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The Signpost: 19 August 2015
- Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus
Nothing makes Wikipedians more angry than a discussion of gender and feminism on Wikipedia.
- In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"
A new article in PLOS ONE about Wikipedia's science coverage has attracted media attention.
- Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!
This week's featured content.
- Travelogue: Seeing is believing
Tony the Tiger tours New York City.
- Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut
It's a long way from the leafy bowers of Greenwich, Connecticut to the concrete barrens of Compton, California.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news
Wikipedia is capable of covering news like any news agency.
The Signpost: 26 August 2015
- In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors
Does the data mean good news for the encyclopedia?
- In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia
The Russian Wikipedia is blocked, more blocks may be on the on the horizon.
- Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?
Should paid event staff supplement the work of volunteers?
- News and notes: Re-imagining grants
The Wikimedia Foundation's grant structure.
- Featured content: Out to stud, please call later
This week's featured content.
- Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration
The recently closed Arbitration Enforcement case.
- Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report
A look at the research presented at the OpenSym 2015 conference.
The Signpost: 02 September 2015
- Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia
Nearly 400 accounts blocked in largest paid-editing bust ever.
- News and notes: Flow placed on ice
The WMF collaboration team announced this week that Flow will no longer be under active development.
- Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments
A conflict regarding fundraising banners on the Italian Wikipedia is resolved.
- Featured content: Brawny
This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 16 August to 24 August.
- In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage
Also vital statistics regarding Ja Rule.
- Traffic report: You didn't miss much
The late-summer smash success of Straight Outta Compton remains the chief talking point of the English-speaking world, interrupted only by the welcome return of a Google Doodle.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
The Signpost: 09 September 2015
- Gallery: Being Welsh
The National Library is now releasing some of the nation's most treasured collections to Wikimedia Commons for everyone to use and enjoy.
- Featured content: Killed by flying debris
Tony1 interviews a prolific featured content participant, Ian Rose.
- Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity
Fram tells us why DYK is a problem.
- News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article
First bot-created article generated from Wikidata; the Orange Bar of Doom has finally met its doom; active editor numbers still on the rise; arbitrator to resign; ne templates added in wake of Orangemoody case
- Traffic report: Mass media production traffic
This week's theme in popular articles revolved entirely around mass media productions.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
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- In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined
A recap of Wikipedia in the media this week
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The Signpost: 16 September 2015
- Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access
On Wikipedia's commitment to open access and its obligations to readers and editors.
- News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?
WMF CFO to depart, notifications come and go, and questions about the possible editing by a recently arrested terrorism suspect.
- In the media: Is there life on Mars?
Probably not. Also, Whitehall still editing Wikipedia.
- Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road?
This week's featured content.
- Traffic report: Another week
No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
The Signpost: 23 September 2015
- In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
PETA launches a copyright lawsuit over the infamous photograph.
- Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?
No, really, just stop.
- Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library
This week's featured content.
- WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?
This time of year features the Latin Grammy Awards, so here for an interview are WikiProject Latin music.
- Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.
This week, drug lord and wannabe Bolivar Pablo Escobar was joined by a whole host of somewhat more primetime-friendly political insurgents.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
The Signpost: 30 September 2015
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania
A year of fundraising and a controversial decision.
- In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism
More Wikipedia editing in the news.
- Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators
Low numbers of active admins and high standards for adminship make a troubling combination.
- Recent research: Wiktionary special; newbies, conflict and tolerance; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?
A look at newly published Wikipedia research.
- Tech news: Tech news in brief
Community technical news
The Signpost: 07 October 2015
- Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption
Kazakhstan and Wikipedia: A marriage made in hell.
- Traffic report: Reality is for losers
English speakers, like most of humanity, are primarily a northern-hemispheric people, and as autumn draws close and the days grow shorter, as a group we tend to huddle around our flickering screens and remember what matters: TV, movies, sports and, of course, crazy doomsday prophecies.
- Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
Some of Wikipedia's newest featured content.
- Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan
These winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments Pakistan 2015 contest were shared with the Social Media mailing list recently.
- Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs
A new case was opened for ArbCom as the Genetically modified organisms case was accepted and opened on 28 September.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
A reproduced version of the Wikimedia tech newsletter.
- In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?
A summary of Wikimedia's mentions in the media.
The Signpost: 14 October 2015
- Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith
We believe that human interaction can only make Wikipedia stronger.
- WikiConference report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States
Three days at the US National Archives.
- Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence
The news coverage we usually see about Wikipedia is neither in-depth, nor specialized, nor systematic.
- News and notes: 2015–2016 Q1 fundraising update sparks mailing list debate
Everyone's talking about money.
- Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death
For the second consecutive week, the most viewed article had less than one million views, the only two weeks that has happened in all of 2015.
- Featured content: A fistful of dollars
This week's featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid
On September 25, 26 and 27, Wikimedia Spain celebrated its third Wikimedia Conference at the Colegio Mayor Universitario Isabel de España in Madrid.
The Signpost: 21 October 2015
- Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
Time to clean up our mess.
- News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched
District court judge decrees that the WMF lacks standing.
- In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
- Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus
Examining the conflict and its participants.
- Featured content: A more balanced week
Featured content
- Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
When given a choice between journals of similar impact factors, editors are significantly more likely to select the “open access” option.
- Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing
Open cases before the Arbitration Committee.
- Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet
We live in a harsh, uncertain world.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
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The Signpost: 28 October 2015
- From the editor: The Signpost's reorganization plan—we need your help
A call for volunteers.
- News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles
The community reacts to another milestone.
- In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA
The week's news coverage about the encyclopedia.
- Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying
Gangs of bullies and trolls rove the internet and make life difficult for the rest of us.
- Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement
A divisive case before the Committee opens.
- Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth
What's this all aboot, eh?
- Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages
New research about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.
- Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things
This week's featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Community letter: Five million articles
The community celebrates.
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The Signpost: 04 November 2015
- Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey
The WMF wants your ideas for technical improvements.
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone
WMF funding and the death and life of a controversial feature.
- In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?
The difficulties of verifying encyclopedia content.
- Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad
The week in article traffic.
- Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket
This week's featured content.
- Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony
Wikipedia received the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for global cooperation on October 23.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
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The Signpost: 11 November 2015
- Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed
Assessing the end of a controversial feature.
- Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee
It's that time of the year again.
- Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review
Fallout from a recent security breach.
- Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling
Featured content
- In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys
Are the inmates running the asylum? Are journalists copying Wikipedia? Are monkeys filing lawsuits?
- Traffic report: Doodles of popularity
More doodles, more traffic.
- Gallery: Paris
Reflecting on the tragedy in France.
The Signpost: 18 November 2015
- Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed
Our annual election coverage.
- In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing
Icelandic Wikipedia hits 400K articles; how do Wikipedia editors stay neutral?
- Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world
Discussions around the encyclopedia.
- Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running
Updates on the Committee. You know, besides the election.
- Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales
The week in Featured Content.
- Traffic report: Darkness and light
Paris and Diwali.
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The Signpost: 25 November 2015
- Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone
Wikidata is set to become the main open data repository worldwide.
- News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations
Updates on the Wikimedia Foundation.
- In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia
The worldwide community wins a prestigious award while the Russian community struggles with government interference.
- Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films
Scholarly research about Wikipedia and related projects.
- Featured content: Caves and stuff
Featured content
- Traffic report: J'en ai ras le bol
The week's most read articles.
- Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins
Another long-running case has been closed, while the voting process for this year's Arbitration Committee Elections has begun.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
The suit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of the museum’s public domain works of art.
The Signpost: 02 December 2015
- Op-ed: Whither Wikidata?
Issues of quality and verifiability threaten the project.
- News and notes: Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections
How the community can have its say on two important matters.
- In the media: Is Wikidata as transparent as it seems?; Wikimedia Fund-raising drive launches
Concerns about Wikidata and WMF fundraising.
- Traffic report: Jonesing for episodes
The new Netflix series heads the list.
- Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
Newly promoted featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
The Signpost: 09 December 2015
- News and notes: ArbCom election results announced
The three scrutineers announced the results, a little more than three days after the close of voting.
- Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view
A response from Wikidata.
- In the media: Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries
Another election, another series of edit wars.
- Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 winners
The top 25 images.
- Traffic report: So do you laugh, or does it cry?
Another death tops the report this week.
- Featured content: Sports, ships, arts... and some other things
This week's featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
The Signpost: 16 December 2015
- In focus: Drone photography: New possibilities and new challenges
Creating content in the sky.
- In the media: Wales in China; #Edit2015
Jimmy Wales finds his words edited on the Internet.
- Arbitration report: GMO case decided
Keeping up with the committee.
- Featured content: An unusually slow week
Featured content
- WikiProject report: Women in Red—using teamwork and partnerships to elevate online and offline collaborations
Tackling content gaps through collaboration.
- Traffic report: A feast of Spam
More data, more problems.
- Gallery: WikiConference USA 2015: images, slide decks, and videos
A look back at October.
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The Signpost: 30 December 2015
- News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee
In a monumental move, the Board ousted one of its own
- Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended
The latest news from ArbCom
- Featured content: The post-Christmas edition
A report covering material promoted from 13 to 26 December
- Traffic report: The Force we expected
In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize
- Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015
We review the top ten stories that defined the Wikimedia movement in 2015
- In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"
The latest news coverage from around the movement
- Gallery: It's that time of year again
Christmas time is here.
The Signpost: 06 January 2016
- News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent
Trouble with the Board of Trustees
- In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE
Wikipedia's science articles are "effectively incomprehensible"
- Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided
Current Committee decisions
- Featured content: Featured menagerie
Featured content
- Recent research: Teaching Wikipedia, Does advertising the gender gap help or hurt Wikipedia?
Current academic research on Wikipedia and related projects
- WikiProject report: Try-ing to become informed - WikiProject Rugby League
Sports!
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news
The Signpost: 13 January 2016
- In the media: War and peace; WMF board changes; Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedias
A look at movement coverage "in the media"
- Community view: Battle for the soul of the WMF
Liam Wyatt shares his thoughts in "community view"
- Editorial: We need a culture of verification
Our co-editor-in-chief, Gamaliel, shares his thoughts on the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia
- In focus: The Crisis at New Montgomery Street
William Beutler discusses problems inside the WMF.
- Op-ed: Transparency
James Heilman talks about why he was removed from the WMF board.
- Traffic report: Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report
What was the most-viewed article of 2015? Read to find out!
- Special report: Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016
WE LOVE PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!
