their changing relationship with Wikipedia culture. by Tamzin

• In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?
  Wikipedia aims to represent the sum of all knowledge. Is there an imbalance between Western countries and the rest of the world.

• In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial
  Ballooning British bias bombast!

• Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody
  Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.

• Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing
  The importance of feedback.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2024

• News and notes: Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform"
  What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.

• Op-ed: Beeblebrox on Wikipediocracy, the Committee, and everything
  A personal essay.

• Opinion: Graham87 on being the first-ever administrator recall subject
  Explanations for what led to it and what it was like to undergo it.

• In the media: Delhi High Court considers Caravan and Ken for evaluating the ANI vs. WMF case
  Plus, the dangers of editing, Morrissey's page gets marred, COVID coverage critique, Kimchi consultation, kids' connectivity curtailed, centenarian Claudia, Christmas cramming, and more.

• From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?
  Who's news?

• Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality
  And other new research findings.

• Humour: Backlash over Santa Claus' Wikipedia article intensifies
  Good faith edits REVERTED and accounts BLOCKED.

• Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
  Peace on earth, goodwill to all!

• Traffic report: Was a long and dark December
  Wicked war, martial law, killing, death and an Indian movie with a new chess champ!

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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

• From the editors: Looking back, looking forward
  The 20th anniversary of The Signpost.

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024
  A lot of psephology!

• In the media: Will you be targeted?
  HUMINT or humbug?

• Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last
  Hallelujah!

• Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia
  Johnny Au has edited for 17 years straight without missing a day.

• Opinion: Reflections one score hence
  Some thoughts from the original editor-in-chief.

• News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free
  Public Domain Day 2025, Women in Red hits 20% biography milestone, Spanish Wikipedia reaches two million articles, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next
  The Signpost staff on achievements of '24 and hopes for '25.

• Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia
  The latest crusade?

• In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?
  Our alumni speak!

• Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics
  Applying the scientific method to a model of conflict that leads to arbitration.

• Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia
  This post fact-checked by real Wikipedian patriots.

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The Signpost: 7 February 2025

• Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians
  But an open language model is ready to help.

• News and notes: Let's talk!
  The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon
  Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.

• In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk
  Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.

• Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City
  Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.

• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed
  Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.

• Traffic report: A wild drive
  The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.

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The Signpost: 27 February 2025

• News and notes: Administrator elections up for reapproval and 1bil GET snagged on Commons
  French Wikipedia defends a user against public threats, steward elections, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World
  "The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".

• Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year
  From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.

• In the media: The end of the world
  Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?

• Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read
  Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".

• Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing
  User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.

• Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?
  What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?

• Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors
  Liberté, liberté chérie.

• Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars
  Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.

• Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source
  Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!

• Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)
  Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.

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The Signpost: 22 March 2025

• From the editor: Hanami
  It's an ecstasy, my spring.

• Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia
  Let them know what you think!

• News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia
  Read this, then forget all about it.

• In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual
  Life on the Wiki as usual!

• Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?
  And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals

• Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...
  The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.

• Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!
  The photographers are the celebrities!

• Essay: Unusual biographical images
  And very unusual biographical images.

• Obituary: Rest in peace
  Send not to know
  For whom the bell tolls,
  It tolls for thee.

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

• Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison
  Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.

• In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear
  Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?

• In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International
  Defeat, or just a setback?

• News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack
  Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.

• Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
  Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!

• Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas
  What is to be done?

• Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing
  Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.

• Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM
  Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...
  Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!

• News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view
  The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.

• Comix: Thirteen
  Gadzooks!

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

• News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment
  As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

• In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status
  Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?

• Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia
  And other new research findings.

• Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom
  And don't bite those newbies!

• Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions
  And don't bite those newbies!

• Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man
  Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?

• Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
  Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.

• News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan
  A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).

• Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts
  Hey! At least it is something!

• Comix: By territory
  Zounds!

