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Hello, I hope I am communicating with the right person, I'm a bit new to this. The deletion of this file is due, I am sure, to my inexperience. Contrary to you thinking I copied it from the Casting callpro website, in fact I copied it from the subject's own website at http://ginabeck.co.uk/CV.pdf with the agreement of her agent. I must say the conditions surrounding uploading images and copyright seem to be a complete minefield and I am struggling to know how to proceed. Can you provide any help? Thanks. Ralphshelton14(talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphshelton14 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Octobass flute

Good photo, but it looks much too small to be a double contrabass flute. See [1] and you'll see what I'm talking about. Badagnani (talk) 09:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We've got articles on all the sizes. I think he's calling a contrabass flute (one octave lower than the bass) an "octobass." But we can only be sure if we write him, ask how many octaves below the regular concert flute it is, and who made his instrument. Do you want to do it? Otherwise maybe we could ask Maria Ramey to use her photo, which shows how massive the real double contrabass flute is. Badagnani (talk) 09:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll email her now. Badagnani (talk) 09:21, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great that you're interested and have expertise. I think this is one we didn't know about. I just listened and it sounds fantastic. I think "a tessiture la rapproche du violoncelle : elle s’étend sur trois octaves et demie (partant du la grave situé une tierce au-dessous du do de la corde basse du violoncelle)" means that its lowest note is an A a third below the low C of the cello. I've never heard of a flute that went down to low A (don't they usually go down to low C or G?), so that's weird. That would put it between the contrabass flute and double contra-alto flute.

Can you somehow get photos of the rare smaller ones like the treble flute and flute d'amour?

I'm excited because Matthias Ziegler is coming to perform in Cleveland this winter. Badagnani (talk) 09:39, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a double contra-alto flute.[2] Badagnani (talk) 09:44, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We already have articles on the flute, concert flute, and all the various sizes. I think it's good to have all of them, as they can only grow. Each instrument has its own identity, as do, for example, the different saxophones, clarinets, or violin-family instruments. Badagnani (talk) 09:52, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that exists already. Badagnani (talk) 09:57, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, it looks great, but we already had Western_concert_flute#Members_of_the_concert_flute_family. Excellent getting the treble flute photo; how did you do that? I got three from Maria Ramey, of the contrabass, double contra-alto, and double contrabass. Badagnani (talk) 18:23, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have one more to upload. Did you know about the instant WP-to-Commons tool? Badagnani (talk) 18:53, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Wadham College, Oxford

Looks like you're right in reverting my revert. I was admittedly quick to hit the rollback, I'll try to pay more attention to the context in the future. Also removed notice from User talk:129.67.168.163. Thanks and cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:41, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, sorry I didn't get around to writing on your talk page. -- Fluteflute ^Talk ^{Contributions} 05:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bangladesh chapter of the Wikimedia movement was formed in 2009. They received official local registration from the national authorities on 10 June 2014. The long road in between was subject to much persistence, patience, and luck—along with a good deal of worry.

Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones

To the surprise of absolutely no one, the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the main draw this week, taking four slots. People appeared desperate to bone up on their trivia; checking not only this year's World Cup, but the last one. Even so, they still couldn't push Game of Thrones from the top ten. It will be interesting to see what happens come next week's season finale.

WikiProject report: Visiting the city

This week, the Signpost came in from the hinterland to interview members of the Cities WikiProject.

The Signpost: 25 June 2014

News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan

The US National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) have committed to engaging with Wikimedia projects in their newest Open Government Plan. The biannual effort is a roadmap for how the agency will accomplish its goals in the digital age.

Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport?

Despite the interest generated by its season finale, Game of Thrones still couldn't top the World Cup, which still dominated interest, as evidenced by the fact that this top 10 is virtually identical to last week's, just with a different dead celebrity.

Exclusive: "We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the Signpost

In her first interview since taking office, Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new executive director, speaks about grantmaking, the global south, and the gender gap.

Discussion report: Media Viewer, old HTML tags

Discussions on the English Wikipedia this week include...

