Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2023-01-16

From the team

We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again

It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

Special report

Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020

Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

News and notes

Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion

UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.

In the media

Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again

Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.

Technology report

View it! A new tool for image discovery

The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.

In focus

Busting into Grand Central

Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.

Serendipity

How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100

The economics of Wikipedia.

Gallery

What is our responsibility when it comes to images?

When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.

Humour

New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced

7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".

Opinion

Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany

Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.

Featured content

Flip your lid

...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.

Traffic report

The most viewed articles of 2022

War, sports, and all types of chaos.

From the archives

Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

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