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The Signpost

January 13, 2023

For the project page about The Signpost, see Wikipedia:Signpost. For other uses, see The Signpost (disambiguation).

The Signpost (formerly The Wikipedia Signpost) is the Wikimedia movement's online newspaper. Managed by the volunteer community, it is published online with contributions from Wikimedia editors. The newspaper reports on the Wikimedia community and events related to Wikipedia, including Arbitration Committee rulings, Wikimedia Foundation issues, and other Wikipedia-related projects. It was founded in January 2005 by Wikipedian Michael Snow, who continued as a contributor until his February 2008 appointment to the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees.

The Signpost
Cover of The Signpost (February 24, 2016)
TypeMonthly newspaper
FormatOnline
Owner(s)Wikipedia community
Founder(s)Michael Snow
PublisherEnglish Wikipedia
Editor-in-chiefJPxG[1]
LaunchedJanuary 10, 2005
LanguageEnglish
Websiteen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost
Free online archivesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/Years

Former editor-in-chief The ed17 noted that during his tenure, from 2012 to 2015, the publication expanded its scope to report on the wider Wikimedia movement in addition to Wikipedia and its community.[2] After it reported on the changes to European freedom of panorama law in June 2015, a number of publications referred to The Signpost for further information.

The Signpost has been the subject of academic analysis in several journals, and was consulted by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dartmouth College. It has been covered by several publications, including the 2008 book Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, which called it essential for ambitious new Wikipedia editors.

History

 
Signpost founder Michael Snow later chaired the Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees.[3][4]

The online newspaper, first published in January 2005 as The Wikipedia Signpost, was later renamed The Signpost.[3][5] It was founded by Michael Snow, a Wikipedian who later chaired the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees.[3][4] Similar efforts had been made with Wikipedia:Announcements by Larry Sanger on November 20, 2001,[6][7] Wikimedia News on Meta-Wiki November 14, 2002,[8] and Wikipedia-Kurier in the German Wikipedia on December 10, 2003.[9]

Snow wrote in its first issue: "I hope this will be a worthwhile source of news for people interested in what is happening around the Wikipedia community",[10] and said that The Signpost's name was suggested by the Wikipedia practice of editors digitally signing talk-page posts.[10] He stepped down as editor of The Signpost in August 2005, continuing to write for the newspaper until his February 2008 appointment to the board of trustees.[11] Ral315 succeeded Snow as editor, writing in his first post: "I'd like to personally thank Michael for his work on the Signpost; it was a great idea that really helped Wikipedians learn more about the happenings on Wikipedia."[12] He conducted a survey for The Signpost in September 2007, estimating a weekly readership of approximately 2,800 Wikipedia users based on survey results.[13]

 
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Wikipedia Signpost

In July 2008, user Ral315 wrote about transparency for The Signpost, acknowledging that at the request of the Wikimedia Foundation, the newspaper had decided not to publish an article about a pending legal case against the foundation.[14] According to the editor, "I feel this was an unfortunate, but necessary move"; because of the newspaper's affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation, an article about the lawsuit "might have had a severe effect on the case."[14] Ral315 expressed concern about the future impact of the decision: "I'm still rather troubled by the very nature of this situation because it was the first time that I've felt pressured by the Wikimedia Foundation not to write or publish a story. This also leaves us with a dangerous precedent that I'm hoping only to keep in the most serious cases."[14]

 
Wikipedia community members working on The Signpost at a conference in New York City, 2009

The Signpost published its 200th issue in November 2008.[15] A total of 1,731 articles had been published, written by 181 contributors.[15] Wikipedia user Ragesoss took over as editor of the newspaper in February 2009, in an issue that featured a new layout.[16] Ragesoss resigned as editor in June 2010, and HaeB took over as the newspaper debated changing its name from The Wikipedia Signpost to The Signpost.[17] That year, sister Wikipedia publications managed by volunteer contributors included The Wikipedia Weekly, a podcast, and The Wikizine, a news bulletin.[18][19]

