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The Signpost: 16 September 2026
[edit]- News and notes: The Balance of Power
Wikimedia employees unionize, officer departs, The Signpost gains sister on Wiktionary
- In the media: Shocking photos may be changed on Wikipedia
The image gallery anyone can edit.
- Disinformation report: Have UN Secretary-General candidates manipulated Wikipedia?
Speaking diplomatically, not all of them.
- Recent research: Google's AI overviews may have reduced search engine referrals to English Wikipedia by 5%
And other research findings.
- WikiConference report: The backwater symbiosis – reflections from Wiki Conference India 2026
The fourth iteration of Wiki Conference India.
- Traffic report: Heaven let your light shine down
The recently deceased dominate while still leaving room for some entertainment.
- Serendipity: Wikipedia Family Mosh Pit
A poem by Mollystarkdean.
- Obituary: Passing of Gobonobo, community leader advocating for women and minorities
Promoter of cultural knowledge and organizer of global cooperation.
- On the bright side: Fantasy video games, hopeful science fiction, and the change of seasons
The Legend of Zelda, Star Trek, and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
- Comix: The Adventure of the Unknown Corpse
An elementary case for fiction's greatest detective.
Books & Bytes – Issue 76
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Issue 76, July–August 2026
- New partnership: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- New Partnership Manager joins the team
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New cross-language page link: Cal Flyn
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Nomination of Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway for merging into Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway
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Is there a CIR case to be made here?
[edit]I almost ran to ANI when I saw this. They can't seem to answer a bloody question with a straight answer unless it's asked to them ten times. Was curious to see what you thought. Sycerion (talk) 06:51, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
- @Sycerion There certainly seems to be a problem. See also Wikipedia:AI noticeboard#User:Sajjadmrt. PamD 08:04, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
Participate in the October 2026 GAN drive!!
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New cross-language page link: VEXAS syndrome (2026-10-04)
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NPP backlog solutions
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/2026 backlog discussion/RFC workshop. because you participated in a 2025 NPP discussion on a similar topic Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:17, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
New cross-language page link: Seidu Al-Hassan (2026-10-09)
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New cross-language page link: Prague Biennale (2026-10-11)
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September 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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| This award is given in recognition of PamD for accumulating at least 10 points in the September 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14549 articles and 3163 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! Max (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2026 (UTC) |
New cross-language page link: Madhumita Murgia (2026-10-13)
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The Signpost: 13 October 2026
[edit]- News and notes: AELECT returns, Jimbo gives a union update, VisualEditor is now default
Plus a survey for North Americans, proposed changes to BoT elections, and developments in the Puerto Rican editing community.
- Serendipity: From a rare portrait of a female millionaire in Nancy to a Japanese painter in Lyon
Images from Leuven Libraries popular on Wiki.
- Obituary: Doug Weller
Twenty-year editor, long-term admin, dearly missed.
- In the media: A(I)pocalypses afoot
Cannibals, freeloaders, rogue agents, scams ... the usual.
- WikiConference Report: WikiConference 2026 & the importance of in-person community
Celebrating 12 years of WikiConference North America.
- By the numbers: Does the country of birth affect the likelihood of having a Wikipedia biography?
A cross-country and cross-wikipedia comparison of the likelihood of having a biography in Wikipedia.
- News from Diff: OpenAI "rogue" agent activities found on Wikimedia projects
CPO/CTO Selena Deckelmann explains the recent detection of AI agent activities on Wikimedia projects.
- On the bright side: Good people
Nice comments and real-life rescuers.
- Op-ed: Who are our readers?
The movement makes progress when we know what our scope is.
- Traffic report: This world is big and wild and half insane
Criminals, 9/11 25 years later, artists expelled for politics... we lived in troubled times.
- Comix: Fudging the numbers
Take 'em away, officers!
New cross-language page link: Madeleine Bingham (2026-10-15)
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New cross-language page link: Rosianne Cutajar (2026-10-15)
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New cross-language page link: Elisabeth Tova Bailey (2026-10-18)
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