The Signpost
Volume 22
Issue 8
21 June 2026


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Ildefonse – PD
From the editors
Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism
Pointing the way to your contribution to The Signpost!
Familydestinationsguide.com – cc-by-2.0
News and notes
Community Tech development team disbanded
And English Wikipedia reaches a milestone in number of highly active editors.
John R. Clark, Jr – PD
Disinformation report
PR for the people?
Or, "PR using PR for PR"?
Granada and MWilliams (WMF) – cc by-sa 4.0
Recent research
Proposed tagging system for AI involvement; successful and unsuccessful AI tools for contributors
And other new research publications.
Edmund of Hadenham – PD
In the media
Who won a 14th century battle and who won the 2026 Iran war?
Media take issue with portrayals of recent and medieval history on Wikipedia. Plus a team supporting Wikipedians gets dissolved, and a few other things.
Wikimedia Foundation – CC BY 4.0
Community view
Putting the Wish into the Wishlist
A history of the Wikimedia community's request process to Foundation developers.
Metropolitan Museum of Art – CC0
In focus
A global standard for Neutral Point of View
Wikipedians are commenting on a proposed global standard for neutral point of view.
Steve Dunleavy – cc-by-2.0
On the bright side
Flowers, blue helmets, reefs, pride, and Juneteenth
Nice things around the world.
Margeigh Novotny – cc by-sa 4.0
Op-ed
Breathe, Don’t Panic, there is a different story about Wikimedia + AI futures
We can build a strategy about AI that doesn't just center on readers; there are still plenty of humans to write the encyclopedia and work on diverse global knowledge.
BryanDavis – cc-zero
Opinion
Wikimedia Foundation staff develop union and Wikimedia user community reacts
Why should editors support the Wiki Workers United union drive? Lessons the Wikimedia movement can learn from other labor struggles.
Katya Nakonechnaya – CC BY-SA 3.0
Technology report
Community Tech team is disbanded, controversy erupts
WMF disbands Community Tech, sparking community backlash over the future of the Wishlist and concerns about unionization.
daveynin – cc-by-2.0
Traffic report
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Horror movies and Michael Jackson dominate theaters in the lead-up to the World Cup.
King ChristLike – CC BY-SA 4.0
WikiConference report
Report of Volunteer Supporters Network Annual Meeting 2026
Outreach staff of Wikimedia chapters host a global discussion.
Artist unknown (Punch) – PD
Comix
Take your turn
In a maze of twisty little edits, all alike.
Bri and Andrew Smith – cc-by-4.0
Humour
Group of banned T-shirt makers comes out of hiding to sell new Wikipedia-themed merchandise
It ain't WikiProject United Nations, but you will find some PUNs.
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