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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

The Signpost talks with the creator of a grant proposal to create an on-wiki exclusive space for women to discuss issues.

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.

Traffic report: The American Heartland

The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.

Featured content: It's raining men!

Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from the Meta-Wiki.

Gallery: Langston Hughes

A new Signpost feature.

February 2015 Wikification drive

Greetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the February drive has been started. Better late than never! Come on, sign up! :) Grinding, grinding, grinding... what are we finding, finding, finding... (talk) 23:04, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

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News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

Also: GLAM-Wiki Conference; Ombudsman Commission announced; Slovak Wikipedia now has 200,000 articles

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Two articles, three lists, and twenty five pictures became featured.

Traffic report: Bowled over

Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

This week, we bring three of the most recently created WikiProjects to come into being on the English Wikipedia. While many long-established projects are becoming inactive, (as we have covered before), that doesn't stop new ones forming every now and then to cover a topic that a group of editors feel should be better cared for.

Gallery: Feel the love

This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

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The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

Go Phightins! shares his thoughts on admin attrition and the size of the administrative backlog.

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."

Gallery: Darwin Day

Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.

Traffic report: February is for lovers

This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

The most significant item on ArbCom's agenda this fortnight has been the closure of the Wifione case and subsequent fallout, although the fallout from GamerGate continues to linger.

The Bugle: Issue CVII, February 2015

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book review: Nick-D on the British Pacific Fleet
Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the advent of chemical warfare
Timeline: This month in World War I

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:50, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

re Johnny jebsen,

re Johnny Jebsen sorry, that I have to insist: there never was a shipping company jebsen & jebsen in Hamburg, only Jebsen & Jessen, founded by Jacob Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen in 1909, today "Jebsen Group", best regards Gratzky — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gratzky (talk • contribs) 18:52, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Johnny Jebsen

Sorry, but I have to insist: There never was a shipping company Jessen & Jessen in Hamburg, only Jebsen & Jessen, founded by Jacob Jebsen from Apenrade (today Abenraa in Denmark) and Heinrich Jessen in 1909. Best regards Gratzky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gratzky (talk • contribs) 18:55, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of List of Ops (B) staff

The article List of Ops (B) staff you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:List of Ops (B) staff for things which need to be addressed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:16, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks mate; I'll take a good look today! --Errant ^(chat!) 08:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Legacy of Operation Hardboiled

Dear User:ErrantX. Nice work shepherding today's FA. With only a moderate overall knowledge of British Second World War intelligence I defer to one better informed to ask this: Were lessons learned by LCS (or the other intelligence apparati it interacted with during Hardboiled) concerning the multiplicity of information blockages (systemic or not) and poor approach (both in selection and execution) that could be briefly summarized in the article's Legacy section? LCS was unaware of so much, and was so green at its job, that it would seem that someone or entity with broad oversight over the totality of British intelligence would have looked at how Hardboiled went down and made some changes in information pathways, operation creation, task assignment, and so on.

I realize that elements of this are touched on there, but it seems like there were still lots of loose ends in the aftermath. Did they all stay loose, or were some tightened in a way that can be accurately condensed? Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 17:34, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.