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Archive 2

The Signpost: 1 May 2025

News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment

As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status

Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?

Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia

And other new research findings.

Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom

And don't bite those newbies!

Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions

And don't bite those newbies!

Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man

Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?

Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media

Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.

News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan

A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).

Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts

Hey! At least it is something!

Comix: By territory

Zounds!

In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?

Would a billion articles be a good idea?

Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia

There's a lot more to this than you think.

Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing

I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.

Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024

Just beautiful photos!

Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher

Rest in Paradise.

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Ah yes, the news. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Hold up I last received this on April 9th? Thats...a long time. For a newspaper. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewing

Can you explain why you tagged List of Swedish Regions with '-land' Suffix as "reviewed". Not only does the title not follow basic naming standards and is the article uncategorized, there is also no indication of notability at all, nor of actual inclusion criteria (what is a "region"? Apparently some hamlets or neighborhoods are "regions"?). Fram (talk) 11:27, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me about this. Honestly, I'm not quite sure why I reviewed it, I think I was just tired and not thinking straight. I will try to be a bit more careful in the future. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 17:51, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.

Hello, RedactedHumanoid

I edit here too, under the username Noleander and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've asked for a discussion about the redirect President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., created by you. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 10 § President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al..

If you have any questions, please leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Noleander}}. And don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . Thanks!

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Noleander (talk) 14:40, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

😡

WHAT THE FLIP!!! WHY DID YOU GET SOME RANDOM PERSON NAMED SOHOM DATTA TO COME AND BLOCK ME FROM MY OWN FLIPPING TALK PAGE, FOR 3 MONTHS?!!

Freeness doesn’t exist on Wikipedia. 199.192.122.199 (talk) 19:41, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

You were using your talk page inappropriately. What I mean by that is you were using it for things other than communicating with others, which is what talk pages are for. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

And I’m banned until August. Also, Soetermans came at me again with his hogwash. 199.192.122.199 (talk) 01:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Did it occur to you that you may have been violating the manual of style, which was why your edits to other articles were being reverted? RedactedHumanoid (talk) 02:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 May 2025

News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo

And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.

In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide

And other courtroom drama.

Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?

And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.

In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions

Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie

And QR codes for every page!

Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing

When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)

Rest in peace.

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)

The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

Comix: Collection

Gadzooks!

From the archives: Humor from the Archives

And more.

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Ah yes, the news. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 05:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Articles for Creation backlog drive

Hello RedactedHumanoid:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in June!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 1 month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 June 2025 through 30 June 2025.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 3200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

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What CAN I talk about on talk pages?

CPANCORPORATIONWIKIACCOUNT (long name, eh?) has been banned forever (indefinitely) over an edit on the jumpscares page. But I’m not here to talk about that. What CAN I talk about on the talk page? 199.192.122.199 (talk) 23:02, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Per WP:FORUM, talk pages aren't a place for discussion, publishing random ideas, etc. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:11, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I was asking what I could talk about! Also, this is the last time I’ll mention ANYTHING about the Internet screamer, but, should I replace the image with something RELATED to a screamer? 199.192.122.199 (talk) 23:13, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Wait for an answer on the teahouse, it shouldn't take too long. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:25, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Did you see it? 199.192.122.199 (talk) 00:18, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I did. Someone responded in case you haven't seen. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 00:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Okay. They did and the user that replied is tryna spew about copyright. My guy, it’s not a movie clip. It’s just a Wikimedia Commons video/image/audio slapped together. 199.192.122.199 (talk) 00:28, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Also I suggest going to the teahouse for questions, you will receive more answers/help there. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:13, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Okay. I just asked my question on the treehouse. Go there and scroll down until you see the heading “Should I change the image on the Internet screamer section?” 199.192.122.199 (talk) 23:18, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello RedactedHumanoid

Hello and I hope you are doing great.

I know you are a busy man. Could you please take some time and positively review article Jose Villa?

I hope you create time from your busy schedule to help review the page and I wish you the best in your endeavors both on and outside Wikipedia. DentistRecommended (talk) 10:49, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi DentistRecommended. It seems like the article has already been reviewed by someone else. As such, I am not able to review it. Have a nice day. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 16:53, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Also I don't really do reviews on request, sorry about that. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 16:56, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks man. I hope you are having a great Sunday. Have fun and enjoy life. DentistRecommended (talk) 17:07, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, you too. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 17:19, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 June 2025

News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!

Admins arrested in Belarus.

In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion

Pardon our alliteration!

Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?

A get-out-of-jail card!

Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians

And other new research publications.

Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past

Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!

Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors

After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing

With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)

Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

Comix: Hamburgers

Egad!

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Ah yes, the news. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 01:38, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

The Signpost: 18 July 2025

News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!

Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?

And how do we know?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles

Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years

Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

Recent research: Knowledge manipulation on Russia's Wikipedia fork; Marxist critique of Wikidata license; call to analyze power relations of Wikipedia

As well as "hermeneutic excursions" and other scientific research findings.

News from the WMF: Form 990 released for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fiscal year 2023-2024

The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred

A step towards objective and comprehensive coverage of a project nearly too big to follow.

Comix: Divorce

Drawn this century!

Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis

How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 4): The Future Of Wikimedia and Conclusion

Annual plans, external trends, infrastructure, equity, safety, and effectiveness. What does it all mean?

Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone

Rest in peace.

Traffic report: God only knows

Wouldn't it be nice without billionaires, scandals, deaths, and wars?

Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia

If you are too blasé for Mr. Blasé and don't give a FAC.

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Ah yes, the news. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 16:28, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 August 2025

News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them

Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN

A review of June, July and August.

Disinformation report: The article in the most languages

Who is this guy?

Community view: News from the Villages Pump

Threads since June.

In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches

And slop.

Crossword: Accidental typography

It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men

gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman

Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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Ah yes, the news. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 00:32, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:32, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

BLAR notice

Hi there. While reviewing new pages, I noticed that a page you created, Albia Terentia, does not appear to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines as a standalone article. As an alternative to deletion, I've redirected it to Terentia_gens#Terentii_Culleones. If you disagree, feel free to revert my redirect and we can proceed to a deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. (If you reply to me here, please ping me as I am not watching this page.) Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know and I appreciate you converting it into a redirect rather than nominating it for deletion. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 15:08, 5 September 2025 (UTC)