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I saw these stories in Christian press and thought they were not appropriate for The Signpost. It really doesn't have anything to do with us IMO. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bri I strongly agree, especially because Sanger's post doesn't appear to address his current view on Wikipedia in any meaningful way, aside of a few quick mentions here and there. Oltrepier (talk) 20:16, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that Sanger is an important individual, but we don't need to report on every aspect of his personal life. We should only report on his actions if they directly relate to Wikipedia, and the same goes for anyone else. Just because he was part of the process of creating the site doesn't mean we need to report on him every single time he's in the news. QuicoleJR (talk) 18:32, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody is arguing that we need to report on him every single time he's in the news, thats a red herring. However we do seem to more or less kneejerk Wales into the Signpost, but I will admit that the Wales coverage is also generally much more directly related to wikipedia. Maybe this is just my own perspective because I'm not an elder enough editor to remember the era in which Sanger was directly involved in the project, to me he's always seemed like more of a historical figure but one who was still immensely influential on the project. This doesn't seem like just anything, this seems significant. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 18:40, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see why his religion would be significant to a project he is no longer involved in. It might contextualize his criticism a little, but even that's a stretch. QuicoleJR (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think they are appropriate for the Signpost because Sanger matters a great deal to the community (even if just as a punching bag). The Signpost isn't a formal part of wikipedia, we should have leeway to cover this sort of thing. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also don't see why it is relevant to Wikipedia at all. It just seems like being weirdly stalkerish about Sanger's life on our end. Or trying some sort of oblique "ha ha, we win" sort of mention. I don't think this should be included at all. And I say that as someone with strong negative opinions of the person in question. SilverserenC17:51, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would not throw a fit over a quick mention. However it still seems unrelated to our audience. Would we go out of our way to report on him experiencing other major life events, disconnected from Wikipedia, such as marrige or change of city of residence? I don't think so. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:22, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bri @Smallbones Good, thank you! I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of it, though, since I'm already working on the other lead story about the 404 Media report...
Regarding the Maharashtra cyber police thing and the article Chhaava.
I don't understand what's happening and reported it at AN. Here's what Malcolmxl5 said: Sambhaji has been seeing a lot of activity, prompted no doubt by the release of the film Chhaava. Basically, people are objecting to the depiction of Sambhaji in our article. Both the article and article talk page are currently protected. I'll try to work this into the item, somehow. It might have to get a big longer (i.e. moved out of "in brief"). ☆ Bri (talk) 18:18, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bri@Oltrepier Have you noticed that none of the press on this seems to be willing to go into what the problem is, as in quotes of WP-content and naming refs? Have they concluded they will be in trouble if they do? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:50, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@JPxG, Smallbones, Bri, Svampesky, and Jayen466: I've finally submitted my article on the 404 Media report about recent declarations by WMF executives and staffers on the development and extension of user protection tools.
As it's usually the case with my blurbs, there might be various passages that sound too clunky or verbose, so feel free to cut down or edit everything that needs to be fixed! Also, I've highlighted a couple of paragraphs towards the end that might need sources I wasn't able to find.
As usual, we are preparing this regular survey on recent academic research about Wikipedia, doubling as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter (now in its fifteenth volume). Help is welcome to review or summarize the many interesting items listed here, as are suggestions of other new research papers that haven't been covered yet. Regards, HaeB (talk) 05:12, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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