HaeB resigned as editor after he was hired by the Wikimedia Foundation in July 2011: "It would make it too much of a conflict of interest if I were to continue to make final editorial decisions for a community-run publication."[20] After three interim editors-in-chief,[21] Wikipedia user The ed17 took over in May 2012 as The Signpost's eighth editor.[22] He previously edited The Bugle, the publication of the WikiProject dedicated to improving the encyclopedia's military history articles.[22] The International Business Times noted in a 2013 article that The Signpost's investigative journalism uncovered a link between the Wiki-PR firm and conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia.[23]

 
2015 reporting by The Signpost on changes to freedom of panorama copyright restrictions in Europe was covered by publications in several languages, including German,[24] Italian,[25] Polish,[26] and Russian.[27]

After its June 2015 reporting on the likelihood of increased copyright restrictions in Europe involving changes to freedom of panorama,[28] The Signpost was consulted for information by publications in several languages, including English,[29][30] German,[24] Italian,[25] Polish,[26][31] and Russian.[27]

 
Heise Online highlighted the use of a papal conclave image in a Signpost article about the controversy with Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretikov, saying that it symbolized pressure on the foundation's board of trustees.[32]

Wikipedia users Gamaliel and Go Phightins! became editors-in-chief of The Signpost in January 2015.[2] The ed17 noted that during his tenure, the newspaper expanded its scope beyond the English Wikipedia to the wider Wikimedia movement.[2] In a January 2015 tenth-anniversary retrospective, Gamaliel emphasized that further improvements to the newspaper depended on collaboration and involvement by the Wikipedia community and invited users to contribute suggestions and join the editing team.[33] In their first issue of the newspaper as editors-in-chief, Go Phightins! and Gamaliel wrote about The Signpost's unique role: "We will strive to maintain our voice and standing as an independent entity, separate from the WMF, Wikimedia chapters, WikiEd, or other entities."[34]

In January 2016, Fortune and Ars Technica relied on The Signpost in reporting a vote of no confidence by Wikipedia editors against Arnnon Geshuri joining the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.[35][36] While reporting in February 2016 about controversy and confusion at the Wikimedia Foundation concerning executive director Lila Tretikov remaining in her position, The Signpost illustrated its article with a photo of black smoke emanating from a chimney in reference to the papal conclave used to select a pope.[32] According to Heise Online, the photo indicated pressure on the board to take action.[32] Andreas Kolbe wrote for The Signpost "that the creation of a successful search engine would transform volunteers into 'unpaid hamsters.'"[37]

Content

The Signpost publishes stories relating to the Wikipedia community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other Wikipedia-related projects,[38][39][40][41] and is provided free of charge.[42][43] The Wikipedia community manages the newspaper. From 2005 to March 2016, The Signpost was published weekly. In April 2016, the nominal periodicity was changed to "fortnightly" (every two weeks) due to a shortage of contributors.[44] But in January and February 2017 only three issues were published,[45] and none in March, April or May. It is now published monthly. Readers may choose to be notified of a new issue by email or, with a Wikipedia account, on their user talk page.[46]

The newspaper informs Wikipedia editors about ongoing collaborative projects to improve articles on the site[47] and is a location for centralized notices of recent academic studies about Wikipedia.[5] The Signpost includes an arbitration report, formerly known as "The Report on Lengthy Litigation", which details proceedings by Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[48]

The Signpost archives are publicly available, facilitating study of the history of Wikipedia.[49]

Analysis

In a 2009 article in the peer-reviewed academic journal Sociological Forum, Piotr Konieczny called The Signpost an example of a subcommunity within the larger Wikipedia community.[50] In the social-movements journal Interface that year, Konieczny cited The Signpost as part of the "complexity and richness of those organizations" in which people can volunteer their time on the site.[51]

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dartmouth College relied on Signpost archives to track Wikipedia editing outages, presenting their findings at the 2011 IEEEIWIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence.[52] In her 2013 study of Wikipedia and its reputation in higher education in the journal New Review of Academic Librarianship, Gemma Bayliss reviewed the Signpost Twitter feed to confirm the timeliness of her research.[53]

Reception

If you expect to continue editing at Wikipedia ... subscribe to ... The Wikipedia Signpost.

