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			== Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-10-14) ==

			''The Signpost'' should write about... There is a new WP-article, ], you have probably heard of the subject. However, ''that WP-article'' has now been mentioned in the court, and not approvingly:
	Please do not post newsletters to this page; news from WikiProjects is always appreciated, but templated messages are much more likely to be ignored. ] (]) 05:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
	{{SignpostNavigation}}

			] (]) 08:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
	== Calendar of upcoming events ==
	I intend this to be a sort of calendar of upcoming events, on and off Misplaced Pages (particularly non-obvious events, that might be easily missed) -- things that readers might be interested in. Anyone can add events here.

			:The court hearing is to be held on 25 October. I think we can roll this into that hearing if Signpost isn't released by then. ] (]) 11:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
	* ] is scheduled for May 11th.
			::I correct myself, it seems to be barely within the deadline for the next issue. ] (]) 11:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
	* ] is scheduled for May 17th.
			:::and WP:Office has oversighted it. ] (]) 18:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
	* ] is scheduled for June 1st.

			== Using policy and ] link counts to evaluate consensus ==
	== Requests for WikiProject features ==
	If you'd like your WikiProject featured in an upcoming WikiProject report, feel free to list it here. Note that these requests are entirely advisory, and may or may not be used in future reports. Please do not "support" or "oppose" individual requests, and keep requests '''short and concise'''. ] (]) 05:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

			Hello. Initially for my own interest, I created a series of bar charts to evaluate the link counts Misplaced Pages's top-level policy pages (as of the first full week of November). I'd like to offer these up if anyone working on the ''Signpost'' would like to use them for an article:
	* ], with over 90 members, the Dinosaur WikiProject is really dedicated to dinosaur coverage. See ] for more information. ] 21:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

			* ]
	* ] is a lively and productive project that currently supports over 5000 articles, and has a dedicated core group of editors who work toward getting articles to GA and FA. Currently we are ] to the ]'s announcement that they are starting a collaborative encyclopedia project that will somehow be better than Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 02:21, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
			] (]) 19:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

			== Suggestion by Hawkeye7 (2024-11-23) ==
	* ], the only project which to my knowledge has gotten a barnstar from an outsider as a project. And, of course, considering it just declared indpendence, ] might be the most timely. ] (]) 19:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

			Found this news article ] ] 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC) <!--Include links if you have them! -->
	* ] nearly died and came back to life. Originally begun in early 2007, by the start of December it had dwindled to just two active members. For a view of how much it's revived, here's its ] (featured pictures, good articles, DYKs, and a featured portal drive). ] 09:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
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			] ] 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
	*I think ] might be a nice success-story to include in some edition of the Signpost. Various gnomes have hacked away at this backlog ever since bots like ] started populating it a year and a half ago. Of course, this is a never-ending task but it's an important one and the backlog typically hovers around 2000 articles (compared to 10 times that a year ago). ] (]) 13:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

			== Hi everyone ==
	*]. Theres tons of things that happened in WP:LINY that would be great for the signpost. ] 13:12, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

			when did Snoop Dogg start to become a famous person and how ] (]) 11:47, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
	==Britannica WebShare==
	"", by Michael Arrington, discusses Britannica's new widget trial program, , in which web publishers of various sorts are given free access to the full version of Britannica online, and the ability to link to individual articles for their readers to access. Most news coverage is describing this as an attempt to cope with what Misplaced Pages has done to their business model.

			:Hello, @]. This page is for suggesting items to go into ''Signpost'', the Misplaced Pages internal newsletter, so it is usually only about matters involving Misplaced Pages or its associated sites, or the Wikimedia Foundation, not general knowledge.
	I suggest that the ''Signpost'' attempt to sign up as a web publisher, so that we could start a new feature of weekly in-depth comparison's of individual articles. It's a long shot whether they would accept us simply because we're part of their competition, but the ''Signpost'' would seem to fall within their definition of who is eligible for the program.--] (]) 16:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
			:For general questions, the ] is the place to ask; but I think your questions are answered at ]. ] (]) 16:23, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

			== Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-12-02) ==
	:I am a bit confused why the possibility to link to a full article is being touted as news - this has already been possible for a long time, actually without the need to sign up as a web publisher. I am not sure when I saw that invitation to web masters on the EB site first, but I recall that this kind of free access had already been enabled when I made in July 2007. already use this.
	:By the way, last time I checked it didn't work for links on a preview page; you had to actually save the page. This probably means that they do not trust the ] alone, but check the page given there to verify that it actually links to the Britannica URL. (Or that someone at Britannica has taken some time to study MediaWiki URLs.)
	:Regards, ] (]) 17:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