Featured content: Showing our Wörth

Ten articles and eleven pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true

This week, the Signpost visited the land of Disney, blockbusters, explosions, dream sequences, and cultural masterpieces: film.

Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects

In a recent paper, Jacob Solomon and Rick Wash investigate the question of sustainability in online communities by analysing trends in the growth of WikiProjects.

The Signpost: 02 July 2014

In the media: Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms

The Los Angeles Times highlighted a recent Wiki Education Foundation (WEF) course at Pomona College in their article "Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula". We interviewed Char Booth, the campus ambassador for the course, for additional details.

Traffic report: The Cup runneth over... and over.

With Game of Thrones over for another year, the World Cup dominated yet again. And that is pretty much that. This list isn't likely to be particularly eventful until the Cup is won.

News and notes: Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award

Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) has won a Roaring Lion in the category of Internet and cellular for its public outreach during the tenth anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia in July 2013.

Featured content: Ship-shape

Six articles, five lists, seventeen pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

WikiProject report: Indigenous Peoples of North America

This week, the Signpost visited the Indigenous peoples of North America WikiProject.

Technology report: In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Wikimedia Deutschland's Toolserver project was switched off, marking the end of one of the Wikimedia movement's longest running Chapter-led projects. The Toolserver, which was in fact a collection of servers, first came online in 2005, hosting hundreds of webpages and scripts ("tools") made available for use by Wikimedia readers, editors and administrators.

The Signpost: 09 July 2014

Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?

Last May, James Forrester announced to the world that London had been awarded the 2014 Wikimania conference. Functioning as the Wikimedia movement's annual conference, it is separate from the chapter-focused Wikimedia Conference. The first, located in Frankfurt, took place in 2005 and had 380 attendees. London, the tenth, is now expected to attract 1500. With Wikimania ambition, attention, and attendance rising significantly over the last nine years, how have this year's monetary costs come to be?

Wikicup: Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more

After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in 2012.

Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis

The Wikimedia Education Program currently spans 60 programs around the world; students and instructors participate at almost every level of education. The Education program Signpost series presents a snapshot of the Wikimedia Global Education Program as it exists in 2014.

Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!

Five articles, six lists, and nine pictures were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.

News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative

As with the troubled release of the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) flagship VisualEditor project, the release of the new Media Viewer has also been met with opposition from the English Wikipedia community.

Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week

Unsurprisingly, the World Cup continued to dominate the English Wikipedia's viewing statistics. In particular, the record-breaking performance of US goalkeeper Tim Howard and the tournament-ending injury to Brazil's Neymar drove large amount of views to their articles.

The Signpost: 16 July 2014

Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile

On the same day the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) announced it would offer assistance to English Wikipedia editors embroiled in a legal dispute with Yank Barry, the lawsuit has been withdrawn without prejudice at the request of Barry's legal team—but this action is being described as "strategic" so that they can refile the lawsuit with a "new, more comprehensive complaint."

Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week

This week it's still more and more World Cup, with five entries out of the top ten (and 14 out of the Top 25).

Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic

It all started in late 2005, when we first held lectures about Wikipedia in two educational institutions (universities) ...

Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun

Eight articles, three lists, and 28 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

News and notes: Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles

The Swedish Wikipedia's prolific Lsjbot, which has created a significant proportion of the site's 1.7 million articles and has nearly single-handedly pushed it to being the fourth-largest Wikipedia, was covered in the Wall Street Journal this week. The newspaper reported that the bot has created 2.7 million articles, which is apparently a reference to the Waray-Waray and Cebuano Wikipedias, where Lsjbot is also active, and that "on a good day", it creates 10,000 articles.

The Signpost: 23 July 2014

Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel

"Great success" in Israel universities is leading to collaboration and editing in high schools.

Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it

Last week I predicted that the World Cup dominance on the report would be over—but I was wrong. The World Cup Final fell on the 13th of July, which was actually the first day of the week covered by this report, not the last day of the last report. Hence, five of the Top 10 this week are again World Cup related-topics.

