Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2012-11-05

Op-ed

2012 WikiCup comes to an end

J Milburn is a British editor who has been on the site since 2006. He is one of two judges of the WikiCup. Here, he uses an op-ed to explain the way the WikiCup works and to review this year's competition, which ended recently.

News and notes

Wikimedian photographic talent on display in national submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments

The results of most of the national heats for Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) have been published on Commons. A maximum of 10 images have been submitted by all but eight of the 34 participating countries, and the international jury for what is the largest competition of its type in the world is set to announce the global winner in four weeks' time.

In the media

Was climate change a factor in Hurricane Sandy?

Hurricane Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record and has caused millions of dollars in damage. Naturally, Wikipedia covered it. But was Wikipedia's coverage unbiased?

Discussion report

Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks

The Signpost's weekly roundup of topics for discussion on the English Wikipedia.

Featured content

Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads

This week, the Signpost interviewed two editors. The first, PumpkinSky, collaborated with Gerda Arendt in writing the recently featured article on Franz Kafka and won second prize in the Core contest last August. The second, Cwmhiraeth, collaborated with Thompsma in promoting the article Frog, which was featured last week. We asked them about the special challenges faced while writing Core content and things to watch out for.

Technology report

Hue, Sqoop, Oozie, Zookeeper, Hive, Pig and Kafka

The Wikimedia Foundation's engineering report for October 2012 was published this week on the Wikimedia Techblog and on the MediaWiki wiki, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month. TimedMediaHandler also went live.

WikiProject report

Listening to WikiProject Songs

This week, The Signpost sings along with WikiProject Songs which focuses on articles about songs of every generation and genre. The project initially began as a rough outline in October 2002 and was reimagined in March 2004 using its parent WikiProject Albums as a template.

The Signpost is looking for new talent.

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