- News and notes: Community objections to new Board trustee
A look at community objections to a new Board trustee
- Blog: Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia
Jeff Elder talks sports vandalism on the Wikimedia blog
- Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
A review of the featured content promoted this week
- Arbitration report: Interview: outgoing and incumbent arbitrators 2016
We sat down with both incoming and outgoing arbitrators to get their thoughts on the committee.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.
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The Signpost: 20 January 2016
- News and notes: Vote of no confidence; WMF trustee speaks out
The continuing controversy over a new Board appointment.
- Op-ed: Not a pretty picture: Thoughts on the "monkey selfie" debacle
Is Wikimedia taking the right approach?
- In the media: 15th anniversary news round-up
The news media remembers we're still around.
- Traffic report: Danse Macabre
A cheery week.
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Newly promoted content.
- Blog: Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place
A talk with MediaWiki developer : Magnus Manske.
The Signpost: 27 January 2016
- Op-ed: Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy
Participate in the new strategy initiative.
- News and notes: Geshuri steps down from the Board
Newly appointed trustee leaves following a community outcry.
- In the media: Media coverage of the Arnnon Geshuri no-confidence vote
Board turmoil gets the attention of journalists.
- Recent research: Bursty edits; how politics beat religion but then lost to sports; notability as a glass ceiling
Current research involving Wikipedia.
- Traffic report: Death and taxes
Some things never change.
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Newly promoted content.
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Carrier Strike Groups
Thank you for your edits Senator2029. You may not be aware that all other Category:Combatant groups of the United States Navy and Category:Ship squadrons of the United States Navy use the numerical, rather than spelt-out, designation (as noted in each of my edit summaries). I am half way through the change, and unless you have strong, policy-based reasons as to why spelt-out has validity, I intend to standardise on numeric. Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 20:07, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 03 February 2016
- From the editors: Help wanted
Help us continue to publish on a weekly (-ish) basis.
- Special report: Board chair and new trustee speak with the Signpost
New member María Sefidari joins the Board of Trustees.
- In focus: The Knight Foundation grant: a timeline and an email to the board
James Heilman speaks out about the events leading up to his dismissal from the Board.
- Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?
Examining the issues at the heart of recent Board disputes.
- News and notes: Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background
A survey released, another major departure from the Foundation.
- Arbitration report: Catching up on arbitration
More cases, more problems.
- Traffic report: Bowled
Some sort of sporting contest tops this week's traffic.
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Newly promoted content.
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The Signpost: 10 February 2016
- News and notes: Another WMF departure
- In the media: Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects
- Featured content: This week's featured content
- Traffic report: A river of revilement
The Signpost: 17 February 2016
- Special report: Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov
Examining the impact of the knowledge engine
- Op-ed: Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month
A new column that examines the articles that are helping to fight systemic bias
- Featured content: This week's featured content
One article, three lists, and five images attained featured status this past week
- Traffic report: Super Bowling
The biggest annual event in America takes over Wikipedia viewership
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
The news for the nerd inside of us
- Blog: Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy
The American Supreme Court justice's impact on the life of a Wikipedia editor
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The Signpost: 24 February 2016
- Special report: WMF in limbo as decision on Tretikov nears
The Board of Trustees may be deciding the direction of the Foundation.
- Op-ed: Backward the Foundation
Parting words from a WMF employee,
- Traffic report: Of Dead Pools and Dead Judges
Another grim week in traffic statistics.
- Blog: Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world
Wiki Loves Africa photo competition focuses on continent’s varied fashion traditions from north, south, east, and west.
- Arbitration report: Arbitration motion regarding CheckUser & Oversight inactivity
Committee motions and business.
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Newly promoted featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
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The Signpost: 02 March 2016
- News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition
A tumultuous time at the Wikimedia Foundation
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Newly promoted articles and images.
- Traffic report: Brawling
Politics and wrestling top the traffic statistics.
- Recent research: Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"?
Current academic research about the encyclopedia and related projects.
- Blog: Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new transparency report
The WMF reports on incoming requests.
The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted
Controversy, change, and everything between.
- In the media: Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share
Perhaps we're turning over a new leaf as a front-runner in the fight for equality?
- Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future
A look at the future of our parent foundation.
- Featured content: Five articles, four lists, a topic, and five images were promoted this week.
This week's featured content
- Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks
Finally, a break for the vandalism fighters!
- WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes
Your detailed look at one of Wikipedia's largest contests.
- Blog: The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists
By night, she smites trolls on the Internet with positive punishment: for each harassing email she receives, one Wikipedia article on a woman in science is created.
- Systemic bias: Revenge of "I can’t believe we didn’t have an article on ..."
Wherein I am STILL fucking angry about systemic bias and am highlighting kick-ass articles we created and improved this month in our never-ending quest to fix it.
- Traffic report: All business like show business
The Oscars, Super Tuesday, and Super Saturday"
The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
Parties could not agree on extending the 2009 agreement.
- In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing
Two board members on stage at the popular yearly event.
- Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges
The road ahead for the WMF.
- Discussion report: Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?
Wikipedia news sparks editing disagreements.
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Featured content
- Technology report: Watchlists, watchlists, watchlists!
An interview with a MediaWiki developer.
- Traffic report: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States
Time to move abroad.
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov
The popular podcast returns.
- Blog: It “revolutionized the way German-speaking people inform themselves about the world”: Fifteen years of the German Wikipedia
A Deutschland anniversary.
The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher
The Signpost speaks with the incoming WMF interim executive director.
- News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks
The outgoing ED to be honored at Davos.
