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The Signpost: 13 July 2026

Latest comment: 29 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

News and notes: An exclusive club
Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger gets a community ban for canvassing.

In the media: Battle for a soul – who won?
Commissars, winners and losers, blocks or bans, a Wiki red card, social engineering on wikis, and Swift action!

Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making
Rules we can actually read, trust and change!

Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias
And other research findings.

News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community
The Wikicurious team shares their approach to Wiki-event organizing.

Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026
Quarterly update on the activities of the City University of New York's Wikimedian-in-Residence, Richard Knipel.

Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act – for now
A possible future recategorization by the UK Government remains an existential threat to Wikipedia.

On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy
Father's Day, Canada Day, and the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community
If strategy priority 1.1 is supporting the community, can we not increase the support to the community? Increasing grantmaking to 25% of the budget would be a move toward equality in the movement.

Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of World Cup.

Comix: schnozzed
on lollerskates

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The Signpost: 2 August 2026

Latest comment: 9 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the media: Union drive, most prolific editor make headlines
AI's impact on Wikipedia, World Cup editing, and encyclopedia's place in public life.

News and notes: Foundation rejects voluntary recognition of union, proposed board eligibility rules sharply restrict candidates
Further: harassment allegations at Wikimania, and new RfC for Abstract Wikipedia.

WikiConference: "Kurier, Signpost, wikipress: You can be a Wikimedia journalist" - Wikimania presentation by User:Noé Recap
A recap of Noé Gasparini's Wikimania 2026 presentation on the variety of wikipress outlets

In focus: Is Larry Sanger the co-founder of Wikipedia?
A look over the years.

Arbitration report: Think, and not just about content
ArbCom continues business.

News from Diff: Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026!
Wikimedians of the Year 2026 announced at Wikimania 2026 - Paris

On the bright side: The beautiful game
2026 Men's FIFA World Cup, Wikimania music, and wikipress.

Traffic report: Odyssey and Oyarzabal
To take you in the sun to (Ithaca), to show you the World Cup, it's the time of the season for editing!

Comix: Well-spotted
You dasherdly—dash–dash−dash-dash!

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2026

Latest comment: 23 hours ago1 comment1 person in discussion

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2026).

Administrator changes

Danaman5

CheckUser changes

dbeef

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, the 30-day requirement for extended-confirmed status now begins after an account's first edit instead of its registration (T431060).

Technical news

Inactive editors can now be removed as mentors at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship automatically.
The Suggested Edits' Revise Tone feature is now enabled. It encourages editors to identify and revise non-neutral language in articles.

Miscellaneous

The Unreferenced articles August 2026 backlog drive is underway. Help to add references to 47,000 articles.
The Articles for creation August 2026 backlog drive is under way. Help to review 4,500+ drafts.

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