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Update on Wikipedia's categorization under the UK's Online Services Act
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- Submission: User:ELappen_(WMF)/Wikipedia_outside_cat_1_OSA
- Column: News from the WMF
- Author: PBradley-WMF, submitted by ELappen_(WMF)
- Discussion: We had a significant update in this case this week as Wikipedia was, for now, excluded from Category 1 under the OSA. We'd like to inform Signpost readers on how the case is evolving and what it means for future legislation impacting Wikipedia, in the UK and beyond. Pinging in Smallbones in case this piece is of interest for the next issue. --ELappen (WMF) (talk) 19:44, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
OKA Translation Initiative
[edit]- Submission: User:7804j/Ten thousand translated articles: what OKA learned about AI-assisted Wikipedia translation
- Column: Opinion
- Author: 7804j
- Discussion: We'd like to share OKA's story — how we went from a small experiment in 2022 to coordinating translation work across 80+ editors who published 13k+ articles, what we've learned (sometimes the hard way) from community feedback, and what our recent empirical study revealed about which LLM models actually work well for translation versus which ones just make things worse. Recent ANI discussions surfaced real concerns about our quality control processes, and we want to walk through how we're addressing those issues, including our upcoming peer review system. 7804j (talk) 20:42, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
- @7804j: Please develop your submission at User:7804j/OKA: grants for translators assisted by LLMs. If it is not burdensome, then submit as much content as you would like, perhaps 500-2000 words. If you want interim feedback, then at least make a few section headings and put a few sentences under each, even if it does not tell a full story. I think you know your way around wiki and have a good sense of how to talk with the Wikimedia community, but this story does hit multiple hot topics including paid editing, inclusion of people in lower middle countries, AI, and putting a process on the table to address decades-old cross-wiki translation backlogs. I am grateful for your submission. Also I want to connect you with feedback before publication, to get some confirmation that you will not be misunderstood. Bluerasberry (talk) 18:43, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
- Update: the draft is now ready for review 7804j (talk) 20:57, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
- @7804j: Please develop your submission at User:7804j/OKA: grants for translators assisted by LLMs. If it is not burdensome, then submit as much content as you would like, perhaps 500-2000 words. If you want interim feedback, then at least make a few section headings and put a few sentences under each, even if it does not tell a full story. I think you know your way around wiki and have a good sense of how to talk with the Wikimedia community, but this story does hit multiple hot topics including paid editing, inclusion of people in lower middle countries, AI, and putting a process on the table to address decades-old cross-wiki translation backlogs. I am grateful for your submission. Also I want to connect you with feedback before publication, to get some confirmation that you will not be misunderstood. Bluerasberry (talk) 18:43, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
- In review at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Drafts/Opinion Bluerasberry (talk) 20:10, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Declined in March 2026 at Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Archive_48#22:5_publication for using AI-generated text. Signpost editorial policy is that AI text is not allowed. My own opinion is that there is a line for allowing AI, and that line is fuzzy. Bluerasberry (talk) 23:23, 24 August 2026 (UTC)
Contentious populations
[edit]- Submission: Wikipedia:Contentious populations
- Column: Essay / TBD
- Author: Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist
- Discussion:
This piece is about how Wikipedia designates demographics and minorities as "contentious topics", leaving them subject to harsher sanctions than other editors Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist: I approve your submission. It is still left to other reviewers to approve the publication. As a next step please copy / start to adapt this to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Essay.
- All Signpost articles run with at least one picture in the header template, so please also either you select an image, or expect Signpost editors to do this if and when the piece runs.
- I cannot speak for my fellow editors especially on sensitive topics, but I like this piece and want to run it. I totally understand why you decline to name the populations being discussed. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:34, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you! I copied it over and added an image. (Un)luckily, the issue described in the piece is so demographic-agnostic and recurring that I don't need to name the population we're thinking of lol. Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 16:10, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Bluerasberry Author is blocked nhals8 (rats in the house of the dead) 09:19, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- @.nhals8: I am not sure what to do here and would appreciate advice.
- From one perspective, I should not have invited the author to submit here. From another perspective, this is a timely essay, and it would have been welcome from someone else, and I do not want the discussion itself blocked for 3+ years or however long until possibly, the original author negotiates limited right to talk in a narrow way about topics that overlap their restriction. I gave an explanation at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment/Archive_136#Statement_by_bluerasberry. The original author is not the sole stakeholder in this discussion.
- I am not sure what you know or thing about any of this, but right - obviously nothing proceeds without extraordinary review including probably from ArbCom. This journalism is paused for now for sure. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:23, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Bluerasberry It's just me informing as I also don't know what to do at this point. Perhaps we re-inform them that the Signpost is still open for articles regarding this matter ? Otherwise, I don't like this matter being delayed for a few weeks or months. nhals8 (rats in the house of the dead) 23:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Bluerasberry Author is blocked nhals8 (rats in the house of the dead) 09:19, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you! I copied it over and added an image. (Un)luckily, the issue described in the piece is so demographic-agnostic and recurring that I don't need to name the population we're thinking of lol. Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 16:10, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
Declined June 2026
- Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Archive_50#22:8_Essay
- Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Archive_48#22:7_Essay
Bluerasberry (talk) 23:27, 24 August 2026 (UTC)
Are we embarrassed yet?
[edit]- Submission: User:Czarking0/Are we embarrassed yet?
- Column: Opinion
- Author: Czarking0
- Discussion:
This piece is about my efforts to make a FOIA request to find out what Ed has been up to.Czarking0 (talk) 00:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Czarking0: When will you have this ready, or when do you want to submit to Signpost editors? This looks mostly ready to go and could just be chopped with copyediting to submit. I understand that your actual FOIA request may differ a bit if you have not submitted but it would be helpful to publish notice in The Signpost if submission is imminent. I do not want to overcomplicate any of this.
- Publication should be this weekend. Bluerasberry (talk) 17:55, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- I just did some further copyediting. I'd like to submit this presently. Czarking0 (talk) 05:17, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Do I need to do something further here? Czarking0 (talk) 14:49, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Czarking0 I moved it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Opinion so it will display in the fancy Signpost draft templates ~ In solidarity 🦝 Shushugah (talk) 14:55, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Bluerasberry: I wanted to let you know this was moved out of the next issue. I will update the status soon Czarking0 (talk) 23:52, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Czarking0 I moved it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Opinion so it will display in the fancy Signpost draft templates ~ In solidarity 🦝 Shushugah (talk) 14:55, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- Published August 2026 Bluerasberry (talk) 23:28, 24 August 2026 (UTC)
Follow up to FOIA piece
[edit]- Submission: TBD
- Column: TBD
- Author: Czarking0
- Discussion: My previous work, Are We Embarrassed Yet? Outlines a FOIA request I would like to make. I am doing additional legwork on actually filling this and one of the standards for the news media fee category (which will lower the cost of the filing) is that I have a reasonable expectation to publish original work that transforms the information given by the government. In order to show that I would like to open some discussion on the interest this publication has in a joint effort between myself and other editors to analyze the government's findings and publish our analysis in the Signpost.23:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Czarking0: Thanks, you and I have been talking about this piece for a while.
- I am not sure what happened between your last submission and now but if I can help with something - formatting, getting community review outside of Signpost, facilitating a Signpost process, then let me know. Bluerasberry (talk) 16:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
