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Particularly sensitive topic

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This news story seems guaranteed to raise major complaints from at least two groups. I don't have a particular expertise in the controversial areas. I was looking for somebody who has handled this topic well in The Signpost before. @Bluerasberry: do you know of somebody who could write this up or even just be an "expert source" in the area? Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the author of 2020-06-28 In focus, "Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism", which touched on online harassment and discrimination, hasn't edited for a while. But perhaps we could include a link to it as backgrounder. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:39, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They've got proposals

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Hello! In addition to Ryan McGrady's article for Free Policy Press, which you already added and proposes the implementation of a "Wikipedia Liberty Index", there's also a recent post from D.F. Lovett's "Edit History" newsletter, where he suggests that a banner that emphasized the fact that Wikipedia is "an ever-evolving, volunteer-maintained project owned and operated by a nonprofit organization" would help the platform get less misunderstood and criticized...

Thoughts? Oltrepier (talk) 20:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Signposters. [Following a conversation with Smallbones and HaeB] I'd like to write something based on the TPP piece to pitch to the Signpost. Some combination of excerpts and a paragraph or two about possible next steps (I asked them to put a CC BY-SA 4.0 license on it to facilitate doing so). What would be a sensible deadline for me to get you a draft? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:09, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Community view part 3 is ready for copyediting early. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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