User talk:Hallward's Ghost/Archives/2021/October

The Signpost: 31 October 2021

• From the editor: Different stories, same place
  What Wikipedians can and cannot do.

• News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded
  And will the last person to leave the C-Suite please turn off the lights?

• In the media: China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?
  Beam me up, Scotty – Matt Amodio for sure, and maybe just a few VIPs, billionaires, and Tucker Carlson.

• Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
  Section 230 in practice – this Black life should matter to us.

• Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
  Proposals to solve eight core problems – what many describe as a broken process – identified in the 2021 RfA review.

• Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention
  And other new research results

• Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
  Were the bans justified?

• Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game
  Plus German elections and movies galore.

• Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more
  Now discovering and accessing Wikimedia tools will be easier.

• Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp
  Details can make all the difference!

• Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
  Or you could watch the video!

• WikiProject report: Redirection
  An interview with participants at WikiProject Redirect.

• Humour: A very Wiki crossword
  24 clues to chew on.

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