News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier

Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) today are facing fewer barriers to uploading their content onto Wikimedia projects now that the new GLAM-Wiki Toolset Project has been launched. The tool, which is the fruit of a collaboration between Europeana and several Wikimedia chapters, relieves GLAMs from having to write their own automated scripts and gives them a standardized method of uploading large amounts of their digitized holdings.

Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform

The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.

Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!

Ten articles, five lists, and 25 pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Wadham College Oxford entry is being sabotaged

Dear Fluteflute, Sorry to bug you with this: can I please ask you for help with an issue with the "Wadham College, Oxford" wikipedia page? Given that you also made a few edits for that entry I thought you may care to know that the entry for Wadham College is being sabotaged by a user (131.111.185.25, who may be the same as 131.111.194.10, I'm not sure). The user has changed that wiki entry back to how it was before the major revision I had made in December 2013. I'm a total newbie to Wikipedia, but I put a lot of effort in trying to improve the horrible page that has now been put back by that user. Is there anything one can do? Lots of other wikipedia users had since improved the changes I had made (e.g. more neutral language, etc.), so I don't think the version we had on June 24 was lacking neutrality. The revisions of 25 June 2014 by‎ 131.111.185.25 and on 28 June 2014 by‎ 131.111.194.10 are reverting the entry back to how it was before December 2013. Is there anything one can do? That user is doing a great disservice to the Wikipedia community who have worked hard to improve that page. Thanks for any help you may have time for! Rp31 (talk) 22:35, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm a bit busy right at this moment, but I will try to have a look in the next day or two. Welcome to Wikipedia though! -- Fluteflute ^Talk ^{Contributions} 12:20, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

Book review: Knowledge or unreality?

In Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia, Dariusz Jemielniak discusses Wikipedia from the standpoint of an experienced editor and administrator who is also a university professor specializing in management and organizations. In Virtual Reality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?, Charles Seife presents a more broadly themed work reminding us to question the reliability of information found throughout the Internet.

Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate

Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in the English language Wikipedia. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, Osman analyzed 573 posts from the three main votes on paid editing conducted in the community in November 2013.

News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?

Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?

Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World

A "program of heroes" is leading the charge in Egypt.

Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit

We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the top 10, with Gaza Strip, Israel, and Hamas. The top 25 also includes Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Death also lies behind the popularity of James Garner, the American actor who died on July 19th, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and deaths in 2014.

Featured content: Skeletons and Skeltons

Two articles, four lists, and seven pictures attained featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

The Signpost: 06 August 2014

Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview

As the start of Wikimania proper on 8 August approaches, the Signpost looks ahead to what its dozens of presentations might offer the technologically-inclined, whether attending in person or taking advantage of what promises to be a strong digital offering.

Traffic report: Ebola

Serious news continues to dominate the most popular articles chart on Wikipedia this week, with the Ebola virus disease far and away in the top spot. In the top 25, we see the related articles Ebola virus, which talks about biological aspects, at #18 and 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak at #19.

Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them

Eight articles, fifteen pictures, and two topics were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico

"Major growth" expected in Mexican university after a Wikipedia program is formally accepted by the school's administration.

News and notes: "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results

The Wikimedia Foundation has published its first transparency report, covering from July 2012 to June 2014. The move comes on the same day the organization announced that Google, in order to comply with a recent court order upholding the "right to be forgotten", has removed a number of Wikipedia articles from their European search results.

The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

Slate reports that Tom Scott, co-creator of the emoji social network Emojli, created a Twitter bot called Parliament WikiEdits to automatically tweet a link to any Wikipedia edits made from an IP address belonging to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Scott's bot initially did not tweet any links to edits made from Parliament and, according to Scott, an "insider" reports that their IP addresses changed. Despite this, Scott's Twitter bot has inspired similar creations in numerous other countries.

Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

It's been a grim few weeks. It says something that formerly arresting crises like the war in Ukraine, Boko Haram and the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, despite still being ongoing, have fallen out of the top 10 to make way for the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak and the equally if not more intense conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective

"Education is at the core of the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission."

Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars

Wikimania 2014 was held last week in the Barbican Centre in London. Below, the Signpost's former "Technology report" writer Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) shares his thoughts on a bustling conference.

News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation staff members have now been granted superpowers that would allow them to override community consensus. The new protection level came as a response to attempts of German Wikipedia administrators to implement a community consensus on the new Media Viewer. "Superprotect" is a level above full protection, and prevents edits by administrators.

Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia

Erythrophobia is the fear of, or sensitivity to, the colour red. Recently, I have seen more and more erythrophobic Wikipedians; specifically, Wikipedians who are scared of red links. In Wikipedia's early days, red links were encouraged and well-loved, and when I started editing in 2006, this was still mostly the case. Jump forward to 2014, and many editors now have an aversion to red links.

In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

The Observer reported (August 2) that Google would "restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe's controversial new 'right to be forgotten' legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia."

Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week

Eight article, six lists, and two topics were promoted to featured status last week.

The Signpost: 20 August 2014

Interview: Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia

Dorothy Howard interviews Michael Szajewski, archivist for digital development and university records at Ball State University.

Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

Comedian Robin Williams' untimely death takes the top spot.

WikiProject report: Bats and gloves

At the plate with WikiProject Baseball!

Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia

Denny Vrandečić argues that "We should focus on measuring how much knowledge we allow every human to share in, instead of number of articles or active editors."

Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan

Ten articles and three pictures were promoted to featured status last week.

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news

Journalistic integrity, Congressional edits, and other news.

News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster

More discussions about Media Viewer, Superprotect, and software development

Traffic report: Viral

"This was a week when an actual virus, Ebola, competed for attention with several viral social phenomena; most notably the Ice Bucket Challenge..."

Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!

Sixteen articles, five lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted.

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended

"On 1 September, the Arbitrators voted to suspend the Media Viewer case for 60 days. After the suspension period is up, the case is to be closed unless the committee votes otherwise. The case suspension comes in response to several new initiatives and policies announced by the Wikimedia Foundation that may make the case moot. In the same motion, the committee declared that Eloquence's resignation of the administrator right was "under the cloud" and that he can only regain the right through another RfA."

Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more

Two articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted

Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial

Doc James and some collaborators are working on quick detection of copyright violations

Traffic report: Holding Pattern

"This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."

WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

"This week, the Signpost went out to meet WikiProject Anatomy, dedicated to improving the articles about all our bones, brains, bladders and biceps, and getting them to the high standard expected of a comprehensive encyclopaedia."

Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies

The latest roundup of research about Wikimedia

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Last month, I wrote an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, inviting others to join me in a simple but important request: roll back the recent actions—both technical and social—by which the Wikimedia Foundation has overruled legitimate decisions of several Wikimedia projects.

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Even though it's not quite 3/4 over, it's safe to say that 2014 will go down as a year of war, mass murder, plane crashes and terrible diseases. While certainly paying it some heed, it's not surprising that Wikipedia viewers tried this week to find any alternative to that litany of tragedy and pain, and their chosen method of escape was, as usual, celebrity.

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

The amazing and strange tongue-eating louse replacing a fish's tongue! Because isopods, the subject of a new featured article, are both awesome and really damn weird!

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

This week, the Signpost decided to have a look around with WikiProject Check Wikipedia a maintenance project not concerned so much with articles' content, but in all the tiny errors that are to be found scattered within them. Their front page gives a list of things they mainly focus on ...

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

The Hürriyet Daily News reports on a series of posts on Twitter from Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik.

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

A prominent Wikipedia researcher has discovered that the encyclopedia's widely used article traffic statistics are missing out on approximately one-third of total views.

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

0.75% of Wikipedia birthdates are inaccurate, reported Robert Viseur at WikiSym 2014. Those inaccuracies are "low, although higher than the 0.21% observed for the baseline reference sources". Given that biographies represent 15% of English Wikipedia, the third largest category after "arts" and "culture", their accuracy is important.

