The Signpost

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In the new Signpost:
▸ Wikinews to be shut down
▸ Press applauds prohibition of AI in Wikipedia articles
▸ How editors deal with whitewashing of sexual abuse claims: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
https://t.co/PJBatlumj4

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A new Signpost is out!
▸ Wikinews shuts down after 21 years: A look back
▸ Indonesia lifts auth domain block after WMF agrees to register as "administrative formality"
▸ A closer look at Wikipedia's traffic drop: Which topic areas declined most?
https://t.co/DqLs1NKoQY

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In the new Signpost:
▸ Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
▸ Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
▸ Indonesian government blocks Wikipedia logins
and more:
https://t.co/C1Lpq8SiOU

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In the latest Signpost:
* Concerns about new Italian copyright law
* In the media: (Almost) every view on Wikipedia's 25th anniversary
* Charlie Kirk beats ChatGPT, but "Deaths in 2025" tops both in the list of most viewed articles of 2025
and more:
https://t.co/cjrrwRy95I

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In the latest Signpost:
* Op-ed: Wikipedia at 25 - A Wake-Up Call
* The inbox behind Wikipedia: The Volunteer Response Team (VRT)
* Estonia's public broadcaster accuses English Wikipedia of spreading "Russian propaganda" in birthplace descriptions
and more
https://t.co/QsxiIw1Knt

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In our new issue:
• Interview: Incoming Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan (part 1)
• WMF wants more AI companies to pay for API access - but will it join Cloudflare's anti-crawler framework?
• Obituaries: [[User:Iwelam]] and [[User:A R King]]
https://t.co/6G8KuXcYhj

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In the new Signpost:
▸ WMF reports record revenue in 2024–2025
▸ Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
▸ The whitewashing attempts of Jeffrey Epstein's "online reputation managers"
▸ ChatGPT finds errors in 90% of "Today's featured articles"
and more: https://t.co/lP6UJ1LJxv

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A new Signpost is out!
* Wikipedians and the media react to the launch of Elon Musk's AI-powered "Grokipedia"
* Jimmy Wales asks community to act over alleged bias in 'Gaza genocide' article
* 2025 WikiCup ends with record results
and more: https://t.co/lJEf5758cc

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A new Signpost is out!
* Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"
* Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
* Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: 1,339 recent noticeboard threads analyzed
and more: https://t.co/S1xaNymbmI

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In the latest Signpost:
* Wikimedia Foundation loses court challenge to protect editors' identities from UK Online Safety Act
* Essay: The one question to ask before figuring out which Wikipedia policy applies
* US Congress probes Wikipedia
and more:
https://t.co/hJ1oxLyamp

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In the new Signpost:
* Court orders redaction of Caesar DePaço article
* Most-translated article revealed as single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history
* Mass use of checkuser tool by WMF employee triggers investigation, policy changes
https://t.co/awn7JJ7E7p

[WikiWorks @wikiworks]

Also included: an opinion/analysis piece from WikiWorks' Yaron Koren, about the Wikipedia content gender gap!

https://t.co/nukiQJ8172

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In the new Signpost:
▸@faznet test: Outdated info,other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸Should Wikinews be closed?
▸Analysis:Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far https://t.co/7dMYFmlLKy

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In the new Signpost:
* Wikipedia administrators arrested in Belarus
* New "ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
* Russian Wiki-fork flails
* A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
and more:
https://t.co/hV5fzNHIPG

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A new Signpost is out!
* Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
* CEO search kicks off as Iskander preps to move on
* Technology report: New unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
https://t.co/RdtaZZuvpI

[Axios @axios]

EXCLUSIVE: Wikimedia CEO to depart, @inafried reports https://t.co/lLwMwPdCnK

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A new Signpost is out!
* India cuts off Wikimedia funding of "Access to Knowledge" program
* Trump-nominated prosecutor targets WMF's nonprofit status
* WikiCredCon 2025: Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
and more:
https://t.co/XezZyB6GtH

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A new Signpost is out!
* Saudi Wikipedian released from prison
* Wikimedia Foundation launches review of Wikipedias' NPoV (Neutral Point of View) policies
* Wikipedia probably not among the victims of Google's "AI Overviews"
and more:
https://t.co/K9sJ7DIJJr

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The Between the Brackets interview with Selena Deckelmann was featured in the latest @wikisignpost! https://t.co/OKc8dkZrU6

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

🕊️ Ziyad al-Sufiani has been released after over four and a half years of arbitrary imprisonment.

He was an Arabic @Wikipedia administrator, arrested for editing pages like that of Saudi WHRD Loujain al-Hathloul.

His fellow Wikipedian Osama Khalid (see below) remains in prison.