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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

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Books & Bytes – Issue 53

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Issue 53, September – October 2022

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

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• Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

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• Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

• Essay: The Six Million FP Man

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• Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

• Featured content: A great month for featured articles

• Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

• Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia

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December 2022

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Category:Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations has been nominated for deletion

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins

• In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more

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• Essay: Mobile editing

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Happy New Year, Deisenbe!

Happy New Year!

Deisenbe,
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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

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• Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100

• Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?

• Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced

• Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany

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• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022

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Thanks for your work on Frelinghuysen University

I'm just stopping by to thank you for the great work you did on Frelinghuysen University. I just did a rewrite, and my work was made much easier by the work you had already put into it. Your contributions are appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 54

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Help:ProveIt

I'm reading the Teahouse archives, and while this question is nearly two years old, it has a red link and that makes me wonder what you intended to link to. There's nothing indicating the article was deleted.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:01, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

• After two years I don't remember. deisenbe (talk) 00:25, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

I sure was hoping I could direct people to that help page. There's almost nothing on the one page Wikipedia has, so it doesn't explain anything.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:09, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: — commons:Help:Gadget-ProveIt. — Invasive Spices (talk) 18:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't find the question I linked to for some reason.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:19, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Found it. I just corrected the link in my post. There should have been a space.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:27, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Forgot to create a redirect, That's done now.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:23, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pro-black racism in the United States

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Books & Bytes – Issue 55

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