			''The Signpost'' should write about... According to , c. 16:00-17:00, the WMF have stopped fund-raising in India for the time being. May be worth a mention. ] (]) 10:30, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
	::Thanks for the clarification. Maybe the only difference is that they are adding free 1-year subscriptions for "web publishers" to encourage more people to link to their (excessively ad-filled) articles. Some articles were describing this as part of a soft launch. In any case, now might be a good time to start a regular ''Signpost'' feature comparing specific articles.--] (]) 19:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Suggestion by Bogazicili (2024-12-08) ==
	==Pro-Israel POV group==
	With all the rumors swirling around about pro-Israel cabalism taking place, possibly including some admins, this thread may be of some interest to Misplaced Pages participants . One long-time editor has already been indef blocked over it. ] (]) 23:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
	:The episode has attracted press attention: . I'll try to add something to the ] article about it. ] (]) 05:09, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
	::Although El Reg normally isn't a source ''Signpost'' would cite, this is currently on the front page of Slashdot. <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 00:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::I suspect that in discussions in the future about advocacy groups trying to control a subject or view in Misplaced Pages that this case will be one the examples most frequently referenced. ] (]) 00:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::There have certainly been other instances of people attempting to manipulate content for ideological or profit motives. What I hope results from this is a realignment of the community's priorities. ] ought to be getting as many eyes and as much traffic as ]. When the Wikiscanner came out last summer, three weeks of worldwide headlines proved that we weren't keeping our own house in order. That ought to have been a big eye opener; it wasn't. If it were reasonably certain that a campaign like this one would be caught - and swiftly - by Wikipedians, then this wouldn't be so much of a problem. Coordinated ideological manipulation of any sort is a direct assault on this site's credibility; our dedicated featured article writers would work in vain if the public weren't reasonably confident that most of Misplaced Pages is honest and most of the site is worth reading. <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 18:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
	This didn't get covered in the latest edition of ''The Misplaced Pages Signpost'', but FWIW here was the info covered in '']'' from April 29 (new sources have covered it since then) - ]. ] (]) 17:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Ah, I see {{user\|Ragesoss}} mentioned this below. ] (]) 17:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

			''The Signpost'' should write about... <!--Include links if you have them! -->
	== Misplaced Pages in the News - ] article ==
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			In addition to study, there's a recent study about Australia-related articles that found problematic coverage of Indigenous topics:
	Recent editing to the] article (refer to the ] nickname) has been mentioned in the ''Marine Corps Times'' in discussing the current perception of the term amongst Marines:
	*{{cite news\|accessdate=2008-04-27
	\|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/04/marine_devildog_042708w/
	\|title=‘Devil Dog’ term taking a beating
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	\|date=], ]
	\|work=Marine Corps Times}}
	— ] (]) 18:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

			{{tq2\|To engage with place in the Australian context is inevitably an engagement with settler-colonialism. This research concludes that First Nations histories, current experiences and voices remain marginalised on Misplaced Pages, reflecting the literature (Thorpe, Sentance & Booker 2023; Gallert et al. 2016; Bjork-James 2021). There are other omissions as well. Lucas argued that “basically any non-white experiences or non-dominant experiences are omitted.” Gabriel felt that Misplaced Pages was “quite a hostile space to marginalised people” and that there is “a really frustrating lack of space, I suppose, to me in all three elements: being a regional Australian; being queer; being disabled. None of them feel like something that Misplaced Pages really quite welcomes a lot of the time.”}}
	== Technology author and blogger endorses Misplaced Pages ==

			The previous journal article was covered in the Signpost (]) and there was also a response to it (]). Can we also mention the most recent study in one of the upcoming Signpost issues? ] (]) 14:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
	See , ], 30 April 2008, by Paul Gilster. ] (]) 13:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC) <small>Mentioned by IP editor.</small>

			== Commons:Photo challenge ==
	==Edits of switching superdelegate's bio on Slate==
	The ''Trail Head'' campaign blog on Slate covered the , the vandalism and responses that occurred in ] after Andrew announced switching his support as a superdelegate from Clinton to Obama.--] (]) 16:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

			I would like to see a brief monthly note in ''The Signpost'' about the ] themes. It could probably be a simple, standardized blurb, e.g., {{xt\|The ] for December 2024 is to upload photos you have taken of ] and ]s. Photos must be taken by the uploader. ] from last month's challenge.}}
	==EFF tries to get Misplaced Pages lawsuit dismissed==
	As covered in , and elsewhere, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton law firm have filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against the Wikimedia Foundation in January. Literary agent Barbara Bauer sued over alleged defamation that occurred in the Misplaced Pages article about her (now deleted because of NPOV, BLP and reliable sourcing concerns, after a heated debate during the second deletion discussion). The EFF argues that ] protects the WMF from liability, as an "interactive computer services" provider rather than a traditional publisher that directly controls published content. This is a test of one of the central legal issues that both directly and indirectly contributes to Misplaced Pages's handling of biographies of living people.--] (]) 16:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

			] (]) 19:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
	*

			== Suggestion by David Eppstein (2024-12-20) ==
	:Note that this is almost certainly the first time that the legal theory that DMCA section 230 covers the WMF has been tested in court. ] (]) 17:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Mike Godwin has requested any communications about this go to him, the EFF, or James Chadwick at Sheppard Mullin. ] (]) 17:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
	::The EFF motion frequently makes reference to a declaration by Mike Godwin. Is this available to read? ]] 02:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::According to Mike, the declaration you're referring to - which is not yet online - was a short declaration that the Barbara Bauer article is no longer available. ] (]) 16:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

			One for your listing of recent Misplaced Pages-related publications:
	I see that a new Misplaced Pages article has been started, focusing on the case itself -- ''']'''. ] (]) 17:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

