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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors
In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints
Featured content: Kock up
Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Featured content: Citations are needed
In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors
News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie
WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story

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Global sysop

I have closed your request and assigned the rights. I also updated the list using your babel data you previously had listed on that template, but feel free to update it. With kind regards, Sa vh ^ñ 21:52, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Savh. :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 22:01, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Re-Welcome to the jungle! --Alan ^(talk) 22:05, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Alan. Let's hunt the vandals! Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 22:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief
Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost
Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
Technology report: The future of MediaWiki

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Self request global block

Hi Ruy,

Could you do a global block for me please. I think it is time to make a retirement and I do not want to prevent anymore trouble.

Thanks EurovisionNim (talk) 01:14, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello, EurovisionNim,

Being a global sysop, I can not handle global (b)locks.

Anyway, it doesn't seem your request meets the valid reasons for a global lock.

Regards, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 01:46, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

Traffic report: A sea of faces

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia
Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue
Traffic report: The American Heartland
Featured content: It's raining men!
Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate
WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?
Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes
Gallery: Langston Hughes

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Request for Translation Adminship

Hi user:Ruy Pugliesi, my name is María, I am community liaison of Learning and Evaluation team at Wikimedia Foundation. I noted you reverted my edits on Meta:Requests for adminship. Can you please help me with this request? I'm trying to get translator admin rights. I created this page because I thought that was the way to do it. Thanks in advance for your help, and looking forward to hearing from you! MCruz (WMF) (talk) 22:40, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello, María. I accidently reverted your edit there while checking my whatchlist. Sorry for that. :(

I did some minor fixes to the page.

Thank you. Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 23:21, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Ruy Pugliesi, awesome to hear that, then! I thought I did something wrong :-/ Thanks for putting the request back on. Best wishes, MCruz (WMF) (talk) 22:40, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editors: We want to know what you think!
News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million
In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
Traffic report: Bowled over
WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...
Gallery: Feel the love

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37.144.145.16

Will you look, please, at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/37.144.145.16 That seems to be a destructive bot. What do you think about it? How to deal with it? Domitori (talk) 04:19, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Dear Domitori. It appears a human to me, not a automated script.

Anyway, it's a dynamic IP address and it is not editing anymore.

It seems that some deletion requests are correctly processed, like this one. Otherwise, it haven't paid proper attention to the existing permission field in most of them.

Regards, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 17:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

The ability of a bot to delete files greatly exceed by ability to rocover them.

You may look also to the example in the Russian version of wikisource, but this time the bot is handled by the registered user Lozman, who removes the text of the following authors:

https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Леонард_Борисович_Терновский

https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Софья_Васильевна_Каллистратова

https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Александр_Павлович_Тимофеевский

The texts are moved to some strange site http://wikilivres.ru

There, the user with the same nick Lozman removes them with pretext of violation of the copyright

(the licenses from Wikisource are not transferred to that site).

You may look for the example at

https://ru.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Леонард_Борисович_Терновский&oldid=96651

What do you think about this? Domitori (talk) 13:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Dear, Domitori. I see that other users gave you some replies already. Anyway, you'd better contact the local community members/sysops for a proper response imo. If I can help you somehow, please, contact me. Regards, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 22:38, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition
In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
Special report: Revision scoring as a service
Traffic report: February is for lovers
Gallery: Darwin Day
Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish
Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

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Email

Hi Ruy Pugliesi. You might have missed it, but I send you an email a couple of days ago. Please take a look at your inbox & reply. :-) Thanks! Trijnstel_talk 16:12, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok! Done. Sorry for the late reply. I've really missed it among other messages :/ Thank you, Trijnstel. Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 19:08, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity?
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
Gallery: Far from home
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity?
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired
Gallery: Far from home
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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Congratulations!

Hello Ruy Pugliesi,

On behalf of the stewards' election committee, congratulations on your election as a steward! Your permissions have now been set and you are able to start working.

You have been added to the list of stewards and the stewards' chart. Please take a moment to check that your details are accurate and update them if necessary.

You have been given access to the mailing lists related to your steward duties, which include: checkuser-l, the private mailing list for Wikimedia checkusers, stewards-l, the private list for stewards. In addition, you have been or will be given access to the related private wikis, one for checkusers and the other solely for stewards, details of which will be provided.

If you use IRC, you will be given access to several channels, including #wikimedia-checkuser^connect and #wikimedia-privacy^connect. Please also idle in #wikimedia-stewards^connect when you are available for duty.

Best of luck with your new tools; I am sure you will do a fantastic job. Please remember that your fellow stewards are always available if you need a second opinion, either via the mailing list or on IRC.