- In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
Piracy and controversy.
- Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March
Are readers exhausted?
- Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."
All of us can do better.
- Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!
The week in newly promoted content.
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended
Motions from the Committee.
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016
Discussing the upcoming Italian Wikimania.
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The Signpost: 1 April 2016
- News and notes: Trump/Wales 2016
A surprise political announcement.
- In the media: Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality
Police haul away some article content.
- WikiProject report: Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music
Rock out to this interview with project editors.
- Traffic report: Donald v Daredevil
¿Quién es más macho?
- Featured content: A slow, slow week
- Technology report: Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!
Set your Wayback Machine.
- Recent research: "Employing Wikipedia for good not evil" in education; using eyetracking to find out how readers read articles
Current research about Wikimedia projects.
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #121: How April Fools went down
A roundtable discussion about current Wikimedia issues.
- Blog: Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia
Using hashtags to track the results of Wikimedia outreach.
The Signpost: 14 April 2016
- Op-ed: Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?
They do have plenty of time on their hands
- News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
More turnover in the foundation
- In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography
Copyright laws, prisoners, and the future of technology
- Featured content: This week's featured content
Featured content
- Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death
American politics seem to have finally bored people
- Arbitration report: The first case of 2016—Wikicology
The drought is finally over!
- Gallery: A history lesson
A look at political satire, brought to you by Wikipedia and Commons
The Signpost: 24 April 2016
- News and notes: Lunar project; steering group formed to search for next executive director
Maybe the rover could find an ED on the moon...
- Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails
When is competing with Google not competing with Google?
- Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot
Help wanted!
- Traffic report: Two for the price of one
What's better than one traffic report? Two!
- Featured content: The double-sized edition
10 articles, 6 lists, and 11 pictures have been promoted in this cycle
- Arbitration report: Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case
When it rains, it pours
The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky
Wikimedia Switzerland board members involved in paid-editing firm
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
More reports surface of pirates' new favorite database: Wikimedia Commons
- Traffic report: Purple
Prince's death breaks traffic report records
- Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks
Seven articles, six lists, and four pictures were promoted these weeks
- Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request
Arbitration news
- Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors?
Making sense of Wikipedia's social network
The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF
Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv respond to the Signpost's questions
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
Paid-editing controversy
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
Citations needed
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
Nine featured articles, eight featured lists, and six featured pictures
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
Prince gives way to Captain America
- Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
News from two arbitration cases
- Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
35 competitors move on to round 3
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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.
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
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.
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
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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The Signpost: 04 August 2016
- Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information
And the Signpost loses and gains a co-editor-in-chief
- News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
WMF and Alphabet are developing an algorithm designed to detect personal attacks
- In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias
Plus Android and Taylor Swift
- Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
Condolences are being left on his English Wikipedia talk page
- Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
Pokémon Go led the chart for two weeks running
- Featured content: Women and Hawaii
Eight articles, two lists and fourteen pictures were promoted
- Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks
Plus: new Wiki Studies journal, Wikipedia usage on Twitter and more
- Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most
WMF announces enhancements to the notifications system
- Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
New user scripts and other tech news
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The Signpost: 18 August 2016
- News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
Conference draws highly diverse and productive participation, and several years' advocacy pays off in a new government policy
- Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
Guest post recaps in-depth engagement of experts to address Wikipedia gender gap while improving coverage of their field
- In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
Wikipedia coverage ranged from sobering to playful in this issue's roundup
- Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
Eight articles, eleven lists, one topic and five pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: Olympic views
Politics gives way to sports, TV and film
- Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
A review of numerous useful Wikipedia customizations
- Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information
The Signpost: 06 September 2016
- News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones
- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia
- In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage
Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage
- WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia
An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie
- Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool
- Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
New scripts and technical news
- Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia
- Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway
Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos
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The Signpost: 29 September 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
Medical school class's Wikipedia contributions profiled as case study; and a remembrance of Ray Saintonge, Wikimedian since 2002
- In the media: Wikipedia in the news
This edition's roundup of media coverage
- Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content
Nineteen articles, eleven lists, one portal and twelve pictures were promoted
- Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
TRM, CUOS '16, R&I, RfC
- Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
Four weeks of Wikipedia's most popular articles examined
- Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters
Titles with numbers now sort numerically, and a new tool to check how template parameters are used
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The Signpost: 14 October 2016
- News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna
Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection
- Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities
- In the media: A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio
And this edition's roundup of media coverage
- Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017
A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch
- Featured content: Variety is the spice of life
Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: Debates and escapes
Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel
- Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report
We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events
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The Signpost: 4 November 2016
- News and notes: Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade impending
Victoria Coleman to fill long-vacant CTO role; Trustee Kelly Battles joins Quora executive team; last week for community input on Creative Commons 4.0 license
- In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage
Plus our roundup of recent media stories
- Wikicup: WikiCup winners
Winners of the tenth annual WikiCup competition announced and profiled
- Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?
Progress on the 2015 Community Wishlist for tech features; and plans for a new Wishlist
- Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content
Proposed best practices for communication and community involvement, and an improvement to Wikipedia's citation infrastructure
- Featured content: Cream of the crop
Fourteen articles, six lists and fourteen pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: Un-presidential politics
Two weeks of insights into the mind of the mob
- Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities
Two cases closed, and an administrator loses editing rights
- Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia
A recap of recent research in our realm
Rcats for Blu-ray Disc
Could you clarify why you consider this redirect to be printworthy?
