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The Downlink The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
2026
1 — 31 January
Volume 4 — Issue 1
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News
  • NASA called off a planned spacewalk of SpaceX Crew-11 on 8 January, and later cancelled the mission outright, after one of the crewmembers, Mike Fincke, was reported to have a medical complication. This was the first time that this occurred in US history.
  • On 11 January, the Pandora spacecraft was successfully launched. Pandora is designed to study the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets, with the intention of identifying targets for future observation.
Article of the month

Exoplanetary Circumstellar Environments and Disk Explorer (EXCEDE) is a proposed space telescope for NASA's Explorer program to observe circumstellar protoplanetary and debris discs and study planet formation around nearby (within 100 parsecs) stars of spectral classes M to B. Had it been selected for development, it was proposed to launch in 2019.

The spacecraft concept proposed to use a 70 centimeter diameter telescope-mounted coronagraph called PIAA (Phase Induced Amplitude Apodized Coronagraph) to suppress starlight in order to be able to detect fainter radiation of circumstellar dust. Characterizing constitution of such disks would provide clues for planetary formation (mostly in habitable zones), while already existing exoplanets can be detected through their interaction with dust disk. The project's Principal Investigator is Glenn Schneider.

Image of the month
Wernher von Braun with the Rocketdyne F-1 engines

Pictured here are two titans of spaceflight history: Dr. Wernher von Braun, one of the main figures of the early American space program and designer of both the Saturn V and V-2 rockets, and five (four visible) Rocketdyne F-1 engines, used on the Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle. Dr. von Braun's career is noted for a great number of achievements in human spaceflight, including the Apollo mission which successfully put human beings on the moon; nevertheless, it is burdened with the shadow of his activities in the Nazi Party, especially concerning his work on the V-2.

The engines behind him, in addition to being immense, have the honor of being the only engines used to get humans to the moon, as of the time of writing. Developed in the late 1950s, the 8,400 kilograms (18,500 lb) engines are still the most powerful single combustion chamber liquid-propellant rocket ever made.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 219. Total number of members: 446.

January Launches
All times stated here are in UTC. See a complete list here.

  1. United StatesCanadaUnited KingdomFinlandGermany Falcon 9 Block 5 — various, including Pandora (11 Jan. at 13:44:50) (success)
  2. IndiaThailandSpain PSLV-DL — various, including EOS-N1 and THEOS-2A (12 Jan. at 04:48:30) (launch failure)
  3. China Ceres-2 — various (17 Jan. at 04:05) (launch failure)
 Article Statistics
This data reflects values from 31 January 2026.
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 6 30 15 8 59
FL 3 4 4 11
FM 124 124
A 1 2 1 4
GA 12 26 34 59 2 133
B 16 77 196 236 6 531
C 44 170 607 860 1 58 1,740
Start 15 134 1,026 2,701 499 4,375
Stub 5 195 1,986 296 2,482
List 11 119 110 239 1 44 524
Category 1,282 1,282
Disambig 48 48
File 275 275
Portal 55 55
Project 109 109
Redirect 2 43 143 1,248 1,436
Template 534 534
NA 2 2
Other 34 34
Assessed 105 566 2,232 6,237 3,713 905 13,758
Unassessed 1 8 127 136
Total 105 567 2,232 6,245 3,713 1,032 13,894
Monthly Changes

Since December 2025, there are two fewer top-importance, two more high-importance, two more mid-importance, 19 more low-importance, 20 more NA-importance, and 31 more unknown-importance articles, for a total of 72 new articles. There are also three more GA-class, three more B-class, twelve more C-class, eleven more Start-class, and eleven more Stub-class articles, and three more lists.

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Reef

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Building information modeling • Public utility

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The Signpost: 10 March 2026

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  • Special report: What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
    A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?
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Books & Bytes – Issue 73

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 73, January–February 2026
  • Four new partnerships
  • User survey thanks
Read the full newsletter

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This Month in GLAM: February 2026

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Headlines
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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Christmas dinner

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Reef • Building information modeling

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March 2026 meetup in Portland (online participation available!)

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Northwest Library

Hey Wil540 art,

You're invited to the March 2026 meetup in Portland, Oregon! Join us either in person at the Northwest Library or online at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 28.

Please RSVP at the link above, even if you might be interested, so we can know how many people to expect. Hope to see you there!

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The Bugle: Issue 239, March 2026

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Full front page of The Bugle
Your Military History Newsletter

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Two Wikicurious events in North Carolina this week

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There are two Wikicurious events in North Carolina this coming week! These are great opportunities to meet other Wikipedians, help new editors get started, and learn more about subjects you might not be familiar with.

Wikicurious: WNC Women's History Month Edit-a-thon will be a hybrid event held at the Pack Memorial Library in Asheville on Tuesday, March 24, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This event is focused on amplifying the stories and figures of under-represented Appalachian artists, writers, and other creators, particularly women in honor of Women's History Month, as well as people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and other disenfranchised communities. Get the full details and register on the meetup page.

