Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2023-07-17

News and notes

Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?

Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.

In the media

Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia

Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.

Obituary

David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)

Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.

News from the WMF

ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns

The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.

In focus

Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?

Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.

Tips and tricks

What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)

A summary of various tools designed over the years.

Recent research

Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy

And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.

Humour

New fringe theories to be introduced

Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.

Cobwebs

If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop

The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.

Featured content

Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!

In which choices have been made™.

Traffic report

The Idol becomes the Master

Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science.

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