 —John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual[46]

In 2007 The New York Times called The Signpost a "mocked-up newspaper" with a retro style characteristic of Wikipedia and "its own special brand of kitsch".[54] In his 2008 book Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, John Broughton recommended The Signpost as essential reading for aspiring Wikipedia contributors: "If you expect to continue editing at Wikipedia for any length of time, by all means subscribe to ... The Wikipedia Signpost."[46]

Fortune called The Signpost "Wikipedia's insider newspaper".[35] In a 2016 article The Register's executive editor, Andrew Orlowski, called The Signpost "Wikipedia's own plucky newsletter."[55] According to Ars Technica tech-policy editor Joe Mullin, documents were leaked to (and published by) The Signpost about the Knight Foundation's Knowledge Engine grant for a Wikimedia Foundation search-engine project in February 2016.[56] Writing about the Knowledge Engine controversy, Nonprofit Quarterly editor-in-chief Ruth McCambridge directed technically minded readers to The Signpost "to better understand what was being planned."[57] In his article for the German magazine Heise Online, Torsten Kleinz wrote: "When official communications ground to a halt, The Signpost ... jumped into the breach, brought unknown facts to light and initiated an informed discussion."[58]

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b c Cohen, Noam (March 5, 2007). "A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side". The New York Times. p. C5. from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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  12. ^ Ral315 (August 15, 2005). "From the editor: As Michael Snow stopped operations on the Signpost last week, I chose to step in as editor". The Wikipedia Signpost. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  13. ^ Ral315 (September 24, 2007). "From the editor: Last week, I asked readers to respond to a survey, in order to help us make the Signpost more relevant". The Wikipedia Signpost. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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  20. ^ HaeB (July 11, 2011). "From the editor: Stepping down". The Signpost. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  21. ^ Jarry1250 (September 19, 2011). "From the editor: Changes to The Signpost". The Signpost. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  22. ^ a b The ed17 (May 21, 2012). "From the editor: New editor-in-chief". The Signpost. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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  24. ^ a b Diener, Andrea (June 27, 2015). . FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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  28. ^ Heald, J. (June 17, 2015). "Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe". The Signpost. from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  29. ^ Cheesman, Chris (June 23, 2015). . Amateur Photographer. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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  33. ^ Gamaliel (January 21, 2015). "Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost". The Signpost. from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  34. ^ Go Phightins! and Gamaliel (January 28, 2015). "From the editor: An editorial board that includes you". The Signpost. from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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Further reading

  • Snow, Michael (January 10, 2005). "From the editor: Welcome to the Signpost!". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (August 15, 2005). "From the editor: As Michael Snow stopped operations on the Signpost last week, I chose to step in as editor". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (September 24, 2007). "From the editor: Last week, I asked readers to respond to a survey, in order to help us make the Signpost more relevant". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (February 18, 2008). "From the editor: This week, I'd like to congratulate and thank Michael Snow". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (February 25, 2008). "Signpost interview: Michael Snow". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (July 7, 2008). "From the editor: Transparency". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ral315 (November 24, 2008). "From the editor: 200th issue". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ragesoss (February 16, 2009). "From the editor: A new leaf". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Ragesoss, Mono and Pretzels (June 7, 2010). "From the team: Changes to the Signpost". The Wikipedia Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • HaeB (July 11, 2011). "From the editor: Stepping down". The Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Jarry1250 (September 19, 2011). "From the editor: Changes to The Signpost". The Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • The ed17 (May 21, 2012). "From the editor: New editor-in-chief". The Signpost. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • The ed17 (January 21, 2015). "From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief". The Signpost. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Gamaliel (January 21, 2015). "Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost". The Signpost. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • Go Phightins! and Gamaliel (January 28, 2015). "From the editor: An editorial board that includes you". The Signpost. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  • "About The Signpost". The Signpost. 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