• In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?
  Would a billion articles be a good idea?

• Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia
  There's a lot more to this than you think.

• Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing
  I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.

• Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
  Just beautiful photos!

• Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher
  Rest in Paradise.

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

• News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo
  And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.

• In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
  And other courtroom drama.

• Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?
  And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.

• In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions
  Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

• Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
  And QR codes for every page!

• Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing
  When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

• Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)
  Rest in peace.

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)
  The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

• Comix: Collection
  Gadzooks!

• From the archives: Humor from the Archives
  And more.

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The Signpost: 24 June 2025

• News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!
  Admins arrested in Belarus.

• In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion
  Pardon our alliteration!

• Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?
  A get-out-of-jail card!

• Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
  And other new research publications.

• Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past
  Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

• News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
  Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!

• Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
  After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

• Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing
  With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
  Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

• Comix: Hamburgers
  Egad!

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The Signpost: 18 July 2025

• News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!
  Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

• In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?
  And how do we know?

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles
  Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

• In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years
  Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

• Recent research: Knowledge manipulation on Russia's Wikipedia fork; Marxist critique of Wikidata license; call to analyze power relations of Wikipedia
  As well as "hermeneutic excursions" and other scientific research findings.

• News from the WMF: Form 990 released for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fiscal year 2023-2024
  The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

• Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred
  A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

• Comix: Divorce
  Drawn this century!

• Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis
  How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion
  Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

• Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone
  Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: God only knows
  Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

• Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia
  If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

• News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
  Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

• Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN
  A review of June, July and August.

• Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
  Who is this guy?

• Community view: News from the Villages Pump
  Threads since June.

• In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches
  And slop.

• Crossword: Accidental typography
  It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

• Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men
  gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

• Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
  Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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The Signpost: 9 September 2025

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
  UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.

• In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
  Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!

• Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
  The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.

• Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
  And other new research findings.

• Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
  Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.

• Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice
  With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.

• Essay: The one question
  It's an easy one.

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The Signpost: 2 October 2025

• News and notes: Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"; WMF publishes transparency report
  This time "not merely negative".

• In the media: Extraordinary eruption of "EVIL" explained
  Wickedpedia wrangles post-truth politics.

• Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
  Unexpected news!

• Discussion report: Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: another 1,339 threads analyzed
  Fifty hot topics from fourteen noticeboards.

• Community view: The pressing questions of the modern WWW, as seen from the Village Pump
  Policy, politics, icons, captchas, and LLMs.

• Recent research: Is Wikipedia a merchant of (non-)doubt for glyphosate?; eight projects awarded Wikimedia Research Fund grants
  And other recent publications.

• Opinion: Some disputes aren't worth it
  When to walk away.

• Obituary: Michael Q. Schmidt
  Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: Death, hear me call your name
  Celebrities, deaths and software.

• Comix: A grand spectacle
  All invited!

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The Signpost: 20 October 2025

• News and notes: Board shuffles, LLM blocks increase, IPs are going away
  And the "Global Resource Distribution Committee" emerges.

• Special report: The election that isn't
  Two shortlisted WMF Board candidates removed from the ballot.

• Interview: The BoT bump
  Who was bumped and why?

• In the media: An incident at WikiConference North America; WMF reports AI-related traffic drop and explains Wikipedia to US conservatives
  ...while Musk prepares to launch "Grokipedia".

• Traffic report: One click after another
  Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.

• Humour: Wikipedia pay rates
  Don't get too excited before you read this.

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The Signpost: 10 November 2025

• News and notes: Temporary accounts go live and WMF board member self-suspends
  ArbCom elections draw close, and Wikimania '27 in Santiago.

• Community view: Six Wikipedians' thoughts on Grokipedia, and the humanity of it all
  It ain't a five course meal, according to one of our interviewees.

• Wikicup report: BeanieFan11, WikiCup victor of 2025, covers the results
  Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

• In the media: Jimbo's book, an argument about genocide, and a train of shame
  Wikipedia's new rival, political controversy in Italy and other Wiki-reports.