Useful links:

On behalf of the election committee,

Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 21:29, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you all! :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 21:53, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS!! Alan ^(talk) 09:32, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

I congratulate you! I wish you success in your work! Best regards, --►Cekli 829 13:36, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, guys! Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 15:54, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations, I'm sure you will be an excellent steward. Regards.--Syum90 (talk) 17:39, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Syum90. I'll do my best. :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 18:30, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Global user page migration

Hello Ruy Pugliesi. I deleted your local user pages on all wikis as you requested via Synchbot. You can see the full log on your archive page. :) —Pathoschild 23:41, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Pathos :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 05:14, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

I also deleted your Index, Quote, Wikis, and common.js subpages on all wikis as requested. The log is on your archive page. :) —Pathoschild 01:20, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Strategy Barnstar
		For your contributions to the 2015 Strategy Consultation. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 06:24, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: A sign of the times—the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier
Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish quarterly reports, indicate operating changes
Interview: Meet a paid editor
Traffic report: Attack of the movies
In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur
Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

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Brian's request

Hello Ruy! Could you, please, help here? Thanks, Maestro Ivanković (talk) 10:19, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Dear Maestro Ivanković, I'm trying to figure out how to address that, because I am not so experienced with complex renaming issues. Would you mind waiting a little bit? :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 03:01, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

@Maestro Ivanković: all done. Kind regards, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 04:15, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Updated scripts

Hi Ruy Pugliesi. I edited your global.js to update you to the latest versions of force ltr and StewardScript, which are compatible with the latest MediaWiki changes and reside on the Wikimedia Tool Labs for easier updates. I also updated various deprecated functions. Let me know if anything breaks. :) —Pathoschild 00:41, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Pathos! Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 03:01, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: A salute to Pine

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

Featured content: A woman who loved kings, a king who loved angels ...

Traffic report: It's not cricket

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88.113.150.21

RuyP, please range block for this vandal.--Syum90 (talk) 12:08, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hey, Syum90. Billinghurst already addressed it. Thanks! Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 12:16, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 March 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

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Request for unblock

Why have you blocked my ip address? Today I first bought modem and connected to my pc but in wonder i found that you blocked my ip before two days when i had never used this ip before!!! Please unblock the ip.--Sharif uddin (talk) 17:07, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

It is a very spammy /24 subrange. The block has been changed so that logged in accounts can edit. Regards, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 18:34, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

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The Signpost: 01 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data
In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism
Traffic report: All over the place
Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam
News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes
In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom
WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity
Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument
Traffic report: Resurrection week
Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review
In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax
Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!
Traffic report: Furious domination
Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

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Hihi

Hello. There's a user who wants to remove your rights. :) I got back, just so you know. --Uğurkent^talk 19:26, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Uğurkent! It's a well-known LTA. :) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 02:47, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing
News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections
In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality
In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway
Featured content: Vanguard on guard
Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes
Gallery: The bitter end

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Hmmm...

I understand that you probably thought that someone was vandalizing my m:user page, which might just have been me, as I think I might have edited my own account before signing in first. Is there anything I can do about that? It'll probably look bad, real bad, if I were to run for adminship.

And how'd you revert the edit so fast! That's quite impressive. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shirugaki (talk) Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 04:28, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

I thought it was someone else vandalizing your userpage. ;) Best, Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 04:28, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers
News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost
In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance
Featured content: Apartheid and related topics, awards and accolades, and a bunch of tough journeys
Recent research: Popularity vs. quality, Wikipedia images show how copyright damages economy, bots as servants or policemen
Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide
Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues
News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced
In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award
Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes
Traffic report: The grim ship reality
Blog: How many women edit Wikipedia?

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Foundation elections: WMF Board candidates share their views with the Signpost
Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?
In the media: Grant Shapps story continues; Wikipedia's "leftist ties"
News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests
Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way
Traffic report: Round Two

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: The dark side of comedy: Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes
In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts
From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election
In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize
WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology
Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases
Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls
Traffic report: Inner Core

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Pedido

Quando encontrar tempo, poderia responder a solicitação que fiz aos stewards sobre a minha conta? Grato. 177.71.71.179 23:27, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

Você vem utilizando sistematicamente contas múltiplas para diversos tipos de vandalismo, sendo os últimos registros de dez dias atrás, o que é muito pouco tempo. Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 03:44, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 May 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans
In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history
Recent research: Drug articles accurate and largely complete; women "slightly overrepresented"; talking like an admin
Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime
Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated
Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust
Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition
Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia
Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013
In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim
Traffic report: A rather ordinary week
Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings
Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity
In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel
Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am
Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only
Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Arbitration report: An election has consequences
Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin
Featured content: Great Dane hits 150
In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe
In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch
Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars
News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief
Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed, proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts
WikiProject report: We are back - Western Australia speaks

