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The Signpost: 16 January 2018
- News and notes: Communication is key
- In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media
- Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics
- Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
- Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers
- Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
- Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017
The Signpost: 5 February 2018
- Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
- Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles
- Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
- Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
- In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
- Humour: You really are in Wonderland
The Signpost: 20 February 2018
- News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
- Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
- Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
- Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain
- Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history
- Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
- News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
- Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
- Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
- Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs
- Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
- Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.
- Humour: WikiWorld Reruns
Re your edit here, per WP:BRD, please discuss at Talk:Malvern, Worcestershire. Thank you. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
The content has been restored. If you revert again, please be prepared to discuss your objections at WP:DRN. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:17, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Responsibility
The Rambling Man has made an attack on my character in discussion at Talk:List of current Premier League and English Football League managers, apparently offended that I mentioned his name without alerting him to the fact. I twice invited him at his talk page to either defend or retract his comments, or to point out what rule of Wikipedia I had broken, but he twice deleted my message with no more than a curt dismissal in the edit note. So I again invite him to explain himself, to take responsibility for his actions, and to demonstrate (ironically) honourable intent. I know what conclusion I will draw if he does not do so, and will invite anyone else who happens across this to bear this behaviour of his in mind in any dealings they might have with him on this site. Kevin McE (talk) 12:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 April 2018
- From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again
- Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost
- In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
- In focus: Admin reports board under criticism
- Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
- Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
- Discussion report: The future of portals
- Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History
- Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
- Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
- Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
The Signpost: 24 May 2018
- From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals
- Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals
- Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
- Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics
- News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia
- Traffic report: We love our superheroes
- Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies
- Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues
- Humour: Play with your food
- Gallery: Wine not?
- From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
The Signpost: 29 June 2018
- Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?
- Op-ed: What do admins do?
- News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania
- In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress
- Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page
- Featured content: New promotions
- Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed
- Traffic report: Endgame
- Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements
- Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa
- Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry
- Humour: Television plot lines
- Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors
- From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
The Signpost: 31 July 2018
- From the editor: If only if
- Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
- Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
- Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
- Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes
- Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
- Technology report: New bots, new prefs
- Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
- Humour: It's all the same
- Essay: Wikipedia does not need you
August 2018
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Your continued comments
This kind of comment is unacceptable on here. Please refrain from these jibes and go back to discussing content. --NeilN talk to me 02:48, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has a disgusting habit of supporting these cabals. No wonder it has turned to shit in the last few years. Kevin McE (talk) 08:55, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Kevin McE, you've now made several admins aware of your bad language and your tendency to insult other editors. This is unlikely to go on much longer. EdJohnston (talk) 14:28, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Didn't realise this is meant for 7 year olds. Accounts for a lot. Kevin McE (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has a disgusting habit of supporting these cabals. No wonder it has turned to shit in the last few years. Kevin McE (talk) 08:55, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2018
- From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
- News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
- In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles
- Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy
- Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
- Special report: Wikimania 2018
- Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
- Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
- Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
- Humour: Signpost editor censors herself
- From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words
The Signpost: 1 October 2018
- From the editor: Is this the new normal?
- News and notes: European copyright law moves forward
- In the media: Knowledge under fire
- Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
- Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom
- Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile
- Gallery: A pat on the back
- Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
- Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle
- Essay: Expressing thanks
Broxtowe
I have commented on the page of the user User:Crouch,_Swale who proposed a move to 'Borough of'. You have accepted this on the basis of 'unchallenged' although it was equally 'unsupported' and was based on POINTy reading of wiki guidance on UK place names. I noticed, last week by pure chance, a notice on a vaguely relevant page a group of renaming proposals from the user, and went back just now to add my disagreement only to find this one implemented. I have commented on his page about his intention to make a DAB page of a name with basically only one meaning. Sussexonian (talk) 18:58, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- "Broxtowe" has multiple meanings. The sources and page hits indicate that the district isn't primary for the base names. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:20, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- Moves don't necessarily need discussion at all. If an editor knows or thinks it will be contentious it is good etiquette to put it up for discussion. It is thus guaranteed a week of being very clear on the page in question, and at a central listing, that the proposal is there. Unlike a deletion, there is no minimum support necessary for a page move. If you have an interest, and access to those two places, and the contributions list of an editor whom you appear to distrust, you had had in this case 3 weeks to register any discontent. It had already been relisted once. In such circumstances, and with apparent justification in a policy (there is some ambiguity, hence the need for a disambiguation page and the hatnotes that had been present), I have no qualms about the closure. Kevin McE (talk) 19:33, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- OK, I missed the fact that in Rushcliffe GeoNames does just use that name but for most of the others it does use "Foo District". Sussexonian I don't see anything pointy or wrong about the use of the guideline and have now provided you with evidence of the common name. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:40, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
Kevin, thanks for the reply, I was not really arguing with your closure judgement, as you clearly considered it was a minor matter; more simply stating that the outcome is undesirable (of course my opinion) and inconsistent with the general case and annoyance that I did not respond the day I saw the entries. Certainly didn't see any sign of a relisting though.
