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2009

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3 January 2009
From the editor: Getting back on track
ArbCom elections: 10 arbitrators appointed
Virgin Killer page blocked, unblocked in UK
Editing statistics show decline in participation
Wikipedia drug coverage compared to Medscape, found wanting
News and notes: Fundraising success and other developments
Dispatches: Featured list writers
Wikipedia in the news
WikiProject Report: WikiProject Ice Hockey
Features and admins
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
10 January 2009
News and notes: Flagged Revisions and permissions proposals, hoax, milestones
Wikipedia in the news
Dispatches: December-themed Main Page
Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
17 January 2009
News and notes: New advisory board members, changes at ArbCom
Wikipedia in the news
Dispatches:Featured article writers—the 2008 leaders
WikiProject Report: WikiProject Pharmacology
Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
24 January 2009
Jimbo requests that developers turn on Flagged Revisions
Report on accessing Wikipedia via mobile devices
News and notes: New chapters, new jobs, new knight and more
Wikipedia in the news: Britannica, Kennedy, Byrd not dead yet
Dispatches: Reviewing featured picture candidates
Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
31 January 2009
Large portion of articles are orphans
News and notes: Ogg support, Wikipedia Loves Art, Jimbo honored
Wikipedia in the news: Flagged Revisions, Internet Explorer add-on
Dispatches: In the news
WikiProject Report: Motto of the Day
Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
8 February 2009
News and notes: Elections, licensing update, and more
Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia's future, WikiDashboard, and "wiki-snobs"
Dispatches: April Fools 2009 mainpage
WikiProject Report: WikiProject Music
Features and admins
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
16 February 2009
A new leaf
Picture of the Year 2008 begins voting
Flagged Revisions, historical image discovery, and more
Political tiff, error repeated in press, predictions of doom
How busy was 2008?
WikiProject Gaelic games
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
23 February 2009
Philosophers analyze Wikipedia as a knowledge source
An automated article monitoring system for WikiProjects
Wikimania, usability, picture contest, milestones
Lessons for Brits, patent citations
Hundredth Featured sound approaches
WikiProject Islam
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
2 March 2009
Books extension enabled
Stewards, Wikimania bids, and more
Wikipedia's role in journalism, Smarter Wikipedia, Skittles
WikiProject Ships Featured topic and Good topics
WikiProject Norse History and Culture
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
9 March 2009
Commons, conferences, and more
Politics, more politics, and more
100 Featured sounds milestone
WikiProject Christianity
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
16 March 2009
License update, Commons cartoons, films milestone, and more
Manufactured scandal, Wikipedia assignments, and more
New FAC and FAR appointments
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
23 March 2009
Reviewing books for the Signpost
Abuse Filter is enabled
Flaggedrevs, copyright project, fundraising reports, and more
Alternatives, IWF threats, and more
WikiProject Judaism
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
30 March 2009
Follow the Signpost with RSS and Twitter
Community weighs license update
End of Encarta, flagged revisions poll, new image donation, and more
Censorship, social media in schools, and more
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
6 April 2009
Interactive OpenStreetMap features in development
Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
Wikia Search abandoned, university plagiarism, and more
New FAC and FAR nomination process
WikiProject China
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
13 April 2009
Licensing vote begins
WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
Let's get serious about plagiarism
WikiProject Color
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
20 April 2009
Reviews of The Wikipedia Revolution
Wikipedia's coverage and conflicts quantified
New program officer, survey results, and more
Valued pictures
WikiProject Films
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
27 April 2009
Reviews of Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia
Usability study, Wiki Loves Art, and more
Wikipedia Art dispute, and brief headlines
Interview on WikiProject Final Fantasy
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
4 May 2009
Strategic planning, Wikipedia and scientists and more
Calling Dr. Wikipedia, the cause of Encarta's fall, and more
Re-examining Featured lists
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
11 May 2009
Wikimania 2010, usability project, link rot, and more
Quote hoax replicated in traditional media, and more
WikiProject Birds reaches an FA milestone
WikiProject Michael Jackson
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
18 May 2009
Writers needed
WikiChemists and Chemical Abstracts announce collaboration
Embassies sponsor article-writing contests in three languages
Wiki Loves Arts winners, Wikimania Conference Japan, and more
Arbitrator blogs, French government edits, brief headlines
WikiProject Opera
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
25 May 2009
Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed
New board member, flagged revisions, Eurovision interviews
Wikipedia: threat or menace?