I ask because the definition of {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} has recently been expanded to cover natural disambiguations, per the text of the template. It would therefore apply to this redirect, making it unprintworthy.
For what it's worth, there are discussions such as User talk:Paine Ellsworth/Archive 15#Rcat for "X", "Y" → "X and Y" that suggest that the concept of printability depends on lexicographic ordering within a dictionary or encyclopedia, which would also imply that this redirect should be unprintworthy. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 18:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for writing. I'll look into this and reply
within 48 hourssoon. Senator2029 “Talk” 22:13, 15 November 2016 (UTC)- Perhaps it might help if I actually ping @Paine Ellsworth:; they might know a bit more about this than I do. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 03:43, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- (Answering ping): In this case, whatever else it's called, it is an {{R from alternative name}} according to the first sentence of the article, so I would probably not call it natural disambiguation. It would be right next to the article title in a list, and a search for the redirect title would go right to the article. Since the redirect title is mentioned in the first sentence, there is no reader astonishment, so all in all I'd call it unprintable/unprintworthy. There is no need for it in a CD/DVD format. Thank you SoledadKabocha for asking, and thank you both for your work with redirects! Paine u/c 04:11, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- Ok, my bad for not studying a little more thoroughly what a natural disambiguation really is. My original question to Senator2029 was why s/he thought at the time this redirect was printworthy, but I suppose that's moot now. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 05:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- (Answering ping): In this case, whatever else it's called, it is an {{R from alternative name}} according to the first sentence of the article, so I would probably not call it natural disambiguation. It would be right next to the article title in a list, and a search for the redirect title would go right to the article. Since the redirect title is mentioned in the first sentence, there is no reader astonishment, so all in all I'd call it unprintable/unprintworthy. There is no need for it in a CD/DVD format. Thank you SoledadKabocha for asking, and thank you both for your work with redirects! Paine u/c 04:11, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps it might help if I actually ping @Paine Ellsworth:; they might know a bit more about this than I do. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 03:43, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
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The Signpost: 4 November 2016
- News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence
An overview of the English Wikipedia ArbCom election; brief notes as Asian and African initiatives wind down
- In the media: Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more
Election prompts media to explore themes important to Wikipedians, including news literacy, privacy, and data security
- Blog: The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth
115,000 images were submitted as part of the annual competition.
- Gallery: Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016
A sampling of photo submissions to the annual photography campaign
- Featured content: Featured mix
Eight articles, two lists and nine pictures were promoted
- Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog
A close examination of the efficacy of the GA Cup contest, a longstanding effort to reduce the backlog of articles awaiting review
- Op-ed: Fundraising data should be more transparent
Empowering volunteers and local chapters to engage with fundraising would yield varied benefits
- Traffic report: President-elect Trump
Someone is likely to dominate traffic for a long time
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Endurance International Group article request
Hi, I'm Melanie and I'm here on behalf of Endurance International Group to propose updates to the Wikipedia article. I'm hoping to find a neutral editor to review the proposed draft mentioned in this edit request. I've asked several individual editors and WikiProject for help, but so far without luck. I won't edit the article directly because of my conflict of interest, but given your recent edits, I'm hoping you might be able to help. Thanks for your consideration. Melanie from Endurance (talk) 18:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 December 2016
- Year in review: Looking back on 2016
Roundup of the year's news from the Wikimedia world, featuring Wikipedia's 15th anniversary and organizational disarray at the Wikimedia Foundation
- News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
WMF reflects, to some degree, on its past approaches to strategic planning
- Special report: German ArbCom implodes
The German Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee loses more than half its members amid political feud
- In focus: Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment
A proposal from the Inspire Campaign to address harassment was recently implemented to prevent unconstructive and malicious editing on user pages
- Op-ed: Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia
Even a well executed outreach event can yield disappointing results
- In the media: In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign
- Featured content: The Christmas edition
Twenty-three articles, ten lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted
- Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
And a roundup of recently-added tools
- Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues
Four weeks of popular article analysis
- Blog: Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced
Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments—and the volunteers who love them
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Hi! I moved it back to the former title because the name change hasn't happened yet. Even though the HISD board did vote to rename it, AFAIK the rename will only occur when the new campus opens in Downtown Houston.
If you know what year the campus is scheduled to open, you can put an update request for July 1 (the dividing line between school years) of that year and ask other editors to apply the rename. WhisperToMe (talk) 18:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I reverted your edit at Titan Missile Museum. That article already has plenty of images and your upload of File:Titan Missile Museum logo.jpg looks inappropriate. The image might have been tolerated if we had no images but that's not the case. Placing the image where the lede section should be is ridiculous. Your talk page evinces that you upload images that you don't have rights to with weak rationales for fair use. Please rethink your editing in this regard. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:55, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
- It was never intended to be the permanent location for the logo. I was trying to get it to size right so it would be "attached" to the bottom of the infobox. (Unlike many infoboxes, the one used for that article only permits one image in it.). As for your assertion that the article already has enough images, you fail to consider the qualitative difference between a logo and photographs.
