Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2018-06-29

From the editor

The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

A Wiki not so Simple, a mayor motivating an editathon, a Marshall Plan, and a Wikimania under a cloud of criticism

Special report

NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

Further developments on New Page Review and Articles for Creation work sharing

Op-ed

What do admins do?

Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems

Opinion

Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

So it shouldn't get credit for our work, either.

News and notes

Money, milestones, and Wikimania

Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.

In the media

Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress

Several online battles are juxtaposed with stories about cooperation and good deeds, Arbcom hovering over it all; notwithstanding, a good action movie script is not necessarily found here.

Discussion report

Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page

Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.

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Arbitration report

WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed

British politics case enters workshop phase and German war effort closes workshop, goes to Arbcom for proposals.

Traffic report

Endgame

Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway

Technology report

Improvements piled on more improvements

An AI assistant comes to watchlists; better mobile compatibility; new bots, tools and scripts; and more

Gallery

Wiki Loves Africa

Colorful and moving.

Blog

Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

WMF appeals to Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet Arslan to lift the block of all language versions of Wikipedia for over a year.

Recent research

How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry

Studying ourselves: 'driven by a sense of mission' according to researchers.

Humour

Television plot lines

In our next episode...

Wikipedia essays

This month's pick by The Signpost editors

Some essays are funny, some are serious; some are just, well what exactly?

From the archives

Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

Revisiting an editor's warning to count our kidneys and keep the wolves at bay

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