WikiProject LGBT studies
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
1 June 2009
Browsing the archives
Review of The Future of the Internet
End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage
Picture of the Year, Wikipedia's first logo, Board elections, and more
Tamil Wikipedia, Internet Watch Foundation, and more
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
8 June 2009
Picture process turmoil, block patterns, and more
ArbCom in the news, weak coverage of Italian firms, and more
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
15 June 2009
Review of Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and Authority in Online Tribes
License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing
In the Google News, London Review of Books, and more
WikiProject Chemistry
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
22 June 2009
Study of vandalism survival times
Wikizine, video editing, milestones
Wikipedia impacts town's reputation, assorted blogging
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
29 June 2009
Jackson's death, new data center, more
Wired editor plagiarizes Wikipedia, Google News Support
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
6 July 2009
Commons grant, license change, new chapters, usability and more
Wikipedia and kidnapping, also new comedy series
WikiProject Food and Drink
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
13 July 2009
UK public gallery threatens Wikimedian
Working with, not against, cultural institutions
WMF Elections, Annual Financial Plan, Google Image Search, and more
More on kidnapping, vandalism commentary, libel suit, and more
WikiProject Years
Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
20 July 2009
Preliminary program released for Wikimania 2009
Further developments in copyright dispute
New stats, elections extended, strategic planning staff and more
Britannica brand still popular, Wikipedia 'a desert' for good portraits
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
27 July 2009
Welcome to the build-your-own edition of the Signpost
Board of Trustees elections draw 18 candidates for 3 seats
Wikimedians and others gather for Wiki-Conference New York
Volunteers lead Wikipedia Academy at National Institutes of Health
Things that happened in the Wikimedia world
Assorted news coverage of Wikipedia
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject Oregon
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
3 August 2009
WMF elections, strategy wiki, museum partnerships, and much more
Dispute over Rorschach test images, and more
Approved this week
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
10 August 2009
Tropenmuseum to host partnered exhibit with Wikimedia community
Tech news, strategic planning, BLP task force, and more
Shrinking community, GLAM-Wiki, and more
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
17 August 2009
Where should the Signpost go from here?
Review of Bigipedia radio series
Three million articles, Chen, Walsh and Klein win board election, and more
Reports of Wikipedia's imminent death greatly exaggerated, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
24 August 2009
$500,000 grant, Wikimania, Wikipedia Loves Art winners
Health care coverage, 3 million articles, inkblots, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
31 August 2009
Misleading media storm over flagged revisions
An extended look at how we got to flagged protection and patrolled revisions
Report on Wikimania 2009
$2 million grant, new board members
WikiTrust, Azerbaijan-Armenia edit wars
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
7 September 2009
Commons hits 5 million files, vandalism study, and more
Gender statistics, editors sued, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject Anime and manga
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
14 September 2009
Grant structure, and more
Reporter's kidnap blackout affects Wikipedia, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject Video games
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
21 September 2009
Call for opinion pieces
Footnotes updated, WMF office and jobs, Strategic Planning and more
Wales everywhere, participation statistics, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
28 September 2009
White Barbarian
LocalisationUpdate has gone live
Sue Gardner answers questions from community
Vibber resigns, Staff office hours, Flagged Revs, new research and more
Stunting of growth, Polanski protected and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
5 October 2009
LiquidThreads in Beta
The Law affair
Article Incubator, Wikipedians take Manhattan, new features in testing, and much more
Wikipedia used by UN, strange AFDs, iPhone reality
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
New developments at the Military history WikiProject
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
12 October 2009
Perspectives from other projects
Memorial and Collaboration
Bing launches Wikipedia search
New WMF hire, new stats, and more
IOC objects to Creative Commons license, Wikipedia at Yale, and more
Sounds
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
WikiProject Tropical cyclones
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
19 October 2009
WikiReader, Meetup in Pakistan, Audit committee elections, and more
Sanger controversy reignited, Limbaugh libelled, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
26 October 2009
Interview with John Blossom
New hires, German Wikipedian dies, new book tool, and more
Editor profiled in Washington Post, Wikia magazines, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
2 November 2009
Durova wins 2009 WikiCup
WikiSym features research on Wikipedia
2009 ArbCom elections report
Inaugural Audit Subcommittee elections underway
Wikipedia remembers the Wall
Strategic planning, November conference, brief news and milestones
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Project banner meta-templates
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
9 November 2009
Controversial "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser to start 10 November
Wikipedians test the water at new page patrol
German Wikipedia under fire from inclusionists
Multimedia usability meeting concludes in Paris
Arbitration Committee candidate nominations open 10 November
Review of Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures: Cybercultures in Online Learning
Ant images, public outreach, and more
Beefeater vandalism, interview, and more
Meta-wiki interview
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
16 November 2009
"Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser begins
Bulgarian Wikipedia gets a prestigious award
Arbitration Committee Election: Several candidates standing
Kiswahili contest, new advisory board members, Foundation-l and more
German lawsuit, Jimbo interview and more
Wiktionary interview
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
23 November 2009
New tool for photo scavenger hunts
Arbitration Committee Election: Nominations closing November 24
"Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser continues
Government stubs, Suriname exhibit, milestones and more
The Decline of Wikipedia, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
30 November 2009
ArbCom election begins December 1, using SecurePoll
35k donated, WikiProject for Wikipedia-Books, 2M rated articles, and more
Reports of Wikipedia's demise, prescriptions for its ills, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
7 December 2009
250th issue of the Signpost
A digital restoration
ArbCom election in full swing
Interview with David G. Post
Wikipedia's death report premature, fundraiser, usability, new CSD, noms, and more
Ron Livingston sues vandal, disclosure of IP address ordered, brief headlines
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
14 December 2009
Voting closes in the Arbitration Committee Elections
Mapping geotagged articles language, import sources enabled, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
21 December 2009
ArbCom election result announced
Fundraiser update, milestones and more
Accusation of bias, misreported death, and more
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week
28 December 2009
Flagged revisions petitions, image donations, brief news
Criticism from climate change sceptic, decade in review
Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
Approved this week