			{{cite journal\|title=''Princ-wiki-a mathematica'': Misplaced Pages editing and mathematics\|first1=D.\|last1=Eppstein\|first2=J. B.\|last2=Lewis\|first3=Russ\|last3=Woodroofe\|author4=XOR'easter\|journal=Notices of the AMS\|volume=72\|issue=1\|pages=65–73\|year=2025\|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202501/rnoti-p65.pdf}}.
	:Thanks, Cirt. I have a draft up at ]. One thing I'm confused about is when this lawsuit started. Several sources mention January (2008), but mention of the lawsuit (with the same docket number as listed on the motion to dismiss) first appeared in the Barbara Bauer article well before that, and the court website lists it as having been filed in early March 2007.--] (]) 17:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
	::I see that {{user\|Ral315}} deleted both ] and ] citing a ] request. Perhaps given this new development, it would be best for any piece covering this to rely heavily, if not exclusively, on material from secondary sources, and explicitly attribute information to those sources with "According to...", etc. ] (]) 17:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::Mike Godwin has asked that we not publish an article on this until after the case is decided.--] (]) 21:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::Though that is understandable - I do not see what the potential concern would be to publishing a piece that is ''exclusively'' reliant on the ''secondary'' sources listed below, excluding any possible "original" research in an article about this. ] (]) 03:51, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

			—] (]) 18:55, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
	===Sources===
	Here are some sources that could be used. ] (]) 17:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

			:@] Thank you for your submission!
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1946275/Wikipedia-fights-defamation-lawsuit.html\|title=Misplaced Pages fights defamation lawsuit - Misplaced Pages, the online encyclopaedia written and edited by users, will argue in court that it should be granted immunity from accusations of defamation under US law\|work=]\|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited\|accessdate=2008-05-12\|date=2008-05-11\|last=Beaumont\|first=Claudine}}
			:I guess @] might find this pretty interesting for his "Recent research" column... ] (]) 21:23, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=6736\|title=Misplaced Pages case may test Section 230 again\|work=]\|publisher=www.rcfp.org\|accessdate=2008-05-06\|date=2008-05-06\|last=Leslie\|first=Greg}}
			: Already appeared in the last issue, thanks. —] (]) 22:14, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.out-law.com/page-9095\|title=Misplaced Pages goes to court to defend defamation immunity\|work=OUT-LAW News\|publisher=Pinsent Masons LLP\|accessdate=2008-05-06\|date=2008-05-06}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215879/wikipedia-goes-court\|title=Misplaced Pages in court over defamation claims: Site prepares to defend itself\|work= vnunet.com\|publisher=Incisive Media Limited\|accessdate=2008-05-06\|date=2008-05-06\|last=Nichols\|first=Shaun}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.thestreisandeffect.com/20080505/barbara-bauer-suing-wikipedia-in-order-to-hide-information/\|title=Barbara Bauer suing Misplaced Pages in order to hide information\|work= The Streisand Effect: When trying to block information backfires\|publisher=www.thestreisandeffect.com\|accessdate=2008-05-06\|date=2008-05-05}}
	*:Probably not a useful source in and of itself for info, but I thought that the context of The ] as mentioned related to this particular incident is quite interesting. ] (]) 05:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/05/wikipedia-sued-for-libel\|title=Misplaced Pages Sued For Libel: Case likely to be thrown out \|work=WebProNews\|publisher=iEntry, Inc.\|accessdate=2008-05-05\|date=2008-05-05\|last=Sachoff\|first=Mike}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=81881\|title=Misplaced Pages Asks Court For Immunity From Liability For User Posts\|work=MediaPost Publications\|publisher=MediaPost Communications\|accessdate=2008-05-05\|date=2008-05-05\|last=Davis\|first=Wendy}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/02\|title=EFF and Sheppard Mullin Defend Misplaced Pages in Defamation Case: Federal Law Protects Popular User-Created Encyclopedia From Liability\|work=]\|publisher=www.eff.org\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-02}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080502-dumb-idea-suing-wikipedia-for-calling-you-dumb.html\|title=Dumb idea: suing Misplaced Pages for calling you "dumb"\|work=Ars Technica - The Art of Technology: From the News Desk\|publisher=Ars Technica, LLC\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-02\|last=Anderson\|first=Nate}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/legal/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207500346\|title=Misplaced Pages Battles Literary Agent Over Negative Comments: While many sites add user-generated content to enhance user experience, Misplaced Pages relies almost entirely on posts from contributors\|work=]\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-02\|last=Jones\|first=K.C.}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15806\|title=Misplaced Pages v literary agent Barbara Bauer\|work=p2pnet news\|publisher=www.p2pnet.net\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-02}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/bauer-v-wikimedia\|title=Bauer v. Wikimedia\|work=Citizen Media Law Project\|publisher=www.citmedialaw.org, Project hosted by ]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-02\|last=Bayard\|first=Sam}}

			== Suggestion by Kosboot (2024-12-23) ==
	==New magic word: PAGESIZE==
	A new magic word was recently implemented, but not covered in Misplaced Pages Signpost. <code><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:page name}}</nowiki></code> returns the size of the given page name (], r33551). This contributes to a page's expensive parser function count. For example:
	* "<code><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:Main Page}}</nowiki></code>" = "4,769" (default);
	* "<code><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:Main Page\|R}}</nowiki></code>" = "4769" (with raw flag).
	—<small>{]} ] 09:49:27, 03 May 2008 (UTC)</small>

