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Suggestion by Bri (2022-01-29): New Vector skin improvements[edit]

It looks like The Signpost hasn't had any coverage yet of New Vector skin aka improved reading experience. Am I just missing it? Seems like an important potential future topic. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:12, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

if it's short - maybe something short in News & notes this month. If it's long maybe write it up next month? Smallbones(smalltalk) 05:30, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Courtesy link that works: mw:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements. If nobody wants to take this on, I'd be happy to write up either a News and Notes item or something for the technology report. Thoughts? 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Decided against doing this for the Feb issue because it's quite old news by now. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 01:40, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by GamerPro64 (2022-01-31)[edit]

Maybe there can be a gallery piece for movies that are in the public domain that may be Featured Pictures or are at least of high quality. Just thinking there could be more love for movies on Wikipedia. Especially important films like Night of the Living Dead. Or maybe a piece about movies published on Wikipedia in general. GamerPro64 06:39, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps in Featured Content, or Gallery? Featured Content might be good because it's usually where we put things like this, but that's usually for recently featured stuff, so that might not be favorable because of that. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done as gallery for this month @GamerPro64! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 01:40, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by PAC2 (2022-02-14)[edit]

The Signpost should write about... Does your birthplace affect your probability to have your Wikipedia biography ? some evidence from people born in France. a notebook computing the probability of having a biographical article on fr.wikipedia.org for people born in France. It shows huge differences between French departments. PAC2 (talk) 18:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • @PAC2: Very, very nice - with one trivial detail that *must* be corrected! We could publish this - almost as is - in the next issue (Feb 26th copy deadline - a day or 2 earlier is better), or if you want to add more detail on the importance of your findings, or on your motivation, reasons for your interest in Wikidata, etc., so much the better. But the trivial can be super important! 1,340/505,578 = 0.27% (for Paris) not 2.7% (at least in American English - maybe it's something with the commas (,)?). The same mistake (just one decimal) goes throughout your calculations. Please let me know. Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:36, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Quick questions (license and copyright?), (where are Lyon and Marseille.in your data)? Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
* 1,340/505,578 = 0.27%. That's it. I use ‰ (per mille), not % (percent). Maybe I should explicit it.
* Paris is a city and a department. Marseille is in the department "Bouches-du-Rhône" (number 13) and Lyon in the department Rhône (69).
* I'll add a license and add more details about my motivation. PAC2 (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've updated the notebook with more context and more interpretation : https://observablehq.com/@pac02/births-department-wikipedia. Do you want me to write a paragraph in the wiki? PAC2 (talk) 06:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Risker (2022-02-15)[edit]

The Signpost should write about...

Well, this is just a suggestion, and I don't know where you'd fit it. A couple of months ago, I did an interview with a group of academics (the Human Energy group) who are researching the noosphere, to discuss how Wikipedia fits into this theory. They have now published the interview. This was a long interview, three videos of about 30 minutes each (with accompanying transcript), and I leave it to your editorial decision on whether or not this is interesting enough to include in one of the routine reports. Risker (talk) 04:39, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Risker, added as a brief item here. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 01:39, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by SYSS Mouse (2022-02-24) Suggestion[edit]

The Signpost should write about the unfortunate timing of the banner of Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month across all projects and accusation of NPOV pushing from Ukrainian Institute and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (see talk page) when Russian troops are at the border, ready to invade going to march towards Kiev and we don't know if there will still be a Ukraine for the next Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month) SYSS Mouse (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I originally wrote a section about this in News and notes, but removed it. See discussion here. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 01:33, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2022-02-27)[edit]

The Signpost should write about...

