Signpost is calling for position pieces, calls to arms, perspectives from other projects , debates and essays addressing important issues facing the English Wikipedia and the broader Wikimedia community. Have a project that you'd like to highlight? An issue that you'd like to bring to light? An essay you'd like to publish? Bring it to us and let us help you make it known. The Signpost actively solicits op-eds from the community, subject the approval of the editor-in-chief, Pete Forsyth .
The opinion desk acts as a holding pen for submissions to give feedback and try to find ways to improve and polish them, and to collect sets of related pieces. The publication of opinion pieces is at the ultimate discretion of the Signpost ' s editor in chief, Pete Forsyth (typically in consultation with Signpost team members). Before continuing please make sure that your particular publication is not more appropriate as a special report instead.
Do you have a proposal for an essay you'd like to write and publish? If so please read and understand the submission guidelines below, then create a new submission in the submissions column below explaining the content of your essay and the reason you think it is topical or should be pursued. Because of the sensitive nature of op-eds, it's good habit to wait on editorial feedback from the editor(s)-in-chief before starting writing.
Would you like to publish an essay you've already written? Do the same as you would with a new proposal, but be sure to include a link to the essay in your submission.
Would you like to comment on essays and ideas currently under consideration? Feel free to do so; this process is open to the community at large. While submissions that take strong positions on important issues are welcome, we ask that comments be kept constructive. If you are unclear on any of the process or have questions related thereto, feel free to use the talkpage.
If you are ready to submit a proposal simply list your submission below; items here are automatically transcluded to the Signpost hub, the Newsroom , and so no further action on your part is required until you get a response from the editors.
If you are ready to submit a proposal you can use the proposal button below to do so.
If you are ready to start writing you can use the draft button below to do so.
The criteria for publishing opinion pieces are quality of argument, originality, and relevance to the community, as judged by the Signpost . Similar to newspaper op-eds , opinion pieces should be accompanied by an extended byline (suggestion: one to three sentences), that briefly introduces the author and indicates why his or her opinion about the topic might interest the reader. The purpose of publishing opinion pieces is to provoke thought and discussion in a productive rather than antagonistic fashion, and so submissions should be well-researched and not factually misleading or unnecessarily inflammatory. A related set of submissions that address the same issue but from editors' different perspectives are especially encouraged.
Unlike the weekly news reporting focus of the standard Signpost articles, and the investigative and evaluative focus of its special reports and opinion pieces are primarily editorial in tone. As the Signpost does not have a house point-of-view or political agenda, it does not endorse the perspectives of opinion pieces, which express only the views of their authors.
Note : The following list is automatically generated using {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Article list }}. It is complete .
2008-01-07, WikBack: New Wikipedia discussion forum gains steam
2009-09-28, Opinion essay: White Barbarian
2009-12-07, Editorial: A digital restoration
2011-08-15, News and notes: Chapter funding and what skeptics and Latter Day Saints have in common
2011-08-29, Opinion essay: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
2011-09-05, Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care
2011-09-12, Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter
2011-09-26, Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the "German question"
2011-10-10, Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians
2011-10-24, Opinion essay: There is a deadline
2011-10-31, Opinion essay: The monster under the rug
2011-12-12, Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
2011-12-26, Opinion essay: Openness versus quality: why we're doing it wrong, and how to fix it
2012-06-25, Op-ed: A call for editorial input in developing new Creative Commons licensing
2012-07-02, Op-ed: Representing knowledge – metadata, data and linked data
2012-07-23, Op-ed: The future of PR on Wikipedia
2012-08-06, Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
2012-08-13, Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden
2012-08-20, Op-ed: Wikimedians are rightfully wary
2012-09-03, Op-ed: Dispute resolution – where we're at, what we're doing well, and what needs fixing
2012-09-10, Op-ed: Fixing Wikipedia's help pages one key to editor retention
2012-10-15, Op-ed: AdminCom: A proposal for changing the way we select admins
2012-11-05, Op-ed: 2012 WikiCup comes to an end
2012-12-17, Op-ed: Finding truth in Sandy Hook
2012-12-31, From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
2013-01-07, Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die
2013-01-28, In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia
2013-02-11, Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
2013-03-04, Op-ed: We must do more to turn readers into editors
2013-04-15, Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?