			''The Signpost'' should write about... <!--Include links if you have them! -->
	==National Post attacks editor, global warming coverage==
			<!--If you contribute a short draft of your suggested item as it would appear in the Signpost, you increase the chances that it will make it to publication.-->
	The '']'' is running an by Lawrence Solomon (], author of a book and about global warming deniers) attacking ] for supposedly enforcing his own opinions on global warming articles and smearing prominent scientists whose views on global warming differ from "global warming orthodoxy".
			The 138th annual meeting of the ] is meeting in ] and features a panel discussion on the topic ''Open Knowledge as Pedagogical Praxis: How Faculty and Students Are Opening up the Field of History by Improving Misplaced Pages''. (This session is in-person only and meets Saturday morning, January 4 at 10:30-12 pm.) - ] (]) 01:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
			] (]) 01:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

			== Suggestion by Ahri Boy (2025-01-03) ==
	As part of Solomon's extended writing on "The Deniers", the ''Post'' has been publishing a series of anti-Misplaced Pages pieces in the last several weeks. The earlier ones are "", , and .--] (]) 17:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

			''The Signpost'' should write about... Possible total project capture of the Hebrew Misplaced Pages. See the ]. I saw a lot of HEWP users complaining about ongoing unfair treatment of the people, including mass blocks on the users that current admins don't agree with their viewpoint.
	==CAMERA campaign makes mainstream news==
	Related to "Pro-Israel POV group" above:

			] (]) 16:43, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
	The ] (CAMERA) has been engaged in a campaign (the subject of a recently accepted ]) to fight against alleged anti-Israel bias in Misplaced Pages, including attempts to install administrators who can help enforce CAMERA's viewpoint. ''The Boston Globe'' (CAMERA is based in Boston) is running an article, , on the CAMERA campaign and the efforts of the pro-Palestinian ] to expose and discredit the campaign.

			== Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2025-01-06) ==
	CAMERA also published an article today, , publicly encouraging CAMERA readers to become Misplaced Pages editors. On a quick review, I notice nothing too out-of-hand in this article (in contrast to some of the leaked correspondence described in the ''Boston Globe'' piece).

			''The Signpost'' should write about... , YT-video by/with one . At the time of writing, I haven't seen it, 1h+, but the guy is a journalist. ] (]) 10:45, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	Note that this intersects with the recent ''Wikinews'' ] (also covered by ''The Register'' and elsewhere); the DoJ IPs were banned for attempting to remove material from the CAMERA article.--] (]) 01:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

	I'm curious - where are the emails published? ] (]) 17:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
	:... ] (]) 17:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

	===Sources===
	Here are some of the related sources covering the above-mentioned info. ] (]) 17:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1934857/Israeli-battles-rage-on-Misplaced Pages.html\|title=Israeli battles rage on Misplaced Pages: The conflict in the Middle East has spread to the internet with Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups using Misplaced Pages, the electronic encyclopedia, to push their message\|work=]\|publisher=Telegraph Media GroupLimited\|accessdate=2008-05-08\|date=2008-05-08\|last=McElroy\|first=Damien}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627021761&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\|title=Digital World: Internet Independence Day\|work=]\|accessdate=2008-05-06\|date=2008-05-06\|last=Shamah\|first=David}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=1485\|title=CAMERA: How and Why to Edit Misplaced Pages\|work=CAMERA - Media Analyses\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-05-03\|last=Ini\|first=Gilead}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/05/03/war_of_the_virtual_wiki_worlds/\|title=War of the virtual Wiki-worlds\|work=]\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2005-05-03\|last=Beam\|first=Alex}} -- note: same article covered in the '']''
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/685052/Department_of_Justice_Temp_Banned_from_Wikipedia.html\|title=Department of Justice Temp Banned from Misplaced Pages\|work=G4 - The Feed - The Only News You Need to Know\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-04-30\|last=Leahy\|first=Brian}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://en.wikinews.org/US_Dept._of_Justice_IP_address_blocked_after_%27vandalism%27_edits_to_Wikipedia\|title=US Dept. of Justice IP address blocked after 'vandalism' edits to Misplaced Pages\|work=]\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-04-29}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=1840\|title=If You Don`t Want to Be Labelled a Cabal, Don`t Act Like One\|work=Israel News \|publisher=www.israelenews.com\|accessdate=2008-05-04\|date=2008-04-24\|last=Weiss\|first=Philip}}

	== Featured list director ==

	There is currently a movement/vote underway to select a Featured List director (or more probably two). See ] for background/ongoing discussion, and ] for the current vote. As FA director, ] has been asked (and has agreed) to close the vote and appoint the directors on 8th May. The two users with the most votes currently are ] and ]. ] (]) <small>(])</small> 13:12, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	: This will be covered in the May 12 Dispatch. ] (]) 13:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	:: Wouldn't it make sense to mention it before the voting closes as well? -] (]) 14:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	::: Because ? It's announced at the Village Pump (proposals), Village Pump (policy) and all the important (i.e.; trafficed) FAC pages. ] (]) 14:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::: So? That isn't a reason to not mention it. I only came across the whole thing by chance - surely the more people who know, the better? ] (]) <small>(])</small> 15:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::: I don't see any reason why it can't get a brief mention in News and notes. ] (]) 22:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Sighted versions on German Misplaced Pages: ==

	] on German Misplaced Pages were introduced a few hours ago. If you look at a , you can see a small box in the upper right corner. It says "sighted"/"not sighted". This test run on the second largest Misplaced Pages might become important for the English Misplaced Pages as well. I could write a small article about it in a few days but I would appreciate help from a native English speaker. --] (]) 12:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	: I have some knowledge of German, I can help out. <s>The "Keine Version gesichtet" (No sighted versions) text only shows up on pages if you are logged on.</s> is the german page explaining the system and the Google translate version.-] (]) 17:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Note that the extension went live for about 10 minutes on German Misplaced Pages a few days ago, and was quickly turned off when some unanticipated bugs were discovered. Brion Vibber .--] (]) 17:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

	== ] citation ==

	One of ]'s blogs ] for a statistic on ]. Seems it should be mentioned. ] ] ] 20:34, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Category intersection and unions now possible using ], more changes to come ==

	It is now possible to find articles by how they are categorized using search. To search for articles in a specific category, type '''incategory:"''CategoryName''"''' in the search box. Searching more than one category at the same time performs a rough approximation of ] -- finding articles that are common to all the categories searched. For example will return the articles that are common to both categories — the suspension bridges in New York City.