• Recent research: Taking stock of the 2024–2025 research grants
  $400,000 USD in total funding: what did we get?

• Opinion: With Grokipedia, top-down control of knowledge is new again
  Does it shed any light on particular topics that are better suited to LLM-generation than others?

• Obituary: Struway
  Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: The documentaried, the disowned, the deceased, Diwali and the Dodgers
  You know your man is working hard, he's worth a deuce.

• Comix: Head of steam
  'Sblood!

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The Signpost: 1 December 2025

• News and notes: Election cycles come and go, and Wikimedia Foundation achieves record revenue in 2024–2025!
  Admin and ArbCom elections upcoming, BoT elects two new members, task force advises to close Wikinews and keep Wikispore, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• In the media: Wales walk-off, antisemitism, supernatural powers, feminism turmoil, saints, and sex
  Plus mammoth mummy sex-change operation completed!

• Recent research: At least 80 million inconsistent facts on Wikipedia – can AI help find them?
  And other recent publications about contradictions and retractions.

• Disinformation report: Epstein email exchanges planned strategy, edits and reported progress
  At work on Wikipedia whitewashing. How much should they be paid?

• Traffic report: It's a family affair
  Even in these times there is something to be thankful for!

• Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
  Jimmy Wales and Dan Gardner write a book inspired by Wikipedia. What's in it?

• From the archives: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein ..."
  The twists and turns of Epstein’s portrayal on Wikipedia.

• Humour: An interview with Wikipe-tan
  A conversation about being the mascot of Wikipedia.

• Opinion: AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles
  Using ChatGPT to fact-check a month's worth of Today's featured articles.

• Serendipity: Highlights from the itWikiCon 2025
  A recap of the latest convention of the Italian Wiki-community, held in Catania from 7–9 November.

• Comix: Madness
  It could happen to anyone.

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The Signpost: 17 December 2025

• Interview: Part 1: Bernadette Meehan
  Say hello to the new WMF CEO.

• News and notes: We're gonna have a party!
  And a new WMF CEO!

• In the media: The "bigg" bosses: Robertsky and the Pope
  Pay up, big guys!

• Traffic report: Death and stranger things
  And going for the FIFA prize!

• Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
  Something old and something new!

• Obituary: Michal Lewi (Iwelam) and Alan R. King (A R King)
  Rest in peace.

• Concept: List of xxtreme sports (redirected from Electrojousting)
  You are viewing an old revision of this page, as edited on 2065-11-10 04:33:10.

• Comix: display: flex-inline;
  ampersand nb semicolon ampersand nb semicolon ampersand nb semicolon

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The Signpost: 15 January 2026

• News and notes: Wikipedia's 25th anniversary is here!
  Where does the time go?

• Special report: Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call
  The internet is booming. We are not.

• Serendipity: The WMF wants to buy you books!
  Really! A major triumph.

• WikiProject report: Time for a health check: the Vital Signs 2026 campaign
  The campaign to get all of our top-importance medical articles up to B-class or above.

• In the media: Fake Acting President Trump and a Wikipedia infobox
  D.J.T. assumes a new position.

• Community view: The inbox behind Wikipedia
  What the Volunteer Response Team actually does!

• Recent research: Art museums on Wikidata; comparing three comparisons of Grokipedia and Wikipedia
  And other research.

• Traffic report: Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight
  A world in white gets underway.

• Comix: Oh come on man.
  Really?

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The Signpost: 29 January 2026

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2025
  Everybody had a hard year, everybody had a good time.

• News and notes: Good news... but also bad news for the Public Domain
  Benvenuto Betty Boop, arrivederci Italian Photos.

• News from Diff: Solving puzzles together
  Maryana Iskander says farewell.

• In the media: Every view on the 25th anniversary of everything
  Media about hard-core nerds, a place with paragraphs, baby globes, and wikipedes.