By the way, where has the idea come from that Wikipedia article hits have any relevance to "primary subject"? I have never seen that argued before. And in any case this is not a battle over which page should be at Boston. it is a question of the correct name for an article which describes an entity whose correct and common name is Broxtowe, a name that has no other claims as an article title.
My understanding of normal article title policy is that those two facts together mean the article should be at the simplest (one word) title. Sussexonian (talk) 21:31, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Sussexonian: It was relisted here. The page hits are relevant to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, in that if readers are much more likely to be looking for one topic over the others or one is much more significant. As the district doesn't get more views than the others and is sometimes known other than just "Broxtowe" its unlikely to be primary. Boston has indeed also been discussed but that is a bit different as they are 2 different places while this is a district named after a place in the same area. Yes "Broxtowe" might well be the most common name but per WP:NATURAL if "Broxtowe" isn't available then it can be put at a title that is nearly equally as good. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:19, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Crouch, Swale:, @Sussexonian:: if you want to have a chat, do it on one of your talk pages, or on that of the Broxtowe page if you want it to be open to others. Kevin McE (talk) 20:58, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 October 2018
- From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely
- News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks
- In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias
- Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
- Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
- Technology report: Bots galore!
- Special report: NPP needs you
- Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six
- In focus: Alexa
- Gallery: Out of this world!
- Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
- Humour: Talk page humour
- Opinion: Strickland incident
- From the archives: The Gardner Interview
Hinault
Thanks for you edits to Bernard Hinault! I have yet to edit those sections, but they will receive quite an overhaul. Should I let you know when I am through the article so that you can take a look at it? Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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Can you offer your opinion in this discussion?
Hi. In the past you've offered your opinion in choosing photos for the Infobox. Can you offer your neutral opinion in this discussion on a related topic? It may go toward a precedent regarding captions. Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream (talk) 20:10, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Carlos Ghosn
You kept remove the Lebanese/Lebanon reference from his biography without a valid reason whereas I added 4 references supporting my claims. Please reconsider reading the references before re-updating the wiki. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.90.171.115 (talk) 17:04, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- His grandfather was Lebanese born. That means his father could have taken out Lebanese nationality, but we have no evidence about that. If his father did not take up that option, then he has no entitlement, according to the article on Lebanese nationality law, to that status. Kevin McE (talk) 18:18, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 December 2018
- From the editor: Time for a truce
- Special report: The Christmas wishlist
- Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee
- Arbitration report: A long break ends
- Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight
- Gallery: Intersections
- From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis
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Swallow
OK now you're simply edit warring. Inserting the same contested change three times is not acceptable. Please revert your latest change and discuss on the talk page per usual BRD conventions. Saw wings are certainly Hiruninae but that doesn't mean we should do original research and say there are three subdivisions when all the sources say there are two. But more importantly, when your change to a long-standing piece of text is challenged, you seek consensus, you don't edit war. A long standing and respected editor like yourself should know that. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 08:56, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2018
- From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?
- News and notes: Some wishes do come true
- In the media: Political hijinks
- Discussion report: A new record low for RfA
- WikiProject report: Articlegenesis
- Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case
- Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents
- Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone
- Blog: News from the WMF
- Humour: I believe in Bigfoot
- Essay: Requests for medication
- From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again
Pauliner
I'll work on the church tomorrow, but you can go ahead and improve. The church is dedicated to Saint Paul. The friars were colloquially named after him. ---Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
- The church would have been called St Paul as a dedication to Paul by the Dominicans, and I guess the Dominicans, the Order of Preachers, would have a natural inclination towards Paul, but I have never heard of them being called the Paulines: there is an order called the Paulines, but their name comes from a different St Paul, and an order of much more recent foundation called the Paulists, but neither within the Dominican family. I checked the de.wiki page on the Dominicans, and there is no reference there to Paul (CTRL-F and Paul in the searchbox: I don't speak German): might it have been that the Dominicans locally were nicknamed 'Pauliners' as they were the priests from St Paul's? Either way, I think the explanation a sentence or two later was the clearer of the two renderings of the info. Apologies, my edit note was unnecessarily brusque. HNY Kevin McE (talk) 16:23, 30 December 2018 (UTC)