- I don't object to you reverting my edit (this is a normal part of the collaborative process). But don't be rude to me. My contributions to Wikipedia speak for themselves, especially regarding the "fair use policy". All images I upload meet the requirements of that policy. So do not scold me as if I'm an unaware or irresponsible editor. Senator2029 “Talk” 00:53, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
- Not counting the image in question, your talk page shows 19 instances where a non-free image uploaded by you was orphaned (because apparently no one wants it in the article) and fully 13 of those have been deleted. Another two images were taken to MfD. This is why I bring the subject up. Do you find this unreasonable? Chris Troutman (talk) 01:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
- How wrong you are! There are several reasons why images become orphaned. Due to your grudge, you come up with the "Senator-uploads-lame-images-that-aren't-useful hypothesis" to explain orphaned images. However, they are orphaned because:
- a better quality (PNG instead of JPEG) was uploaded, or
- a company introduces a new logo, or
- I uploaded a logo, but never added it into the intended article.
- An apology isn't necessary, but please do respond with how you prefer the museum's logo to be displayed in the article. Senator2029 “Talk” 05:44, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
- How wrong you are! There are several reasons why images become orphaned. Due to your grudge, you come up with the "Senator-uploads-lame-images-that-aren't-useful hypothesis" to explain orphaned images. However, they are orphaned because:
- Not counting the image in question, your talk page shows 19 instances where a non-free image uploaded by you was orphaned (because apparently no one wants it in the article) and fully 13 of those have been deleted. Another two images were taken to MfD. This is why I bring the subject up. Do you find this unreasonable? Chris Troutman (talk) 01:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
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- Good day! With your endorsement, I would like to continue my editing of 'EIN' article. I apologize for any delay in this matter as it now appears my block has been lifted. - I would like to merge my contributions into the article, as it is now, without any inadvertent removal of material. - Also, I would request that the info-box in the article be moved to the top of the article. - If you like, I would be happy to post my proposed edit either in a sandbox or here in your talk page so you can go over it in advance of the article's posting. - Awaiting your reply. - Thanks for reading this−−→StephenTS42 (talk) 12:06, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
For your consideration
Within the city of Norwalk, Connecticut is an established selection of public, private, and parochial schools.——→StephenTS42 (talk) 18:26, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Public Schools
| Norwalk Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | School district |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1678 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Steven Adamowski |
| Budget | $176,150,073 FY 16/17 Approved Budget |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 11,000 |
| Athletic conference | FCIAC |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
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Public schools
The first mention of a school in the town proceedings is dated May 29, 1678. The town voted and agreed to hire a school master to teach all of the children in the town to read, and write, and the Townsmen (selectmen) were instructed to hire Mr. Cornish on as reasonable terms as they can. Feb. 20, 1679, James Olmsted was appointed school master to set copies for the children. Nov. 17, 1679, it was voted to build a school house 20 ft. long 18 ft. wide, posts 7ft., and to be not less than 6 ft. from floor to ceiling ; it was to stand between Samuel Keeler's corner and the water flood, which has been located near the barn of W. S. Hanford, directly in front of the upper school house.
— Weed, Samuel Richards, Norwalk after two hundred & fifty years..., 1902, C. A. Freeman, South Norwalk, Conn., https://archive.org/details/norwalkaftertwoh00weed, page109.
Presently, the Norwalk Public School system is a single school district, with the Board of Education that has charge and direction of Norwalk's public schools may divide the district into sub-districts for the purpose of control of attendance of pupils of certain schools. The district is comprised of 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, one alternative high school program and one inclusive pre-school program. Norwalk offers two magnet schools at the elementary level, Columbus Magnet School and Jefferson Science Magnet School, which was named a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School for its work in closing the achievement gap. Norwalk also offers the Mano-a-Mano magnet program at Silvermine Elementary School, a dual language immersion program that evolved into a full magnet school. Norwalk is also home to the Center for Global Studies, an inter-district high school magnet program housed at Brien McMahon High School, as well as Norwalk Early College Academy, the State’s first early college, P-TECH model program (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) in partnership with IBM, Norwalk Community College and the State of Connecticut. In September, 2016, the state-of-the art- Norwalk Early Childhood Center opened its doors to serve preschool families of both typical and special needs children.[1]
Norwalk's Board of Education[2] is comprised of of nine members who are also electors [qualified voters] of the City of Norwalk. One member elected from each of the Council districts as established in the city charter and four members elected at large. Members serve for terms of four years.
For more information please read: "Norwalk Charter and Related Laws".
High Schools
- Norwalk High School and The Norwalk Early College Academy[3]
- Brien McMahon High School and The Center for Global Studies[4]
- Norwalk Pathways Academy[5]
Middle schools
- Nathan Hale Middle School
- Ponus Ridge Middle School (In the 2005-06 school year 42.3 percent of the school's 640 students qualified for free or reduced-price lunches. A total of 40.3 percent of students come from homes where the primary language is not English. The primary language for many students is Spanish, but students also come from homes where Chinese or Haitian Creole are spoken. The school building was constructed in the late 1950s. On May 14, 2007, several state legislators toured the school in an attempt by Fairfield County lawmakers to educate them about the need for more state education funding in the richest county in the state.[6])
- West Rocks Middle School
- Roton Middle School[7]
Elementary schools
- Brookside Elementary School[8]
- Columbus Magnet School[9]
- Cranbury Elementary School[10]
- Fox Run Elementary School[11]
- Jefferson Science Magnet School[12]
- Kendall Elementary School[13]
- Marvin Elementary School[14]
- Naramake Elementary School[15]
- Rowayton Elementary School[16]
- Silvermine Elementary School[17]
- Tracy Elementary School[18]
- Wolfpit Elementary School[19]
Charter schools
- Side by Side Community School[20]
(The Side by Side Community School is a charter school that is located in South Norwalk and serves grades pre-K through 8th. It was started in 1997, soon after Connecticut's charter school law went into effect, by a group of public educators. This regional school serves students from Norwalk as well as from surrounding towns.[21])
Private schools
- Winston Preparatory School[22]
- The Congregation Beth El on East Avenue runs the Nitzan preschool as well as the Navasky Hebrew school for part-time religious instruction of children who are enrolled full-time in other elementary schools.