	Similarly, an "OR" can be added to join the contents of one category with the contents of another. will show all suspension bridges along with all bridges in New York City. This includes suspension bridges which are not in New York City, and bridges in New York City that are not suspension bridges.

	The developers have been discussing additional ways of implementing category intersection and unions on the tech mailing list, and community members had previously discussed ]. Unfortunately, the way we have structured categories has made it very difficult to use this feature effectively. Unless categories are reorganized, this feature will have limited valued in Misplaced Pages. For more about this see ]. -- ]<b>]</b><font color="#CCCCFF">uelWantman</font> 07:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

	== ] improved ==

	] has been given a new table of contents. The special page had been virtually unusable for quite some time as it took forever to page through tens of thousands of categories, 500 at a time. Wikimedia CTO Brion Vibber promises that it will soon also have a search box. ] can also be used to find categories, but ] has the extra feature of showing how many pages are in the category, and also shows categories with red links. Since this special page is linked to virtually every page in Misplaced Pages, some additional text has been added to help introduce users to categories. -- ]<b>]</b><font color="#CCCCFF">uelWantman</font> 09:40, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

	==WikiProject suggestion==
	I suggest doing a WikiProject article on ]. The GA nominations have been overloaded for several months with articles that they've been working on. '''<font color="#000000">]</font><font color="#FFCC00">]</font>''' 14:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Reddit wikipedia section ==

	Old but I don't think it's been covered: ] has a "subreddit" dedicated to cool wikipedia articles. . Nice spot to see which articles people think are interesting. -] (]) 16:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Misplaced Pages Peddles Porn to Kids ==

	At least that is what these people say - http://christiannewswire.com/news/506866523.html. Interesting that they don't actually mention the specific pages that they don't like. ] (]) 21:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
	: It seems to be based on this more detailed piece: , by Chelsea Schilling, ''WorldNetDaily'', May 6, 2008. Specific articles mentioned are: ] and ]. There is a list of offensive media:
	* Recordings of women experiencing orgasms
	* Videos of nude men participating in "ejaculation educational demonstrations"
	* Detailed photographs of men and women masturbating
	* Images of mammary intercourse
	* Close-up images of topless women and male and female sexual anatomy
	* Large-scale photos of men performing oral sex on one another (and performing oral sex on themselves)
	* An illustrated list of sex positions
	* Threesomes
	* Photos of nude strippers
	* An image called "Virgin Killer" depicting a naked prepubescent girl from the 1976 cover of a Scorpions album (banned in the U.S.)
	:--] (]) 21:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

	For the last one, I personally tried to delete the image (despite being a part of Wikipedians against censorship and vigorously defending images including ''adult'' nudity and sex acts). If you check the history, several others have too. ]] 21:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
	:By all means run the story; it makes an amusing reading list. ;) <font face="Verdana">]</font><sup>'']''</sup> 22:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Just don't let that person near a biology textbook! My all means, run the story, but we could maybe publicise our censorship policies better to prevent further disparaging articles<span style="cursor: crosshair">......] .. <small>]</small><sup>]</sup></span> 10:09, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

	'''Discussion moved to ]. ] (]) 23:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)'''

	===Sources===
	Here are some sources covering this recently in the media. ] (]) 22:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63590\|title=Is Misplaced Pages wicked porn? - Online encyclopedia proudly posts graphic sexual images kids can see\|work=WorldNetDaily\|publisher=www.wnd.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-06\|last=Schilling\|first=Chelsea}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://christiannewswire.com/news/506866523.html
	\|title=Misplaced Pages Peddles Porn to Kids\|work=Christian Newswire\|date=2008-05-07\|publisher=christiannewswire.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|last=Concerned Women for America}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/3831/12583/Scorpions.html\|title=1976 Scorpions Album Cover Being Investigated by FBI for Child Porn\|publisher=www.thegauntlet.com\|work=The Gauntlet\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-08}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080508-153033\|title=FBI Hot For 'Wikipedophilia'\|work=Search Engine Watch\|date=2008-05-08\|publisher=Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|last=Watson\|first=Frank}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://idolator.com/388671/32+year+old-scorpions-album-cover-inspires-fbi-frenzy
	\|title=Slow On The Uptake: 32-Year-Old Scorpions Album Cover Inspires FBI Frenzy\|work=Idolator\|publisher=idolator.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-08}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=31286\|title=Exclaim News: FBI Investigating Controversial Scorpions Album Cover\|publisher=www.exclaim.ca\|work=Exclaim News\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-08\|last=Thiessen\|first=Brock}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.profy.com/2008/05/08/wikimedia-meet-us-government/
	\|title=Wikimedia, Meet the U.S. Government\|work=Profy.Com\|publisher=www.profy.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-08\|last=Aleo-Carreira\|first=Cyndy}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63770
	\|title=Misplaced Pages debates kiddie porn action: Editors discuss whether to remove image, discovered by WND, investigated by FBI\|work=WorldNetDaily\|publisher=worldnetdaily.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-08\|last=Schilling\|first=Chelsea}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=111810
	\|title=Misplaced Pages under fire for posting porn\|work=OneNewsNow.com\|publisher=www.onenewsnow.com\|accessdate=2008-05-09\|date=2008-05-09\|last=Butts\|first=Charlie}}
	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.gazette.com/opinion/saturday_36183___article.html/site_hosts.html
	\|title=Opinion: Our View - Saturday - WIKIPORNIA: SITE HOSTS KID PORN - Misplaced Pages must remove ‘Virgin Killer' photo \|work=]\|publisher=gazette.com\|accessdate=2008-05-12\|\|date=2008-05-10}}

