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	== ~~New~~ ~~editor-in-chief~~ ==		== Vandalism Removal ==

			I've just found out that an IP ] me and another user from the list last month. Could we do something to prevent that? Thanks ] (]) 14:56, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
			:{{Ping\|JPxG}} should be easy for an admin to change page privileges?? ☆ <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family: Papyrus">]</span> (]) 19:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
			::Yeah, this is cooked. I do not see a single IP subscription in this whole list, which suggests there is no reason to not have it semiprotected -- have also taken the liberty of TE-move protecting it because inb4onwheels. <b style="font-family:monospace;color:#E35BD8">]×]]</b> 22:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

			== Writer Request ==
	It has just come to my attention that there is a new editor in chief of The Signpost, ]. I would like to say good luck to him, and I hope that his taking the reigns will help the signpost get back on track, and would like to bid farewell to the former Editor-in-chief, Pete Forsyth. You will be missed. Good luck Evad! ] <small><sup>'' ]</sup> <sub>]</sub>'' </small> 15:59, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
	::::REINS! (The ] is used to guide and control! ARRGH! Pet Peeve). But yes, hooray! ]<sup>]</sup> 05:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
	::+1 ] (] · ] · ]) 16:05, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
	::Ditto. {{u\|Evad37}}, thanks for taking it on. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 16:30, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
	:::{{emoji\|1F64C}} Wishing everyone here the best. ] <sup>]] ]]</sup> 16:36, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
	Thanks for the well wishes everyone, though it's really just noting/formalising the defacto job I've been doing for the last few issues - <u>''']''37'''''</u> <span style="font-size:95%;">[]]</span> 00:25, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
	::::I'm glad you've formalised this, Evad. ] ] 04:46, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
	:::::Congratulations and best wishes, {{u\|Evad37}}. Thank you for serving, {{u\|Peteforsyth}}; enjoyed working with you. --] (]) 04:52, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

			I would like to help write stories for the Signpost as a official writer. Would that be possible. ] (]) 02:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
	:+1 to everyone, thanks to Evad37 for stepping up and getting out some great issues already, and thanks to Pete for all the time and energy he devoted to the Signpost earlier!
	:I have updated ], and in the process also removed some recently added social media and contact links that seem obsolete currently.
	:However, we should make sure that the credentials for the longstanding @wikisignpost Twitter account are transitioned to the new editor-in-chief, as it has been the case since 2009. (I myself ran it when I was editor-in-chief in 2010/11, and handed over the password afterwards.) Who has these currently? And who is administrator of the Signpost's Facebook page?
	:Regards, ] (]) 21:42, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
	::PS: I understand Evad37 has access to the Twitter handle now. Regards, ] (]) 03:48, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
	:::The "In the Media" section of issue 10 had a reference to the former editor in the "send us feedback" link. Might want to fix that. ☆ ] (]) 04:51, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
	::::{{done}}, for this week and the preload template - <u>''']''37'''''</u> <span style="font-size:95%;">[]]</span> 13:32, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

			:Write something good and submit it. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Voilà! ] (]) 03:57, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	==Social Media==
	<S>Hello! I noticed that the twitter account of ''The Signpost'' has not posted since August 2016. Who is in charge of that?</S> The Facebook account is similar, having not posted since Feb. 2017. ] <small><sup>'' ]</sup> <sub>]</sub>'' </small> 14:18, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
	::<small>clearly my reading skills are severely impaired, sorry. ] <small><sup>'' ]</sup> <sub>]</sub>'' </small> 02:25, 21 December 2017 (UTC)</small>
	:Isn't that answered at ]? ☆ ] (]) 21:37, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
	::{{u\|Bri}} Yes, but there is no reason why these accounts have not posted anything. ] <small><sup>'' ]</sup> <sub>]</sub>'' </small> 02:31, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
	:::I have been posting on twitter, last post was about 2 hours ago: https://twitter.com/wikisignpost/status/942918928128286720 . I haven't yet gone into facebook (but apparently that wasn't really ever that active, from what I've heard). - <u>''']''37'''''</u> <span style="font-size:95%;">[]]</span> 02:35, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
	:::If either of you want to be involved in posting on social media, send me an email - <u>''']''37'''''</u> <span style="font-size:95%;">[]]</span> 02:38, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
	::::Is there a reason for not simply posting on the ''Misplaced Pages Weekly'' page of Facebook? ] ] 05:16, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

