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24 December 2023
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Francisco Anzola
– CC 2.0
Special report
Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.
Sandro Botticelli
– PD
News and notes
The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...
Smirkybec
– CC BY-SA 4.0
In the media
Consider the humble fork
Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.
Arabic Wikipedia contributors
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Discussion report
Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.
Matvej Alekseev
– CC0 1.0
In focus
Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".
Andrés Nieto Porras
– CC BY-SA 2.0
Technology report
Dark mode is coming
No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.
Siddharth Patil
– Kopimi
Recent research
"LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
And other new research publications.
William Morris & Co
– PD
Gallery
A feast of holidays and carols
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!
Edward Linley Sambourne
– PD
Comix
Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
the dilution makes it stronger.
JPxG
– CC 4.0 BY-SA
Crossword
when the crossword is sus
The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.
Pat Loika
– CC 3.0 BY
Traffic report
What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.
East718
– CC 3.0 BY-SA
From the editor
A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
The debugging will continue until performance improves.
JPxG
– CC 4.0 BY-SA
Apocrypha
Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!
Moshe Milner
– PD
Humour
Guess the joke contest
Winner receives a special prize!
Tim Felce
– CC 2.0 BY-SA
BJAODN
Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
Edit summary: "Only need this page for about 30 minutes to demonstrate to a friend how easy it is to create a Wikipedia page. Then it will be deleted."
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