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The Signpost: 28 May 2016

• News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
  

Dates and venues for WikiCon USA 2016, WikiCon India 2016, 2016 Glam Boot Camp and 2016 Wikimedia Diversity Conference

• Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
  

Sue Gardner appears to be earning more money as the WMF's special advisor than she did as its executive director

• In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax
  

Not everything you read online is fact

• Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
  

Another eight featured articles, three featured lists and five featured pictures

• Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
  

Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it, the less that weighs all of us down

• Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
  

Gamaliel and others case nears its end, and there are new 30/500 rules

• Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies
  

Round-up of recent Wikipedia research

• Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
  

We've recently come into possession of a new tool.

• Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision
  

Albin Olsson has been right there with them, capturing dramatic images of singers from around the world.

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The Signpost: 05 June 2016

• News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
  

The Signpost analyzes the WMF's revised annual plan

• In the media: Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge
  

Recent press interviews

• Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
  

One article, one list, and seven images were featured this week

• Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
  

Film and television maintain a strong grasp on Wikipedia's readership

• Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
  

The final results of the heated case

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
  

We sat down with the writers of some of the most vistied Wikipedia articles

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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - June 2016

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The Signpost: 15 June 2016

• News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
  

WMF board chair Patricio Lorente answers questions

• Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
  

Wikimedia enters academic publishing

• Featured content: From the crème de la crème
  

Eleven featured articles, nine featured lists and fourteen featured pictures

• In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
  

Recent media coverage of Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing
  

Two for the price of one—do the popular Commons image contest and Wikidata licensing serve the community as well as they should?

• Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
  

Wikipedia's most read articles in the last two weeks

• Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource
  

Poetry: “it is the stuff of the soul; it speaks to the body, the mind, and the spirit alike.” Sonja Bohm worked for years to get all of Florence Earle Coates’ poetry online, and now proofreads poetry on the English Wikisource, the free library. We asked why.

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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - July 2016

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The Signpost: 04 July 2016

• News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
  

News from Wikimania and the courts

• Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?
  

Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing

• In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
  

Reliability worries

• Featured content: Triple fun of featured content
  

Six articles, nine lists, one topic and thirteen pictures promoted

• Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit
  

European football and politics dominate the top-10

• Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year
  

From the Wikimedia Foundation blog

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The Signpost: 21 July 2016

• News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments
  

Four seats to be filled in top WMF grantmaking body; General Counsel and Secretary Geoff Brigham leaves Wikimedia

• Discussion report: Busy month for discussions
  

New ArbCom restrictions; genetically modified food safety

• In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"
  

Female scientists in India; Cracked.com probes Wikipedia's weaknesses

• Featured content: A wide variety from the best
  

Promotions in four featured-content forums

• Traffic report: Sports and esports
  

Northern summer makes sport the winner

• Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks
  

Plus a clerk appointment and two motions

• Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality
  

Plus navigating the Chinese Wikipedia, and talkpage sentiment

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