			== Last (12-12-24) issue was not announced ==
	== Op-ed? ==

			Or at least, not through MassMessage. Was that intentional? — ] ] 15:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
	If I wrote up my thoughts on the and what it means to Misplaced Pages would you consider publishing them? ] (] · ] · ]) 11:33, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
			:@] it was announced, ]. <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="font-family:monospace">'''<nowiki>''']<nowiki>]]'''</nowiki>'''</span> (] • ])</span> 15:33, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
	:I'd like to review what you've got. Could you post a link? ☆ ] (]) 19:13, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
			::Probably because I ask for it interwiki, at enws. Seems that all users of ] did not get it (). — ] ] 15:44, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
	::Cool. I'll write it up and point you to it when I'm done, ]. --] (] · ] · ]) 04:21, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
	Actually, would you consider ] instead, ]? --] (] · ] · ]) 14:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
	:You have tons of leeway in choice of subject, but I think it could use some work on formulation of a ] that is then defended.
	:I'm trying to find any guides for op-eds, but for now, are you familiar with one of the ] or ]? That might be a starting point. ☆ ] (]) 00:46, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
	::Thank you for your thoughtful response, Bri. There is a lot that can be said about Misplaced Pages, knowledge and reliability and I thought I might start a conversation by launching a couple of javelins at the WMF ED and board. But you're right. If I'm using this platform I should at least make a cogent argument and offer serious background. I'll read your links and do some more reading about epistemology and, if you don't mind, ping you a little further down the road. --] (] · ] · ]) 04:06, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

			== Reply button is not working ==
	== Non-breaking spaces ==

			While readinga signpost i tried to reply to a comment showing below the page but the button gave me error said
	Is there a trick to seeing non-breaking spaces? for example, I replaced some non-breaking spaces with regular ones so the text justifies properly. I can view the code and see the <code>&nbsp;</code> or <code>&#160;</code>, but I can't edit it there. The only way I can figure out to remove the non-breaking spaces is to look at the text with various window widths and see where it is breaking funny. Also, any idea how these are getting added in? <span style="background-color:#cce4fa"><span class="nowrap"> ]\|]</span></span> 05:21, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
			" Could not find the comment you're replying to on the page"
	:I think I've seen similar problems when cut-paste transferring from page histories. In the cleanup you did on FC, it seems to always be around wikilinked terms, so maybe that is a clue. ☆ ] (]) 06:25, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
			] (]) 09:39, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
	:I wonder if it was caused by this bug:
			:{{ping\|R1F4T}} - try it now. If you are on the article page, click on the talk tab and then the "edit" or "+" links on the top line. This should work automatically every time, but I think sometimes for the first comment a bit of code gets accidentally removed in the prepublication process (and then it should be just like creating any other talk page). Maybe if the comment was removed while you were typing, you'd get messed up. Maybe if you are commenting on an old article, something different might be happening. ]<sub>(])</sub>
	:*] <small>(Closed, Resolved)</small>
	:The fix for it was deployed yesterday. Since the ] ("New wikitext mode" in ]) is a mode within VisualEditor, it seems likely to be affected by the bug, even if it wasn't mentioned in the Phabricator task (until '']''). I see {{plain link\|url=//en.wikipedia.org/search/?curid=56180106&title=Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost/Next_issue/Featured_content&action=history\|name=the edits}} by Eddie891 were done with the 2017 wikitext editor ''(Tag: 2017 source edit)''. Do you use Chrome or Safari, ]? --] (]) 12:36, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
	::I alternate between both chrome and safari. Is that a problem? ] <small><sup>'' ]</sup> <sub>]</sub>'' </small> 18:21, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
	:::Sorry, what I meant to ask was if you use any of Chrome and Safari (which one doesn't matter), and thus could be affected by the above bug (assuming my guess that it affected the 2017 wikitext editor is correct).
	:::Note: I neither know the details of the above mentioned bug nor have I studied the {{plain link\|url=//en.wikipedia.org/search/?curid=56180106&title=Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost/Next_issue/Featured_content&action=history\|name=''Featured content'' page's revision history}} closely. So the cause of the non-breaking spaces may be something else.
	:::But if that bug is what caused this, it has now been fixed, so all that remains is cleaning up after it. We'll see. --] (]) 00:55, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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Vandalism Removal

I've just found out that an IP removed me and another user from the list last month. Could we do something to prevent that? Thanks Nobody (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

@JPxG: should be easy for an admin to change page privileges?? ☆ Bri (talk) 19:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, this is cooked. I do not see a single IP subscription in this whole list, which suggests there is no reason to not have it semiprotected -- have also taken the liberty of TE-move protecting it because inb4onwheels. jp×g 🗯️ 22:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Writer Request

I would like to help write stories for the Signpost as a official writer. Would that be possible. WikiEditor5678910 (talk) 02:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Write something good and submit it. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Voilà! Carrite (talk) 03:57, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Last (12-12-24) issue was not announced

Or at least, not through MassMessage. Was that intentional? — Alien 3
3 3 15:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Alien333 it was announced, for me at least. ''']''' (talk • contribs) 15:33, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Probably because I ask for it interwiki, at enws. Seems that all users of the interwiki list did not get it (random example). — Alien 3
3 3 15:44, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Reply button is not working

While readinga signpost i tried to reply to a comment showing below the page but the button gave me error said " Could not find the comment you're replying to on the page" R1F4T (talk) 09:39, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

@R1F4T: - try it now. If you are on the article page, click on the talk tab and then the "edit" or "+" links on the top line. This should work automatically every time, but I think sometimes for the first comment a bit of code gets accidentally removed in the prepublication process (and then it should be just like creating any other talk page). Maybe if the comment was removed while you were typing, you'd get messed up. Maybe if you are commenting on an old article, something different might be happening. Smallbones_(smalltalk)