	==Jobs that need to be done==
	I think this has been brought up before, but it's worth re-hashing -- I have a job that needs doing and I'd like to put that request in the signpost. I need someone who is good at PR stuff to write me a 'thanks-but-no-thanks' form reply for the OTRS photo submission queue, for people who send us pictures that we don't need (either we don't have an article on it, or we already have several better pictures). I'm having trouble writing it myself, I've asked around, and nobody I've asked has written one. I think the signpost is an appropriate venue for such things. ] (]) 20:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Why not just offer to host such images on Commons?--] (]) 20:58, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Most people do not know or want to go through the byzantine process of registering on commons, uploading properly licensed files, registering an account on Misplaced Pages, and editing articles to include those pictures. Most people do know how to send an email with attachments. Providing them the ability to email us pictures and having knowledgable people do the rest - mostly howcheng and myself - means that all sorts of people who would otherwise not participate are able to give us pictures. ] (]) 21:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::See ] and . ] (]) 21:08, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::Oh, I think the OTRS photo submission process is great! I just wonder if some of the images you're rejecting as not suitable for Misplaced Pages might fit within the scope of Commons (for example, a photograph of a cathedral we don't yet have an article on).--] (]) 21:14, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::::I'm planning, in the near future, to modify the image submission page to allow people to email us any kind of picture, instead of pictures of people (which the page says right now). The problem is that people will immediately start sending us hoards of pictures of things we already have in spades (their pet cat or dog, just to give one really obvious example) I want to exlucde those pictures. I'm also going to exclude pictures of things for which we don't already have an article. If something doesn't already have an article, the chances are very good that it's a barely-if-at-all-notable person or place, garage bands and the like. The amount of time Howcheng and I have is limited, and I have absolutely no qualms about giving priority to images to illustrate already-extant articles. If someone really wants to contribute those pictures (which don't have an article) they can always register an account for themselves, log in, and upload it. ] (]) 21:32, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::::Yup, your priorities are well-understood.--] (]) 00:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::::::Alternatively, we could create a different queue, and let people who want those pictures (with no associated article) handle them. ] (]) 02:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::::::I'm sure there are people who would be willing to find the "images with possibilities" among the pet cats and dogs. I'd be happy to help with that, but would it require OTRS access? I'd prefer to just help sort a category at Commons. ] (]) 03:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
	(undent) Regarding the form letter, if you don't get a ''Signpost'' item, perhaps you could start a subpage with perhaps a very rough draft and then drop a note at ], inviting participation. -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">] </font> ] 00:57, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
	:There should also be similar form letters around that would be a good starting point. If someone does find a set of form letters, could they create a category (if one doesn't already exist). Would be good to gather some of these form letters together in one place. I think one has been done for writing to copyright holders to ask them to release a free image, and other form letters for other purposes as well. eg. Notifying that no credit has been given for an image, or for an article, etc. ] (]) 03:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
	::OTRS has plenty of template replies (The photosubmission queue has two, both of which I wrote myself). It's just I'm finding this one hard to write. ] (]) 05:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Articles in the TOI ==

	I'm interning with the Times of India, Ahmedabad and have written two articles on Ahmedabad-based admins, ] and ]. I've also written a front-page lead story on steward and gu wikipedia/wiktionary admin ]. All these articles are a part of a wiki-awareness project that I have started with the help of the Times of India. Would be a good addition to the 'In the News' section.

	Akash's article, Wed May 07, The Times of India, Ahmedabad, pg 4


	Anirudh's article Thu May 08, The Times of India, Ahmedabad, pg 2


	Yann's article Fri May 09, The Times of India, Ahmedabad, pg 1


	The epaper can be found and there select the required date and the Ahmedabad edition to view the articles.