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles
Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done
Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration
Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
Technology report: Technical updates and improvements
Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved
Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it
News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion
Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
Traffic report: Belles of the ball
WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: Change the world
News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries
In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free
Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'
WikiProject report: Some more politics
Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters\
Gallery: "One small step..."
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate
Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian
Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted
In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?
Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues
Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers
Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google
News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief
WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers
In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten
Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...
Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga
Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

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The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA
In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj
Forum: Community voices on paid editing
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event
Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom
Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus
In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"
Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!
Travelogue: Seeing is believing
Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news

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The Signpost: 26 August 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors
Op-ed: Wikimania – can volunteers organize conferences?
News and notes: Re-imagining grants
In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia
Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report; PageRank and wiki quality; news suggestions; the impact of open access
Featured content: Out to stud, please call later
Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration

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The Signpost: 02 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia
News and notes: Flow placed on ice
Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments
Featured content: Brawny
In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage
Traffic report: You didn't miss much
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Gallery: Being Welsh
Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity
News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article
In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined
Featured content: Killed by flying debris
Traffic report: Mass media production traffic
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are beginning the transition to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 22 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this email because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. The general confidentiality agreement is now ready, and the OTRS agreement will be ready after 22 September 2015. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 22 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access
Traffic report: Another week
News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?
In the media: Is there life on Mars?
Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road?
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 23 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library
In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.
WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?

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The Signpost: 30 September 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania
Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators
Recent research: Wiktionary special; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?; newbies, conflict and tolerance
Tech news: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 07 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption
In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?
Traffic report: Reality is for losers
Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan

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Reminder: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

I wanted to follow-up on an message I sent you in September regarding the need for you to sign a confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) in order to maintain your access from Wikimedia to nonpublic information.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are transitioning to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this message because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
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The Signpost: 14 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid
Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence
Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: Built on good faith
Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death
WikiConference Report: WikiConference USA 2015
News and notes: Fundraising: 2015–2016 Q1 Update sparks mailing list debate
Featured content: A fistful of dollars
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 21 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched
In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"
Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus
Featured content: A more balanced week
Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing
Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 28 October 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editor: The Signpost‍‍ 's reorganization plan—we need your help
News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles
In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA
Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying
Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement
Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth
Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages
Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things
Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community letter: Five million articles

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The Signpost: 04 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone
In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?
Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad
Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket
Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 11 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed
Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee
Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review
Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling
In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys
Traffic report: Doodles of popularity
Gallery: Paris

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My IP address was blocked by Ruy Pugliesi,the reason behind is cross-wiki. but i dont know nothing at all why my ip is blocked though i m using different ip.because sometimes i use wiki from my pc n sometimes from mobile.so please solve my problem,i think it may be an error.Abu sayeed 15:11,19november 2015 (UTC)

Reminder: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

I wanted to follow-up on an message I sent you in September regarding the need for you to sign a confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) in order to maintain your access from Wikimedia to nonpublic information.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are transitioning to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this message because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
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The Signpost: 18 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed
In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing
Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world
Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running
Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales
Traffic report: Darkness and light

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The Signpost: 25 November 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone
Traffic report: J'en ai ras le bol
News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations
In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia
Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films
Featured content: Caves and stuff
Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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URGENT: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

I wanted to follow-up on an message I sent you in September regarding the need for you to sign a confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) in order to maintain your access from Wikimedia to nonpublic information.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are transitioning to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this message because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
Gregory Varnum (User:GVarnum-WMF), Wikimedia Foundation

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The Signpost: 02 December 2015

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Op-ed: Whither Wikidata?
Traffic report: Jonesing for episodes
News and notes: Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections
In the media: Is Wikidata as transparent as it seems?; Wikimedia Fund-raising drive launches
Featured content: This Week's Featured Content
Technology report: Tech news in brief

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URGENT: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

I wanted to follow-up on an message I sent you in September regarding the need for you to sign a confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) in order to maintain your access from Wikimedia to nonpublic information.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are transitioning to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this message because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
Gregory Varnum (User:GVarnum-WMF), Wikimedia Foundation

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URGENT: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

I wanted to follow-up on an message I sent you in September regarding the need for you to sign a confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) in order to maintain your access from Wikimedia to nonpublic information.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are transitioning to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this message because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 31 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

If you wish to stop receiving these notices, you may remove yourself from this list. Please note that doing so will not prevent you from losing related user rights after the 15 December 2015 deadline.

Thank you,
Gregory Varnum (User:GVarnum-WMF), Wikimedia Foundation

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