Wikicurious: Country Music's Mythology will be an in-person event held at the historic Love House in downtown Chapel Hill on Wednesday, March 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. At the event, you'll have a chance to improve Wikipedia's coverage of emerging and underrepresented country musicians, see an exhibit of photos and fan culture from the Grand Ole Opry, and hear from special guest Rissi Palmer, singer-songwriter and host of the podcast Color Me Country. Get the full details and register on the meetup page.

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Hope to see you at some of these events! -- Gaurav (talk) 08:47, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Port Vila

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Christmas dinner • Reef

Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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The Downlink The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
2026
1 — 28 February
Volume 4 — Issue 2
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News
  • The first crewed spaceflight of 2026, SpaceX Crew-12, was launched on the 13th. Four astronauts were flown to the ISS in an atypical indirect handover that was caused by the early return of Crew-11 due to a medical emergency.
  • On the 14th, the ESA lost contact with PROBA-3, a dual-probe technological demonstration mission for chronographic high-precision formation flying. Specifically, the Chronograph Spacecraft lost orientation and drifted away from the Occulter.
Article of the month

A parking orbit is a temporary orbit used during the launch of a spacecraft. A launch vehicle follows a trajectory to the parking orbit, then coasts for a while, then engines fire again to enter the final desired trajectory.

An alternative trajectory that is used on some missions is direct injection, where the rocket fires continuously (except during staging) until its fuel is exhausted, ending with the payload on the final trajectory. This technique was first used by the Soviet Venera 1 mission to Venus in 1961.

Image of the month
Space Shuttle Endeavour prior to rendezvous with the International Space Station

Part of a series of photographs, this image depicts the Space Shuttle Endeavour prior to rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station as part of STS-130 in 2010. It was taken from the station by a member of Expedition 22 when the ISS was 183 nautical miles above the South Pacific, off the coast of southern Chile. Earth is in the bottom-left; the orange part of the atmosphere is the troposphere, the white band in the middle is the stratosphere, and the blue section is the mesosphere.

Members

New Members: none

Number of active members: 219. Total number of members: 446.

February Launches
All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list here.

  1. RussiaIran Proton-M/DM-03 — Elektro–L №5, Jam-e-Jam 1 (12 Feb. at 08:52:15) (success)
  2. United States Vulcan Centaur VC4S — GSSAP-7/-8, USA-584 (12 Feb. at 09:22:00) (success)
 Article Statistics
This data reflects values from 28 February 2026.
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 6 30 15 8 59
FL 3 4 4 11
FM 124 124
A 1 2 1 4
GA 12 26 34 59 2 133
B 16 77 196 238 7 534
C 44 170 609 868 1 61 1,753
Start 15 134 1,026 2,713 503 4,391
Stub 5 194 1,976 297 2,472
List 11 119 111 242 1 44 528
Category 1,284 1,284
Disambig 48 48
File 274 274
Portal 55 55
Project 109 109
Redirect 2 43 141 1,248 1,434
Template 533 533
NA 2 2
Other 1 37 38
Assessed 105 566 2,234 6,251 3,716 914 13,786
Unassessed 1 9 128 138
Total 105 567 2,234 6,260 3,716 1,042 13,924
Monthly Changes

Since January 2026, there are two more mid-importance, fifteen more low-importance, three more NA-importance, and ten more unknown-importance articles, for a total of 30 new articles. There are also three more B-class, thirteen more C-class, sixteen more Start-class, and ten fewer Stub-class articles, and four more lists.

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Newsletter contributors: Ships&Space

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red – April 2026

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Women in Red | April 2026, Vol 12, Issue 4, Nos 358, 359, 367, 368, 369


Online events:

Announcements from other communities:

Tip of the month:

  • When creating a new article, take a moment to ensure any notable woman is redlinked.
    Someone might be inspired to create an article for her.

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest

--Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:17, 29 March 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Ancient music

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Port Vila • Christmas dinner

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Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2025 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors Annual Report
Our 2025 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Introduction
  • Membership news and election results
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
  • Closing words
– Your Guild coordinators
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The Signpost: 31 March 2026

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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Agriculture in Haiti

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Ancient music • Port Vila

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Wikimedia Apps Newsletter – First Quarter of 2026

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Hello, and welcome to the first newsletter of 2026!

In this edition, we’ll walk you through the main updates, experiments, and improvements in the Wikipedia mobile apps during January, February, and early March.

iOS

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Activity Tab (iOS)

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This quarter focused on scaling and improving the Activity Tab experience.

We released the Activity Tab to all users and continued refining it with:

  • New editing insights, including all-time impact, recent activity, and views.
  • Monthly highlights such as most viewed edits and contributions.
  • Improved onboarding and empty states for different user types.
  • Better navigation within reading history and timelines.
  • Continued survey collection (extended through April).

