User talk:Horsesizedduck

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Collaboration and consensus

I noticed that you made a change at Carl Friedrich Gauss, and after I changed part of it as not an improvement to the article, you came back within a few minutes and reverted, in order to reinstall your original version again. This is not how things are done at Wikipedia. It's fine to WP:BE BOLD and make a change you think will improve the article, as you did in this edit, but if another editor objects to part of it, as was the case here, rather than just revert in order to keep your original content, please go to the Talk page of the article and discuss any content disagreement with other editors. Wikipedia works by consensus, not by trying to force your changes into the article; that just leads to Edit warring. Please see the guideline at WP:BRD for details. Another thing you can do, is instead of making one large edit, with changes sprinkled all over the article, make several smaller edits, so that if only part of it is problematic, it's easier to keep the parts that other editors are happy with, and just redo the ones that need it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or on my Talk page. And once again, welcome! Mathglot (talk) 09:51, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome! Please consider this mistake mistake a consequence of inexperience and unfamiliarity. Hope I'll hear from you again. Horsesizedduck (talk) 13:08, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (June 8)

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Favor?

I recently nominated Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair to GA and had to revise some sentences in the process. If you could revise it like you did with To Your Eternity I would appreciate it. Also, if you are interested Eternity was listed to be copyedited by the guild so it might be possible to nominate it too in the future for GA. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:04, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invite! I'll take a look. Horsesizedduck (talk) 22:12, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It looks pretty good but suggest trimming a bit the plot section. Use Rurouni Kenshin as an example. That series has 28 volumes but the plot is quite smaller as early story arcs are briefly treated in sections like the friends Kenshin earns and rivals. When it comes to reception I recommend using Akudama Drive or X (manga) as examples. In these articles rather than saying "Writer X said something", each paragraph focuses on a different subject like formal letter like, premise, characters, art, finale, etc. The art of Chainsawman could be discussed in a paragraph. Kinda similar to what we did with To Your Eternity. I hope this helps. Happy editing.Tintor2 (talk) 11:40, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To Your Eternity is being copyedited now so if you are interested we might as well nominate it to GA once it's done. Also, in case you are interested I just have been created two character articles from Akudama. You think you could check the prose of Courier (Akudama Drive) if possible? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 14:16, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Sure! I may be a little tight on time for the coming weeks, so expect a little delay, but I'll see what I can do. Horsesizedduck (talk) 14:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Number of words

You can find the number of words of an article through Wikipedia:Prosesize#Installation and removal. :) I think the relevant output is the 'readable prose size'. Urve 13:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To Your Eternity

BarnSakura for excellent edits

To Your Eternity became GA :D Thanks for the help. You deserve the award with how many articles you edit. Keep up the good work.

|Tintor2 (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Tintor2: I'm having a great time with editing indeed. Always feel free to call on my services! Horsesizedduck (talk) 00:22, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not planning anything now although I tried expanding the old article Darker than Black.Tintor2 (talk) 01:12, 15 July 2021 (UTC) Courier went GA. Thanks for the edits. Are you planning to edit anything?Tintor2 (talk) 18:16, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In the past months I created Hei (Darker than Black). While it is appropiately sourced and has coverage of most aspects of the character, its prose needs some clean up. If you could revise it I would appreciate it. Probably the section that needs the most clean up is characerization and themes due to the commentary provided through analysis. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 22:19, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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It's been long since I saw you. I'm currently planning to bring Jujutsu Kaisen 0 to GA as I think its size and coverage is enough. Feel free to revise like you did with Gojo. Happy holidays.Tintor2 (talk) 13:21, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.

In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.

Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.

Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled
Just three for the history books this month (or not).

Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it
Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.

Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.

Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?
Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.

Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!

Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.

Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving
Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.

Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.

Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel
Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?

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Hi there, well, this might be completely unnecessary to write to you but, i just received your thanks for one of my minor edit on the article Attack on Titan (season 4). I just wanted to let you know i received it and it did bring a smile on my face knowing that my edit was helpful. Thank you for your thanks. Have a good day and happy editing on Wikipedia. paperpseudonym (talk) 18:49, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Paperpseudonym Thanks for the kind words! I am happy to have made you happy! Your edits were indeed helpful. It was lovely to be a part of this positive feeling ouroboros. Happy editing! Horsesizedduck (talk) 19:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.

News and notes: Information considered harmful
Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.

In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
Real news or silly season?

Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
"This year's victory was sad and dull."

Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.

Community view: Youth culture and notability
Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?

Opinion: Criminals among us
Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.

Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3

Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
GPT-3 whips it out.

Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
And when is 'today'?

Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July
The world shows its messy complexity.

Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
More lists expected next month.

Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!

In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
PAC2 explains the item documentation template.

On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
Education, climate change, and journalism.

Essay: How to research an image
Zoom and enhance.

Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
But Commons is a treasure trove.

Gallery: A backstage pass
All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...

Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Strange mysteries of our animal world.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
jimmy@wikipedia.org donate@wikimedia.org (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.

Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.

In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!

Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links

News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
Change and stability.

In focus: Thinking inside the box
All there is to know about userboxen.

Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.

Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!

Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
One exterior, one interior.

Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".

Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
And other new research

Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.

Essay: Delete the junk!
Some articles aren't worth saving

Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)
Edinburgh in August.

Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.

In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers
Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?

In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements
Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?

Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.

Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News
Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.

Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship
Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.

Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?
Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.

Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos
Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.

Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future
And other research news.

Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs
Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.