External links

 
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For the project page about The Signpost see Wikipedia Signpost For other uses see The Signpost disambiguation The Signpost formerly The Wikipedia Signpost is the Wikimedia movement s online newspaper Managed by the volunteer community it is published online with contributions from Wikimedia editors The newspaper reports on the Wikimedia community and events related to Wikipedia including Arbitration Committee rulings Wikimedia Foundation issues and other Wikipedia related projects It was founded in January 2005 by Wikipedian Michael Snow who continued as a contributor until his February 2008 appointment to the Wikimedia Foundation s Board of Trustees The SignpostCover of The Signpost February 24 2016 TypeMonthly newspaperFormatOnlineOwner s Wikipedia communityFounder s Michael SnowPublisherEnglish WikipediaEditor in chiefJPxG 1 LaunchedJanuary 10 2005LanguageEnglishWebsiteen wbr wikipedia wbr org wbr wiki wbr Wikipedia Wikipedia wbr SignpostFree online archivesen wbr wikipedia wbr org wbr wiki wbr Wikipedia Wikipedia wbr Signpost wbr Archives wbr YearsFormer editor in chief The ed17 noted that during his tenure from 2012 to 2015 the publication expanded its scope to report on the wider Wikimedia movement in addition to Wikipedia and its community 2 After it reported on the changes to European freedom of panorama law in June 2015 a number of publications referred to The Signpost for further information The Signpost has been the subject of academic analysis in several journals and was consulted by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dartmouth College It has been covered by several publications including the 2008 book Wikipedia The Missing Manual which called it essential for ambitious new Wikipedia editors Contents 1 History 2 Content 3 Analysis 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory Edit Signpost founder Michael Snow later chaired the Wikimedia Foundation s board of trustees 3 4 The online newspaper first published in January 2005 as The Wikipedia Signpost was later renamed The Signpost 3 5 It was founded by Michael Snow a Wikipedian who later chaired the Wikimedia Foundation s Board of Trustees 3 4 Similar efforts had been made with Wikipedia Announcements by Larry Sanger on November 20 2001 6 7 Wikimedia News on Meta Wiki November 14 2002 8 and Wikipedia Kurier in the German Wikipedia on December 10 2003 9 Snow wrote in its first issue I hope this will be a worthwhile source of news for people interested in what is happening around the Wikipedia community 10 and said that The Signpost s name was suggested by the Wikipedia practice of editors digitally signing talk page posts 10 He stepped down as editor of The Signpost in August 2005 continuing to write for the newspaper until his February 2008 appointment to the board of trustees 11 Ral315 succeeded Snow as editor writing in his first post I d like to personally thank Michael for his work on the Signpost it was a great idea that really helped Wikipedians learn more about the happenings on Wikipedia 12 He conducted a survey for The Signpost in September 2007 estimating a weekly readership of approximately 2 800 Wikipedia users based on survey results 13 Wikisource has original text related to this article Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Wikipedia Signpost In July 2008 user Ral315 wrote about transparency for The Signpost acknowledging that at the request of the Wikimedia Foundation the newspaper had decided not to publish an article about a pending legal case against the foundation 14 According to the editor I feel this was an unfortunate but necessary move because of the newspaper s affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation an article about the lawsuit might have had a severe effect on the case 14 Ral315 expressed concern about the future impact of the decision I m still rather troubled by the very nature of this situation because it was the first time that I ve felt pressured by the Wikimedia Foundation not to write or publish a story This also leaves us with a dangerous precedent that I m hoping only to keep in the most serious cases 14 Wikipedia community members working on The Signpost at a conference in New York City 2009 The Signpost published its 200th issue in November 2008 15 A total of 1 731 articles had been published written by 181 contributors 15 Wikipedia user Ragesoss took over as editor of the newspaper in February 2009 in an issue that featured a new layout 16 Ragesoss resigned as editor in June 2010 and HaeB took over as the newspaper debated changing its name from The Wikipedia Signpost to The Signpost 17 That year sister Wikipedia publications managed by volunteer contributors included The Wikipedia Weekly a podcast and The Wikizine a news bulletin 18 19 HaeB resigned as editor after he was hired by the Wikimedia Foundation in July 2011 It would make it too much of a conflict of interest if I were to continue to make final editorial decisions for a