	] 07:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Suggestions from de:WP ==

	I´ve seen your article about Misplaced Pages and universities. Since about 26. May we (de:Misplaced Pages) are working together with a University from Jena. They set up their own wiki () where the students start writing their articles. I guess about 200 articles in Economics. The editors from the Portal economics (]) set up the page ] where the new articles were getting the wiki-style. After that comes the review and than the nomination for Good Article. At the moment 4 articles are already nominated and 7 are in the nomination-process. The remaining 189 articles will be nominated in the following weeks (my guess). If your are interested in an article for the signpost you may ask at the discussion-page of the Portal (]). I´m sure there will be someone with good knowledge in english. Another story you maybe interessted in, is the first experiences with ] that we are using at de:WP since wednesday. The best person to ask is ]. He says, he speaks english at a near-native level and I know that he is heavy involved in the making of the extension. --] (]) 03:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Has someone pointed ] in the direction of the Flagged Revisions discussions on en-Misplaced Pages? ] (]) 08:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Q&A: Wikimedia Foundation’s Sue Gardner ==

	*{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/ceo_interviews/article.jsp?content=20080511_198719_198719
	\|title=Q&A: Wikimedia Foundation’s Sue Gardner \|work=Canadian Business Online\|publisher=www.canadianbusiness.com\|accessdate=2008-05-10\|date=], ]\|last=Castaldo\|first=Joe}}
	:From the May 12, 2008 issue of Canadian Business magazine. ] (]) 04:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Proposed change to reduce vandalism; affects newly registered editors ==

	] has (as of this posting) roughly 80 opinions about what the requirement should be for being given autoconfirmed status. As listed at ], autoconfirmed editors get the following additional rights:

	* Edit semi-protected pages
	* Move (rename) pages
	* Add external links (and do any other captcha-triggering actions) without having to go through the ] process
	* Upload (image/media) files, including overwriting an existing file
	* Mark edits as patrolled

	The current requirement to become autoconfirmed is 4 days elapsed time since registration, with 0 edits. A majority of editors, to date, are in favor of increasing this to 7 days and 20 edits. It is important for all interested editors to give their opinion on this matter. -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">] </font> ] 15:53, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

	== various articles about ] ==

	I was interviewed by someone from ], and this has led to a bunch of articles (all more or less variations of the same), with probably more to come:

	*{{citation\|last=Agence France-Presse \| chapter=Once shunned by academics, Misplaced Pages now a teaching tool\| url= http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20080511-135887/Once-shunned-by-academics-Misplaced Pages-now-a-teaching-tool \|title=Inquirer.net \|date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}.
	*{{citation\|last=----- \| chapter=Educational Misplaced Pages \| url= http://www.islamonline.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=117764 \| title= Islam Online \| place=Dubai \| date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}.
	*{{citation\|last=----- \| chapter=Once shunned by academics, Misplaced Pages now a teaching tool\| url= http://www.physorg.com/news129701404.html \|title=Physorg.com \|date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}.
	*{{citation\|last=-----\|chapter=Akademiker ändrar syn på Misplaced Pages \|url= http://hd.se/it/2008/05/11/akademiker-aendrar-syn-paa/ \|title=HD.se \| date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}. {{Sv icon}}
	*{{citation\|last=-----\|chapter=Akademiker ändrar syn på Misplaced Pages \|url= http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=768885 \|title=DN.se \| date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}. {{Sv icon}}
	*{{citation\|last=Jones\| first=Deborah \| chapter=Misplaced Pages gains popularity \| url= http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2320252,00.html \| title= news24.com \|place=South Africa \| date=], ]\|accessdate=2008-05-11}}.

	NB the accuracy of the story could be, erm, better. Anyhow. I'm trying to keep track at ]. --] (] • ]) 17:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Wow! That first one is just plain awful. From the "most universities forbid students to use" to the wikipedia.com to mixing statistics from English Misplaced Pages and all Wikipedias to grossly overestimated "Typically, thousands or millions of people visit a Misplaced Pages entry" to equating Today's Featured Article with publication to conflating wiki and open source...basically everything that isn't a direct quote is wrong is some way.--] (]) 18:19, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Indeed. And they're all variations of the same article. (Or so I presume even of the Swedish, heh.) Sigh. Anyhow, perhaps it's further stimulus for me to write something myself and try to get it published, rather than to rely on such mediators. --] (] • ]) 18:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

	::: The visits claim isn't that grossly overestimated though. Gabriel Garcia Marquez indeed draws about 750,000 hits a year. Some get comfortably into the millions. Ernest Hemingway draws about two million for example, and I cringe to imagine what Miley Cyrus draws. --] (]) 18:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

	::::Yeah. I mean, a lot is just a ''little bit'' off: enough so to grate to our ears; probably not enough that anyone else who reads it would really notice, even if we tried to explain the differences. --] (] • ]) 18:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::JayHenry, as I understand it, very few articles get over a million hits a year; only core biographies and other major articles (or currently popular topics) typically get over 10,000 per month. According to , Marquez is on track for more like 100,000 hits per year. The majority of articles, I suspect, get under 1000 hits per year. But yeah, it's not totally unreasonable. The "Typically" bit is mainly what I object to.--] (]) 19:17, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
	::::I played around with Random articles and the hit counter for little while... I estimate the median yearly hits to be around 1000 or 2000, so I guess typically thousands might actually be accurate if per year (or over all time) is what the article means. Although in the context of school assignments, I originally interpreted it as per semester or some shorter time frame.--] (]) 19:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

	::::: For what it's worth, that's a redirect with 100,000 hits. (It's missing the diacritics.) The draws around 7 times as much traffic. Someone searching on Google (even without the diacritics) is taken directly to the article. --] (]) 19:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
	:::::: Yeah, I try to calculate traffic for the MMM articles ]. Of course, part of the problem was that the news article is rather unspecific. If I recall from my telephone conversation with the journalist, I was trying to explain both that individual articles get a lot of hits (even the least popular have a lot more readers than any term paper!), and also that an article getting to the main page dramatically increases the number of people who see it. She seems to have rather confused these two issues. --] (] • ]) 19:29, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Misplaced Pages fights defamation lawsuit ==

