The Signpost

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Our volunteer-run, independent newspaper has covered Wikipedia & Wikimedia since 2005.
Websitehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost
In the new Signpost:
▸ Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
▸ Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
▸ Indonesian government blocks Wikipedia logins
and more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2026-03-10
In the latest Signpost:
* Op-ed: Wikipedia at 25 - A Wake-Up Call
* The inbox behind Wikipedia: The Volunteer Response Team (VRT)
* Estonia's public broadcaster accuses English Wikipedia of spreading "Russian propaganda" in birthplace descriptions
and more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2026-01-15
In the new Signpost:
• Interview with incoming Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan (part 1)
• WMF wants more AI companies to pay for API access - but will it join Cloudflare's anti-crawler framework?
• Obituaries: [[User:Iwelam]] and [[User:A R King]]
And more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-12-17
In the new Signpost:
▸ WMF reports record revenue in 2024–2025
▸ Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
▸ The whitewashing attempts of Jeffrey Epstein's "online reputation managers"
▸ ChatGPT finds errors in 90% of "Today's featured article"s
and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-12-01
A new Signpost is out!
* Wikipedians and the media react to the launch of Elon Musk's AI-powered "Grokipedia"
* Jimmy Wales asks community to act over alleged bias in 'Gaza genocide' article
* 2025 WikiCup ends with record results
and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-11-10
A new Signpost is out!
* Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"
* Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
* Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: 1,339 recent noticeboard threads analyzed
and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-10-02
In the latest Signpost:
* Wikimedia Foundation loses court challenge to protect editors' identities from UK Online Safety Act
* Essay: The one question to ask before figuring out which Wikipedia policy applies
* US Congress probes Wikipedia
and more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-09-09
In the new Signpost:
* Portuguese court orders article redacted, editors' information turned over in Caesar DePaço case
* The article in the most languages turns out to be the single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history
* Mass use of checkuser tool by WMF employee triggers investigation, policy updates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-08-09
In the new Signpost:
▸ Newspaper's test finds outdated info, other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸ WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸ Should Wikinews be closed?
▸ Analysis: Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-07-18
In the new Signpost:
* Wikipedia administrators arrested in Belarus
* New "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
* Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
* A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
and more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2025-06-24