- Since September 2004 the Montessori Middle School for grades 5-8 has been in Norwalk and is currently at 24 Lois Street (off of Westport Avenue). It is associated with The Montessori School for elementary grades in nearby Wilton.[23]
Parochial schools
- All Saints Catholic School[24] (The All Saints Catholic School, serves grades pre-K through 8th. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport which consolidated three previous Norwalk elementary schools (St. Thomas, St. Philips, and St. Mary's) and closed the former Central Catholic High School to open the All Saints in the former Central Catholic High building on West Rocks Road.)
- Parkway Christian Academy Happy Time Nursery[25]
Post-secondary education
- Norwalk Community College
- Norwalk Hospital runs an internship program associated with the Yale School of Medicine and a nursing program associated with Norwalk Community College.[26]
Low test scores of Norwalk Public Schools
Ponus Ridge Middle School is well known[by whom?] around the city of for having some of the lowest test scores in the city. The CMT scores in 2006 through 2009 were on average 20% below state averages. For reading, the scores were about 20% below state average. For writing, the scores were about 25% below average. For math, the test scores were about 20% below average.[27]
West Rocks Middle School is not as well known[by whom?] for having low test scores, but it fits the pattern of most other Norwalk Public Schools. CMT scores for reading, writing, and math have steadily increased in grades 7 and 8 since 2006. The average CMT grade for a 7th or 8th grader in 2006 was a 68%. With the slight passage of time, by 2009 CMT scores for 7th and 8th graders in the fields of reading and writing have increased to an average of 70%, and the math scores have increased to an average of 80%. The state average for 7th grade reading was 84%, the average writing grade was 81%, and the average math grade was 86%. The state average for 8th grade reading was 80%, the average writing score was 84%, and the average math score was 85%. The test scores for 7th and 8th grade are generally 10 points lower than state averages. The CMT scores for 6th graders have rapidly dropped from 2006 to 2009. West Rocks' 6th grade student CMT averages in 2006 were 69% for reading, 83% for writing, and 77% for math. By 2008, the scores were 60% for reading, 62% for writing, and 67% for math. The state averages for reading, writing, and math were 80%, 83%, and 87%, respectively.[28]
The State Education Department announced on January 28, 2008 that Norwalk was one of twelve districts in the state that it would help to close student achievement gaps.[29]
Radon levels in 2007-2008
State-mandated radon tests in early 2007 found rooms in five elementary schools with levels above the "federal action limit" of 4 picocuries per liter for the colorless, odorless gas. (The gas naturally occurs in Fairfield County and comes up from the ground from the decay of radium. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer, after smoking.) The 700 tests, conducted every five years by state law, found actionable levels of radon in Rowayton, Naramake, Cranbury and Wolfpit elementary schools as well as Richard C. Briggs High School. Mitigation work, including air-suction devices, was done on just over a dozen rooms at the various schools, then a follow-up test was done which found one Wolfpit classroom located farthest away from the air-suction devices still had 5.1 picocuries per liter, so an additional device was installed in early March 2008.[30]
No Child Left Behind Act in Norwalk
[Note: Every Student Succeeds Act has since (2015) replaced the No Child Left Behind Act
In 2006, all high schools, three of the city's middle schools and nine of its elementary schools, along with a "community school" were cited as falling behind in standards for the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act. Three elementary schools had not met the standards (which rise year by year) for two years in a row, so students in those schools are offered the choice to go to a Norwalk public school that hasn't been designated as needing improvement. "Whole school" problems are school-wide, "subgroup" problems reflect groups such as white, black, Hispanic, Asian and American-Indian children; English language learners; students with disabilities; and economically disadvantaged students.[31]
- Norwalk High School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math."
- Brien McMahon High School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Briggs High School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in math and reading."
- West Rocks Middle School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Roton Middle School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in math."
- Ponus Ridge Middle School — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in math."
- Brookside — For 2006, the school did not meet NCLB criteria two years in a row, so students (within certain parameters) will be offered the choice of going to another school. In the report the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Columbus — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Cranbury — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Fox Run — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Jefferson — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in reading."
- Kendall — For 2006, the school did not meet NCLB criteria two years in a row, so students (within certain parameters) will be offered the choice of going to another school. In the report the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math and reading."
- Marvin — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in math and reading."
- Naramake — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in reading."
- Silvermine — For 2006, the school did not meet NCLB criteria two years in a row, so students (within certain parameters) will be offered the choice of going to another school. In the report the school was cited as having "whole school deficiencies in math and reading."
- Side by Side Community charter school (not Norwalk public) — In the 2006 NCLB report, the school was cited as having "subgroup deficiencies in math."