	Misplaced Pages fights defamation lawsuit was the headline of in yesterdays Daily Telegraph. It's discusses ] (who doesn't appear to have an article), a literary agent, who is suing the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Misplaced Pages, for defamation. There are also other examples and some discussion of whether the US ] applies or should apply.— ] <sup>]</sup> 13:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Thanks. We're waiting until the lawsuit is concluded to cover this story, at the direction of the Foundation.--] (]) 16:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
	::And I already listed that source, in the similar subsection, above. ] (]) 19:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

	==Once shunned by academics, Misplaced Pages now a teaching tool==

	. ] (]) 04:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
	: Mentioned two sections above. ]<sup>(] - ])</sup> 04:34, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-10-14)

The Signpost should write about... There is a new WP-article, Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation, you have probably heard of the subject. However, that WP-article has now been mentioned in the court, and not approvingly:

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

The court hearing is to be held on 25 October. I think we can roll this into that hearing if Signpost isn't released by then. – robertsky (talk) 11:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

I correct myself, it seems to be barely within the deadline for the next issue. – robertsky (talk) 11:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

and WP:Office has oversighted it. SYSS Mouse (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Using policy and WP:SHORTCUT link counts to evaluate consensus

Hello. Initially for my own interest, I created a series of bar charts to evaluate the link counts Misplaced Pages's top-level policy pages (as of the first full week of November). I'd like to offer these up if anyone working on the Signpost would like to use them for an article:

User:Rjjiii/Core content policy link counts

Rjj (talk) 19:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion by Hawkeye7 (2024-11-23)

Found this news article frustrating': Aussie Misplaced Pages editors burn out: New study highlights disagreements, racism, and 'edit wars' Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi everyone

when did Snoop Dogg start to become a famous person and how Amogelang22 (talk) 11:47, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, @Amogelang22. This page is for suggesting items to go into Signpost, the Misplaced Pages internal newsletter, so it is usually only about matters involving Misplaced Pages or its associated sites, or the Wikimedia Foundation, not general knowledge.

For general questions, the Reference Desk is the place to ask; but I think your questions are answered at Snoop Dogg. ColinFine (talk) 16:23, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2024-12-02)

The Signpost should write about... According to this video, c. 16:00-17:00, the WMF have stopped fund-raising in India for the time being. May be worth a mention. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:30, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion by Bogazicili (2024-12-08)

The Signpost should write about...

In addition to Misplaced Pages's Indian problem: Settler colonial erasure of native American knowledge and history on the world's largest encyclopedia study, there's a recent study about Australia-related articles that found problematic coverage of Indigenous topics:

To engage with place in the Australian context is inevitably an engagement with settler-colonialism. This research concludes that First Nations histories, current experiences and voices remain marginalised on Misplaced Pages, reflecting the literature (Thorpe, Sentance & Booker 2023; Gallert et al. 2016; Bjork-James 2021). There are other omissions as well. Lucas argued that “basically any non-white experiences or non-dominant experiences are omitted.” Gabriel felt that Misplaced Pages was “quite a hostile space to marginalised people” and that there is “a really frustrating lack of space, I suppose, to me in all three elements: being a regional Australian; being queer; being disabled. None of them feel like something that Misplaced Pages really quite welcomes a lot of the time.”

The previous journal article was covered in the Signpost (Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2024-10-19/Recent research) and there was also a response to it (Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2024-06-08/Opinion). Can we also mention the most recent study in one of the upcoming Signpost issues? Bogazicili (talk) 14:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge

I would like to see a brief monthly note in The Signpost about the c:Commons:Photo challenge themes. It could probably be a simple, standardized blurb, e.g., The c:Commons:Photo challenge for December 2024 is to upload photos you have taken of pastel colors and footprints. Photos must be taken by the uploader. Vote for your favorites from last month's challenge.

WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion by David Eppstein (2024-12-20)

One for your listing of recent Misplaced Pages-related publications:

Eppstein, D.; Lewis, J. B.; Woodroofe, Russ; XOR'easter (2025). "Princ-wiki-a mathematica: Misplaced Pages editing and mathematics" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 72 (1): 65–73..

—David Eppstein (talk) 18:55, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

@David Eppstein Thank you for your submission!

I guess @HaeB might find this pretty interesting for his "Recent research" column... Oltrepier (talk) 21:23, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Already appeared in the last issue, thanks. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:14, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Suggestion by Kosboot (2024-12-23)

The Signpost should write about... The 138th annual meeting of the American Historical Association is meeting in New York City and features a panel discussion on the topic Open Knowledge as Pedagogical Praxis: How Faculty and Students Are Opening up the Field of History by Improving Misplaced Pages. (This session is in-person only and meets Saturday morning, January 4 at 10:30-12 pm.) - kosboot (talk) 01:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC) kosboot (talk) 01:34, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion by Ahri Boy (2025-01-03)

The Signpost should write about... Possible total project capture of the Hebrew Misplaced Pages. See the RFC page at Meta. I saw a lot of HEWP users complaining about ongoing unfair treatment of the people, including mass blocks on the users that current admins don't agree with their viewpoint.

Ahri Boy (talk) 16:43, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Suggestion by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (2025-01-06)

The Signpost should write about... Misplaced Pages’s Lies Against Israel and How to Protect Historical Truth, YT-video by/with one Aaron Bandler. At the time of writing, I haven't seen it, 1h+, but the guy is a journalist. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:45, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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