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The Signpost is a community-written and -edited online newspaper covering the English Wikipedia, its sister projects, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Wikimedia movement at large, currently published twice a month. Since its launch in 2005, there have been 701 Signpost issues published, comprising 5601 articles, and 13657 pages total (4456 talk and 9201 non-talk).
The Signpost is produced by volunteers, and is independent of the Wikimedia Foundation and other Wikimedia organizations. The original name of the newspaper was The Wikipedia Signpost; it was shortened to the The Signpost in August 2010 as a symbol of an expansion in scope beyond the English Wikipedia. Our statement of purpose guides our efforts. Editorial decisions are made by the editorial board, composed of Wikimedia volunteers, and ultimately by the Editor in Chief.
Unlike most Wikipedia pages, each Signpost article carries a byline to indicate its author, and is edited by at least one other team member. We welcome post-publication edits such as grammatical and spelling corrections to articles, subject to review by the Signpost team; we value our readers' efforts to correct simple mistakes and provide needed clarifications. Anyone may submit articles; suggestions and news tips are welcomed on our suggestions page. Aspiring contributors may wish to consult our Quick start page and our newsroom.
Our readers have several options for subscription or notification of new issues, outlined on our subscription page.
The magazine focuses on three things, broadly speaking:
EDITORIAL BOARD | |||
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Editor-in-chief | JPxG | Editor-in-chief emeritus | Andreas Kolbe, Bri, Frostly, HaeB, Smallbones |
Editors | Bluerasberry, Bri, Headbomb, Smallbones |
Copyeditors | Gerald Waldo Luis, Headbomb, isaacl, Adam Cuerden |
Publication manager | JPxG | Outreach manager | HaeB (Twitter/Facebook announcements), Andreas Kolbe (Wikimedia-l, Hacker News) |
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Arbitration report | JPxG | Humour | Various |
Discussion report | In the media | Various | |
Featured content | Adam Cuerden | News and notes | Various |
From the archives | Adam Cuerden | On the bright side | Help wanted! |
Gallery | Various | Serendipity | Vysotsky |
Recent research | HaeB (with Masssly) | Technology report | Help wanted! |
Tips and tricks | Headbomb | Traffic report | The Top 25 Report team |
WikiProject report | Help wanted! | Features | PAC2 |
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The Signpost has its own barnstar; feel free to award it to someone you think has done a significant amount of work in the project!
Just copy the following and add your own message.
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