There's a new war, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a WP-article available in many languages. As has been noted before in media, WP language versions can have interesting differences. It would be interesting to see an article about similarities/differences primarily between the English/Russian/Ukranian versions, but there may be interesting stuff in others, too. Google translate is imperfect, but not useless. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:47, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip. I'll add it to In the Media. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 19:35, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The Russian Wikipedia will likely be blocked in Russia today or tomorrow, we will be able to compare the demographics then.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:37, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't and won't likely. --ssr (talk) 13:43, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See also: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960007/russia-wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-censorship-demand ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:20, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by PAC2 (2022-03-10)[edit]

The Signpost should write about measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles. I've written some notebooks about the topic about academic fields in Wikipedia in English, academic fields in Wikipedia in French. I've also developed a tool to measure gender diversity for any article : https://observablehq.com/@pac02/explore-gender-diversity-in-a-single-wikipedia-article?collection=@pac02/gender-diversity-in-wikipedia-articles. This part of a larger project d:User:PAC2/Gender_diversity . PAC2 (talk) 07:42, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya @PAC2! I feel like you would be the best person to write on this - after all, you performed the research, and know most about it. Your "by the numbers" column in last month's issue was stellar! Please let me know if I can help in any way. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 07:32, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your answer. I'll try. Is there any deadline? PAC2 (talk) 21:18, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2022-03-10)[edit]

The Signpost should write about...

The last Signpost wrote about Wiki unseen. If you want to do a follow-up, their images has had some en-WP reactions, and I see the images are also used on other WP:s (possibly because wikidata in some cases?).

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to NAN. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 07:17, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Piotrus (2022-03-11)[edit]

The Signpost should write about an arrest of a Belarusian/Russian Wikipedian for writing about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was arrested in Belarus. [1] Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Song, Victoria (2022-03-11). "A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-03-13. François Robere (talk) 22:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Bernstein (Wikimedian) and Talk:Detention_of_Mark_Bernstein#Requested_move_12_March_2022 — to see how some Wikimedians are trying to oust Mark. --ssr (talk) 12:55, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In NAN. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 07:17, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Another user jailed for Wikipedia: Draft:Pavel Pernikaŭ + n:ru:Участник Википедии из Бреста Павел Перников приговорён к 2 годам колонии --ssr (talk) 18:21, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Fastily (2022-03-22)[edit]

The Signpost should write about...

Not sure if this is newsworthy, but I recently released a Wikimedia Commons upload tool for macOS: c:Commons:Sunflower. Thanks for your consideration. -FASTILY 07:59, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, can add it to the technology report. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 16:14, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Timtempleton (2022-03-22)[edit]

The Signpost should write about... TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 20:20, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia downloading in Russia [[2]]

Added to ITM. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 07:17, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by FormalDude (2022-03-30)[edit]

The Signpost should write about... a Meta Platforms researcher using AI to address Wikipedia's gender gap.

––FormalDude talk 19:25, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to ITM. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In the media — an NYT article on the Depths of Wikipedia (2022-03-31)[edit]

In the media — an NYT article on the Depths of Wikipedia (@depthsofwikipedia): Want to See the Weirdest of Wikipedia? Look No Further. I read it tonight and thought I'd point it out here. Maybe everyone else already knows about this. To paraphrase the pool salesman, I don't know; this is not what I do; I play keyboards, as it were. Quercus solaris (talk) 04:04, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to ITM. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:31, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion by Novem Linguae (2022-04-02)[edit]

The Signpost should write about... Should look into who maintains the Russia-Ukraine War battle map located at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg and interview them. The map is detailed, accurate, and updated quickly. It is used by third party websites. Would be interesting to see what their process is, how many people are involved, what sources of information they typically pull from, etc. –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:02, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Started a draft, thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:42, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2 CUs removed by OC[edit]

[3] - 2 CUs were removed by the OC and WMF, one on German Wikipedia, one on Bengali. --Rschen7754 19:48, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, that's interesting. Does that mean they were found to have been abusing the right somehow? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:11, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would assume so. --Rschen7754 00:05, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:URFA/2020 Q1 report (2022-04-09)[edit]

WP:URFA/2020 has published their Q1 report for 2022. The report can be found at Wikipedia:Unreviewed featured articles/2020/1Q2022. Please post on the report's talk page if a Signpost reporter has any questions or would like a comment from a URFA/2020 editor. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interview with The Commoner[edit]

A member of the Anarchism WikiProject, @Grnrchst, was interviewed recently: Part 1 & Part 2. The second part has a bunch of great insight that I think would make for some good Signpost reading, if worth reaching out for republication. Otherwise worth a mention in ITM. czar 05:07, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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