community run publication 20 After three interim editors in chief 21 Wikipedia user The ed17 took over in May 2012 as The Signpost s eighth editor 22 He previously edited The Bugle the publication of the WikiProject dedicated to improving the encyclopedia s military history articles 22 The International Business Times noted in a 2013 article that The Signpost s investigative journalism uncovered a link between the Wiki PR firm and conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia 23 2015 reporting by The Signpost on changes to freedom of panorama copyright restrictions in Europe was covered by publications in several languages including German 24 Italian 25 Polish 26 and Russian 27 After its June 2015 reporting on the likelihood of increased copyright restrictions in Europe involving changes to freedom of panorama 28 The Signpost was consulted for information by publications in several languages including English 29 30 German 24 Italian 25 Polish 26 31 and Russian 27 Heise Online highlighted the use of a papal conclave image in a Signpost article about the controversy with Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretikov saying that it symbolized pressure on the foundation s board of trustees 32 Wikipedia users Gamaliel and Go Phightins became editors in chief of The Signpost in January 2015 2 The ed17 noted that during his tenure the newspaper expanded its scope beyond the English Wikipedia to the wider Wikimedia movement 2 In a January 2015 tenth anniversary retrospective Gamaliel emphasized that further improvements to the newspaper depended on collaboration and involvement by the Wikipedia community and invited users to contribute suggestions and join the editing team 33 In their first issue of the newspaper as editors in chief Go Phightins and Gamaliel wrote about The Signpost s unique role We will strive to maintain our voice and standing as an independent entity separate from the WMF Wikimedia chapters WikiEd or other entities 34 In January 2016 Fortune and Ars Technica relied on The Signpost in reporting a vote of no confidence by Wikipedia editors against Arnnon Geshuri joining the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 35 36 While reporting in February 2016 about controversy and confusion at the Wikimedia Foundation concerning executive director Lila Tretikov remaining in her position The Signpost illustrated its article with a photo of black smoke emanating from a chimney in reference to the papal conclave used to select a pope 32 According to Heise Online the photo indicated pressure on the board to take action 32 Andreas Kolbe wrote for The Signpost that the creation of a successful search engine would transform volunteers into unpaid hamsters 37 Content EditThe Signpost publishes stories relating to the Wikipedia community the Wikimedia Foundation and other Wikipedia related projects 38 39 40 41 and is provided free of charge 42 43 The Wikipedia community manages the newspaper From 2005 to March 2016 The Signpost was published weekly In April 2016 the nominal periodicity was changed to fortnightly every two weeks due to a shortage of contributors 44 But in January and February 2017 only three issues were published 45 and none in March April or May It is now published monthly Readers may choose to be notified of a new issue by email or with a Wikipedia account on their user talk page 46 The newspaper informs Wikipedia editors about ongoing collaborative projects to improve articles on the site 47 and is a location for centralized notices of recent academic studies about Wikipedia 5 The Signpost includes an arbitration report formerly known as The Report on Lengthy Litigation which details proceedings by Wikipedia s Arbitration Committee 48 The Signpost archives are publicly available facilitating study of the history of Wikipedia 49 Analysis EditIn a 2009 article in the peer reviewed academic journal Sociological Forum Piotr Konieczny called The Signpost an example of a subcommunity within the larger Wikipedia community 50 In the social movements journal Interface that year Konieczny cited The Signpost as part of the complexity and richness of those organizations in which people can volunteer their time on the site 51 Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dartmouth College relied on Signpost archives to track Wikipedia editing outages presenting their findings at the 2011 IEEEIWIC ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 52 In her 2013 study of Wikipedia and its reputation in higher education in the journal New Review of Academic Librarianship Gemma Bayliss reviewed the Signpost Twitter feed to confirm the timeliness of her research 53 Reception EditIf you expect to continue editing at Wikipedia subscribe to The Wikipedia Signpost John Broughton Wikipedia The Missing Manual 46 In 2007 The New York Times called The Signpost a mocked up newspaper with a retro style characteristic of Wikipedia and its own special brand of kitsch 54 In his 2008 book Wikipedia The Missing Manual John Broughton recommended