We also fixed several issues related to saved article syncing, timeline, and deleting items.

Results from scaling

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Our goal was to increase account creation by 5%. The results significantly exceeded expectations:

  • Account creation increased by 91% after scaling.
  • 25% of all new accounts were created through the Activity Tab.
  • 18.5% of new users saved an article, and 2.9% made an edit.

We also observed stronger retention among Activity Tab users:

  • 93.8% of logged-in users returned to the app.
  • 91.8% of logged-out users returned.
  • Compared to overall app return rates of 81.9% and 72.1%.

Learnings

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  • Personalization continues to drive account creation.
  • Users are more likely to engage in reading than editing.
  • Navigation changes need clearer communication.

Next steps

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  • Improve clarity around the History location in Search.
  • Add clearer messaging and guidance, especially for logged-out users.

Liquid Glass

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The team also focused on preparations for migrating the app to Liquid Glass, planned for April. We completed a gap analysis and audit, and then triaged and prioritized tasks.

Tabbed Browsing (Tabs)

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  • Adding “close all tabs” functionality.
  • Highlighting the active tab.
  • Introducing long-press previews.

Games

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  • iOS designs for the “Which came first?” game were completed.
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As part of ongoing improvements:

  • History was moved into the Search tab.
  • Adjustments are being made to better support logged-out users and reduce confusion.

Other iOS Updates

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  • Integrated hCaptcha into account creation for test wiki.
  • Conducted Explore Feed audit and design groundwork.
  • Fixed multiple bugs, including issues with search, saved articles, and donation flows.

Android

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We began testing a new hybrid search experience that combines keyword-based and natural language search.

  • The experiment is now available in beta for Greek, English and Portuguese Wikipedia.
  • Users can opt in or out of the experience.
  • This is part of Phase 1 of the Information Retrieval project.

Other Android Updates

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  • Continued work on hCaptcha integration for account creation on test wiki.
  • Improved donation clarity by adding ISO currency codes.
  • Updated image handling to match MediaWiki standards.
  • Ran an A/B test for the Google Play product page (Japanese users).

We also fixed several issues, including:

  • Background re-login issues.
  • Incorrect article titles in Year in Review.
  • Reading list syncing problems.
  • Translation and UI inconsistencies.

Cross-Platform

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Explore Feed Refresh

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Across both apps, we continued design and research work to rethink the Explore experience, with the design principles of:

  • Retention before depth: reasons to come back matter more than any single deep read.
  • Discovery through remixing: snippets and previews lead into articles, never replace them.
  • Transparent personalization: "Because you follow..." not a black box.
  • Calm, trustworthy browsing: productive and credible.

Design work continued on improving the Explore feed:

  • Two visual directions were developed and wireframed.
  • Different onboarding approaches were explored.
  • User testing is being prepared.

Our current hypothesis is that a more personalized and structured feed will help users better understand its value and increase daily usage. User testing will help determine the direction to move forward.

Year in Review

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  • Both teams shared results on the Year in Review project pages (Android, iOS).

Future of Editing on Mobile

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The Apps team has started conversations with communities to explore how editing should work on the mobile apps.

The goal is to better support both new and experienced editors, and to guide users toward the right editing tools.

Community input is welcome, and discussions are ongoing.

Looking Ahead

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This quarter focused on scaling successful features, especially the Activity Tab, and continuing foundational work on Search and Explore feed.

We’re seeing strong signals around personalization, engagement, and new ways to guide users through reading and editing.

Thank you for following along, and stay tuned for the next updates later this year.


~~ARamadan-WMF11:46, 6 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-Play Friday tomorrow, plus April 16 CUNY Archives Editathon and April 29 WikiWednesday Salon

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Public demo of a Wikipedia-based mystery game

Join Wikimedia NYC tomorrow for Wiki-Play Friday (2-6pm, drop-in whenever) on April 10, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan:

Next week on Thu April 16 at CUNY City Tech in Downtown Brooklyn (12:30-4pm):

And the last Wednesday evening of the month, WikiWednesday makes its glorious return to Prime Produce on West 54th Street in Hell's Kitchen:

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This Month in GLAM: March 2026

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Headlines
Read this edition in full • Single-page

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2026 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2025 coordinator election, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

December 2025 Blitz: 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

January Drive: 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the January Backlog Elimination Drive edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

February Blitz: 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the February Copy Editing Blitz edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

March Drive: 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the March Backlog Elimination Drive edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

April Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 12 to 18 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 09:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 81 copyediting requests since 1 January 2026. The backlog of articles needing copyediting stands at 1,794 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wikieditor662.

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2026)

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Hello, Wil540 art. The article for improvement of the week is:

Rainmaking (ritual)

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Agriculture in Haiti • Ancient music

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