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.

The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do.

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

This article was first published in the Signpost in 2009. Written by several long-standing editors, including the late Adrianne Wadewitz, the article was subjected to extensive commentary and ultimately influenced the English Wikipedia's plagiarism guideline. With recent debates about close paraphrasing vis-à-vis plagiarism, we feel that this dispatch retains its relevance and deserves a second airing.

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

The argument on Wikipedia over the benefits of crowdsourcing versus the primacy of "expert" contributors stretches back to co-founder Larry Sanger's break with the project to start the alternative Citizendium.

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

This week, the Signpost went down to the farm to have a look at the work of WikiProject Agriculture, which has been in existence since 2007 and has a scope covering crop production, livestock management, aquaculture, dairy farming and forest management.

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

Jews wished each other Shanah Tovah ("Good year") this week as Rosh Hashanah was our most popular article. It was also a week not dominated by heavy news and tragedies, so aside from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (#2, sixth week in the Top 10), our popular article list runs the gamut of current events including new television series Gotham (#3), the 2014 Asian Games (#4), and Reddit-fueled popularity for German director Uwe Boll (#7).

Featured content: Brothers at War

As the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the American Civil War draws to a close, the race to improve content continues. The Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, will, quite appropriately, be Picture of the Day for November 30, 2014, its 150th anniversary. If you want to help commemorate the American Civil War, why not help out at the Military History WikiProject's Operation Brothers at War. Or help out with the World War I centennial, just starting up, Operation Great War Centennial.

The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Also, Wikimedia Norge and Nobel Peace Center edit-a-thon

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

2 Featured articles, 4 Featured lists, 62 Featured pictures, and 2 Featured portals were promoted.

Traffic report: Panic and denial

The first case of the Ebola virus on US shores sent people into a tizzy, rushing to their keyboards to try and learn what they could.

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

No seriously, it is.

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

Why does Wikipedia still use the gendered pronouns "she" and "her" for ships?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Ben Koo of the sports blog Awful Announcing investigated how player Joe Streater's name became involved in recent years with a historic sports scandal.

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

The Banning Policy case was closed on 12 October. Arbcom affirmed that users have "considerable leeway" in terms of how their talk pages are managed.

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Nine articles and twenty-six pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia.

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

This week we sat down with The Earwig to learn about his wikitext parser.

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

We are pleased to report that the WP:5000 has now been updated to include mobile views, including a column reflecting the percentage of views coming from mobile devices.

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

Today, it's the turn of WikiProject Ohio to give us an interview probing deep into of how they manage to run a project covering one fiftieth of the United States, and the workings of how they manufacture their successes and other articles.

The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Four articles, four lists, and fifty-three pictures were promoted to featured status.

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

Our op-ed writer this week opines that the organization of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" resembles how Wikipedia is organized.

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Among many newsworthy stories this week, the Signpost notes the passing of Italian Wikipedia administrator and former Wikimedia Italia treasurer [Cotton

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

Ebola, movies and television articles appear in this week's top ten.

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

PaintedCarpet explains that "WikiProject Orphanage aims to connect all Wikipedia pages, so that pages can be found and read more easily."

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Noam Cohen reports in The New York Times (October 26) that Wikipedia's "Ebola Virus Disease article has had 17 million page views in the last month," an indication of the public's reliance on the online encyclopedia.

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Rather than the usual WikiProject Report, this week our guest author Jheald is telling us about a campaign to identify thousands of old maps which have been digitised, to make them available for georeferencing and upload

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Ebola virus disease leads the Report for the fourth straight week. The rest of the list is primarily a mix of pop culture topics, including movie Avengers: Age of Ultron (#4) whose trailer was leaked early, and the death of Oscar de la Renta (#7). A BuzzFeed article on creepy Wikipedia articles, no doubt well-timed with Halloween (#9) around the corner, was responsible for three articles in the Top 25, including June and Jennifer Gibbons (#10), Taman Shud Case (#17), Joyce Vincent (#25). And the internet-run-amok controversy of Gamergate cracked the Top 25 for the first time at #19.

