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Welcome to the central hub of The Signpost! This is The Signpost Newsroom, a place where The Signpost team can coordinate with writers, both regular and occasional, and people who have suggestions for topics to cover. See the boxes below if you have suggestions (something for the team to write about in regular columns), proposal/submissions (for articles you want to write/have written yourself), or want to create a pre-formatted draft article in your userspace, with helpful links and easy-to-edit syntax. Discussion occurs both here and in the Signpost Discord. Discussion of upcoming issues is done at the newsroom talk page. For general feedback on The Signpost as a whole, go to our talk page. To learn more about The Signpost, see our about page. The Signpost currently has 5610 articles, 702 issues, and 13673 pages (4465 talk and 9208 non-talk). Links: Current issue: Volume 20, Issue 15 (2024-11-06) · issue page · archive page · single-page edition · single-page talk (create) Suggest a topic To suggest a topic to be covered by The Signpost, simply click on the button below or post to our suggestions page manually. Example of good topics are Editors who have done something extraordinary/wonderful Ongoing discussions Media coverage of Wikipedia Technical news Updates to important tools and templates Wikipedia-related events but many more exist. Email a private tip to the EiC Propose/submit an article If you have an idea for an article you would like to write, you can submit it for review by the editorial team. You can do so by clicking the button below or by posting to our submissions page manually. News articles should be kept relatively neutral and report on a specific piece of actual news. They can be on any topic of interest to Wikipedians, from general events, to technical news. Opinion pieces are evaluate on originality, relevance to Wikipedians, and the quality of the arguments. They should provoke thought and encourage productive discussion. Special pieces cover things that don't fall neatly in the above two categories. If it's interesting to you, it's likely interesting to someone else as well. Check with us and we'll see what can be done! Create a draft To create a draft of an article in your userspace, simply copy-paste {{subst:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Story-preload}} at Special:MyPage/Signpost draft (replacing USERNAME with your own username). You can also use the button below. This will preload a form, which you can then save and edit. We recommend saving without making any edits to the preloaded form before starting to write your article. Calendar: current deadline is highlighted, and current UTC date is 2024-11-17 03:10:02. October 2024 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 November 2024 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 December 2024 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05

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In the media In progress · 12,642b last edited 2024-11-16 23:21:32 by Bri Content guidance + resources

Checklist N Headline N Subheading N Ready for copyedit N Copyedit done N Final approval by editor-in-chief Discussion Help wanted! I really don't want to be the only editor on this. Especially for the "genocide RfC" item, it's hard for me to present some of these issues neutrally. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC) https://www.factsandlogic.org/wikipedias-anti-israel-bias-undermines-objectivity-and-credibility/ (Facts and Logic About the Middle East, syndicated by Jewish News Syndicate) https://aish.com/weaponizing-wikipedia-against-israel/ (Aish HaTorah) https://www.palestinechronicle.com/after-months-of-debate-wikipedia-describes-israels-war-on-gaza-as-genocide/ (Palestine Chronicle) https://www.saba.ye/en/news3393979.htm (Yemen News Agency aka SABA) "Wikipedia officially adds 'Gaza Genocide' to list of genocide page" The Siasat Daily I'm dumping some links here for people to consider whether they belong in the upcoming issue. These came up in a Google News search. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:02, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

News and notes In progress · 6,887b last edited 2024-11-17 00:24:31 by Smallbones Content guidance + resources	Checklist N Headline N Subheading N Ready for copyedit N Copyedit done N Final approval by editor-in-chief No talk page section · click here to open one

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Reserved. Unreserved. Svampesky (talk) 11:07, 15 November 2024 (UTC) @Svampesky: Thanks for contributing. Please be advised the writing deadline is less than 30 hours from now. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:08, 15 November 2024 (UTC) I've been really busy with IRL commitments, but I had reserved the column for someone else, who has since withdrawn their submission. Svampesky (talk) 20:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Recent research In progress · 2,384b last edited 2024-11-13 02:09:32 by HaeB Content guidance + resources

Checklist N Headline N Subheading N Ready for copyedit N Copyedit done N Final approval by editor-in-chief Discussion As usual, we are preparing this regular survey on recent academic research about Wikipedia, doubling as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter (now in its fourteenth year). Help is welcome to review or summarize the many interesting items listed here, as are suggestions of other new research papers that haven't been covered yet. Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:10, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Traffic report In progress · 15,734b last edited 2024-11-17 03:09:55 by Smallbones Content guidance + resources

Checklist Y Headline N Subheading N Ready for copyedit N Copyedit done N Final approval by editor-in-chief Discussion @Igordebraga: Not to be super nit picky, but was "Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I've found you!" Teri Garr's line in Young Frankenstein, or Madeline Kahn's? Or both? My memory fails me. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:22, 13 November 2024 (UTC) Khan says it first, Garr says it later. igordebraga ≠ 16:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC) Ahh, yes, at first I thought it was just Khan, but then a fuzzy memory of the repetition came to mind. Thanks! I need to see that again (and again and again). ☆ Bri (talk) 16:59, 14 November 2024 (UTC) Elections, Arab Americans @Igordebraga: Please consider: regarding this edit, should "the Muslim community" be the only descriptive term for certain voters, used in the most edited articles? Arab Americans are majority Christian. ☆ Bri (talk) 05:02, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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