District Reference Group H
Norwalk is one of eight public school systems in District Reference Group H, a classification made by the state Department of Education for the purpose of comparison with the achievement levels of similar schools and districts. District reference groups are defined as "districts whose students' families are similar in education, income, occupation and need, and that have roughly similar enrollment."[32] The other seven school districts in the group are Ansonia, Danbury, Derby, East Hartford, Meriden, Norwich, Stamford, and West Haven.[33]
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- ^ "ABOUT NORWALK PUBLIC SCHOOLS". NORWALK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SchoolMessenger Presence. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Board of Education". City of Norwalk. Government Websites by CivicPlus. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Norwalk Early College Academy". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Center for Global Studies". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Norwalk Pathways Academy". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Chamoff, Lisa, "Legislators tour Norwalk school: City would like larger slice of state funds", news article in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, May 15, 2007, pp 1, A4
- ^ "Roton Middle School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Brookside Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Columbus Magnet School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Cranbury Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Fox Run Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Jefferson Science Magnet School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Kendall Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Marvin Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Naramake Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Rowayton Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Silvermine Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Tracey Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Wolfpit Elementary School". SchoolMessenger Presence. West Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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- ^ "Side by Side Community School - School History". Retrieved 2008-05-16. [dead link]
- ^ "Winston Preparatory School". Winston Preparatory School. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "About Us, The Montessori School, Wilton, CT 06897". Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "All Saints Catholic School". All Saints Catholic School. EDLIO. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Parkway Christian Academy Happy Time Nursery". Niche.com Inc. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Norwalk Hospital. "Hospital History". Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ http://www.greatschools.org/modperl/achievement/ct/678
- ^ http://www.greatschools.org/modperl/achievement/ct/683
- ^ "State Education Department Working with 12 Districts to Close Achievement Gap" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ Chamoff, Lisa, "Radon levels reduced at 5 schools: But Wolfpit Elementary faces more tests", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, Norwalk edition, p A11, A13, March 18, 2007
- ^ "3 schools must offer parents a choice," article by Matt Breslow in The Advocate of Stamford, Norwalk Edition, August 24, 2006, accessed same day
- ^ Connecticut State Department of Education. "STRATEGIC SCHOOL PROFILE 2006-07 Norwalk School District" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
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For your consideration; please edit the above if you wish, Alert me when finished and I will post it with your edits included. Thank you——→StephenTS42 (talk) 18:30, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
See also
Notes

External links
- Norwalk Public Schools official web site
- The Norwalk Education Foundation is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of Norwalk public education
- Norwalk School District is maintained by the Connecticut State Department of Education and has individual school reports
- Side by Side Community School official web site
- All Saints Catholic School Norwalk CT
- Congregation Beth El
- The Montessori School
- Winston Preparatory School
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Garfield is male, and other places Wikipedia made the news
- Recent research: Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press
...but are they real?; personality and attitudes to Wikipedia; large expert review experiment
- Technology report: Tech news catch-up
Bots, scripts, tools, and changes from February to June 2017
- Traffic report: Film on Top: Sampling the weekly top 10
Two weeks of film dominance: Baahubali and the Academy Awards
The Signpost: 23 June 2017
- News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
While the English Wikipedia community produces no new requests for adminhood in June, the Wikimedia Foundation makes changes to the Product and Technology departments.
- In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill
The anatomy of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's chest area has been the talk of the month. But so have high-profile edits, hacked articles, and one particular newborn growing up.
- Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take
Exploring sourcing issues in Wikimedia projects, a solution in Wikidata and fact mining, and a newsletter to continue the conversation.
- Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues
22 featured articles, 17 featured lists, 7 featured pictures
- Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth
Summer blockbusters and sports, Trump and world events.
- Recent research: Utopian bubbles: Can Wikipedians create value outside of the capitalist system?
A researcher applies Marxist critiques of political economy to investigate whether gamification, a culture of altruism, and other anti-corporatist influences on peer production can create a sustainable gift economy in a project like Wikipedia.
- Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all
Search now can include sister projects; EpochFail
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The Signpost: 15 July 2017
- News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes
The English Wikipedia sees its first new admin of the season, discord rocks Wikimedia France, some tweaks to the WMF reorg, and a new WMF annual plan mark this issue's community news.
- Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more
Recently promoted articles, lists, and pictures.
- In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce
A grab bag of alt-right speech, classical scholars, the dark web, elicited European tourism, $500,000 golden parachutes, forgery, the Great Firewall, net neutrality, nukes, paid editing, porn, and terrorism.
- Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers
A closer look at the research that found that the 2013 Snowden revelations coincided with a significant drop of pageviews for privacy-sensitive Wikipedia articles
- Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017
...and is there anything we can do to stop it? Opinions and examples from across the project.
- Gallery: A mix of patterns
An interesting mix of patterns and colors to brighten your day...
- Humour: The Infobox Game
Enjoy the Parameters: The Infobox Game can be enjoyed by everyone, not just those interested in water buffalo breeds, volcanic hotspots or the mysterious heteroisoform, and some day just might spawn an important facet of the financial derivatives industry.
- Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday
Popular interest in celebrities, blockbusters and an upcoming season of a popular television show drive traffic, with a smattering of world events, holidays and a Reddit storm around – surprise – free porn for the U.S. Congress.
- Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts
Syntax highlighting, changes to Recent Changes, Wikidata on the enhance watchlist, accessible editing buttons and jQuery upgrade may break scripts.
- Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up
The heat turns up on the 32 contestants who entered round three: 13 featured articles, 82 good articles, 167 DYKs, but we had to pick just eight of them to advance.
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