Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom

Next issue: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue/Next, 2013 Submission deadline: !  Publication scheduled for Wednesday. Once all tasks are complete, editor-in-chief The ed17 (or nominated deputy) will complete the publication process. 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Check http://identi.ca/wikisignpost and the suggestions page for possible news items to cover in the upcoming issue (especially for the "News and notes", "In the news" and "Technology Report" sections), and the Signpost resources page for further sources and other information about each regular section. Standard weekly schedule Tuesday–Thursday: start. Start all pages that are to be included in the next edition. Friday: draft. A rough outline of topics to be covered should be in place by end of Friday, so that if a regular reporter is unavailable over the weekend, another can follow up their leads. Irregular articles such as interviews and opinion essays should be proposed by this day, to allow for review, consideration and planning. Saturday–Sunday: mature versions. Aim to have reasonably mature drafts of all pages for comments by the managing editors, fellow journalists, and other interested editors. Signpost editors recommend any structural changes, reductions in length, expansions in scope, necessary coordination between pages, postponement to subsequent issue. Copy-editors go through the drafts. Late Sunday to early Monday: trouble-shooting. Fresh stories added by the "Next issue deadline" (only if sufficiently topical and important). Monday: last-minute tweaks and copy-edits; publication. Current discussion Thanks for being patient with NAN, folks. The Arbcom story was another one of those touchy stories that required much attention to not step over any lines. Apologies, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC) Proposals Ideas for Signpost features can be pitched and discussed by any interested parties here In development The following proposals have been greenlit and are considered in active development Article status Irregular articles On hiatus News and notes In progress Check status In the media Not started Check status Discussion report Not started Check status WikiProject report In progress Check status Featured content Needs copyedit Arbitration report In progress Technology report In progress Recent research In progress As usual, DarTar and I are (with several others) preparing this month's survey on recent academic research about Wikipedia, doubling as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter (now in its third volume, see also our recent blog post looking back at vol. 2). Help is welcome to review and/or summarize the items listed here, as are suggestions of other new research papers that haven't been covered yet. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 22 March 2013 (UTC) There is still material coming in, but the text that is already there is ready for copyediting. What is the current expected publication time? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC) Regular responsibilities In addition to once-off and irregular features contributed on an ad hoc basis, the Signpost has a number of regular reports (typically published on a weekly basis) for which experienced contributors tend to claim responsibility. This responsibility entails ensuring the report in question is consistently well-written and submitted before deadline, which in turn involves selecting the stories to be covered, managing the writing of the report (often contributing most of the content themselves, or recruiting other reporters to do so), and communicating with the newsroom to keep editors informed of developments. While all articles are subject to final review by the editor-in-chief (or managing editors), the regular reporter of a feature typically determines its direction and focus. The Signpost is always looking for new reporters, so if you are interested in contributing to a given feature, contact the reporter listed as responsible for it below, add yourself to the "Contributors" column of the feature, or simply go right ahead and edit the draft article. If there is no reporter listed as responsible for a given feature, interested editors with experience contributing to the report and who feel up to the task can assume responsibility for it. If a regular reporter is unavailable or no draft for the next issue is listed above, any editor should feel free to write it that week. Feature Editor Contributors News and notes Jan eissfeldt Resident Mario, HaeB, Aude, Tony1, Mono, The ed17 (Note: this is normally, but not always, drafted in a Google Doc) In the media Jayen466 The ed17 WikiProject report Mabeenot Coordinated at the WikiProject desk Discussion report J36miles Featured content Hahc21 Resident Mario, Tony1, Dank, Pine Arbitration report Neotarf & M.O.X Technology report Jarry1250 Aude, Mono Opinion essays The ed17 Coordinated at the Opinion desk Recent research Tbayer (HaeB) & DarTar Coordinated at the Wikimedia Research Newsletter desk (last issue of each month) Task User Backup Design and templates Pretzels Ebe123, Matthewrbowker Copy-editing team Tony1 NB asleep 14:00–21:30 UTC Mondays , Pretzels, Tarheel95, Graham87 Publication The ed17 Jarry1250, HaeB (technical advice), Talkpage deliveries EdwardsBot TinucherianBot Data and graphs Dispenser The Signpost is written by editors like you — join in! Home About Archives Newsroom Subscribe Suggestions