The Signpost as essential reading for aspiring Wikipedia contributors If you expect to continue editing at Wikipedia for any length of time by all means subscribe to The Wikipedia Signpost 46 Fortune called The Signpost Wikipedia s insider newspaper 35 In a 2016 article The Register s executive editor Andrew Orlowski called The Signpost Wikipedia s own plucky newsletter 55 According to Ars Technica tech policy editor Joe Mullin documents were leaked to and published by The Signpost about the Knight Foundation s Knowledge Engine grant for a Wikimedia Foundation search engine project in February 2016 56 Writing about the Knowledge Engine controversy Nonprofit Quarterly editor in chief Ruth McCambridge directed technically minded readers to The Signpost to better understand what was being planned 57 In his article for the German magazine Heise Online Torsten Kleinz wrote When official communications ground to a halt The Signpost jumped into the breach brought unknown facts to light and initiated an informed discussion 58 See also Edit Internet portal Journalism portal Wikipedia portalThe Truth According to Wikipedia Truth in Numbers Wikipedia A New Community of Practice The Wikipedia Revolution The World and WikipediaReferences Edit Wikipedia Wikipedia Signpost About a b c The ed17 January 21 2015 From the editor Introducing your new editors in chief The Signpost Archived from the original on February 17 2022 Retrieved April 30 2021 a b c Cohen Noam March 5 2007 A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side The New York Times p C5 Archived from the original on July 21 2016 Retrieved February 29 2016 a b McCarthy Caroline July 18 2008 Wikimedia Foundation edits its Board of Trustees CNET Archived from the original on March 1 2016 Retrieved March 1 2016 a b Okoli Chitu Mehdi Mohamad Mesgari Mostafa Nielsen Finn Arup Lanamaki Arto October 24 2012 The people s encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages A systematic review of scholarly 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April 30 2021 Ragesoss Mono and Pretzels June 7 2010 From the team Changes to the Signpost The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved April 30 2021 Chen Shun Lin April 30 2010 Wikipedia A Republic of Science Democratized Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 20 2 ISSN 1059 4280 OCLC 23860428 SSRN 1826325 Reagle Joseph Michael 2010 Good Faith Collaboration The Culture of Wikipedia History and Foundations of Information Science MIT Press pp 9 178 ISBN 978 0262014472 HaeB July 11 2011 From the editor Stepping down The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved April 30 2021 Jarry1250 September 19 2011 From the editor Changes to The Signpost The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved April 30 2021 a b The ed17 May 21 2012 From the editor New editor in chief The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved April 30 2021 Halleck Thomas November 8 2013 Wikipedia And Paid Edits Companies Pay Top 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Signpost interview Michael Snow The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on February 21 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 Ral315 July 7 2008 From the editor Transparency The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 Ral315 November 24 2008 From the editor 200th issue The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on November 9 2020 Retrieved March 1 2016 Ragesoss February 16 2009 From the editor A new leaf The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 Ragesoss Mono and Pretzels June 7 2010 From the team Changes to the Signpost The Wikipedia Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 HaeB July 11 2011 From the editor Stepping down The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 Jarry1250 September 19 2011 From the editor Changes to The Signpost The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 The ed17 May 21 2012 From the editor New editor in chief The Signpost Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 The ed17 January 21 2015 From the editor Introducing your new editors in chief The Signpost Archived from the original on September 15 2020 Retrieved March 1 2016 Gamaliel January 21 2015 Anniversary A decade of the Signpost The Signpost Archived from the original on September 15 2020 Retrieved March 1 2016 Go Phightins and Gamaliel January 28 2015 From the editor An editorial board that includes you The Signpost Archived from the original on April 30 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 About The Signpost The Signpost 2016 Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved March 1 2016 External links Edit Wikisource has original text related to this article Category Wikipedia Signpost Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikipedia Signpost The Signpost homepage Wikisignpost official Twitter account Wikisignpost official Facebook account Retrieved from https en 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