• Comix: Perspectives
  Everybody has one.

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The Signpost: 17 February 2026

• In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
  Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.

• News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
  Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
  Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.

• Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
  The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.

• Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
  A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.

• Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
  I'll have the usual!

• Opinion: Incoming Incurables
  A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.

• Crossword: Pop quiz
  Sharpen your pencil. How well do you really know Wikipedia?

• Comix: herculean
  efforts.

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The Signpost: 10 March 2026

• Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
  Part 2.

• News and notes: Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
  Dormant worm awakes; a sketchy archiving site struck; ether burns.

• Special report: What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
  A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?

• In the media: Indonesian government blocks Wikimedia logins; archive site scoured from Wikipedia after owner runs malware
  As well as controversy over LLM translations.

• Recent research: To wiki, perchance to groki
  Comparisons continue.

• Obituary: Madhav Gadgil, Fredrick Brennan, Mark Miller, Chip Berlet
  Rest in peace.

• Opinion: Interface administrators and trusting trust
  Potential attacks are the logical consequence of giving a group of users unlimited control over JavaScript.

• Technology report: English Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
  After the archive site launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started, with consensus to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times.

• Op-ed: Why is "Trypsin-sensitive photosynthetic activities in chloroplast membranes" cited in "List of tallest buildings in Chicago"?
  The answer is slop.

• Essay: The pursuit of a button click
  Volunteering for Wikipedia has its rewards. The thank-button, for example.

• In focus: Short descriptions: One year later
  A discussion of the challenge set forth to the Wikipedia community one year ago!

• WikiProject report: Unreferenced articles backlog drive
  Unreferenced articles in English Wikipedia - help us in the backlog drive!

• Community view: Speaking of planning ...
  The WMF planning process is underway.

• Traffic report: Over the mountain, kissing silver inlaid clouds
  Death and the Winter Olympics.

• Crossword: "It will never happen"
  Want to take a break?

• Comix: BRIEn't
  Or is it.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2026

• News and notes: Entirety of Wikinews to be shut down
  All languages to be shut down in May; first AI agent blocked; new name for AfD?

• In the media: AI ban, newspapers disrupt archiving; and antisemitism complaints
  Perennial challenges with AI, demographic representation, and attacks from people buying media influence.

• Community view: Videos from WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC
  In attendees' own words.

• Disinformation report: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
  Countering the edits of the rich and dangerous.

• WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC review
  About the conference series, and this conference particularly.

• Obituary: Dr. Subas Chandra Rout
  Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: Call in the dogs of war, soldier of fortune
  Though of course the picture needs to be Chuck Norris...

• Gallery: Canadian Rangers participate in Operation Enduring Encyclopedia
  Analogies between how Wikipedia works and how Canada works.

• Comix: n00bsitting
  ...!

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The Signpost: 21 April 2026

• News and notes: Six Serbian Wikipedia editors banned following controversy about political bias
  Plus, new bans for AI-generated content in place, a new drop in active admins, pranks on pranks, May admin election, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• In the media: Could Wikipedia be involved in Massachusetts' proposed social media ban for minors?
  Another regulate-the-internet attempt casts a wide net.

• Gallery: March equinox
  The progression of seasons in March.

• Traffic report: Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!
  What catches the reader's eye? Death and film, per usual, and a loop around the moon per unusual.

• Comix: Of skirts and articles
  When significant coverage is only skin deep.

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The Signpost: 22 May 2026

• News and notes: Offline: Osama Khalid still in prison
  He has been imprisoned since 2020 for his Wikipedia edits. A fresh campaign is calling for his release.

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* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:15, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

On the Igbo Wikipedia...

In case you don't have cross wiki notifications on, I've left you a ping on the Igbo Wikipedia at the main page.

Thank you! Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 00:45, 26 May 2026 (UTC)