Featured content: Farm-fresh content
This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.

Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2
Lo!

CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
When Commons gives you a blank space...

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022
Yes, again.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

From the team: A new goose on the roost
Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.

News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.

News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.

In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias
Wading into several controversies.

Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove
I can has Kremlin sockfarms?

Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?
And other new research publications.

Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.

Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com
Featured content from October.

Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?
The strength of Wikipedia is the peer review afterwards.

Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal
More serial killers than you can shake a stick at!

From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver
What tales echo in these hallowed halls.

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"
Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"
Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC
An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future
Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed
Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality
Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?

Book review: Writing the Revolution
Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality
Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.

Essay: The Six Million FP Man
Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.

Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff
Productively doing nothing

Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"
And other research findings.

Featured content: A great month for featured articles
Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.

Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia
A lost article from our deep annals

Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports
The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection.

CommonsComix: Joker's trick
A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast.

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.

In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!

Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.

Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
Wikifunctions might drag it down.

Essay: Mobile editing
Frustrations and successes.

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022
Congratulations.

Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes
And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.

Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?
You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!
It is mostly about football!

CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again
It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.

In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.

Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.

In focus: Busting into Grand Central
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.

Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
The economics of Wikipedia.

Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.

Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".

Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.

Featured content: Flip your lid
...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022
War, sports, and all types of chaos.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function
Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.

News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.

Section 230: Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia
Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.

Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos
Or Santos on Wikipedia?

Special report: Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation
WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars

In the media: Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate
The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.

Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage
English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.

Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias
And other new research publications.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour
An interview with those who pitch in together

Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles
Letting you find out about yourself (and others).

Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea
An exceptionally good period for featured articles.

Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT
Can we have a chat?

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023

News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan
UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.

In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage
Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.

Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?
Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.

Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia
GPT: friend or foe?

Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK
Your one-stop hooker's handbook.

Featured content: Eden, lost.
But much else to be found.

Gallery: Love is in the air
Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.

Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world
And maybe a side of AI.

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!
Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!

Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground
Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.

Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song
A musical interlude.

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
A lack of transparency.

Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.

In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
Probable answers: No, no, maybe?

Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.

Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
And other new research publications.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians
One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.

In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences
Everything is broken, again.

Featured content: Way too many featured articles
Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!

Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA
An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.

Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?
All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions
Errata regretted.

News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI
Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.

In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news
Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing
Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.

Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid
Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.

Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT
And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages
A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.

Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic
Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns
Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.

In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia
Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.

Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman
The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.

Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping
No news is good news, and this isn't no news.

Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming
The problem we haven't solved.

Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth
Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?

Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022
In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.

News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation
First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.

Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again
And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two
2011 and on.

Humour: The law of hats
The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.

Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme
Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that.

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The Signpost: 8 May 2023

News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
... and at WP:Mastodon.

In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!

Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions
And other new research publications.

Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
There will likely be more to say next issue.

News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.

Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023
First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years.

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation
... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.

In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.

Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.

Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors
And other new research results.

Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
Bird is the word for featured pictures.

Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.

WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference
An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents.

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Discontent Content Issue 7

Discontent Content Issue #7

Welcome, subscribers, to the seventh Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.

Category 1

Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.

This issue's Category 1 articles are:

Exile: An unexpectedly poor article for a major form of historical punishment, and one of those few where anyone can agree the "In popular culture" section is far too sparse. Even a relatively minor improvement to reflect the historical and sociological literature could really improve this article's usability.
Scratching post: A major element of cat ownership (if you ever want to own furniture), this article lies right on the sub-start border and is supported by exactly one ref. Arguably, there may be few serious investigations of the subject :) Some information seems split between it and the related article cat tree, and they may be better off handled under a single more fleshed-out title.
Agnathia: A two-sentence stub on an unusual deformity (absence of part of the jaw). Even in its incredibly short length, the article manages to conflate two different things, the absence of the jaw entirely and the presence of missing sections. This article could become significantly more useful with even minor improvements any non-specialist editor could do, such as discussing causes (e.g. treatments for certain cancers) or finding more prevalence data.

Category 2

Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.

This issue's Category 2 articles are:

Firefox: An ex-FA, a Million Award candidate, and the best browser (don't @ me). This article has good bones, and could certainly be brought to a quality-assessed status. A problem noticeable in the ref section is the advancing age of many sources.
Cyclone Tracy: One of the biggest disasters in Australian history, Tracy notoriously levelled the whole city of Darwin over Christmas 1974, with people unable to evacuate due to the demands of the holiday season. This ex-FA is still a confronting look at the tragedy that forced the complete rebuild of the country's northernmost capital, but some work needs to be done to improve sourcing, particularly around the Aftermath section.
East Asian religions: A disappointingly sparse article on the religious history of over a fifth of the world's population. This was a GA once, prior to the 2009 sweeps, but has had little serious improvement in the past fourteen years.

Category 3

Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine.

This issue's Category 3 articles are:

History of Singapore: A 2006 GA now at GAR, this highly important article draws close to a quarter million views a year. The GAR notes significant missing citations and dead links.
Dungeons & Dragons (album): This 2007 FA is now at FARC, the last stop before delisting. The talk page hashes out source reliability; the article may be closer to salvation than it looks, for someone who can get a hold of the contemporary zines.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series): The one that started it all! The talk page for this FA at FAR gives extensive and fully actionable notes on the article's issues, mostly prose-related. Serious improvements could be made by following the recommendations. It would be a shame to see the article delisted because of the original writer's lack of time to work on it.

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