Discussion report Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy 2020-08-02
Plus a proposed massive invasion of privacy!
Discussion report Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals 2020-06-28
Many Wikimedia community members are upset about the WMF's plan to rebrand. Plus, a discussion of Fox News's reliability.
Discussion report WMF's Universal Code of Conduct 2020-05-31
It's no April Fool's joke, but we discuss those, too.
Discussion report Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit 2020-04-26
The Wikimedia community discusses modifying or hiding the sidebar on the left of every page.
Discussion report Rethinking draft space 2020-03-29
Plus: geonotices, reliable sources, and job titles.
Traffic report The most viewed articles of 2019 2020-01-27
As only The Signpost can describe them.
News and notes Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings 2019-08-30
The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.
Discussion report Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users 2019-08-30
Can we survive without IP addresses?
Discussion report New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban 2019-07-31
Resysop requests on the ’crat board prove controversial; plus, aftermath of Framgate.
Discussion report Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia 2019-05-31
Neutrality and copyright concerns lead to a proposal to remove all admins on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia. Plus: arbitration enforcement controversy and part 2 of the talk pages consultation.
Discussion report English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages 2019-04-30
Plus: another round of paid editing discussion.
Discussion report Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding 2019-03-31
From MFD to CSD, debates are continuing across Wikipedia about which portals should stay and which portals should go. Plus: Wikimedia rebranding and Macedonia naming conventions.
Discussion report Talking about talk pages 2019-02-28
This month's major discussions include a WMF talk page consultation and a proposed current events noticeboard.
Traffic report Death, royals and superheroes 2019-01-31
The most popular articles of 2018 include a cornucopia of superheroes (
Avengers ,
Black Panther ,
Aquaman , …), a gallery of the dearly departed (
Stephen Hawking ,
George W. Bush ,
Stan Lee , …), old and new members of the
British royal family , the
World Cup of
football , plus the perennial
millennials ,
Rocket Man , and
Tweeter-in-Chief returning from 2017.
Discussion report The future of the reference desk 2019-01-31
Plus: new speedy deletion criteria and admin activity requirements.
Discussion report Reliable Sources Noticeboard editors discuss deprecating sources 2018-12-24
A new record low for RfA: Plus: reliable sources, notability, and fallout from the self-blocking software changes.
Discussion report Farewell, Mediation Committee 2018-12-01
It was a good 15 years. Plus: admins, notability, substubs, and new padlocks.
Arbitration report A long break ends 2018-12-01
Arbcom takes its first new case since June.
Discussion report Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform 2018-10-28
Plus: two pending changes-related discussions, notability, and naming conventions.
In the media Knowledge under fire 2018-10-01
Can Wikipedians help save the world's knowledge and shine a light on current events?
Discussion report Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2 2018-10-01
Plus: signatures, shortcuts, and reliable sources.
Discussion report Drafting an interface administrator policy 2018-08-30
Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?
News and notes Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR 2018-07-31
New admins and Kudpung finally leaves NPP after 7 years.
Discussion report Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals 2018-07-31
And more: a new user group for editing code, Women in Red, and arbitrator articles.
Discussion report Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page 2018-06-29
Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.
Discussion report User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals 2018-05-24
A busy month for discussions on major topics.
Discussion report The future of portals 2018-04-26
What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?