2013-06-12, Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons
2013-06-19, Op-ed: Two responses to "The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons"
2013-07-10, Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
2013-07-31, Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change
2013-09-25, Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia
2013-10-02, Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership
2014-01-08, Op-ed: WikiCup competition beginning a new year
2014-01-15, Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles
2014-02-26, Forum: Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
2014-03-19, Forum: Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects?
2014-03-26, Comment: A foolish request
2014-03-26, Op-ed: Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia
2014-04-23, Op-ed: Five things a Wikipedian in Residence can do
2014-06-04, Op-ed: "Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA
2014-07-23, Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform
2014-08-13, Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia
2014-08-20, Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia
2014-09-03, Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial
2014-09-10, Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready
2014-10-15, Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?
2014-10-22, Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest
2014-12-03, Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?
2014-12-10, Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!
2014-12-31, Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
2015-01-14, Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
2015-01-21, Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
2015-01-28, Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate
2015-02-04, Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
2015-02-18, Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition
2015-02-25, Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
2015-03-04, Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report
2015-03-11, Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters
2015-03-18, Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?
2015-03-25, Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization
2015-04-08, Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam
2015-05-13, Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?
2015-06-17, Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
2015-06-24, Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
2015-07-08, Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
2015-07-15, Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it
2015-07-29, Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian
2015-08-05, Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google
2015-08-12, Forum: Community voices on paid editing
2015-08-19, Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus
2015-08-26, Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?
2015-10-14, Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith
2015-10-28, Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying
2015-11-04, Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey
2015-11-11, Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed
2015-12-02, Op-ed: Whither Wikidata?
2015-12-09, Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view
2016-01-13, Community view: Battle for the soul of the WMF
2016-01-13, Op-ed: Transparency
2016-01-20, Op-ed: Not a pretty picture: Thoughts on the "monkey selfie" debacle
2016-01-27, Op-ed: Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy
2016-02-03, Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?
2016-02-17, Op-ed: Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month
2016-02-24, Op-ed: Backward the Foundation
2016-03-09, Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future
2016-03-16, Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges
2016-04-24, Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails
2016-06-15, Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing
2017-02-27, Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer
2018-05-24, Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?
2018-06-29, Op-ed: What do admins actually do?
2018-07-31, Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise
2018-12-01, Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia
2018-12-24, Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee
2019-01-31, Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected
2019-03-31, Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?
2019-04-30, Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps
2019-06-30, Op-Ed: 2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results
2019-06-30, Opinion: Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might
2019-08-30, Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored
2019-08-30, Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
2019-12-27, Op-Ed: Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap
2020-03-01, Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator
2020-03-01, Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
2020-04-26, Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together
2020-05-31, Op-Ed: Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
2020-06-28, Opinion: Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news
2020-08-30, Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
2020-11-01, Op-Ed: Anti-vandalism with masked IPs: the steps forward
2020-11-29, Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia
2020-11-29, Opinion: How billionaires rewrite Wikipedia
2020-12-28, Op-Ed: An unforgettable year we might wish to forget
2020-12-28, Opinion: How to make your factory's safety and labor issues disappear
2021-01-31, Opinion: Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation
2021-02-28, Opinion: The call for feedback on community seats is a distraction
2021-04-25, Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
2021-04-25, Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
2021-06-27, Forum: Is WMF fundraising abusive?
2021-09-26, Op-Ed: I've been desysopped
2021-09-26, Opinion: Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
2021-10-31, Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
2021-11-29, From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio?
2022-01-30, Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial
2022-01-30, Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?
2022-02-27, Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia
2022-05-29, Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
2022-06-26, Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
2022-08-01, Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
2022-08-01, Opinion: Criminals among us
2022-09-30, Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?
2022-11-28, Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality
2022-11-28, Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
2023-01-16, Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
2023-02-04, Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
2023-02-04, Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage
2023-02-20, Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground
2023-02-20, Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia
2023-04-26, Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth
2023-04-26, Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming
2023-08-01, Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
2023-08-15, Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
2023-11-06, Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk 