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

In new research conducted in light of proposed changes to data protection legislation in the European Union (EU), authors Bart Custers, Simone van der Hof, and Bart Schermer conducted a comparative analysis of social media and user-generated content websites’ privacy policies along with a user survey (N=8,621 in 26 countries) and interviews in 13 different EU countries on awareness, values, and attitudes toward privacy online.

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

"Rachel Feltman, in The Washington Post (November 4), examined research in which a team, mostly from Los Alamos National Laboratory, headed by Kyle Hickman developed a model that enabled them "to successfully predict the 2013-2014 flu season in real time" by employing "an algorithm to link flu-related Wikipedia searches with CDC data from the same time." Apparently when individuals search for information about the flu and its symptoms in Wikipedia when they feel ill, this generates data useful in forecasting the the flu season."

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

"It is, perhaps, ironic that humanity chose the week of Halloween to finally put its fears to bed. Let's face it: 2014 has been a year of tragedies, conflicts, plagues and pain, and eventually something had to break... Whether we at last came to terms with our limited ability to affect events, shoved those events under the carpet, or just decided to let go and move on, we turned our eye to more positive things, such as sports heroes, hotly anticipated movies, and lifelong learning; two Google doodles appeared in the top 25 for the first time since the beginning of August."

The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

"Technology media outlets are abuzz after the November 6 unveiling of the Amazon Echo, an Internet-connected voice command device"; "The EUobserver talks (November 4) with Dimitar Dimitrov (User:Dimi z) about the lack of freedom of panorama in some European Union countries and its implications for Wikimedia projects"; "Scott Cantrell, classical music critic for the Dallas Morning News, recounts efforts to verify an uncited claim in the Wikipedia article for the Béla Bartók opera Bluebeard's Castle."

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

This was very much a week dominated by holidays and pop culture over current events, with new film Interstellar taking the top spot followed by holidays Day of the Dead (#2), Guy Fawkes and his Night (#4 and #5), and Halloween (#8, and its third week on the list). And a foursome of television shows, all return visitors, appear to setting up residence on the greater Top 25: The Walking Dead (#11), American Horror Story: Freak Show (#14), Gotham (#16), and The Flash (#18).

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

Nine articles, two lists, and 55 featured pictures were promoted during the week of 26 October.

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

We return to our interview format this week, speaking with the participants of WikiProject Hospitals. This project, formed in 2010, has no Featured content and only three Good articles, yet aided by around 30 hard-working Wikipedians covers a topic that is essential to life.

The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions

Four articles, four lists, eleven pictures, and one topic were promoted.

In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism

Numerous media outlets are reporting on a November 14 statement on the website of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library announcing the formation of a Russian "alternative" to Wikipedia, a "regional electronic encyclopedia" dedicated to "Russian regions and the life of the country".

Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures

The monthly roundup of research related to Wikimedia.

WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

It's time for this year's edition of the Report looking at possibly our largest wikiproject: Military history. Since our last interview in June 2013, the project has had no break in its huge quest to document everything in their scope, that is, militaries and conflicts of the past. As usual, its participants were eager to answer the questions posed by The Signpost and update us on how they are doing.

Traffic report: Big in Japan

Often times in popular culture, a subject will be quite popular among a distinct niche of people or region of the world, but little-known elsewhere -- like a musical artist that is boasted to be "big in Japan". The Traffic Report provides a bevy of examples this week.

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

In the media: Embroidery and cheese

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

Traffic report: Turkey and a movie

WikiProject report: Today on the island

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"

Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction

Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

The Signpost: 17 December 2014

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Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

Traffic report: A December Lull

The Signpost: 24 December 2014

From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

In the media: Wales on GamerGate

Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.

Featured content: A bit fruity

Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

A paper titled "Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education" uses the technology acceptance model to shed light on faculty's (of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) views of Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

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Proposed deletion of List of Doctor Who – Battles in Time issues

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