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The Signpost: 06 November 2013

• News and notes: Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban

• Traffic report: Danse Macabre

• Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility

• Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

• Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more

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The Signpost: 13 November 2013

• Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block

• Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

• Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance

• News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it

• WikiProject report: The world of soap operas

• Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more

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The Signpost: 20 November 2013

• From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

• Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive

• Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures

• WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia

• News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting

• Traffic report: Ill Winds

• Arbitration report: WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators

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November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The November 2013 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the December blitz! – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:22, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 December 2013

• Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who

• Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia

• Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more

• News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions

• WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie

• Featured content: F*&!

• Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review

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The Signpost: 11 December 2013

• Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list

• In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling

• News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine

• Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion

• Featured content: Viewer discretion advised

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released

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The Signpost: 18 December 2013

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Hopper to the top

• Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more

• News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced

• Featured content: Triangulum, the most boring constellation in the universe

• Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset

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GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page! The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:25, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 December 2013

• Recent research: Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments

• Featured content: Drunken birds and treasonous kings

• Discussion report: Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings

• WikiProject report: More Great WikiProject Logos

• News and notes: IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions

• Technology report: OAuth: future of user designed tools

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The Signpost: 01 January 2014

• Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic

• Arbitration report: Examining the Committee's year

• In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?

• Book review: Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia

• News and notes: The year in review

• Discussion report: Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer

• WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition

• Featured content: 2013—the trends

• Technology report: Looking back on 2013

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GOCE 2013 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Jonesey95 Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

• Public Domain Day: Why the year 2019 is so significant

• Traffic report: Tragedy and television

• Technology report: Gearing up for the Architecture Summit

• News and notes: WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"

• Op-ed: WikiCup competition beginning a new year

• WikiProject report: Jumping into the television universe

• Featured content: A portal to the wonderful world of technology

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The Signpost: 15 January 2014

• News and notes: German chapter asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?

• Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published

• Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles

• In the media: Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the New York Times

• Traffic report: The Hours are Ours

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Sociology

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The Signpost: 22 January 2014

• Book review: Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse

• News and notes: Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom

• Featured content: Dr. Watson, I presume

• Special report: The few who write Wikipedia

• Technology report: Architecting the future of MediaWiki

• In the media: Wikipedia for robots; Wikipedia—a temperamental teenager

• Traffic report: No show for the Globes

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The Signpost: 29 January 2014

• Traffic report: Six strikes out

• WikiProject report: Special report: Contesting contests

• News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions

• Arbitration report: Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion

• Recent research: Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years

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The Signpost: 29 January 2014

• Traffic report: Six strikes out

• WikiProject report: Special report: Contesting contests

• News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions

• Arbitration report: Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion

• Recent research: Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years

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The Signpost: 12 February 2014

• In the media: WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia

• Technology report: Left with no choice

• News and notes: WMF bites the bullet on affiliation and FDC funding, elevates Wikimedia user groups

• Featured content: Space selfie

• Traffic report: Sports Day

• WikiProject report: Game Time in Russia

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

March GOCE copyedit drive

Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)|} The Signpost: 19 February 2014 News and notes: Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge Technology report: ULS Comeback WikiProject report: Countering Systemic Bias Featured content: Holotype Traffic report: Chilly Valentines Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:11, 21 February 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 26 February 2014 Forum: Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure? Featured content: Odin salutes you WikiProject report: Racking brains with neuroscience Special report: Diary of a protester: Wikimedian perishes in Ukrainian unrest News and notes: Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy Traffic report: Snow big deal Recent research: CSCW '14 retrospective; the impact of SOPA on deletionism Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC) (test) The Signpost: 05 March 2014 Traffic report: Brinksmen on the brink Discussion report: Four paragraph lead, indefinitely blocked IPs, editor reviews broken? News and notes: Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources Featured content: Full speed ahead for the WikiCup WikiProject report: Article Rescue Squadron Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:49, 10 March 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 12 March 2014 News and notes: Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day, Women's History Month Traffic report: War and awards Featured content: Ukraine burns WikiProject report: Russian WikiProject Entomology Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:45, 15 March 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 19 March 2014 Forum: Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects? WikiProject report: We have history Interview: Nate Ott: the writer behind 71 articles in the largest-ever good topic Featured content: Spot the bulldozer News and notes: Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny Traffic report: Into thin air Technology report: Wikimedia engineering report Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:15, 23 March 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 26 March 2014 Comment: A foolish request Traffic report: Down to a simmer Recent research: Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates News and notes: Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced Featured content: Winter hath a beauty that is all his own Op-ed: Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia Technology report: Why will Wikipedia look like the Signpost? WikiProject report: From the peak Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC) GOCE March drive wrapup Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The March 2014 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the April blitz! – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here. Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles. Blitz!: The April blitz will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the Requests list. Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC) WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - April 2014 Delivered April 2014 by MediaWiki message delivery. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please add an N to the column against your username on the Project Mainpage. 23:32, 2 April 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 02 April 2014 News and notes: Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future WikiProject report: Deutschland in English Special report: On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference Featured content: April Fools Traffic report: Regressing to the mean Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:02, 6 April 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 09 April 2014 News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments WikiProject report: WikiProject Law Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz Traffic report: Conquest of the Couch Potatoes Featured content: Snow heater and Ash sweep Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:06, 13 April 2014 (UTC) April blitz wrap-up and May copyediting drive invitation Guild of Copy Editors April 2014 Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 28 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the May drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 23 April 2014 Special report: 2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact? Op-ed: Five things a Wikipedian in residence can do News and notes: Wikimedian passes away WikiProject_report: To the altar—Catholicism Wikimania: Winning bid announced for 2015 Traffic report: Reflecting in Gethsemane Featured content: There was I, waiting at the church Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:40, 23 April 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 30 April 2014 News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal Traffic report: Going to the Doggs Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director WikiProject report: Genetics Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum Featured content: Browsing behaviours Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2014 (UTC) WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - May 2014 Delivered May 2014 by MediaWiki message delivery. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please add an N to the column against your username on the Project Mainpage. 11:14, 2 May 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 07 May 2014 News and notes: New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'? Traffic report: TMZedia In focus: Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:56, 9 May 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 14 May 2014 Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico News and notes: 'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia Featured content: On the rocks Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:44, 17 May 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 21 May 2014 News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles Traffic report: Doodles' dawn Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 24 May 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 28 May 2014 News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:52, 1 June 2014 (UTC) WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - June 2014 Delivered June 2014 by MediaWiki message delivery. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please add an N to the column against your username on the Project Mainpage. 01:09, 4 June 2014 (UTC) GOCE June 2014 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors May 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone! Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 04 June 2014 Special report: IEG funding for women's stories: a new approach to the gender gap News and notes: Two new affiliate-selected trustees Op-ed: "Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA Featured content: Ye stately homes of England In the media: Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia Traffic report: Autumn in summer Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:02, 8 June 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 11 June 2014 News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia Traffic report: The week the wired went weird Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 18 June 2014 News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones WikiProject report: Visiting the city Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:59, 22 June 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 25 June 2014 News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport? Exclusive: "We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the Signpost Discussion report: Media Viewer, old HTML tags Featured content: Showing our Wörth WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:51, 29 June 2014 (UTC) GOCE July 2014 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 newsletter is now ready for review. Highlights: Sign up for the July 2014 Backlog elimination drive Review the Coordinators election results – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:27, 29 June 2014 (UTC)