In the new Signpost:
▸ Wikinews to be shut down
▸ Press applauds prohibition of AI in Wikipedia articles
▸ How editors deal with whitewashing of sexual abuse claims: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT The Wikinews logo (by David Vasquez, Simon, LivingShadow, CC BY-SA 3.0)
A new Signpost is out!
▸ Wikinews shuts down after 21 years: A look back
▸ Indonesia lifts auth domain block after WMF agrees to register as "administrative formality"
▸ A closer look at Wikipedia's traffic drop: Which topic areas declined most?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Wikipedia pageviews analysis: Heatmap of view-weighted percentage change from 2016–2019 baseline to 2025-04..2026-03
(by Luis Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://lu.is/2026/04/wikipedia-decline-by-topic/ )
In the new Signpost:
▸ Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
▸ Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
▸ Indonesian government blocks Wikipedia logins
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Blocked_login (screenshot of login page of id.wikipedia.org with block icon, CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the latest Signpost:
* Concerns about new Italian copyright law
* In the media: (Almost) every view on Wikipedia's 25th anniversary
* Charlie Kirk beats ChatGPT, but "Deaths in 2025" tops both in the list of most viewed articles of 2025
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
In the latest Signpost:
* Op-ed: Wikipedia at 25 - A Wake-Up Call
* The inbox behind Wikipedia: The Volunteer Response Team (VRT)
* Estonia's public broadcaster accuses English Wikipedia of spreading "Russian propaganda" in birthplace descriptions
and more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
In our new issue:
• Interview: Incoming Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan (part 1)
• WMF wants more AI companies to pay for API access - but will it join Cloudflare's anti-crawler framework?
• Obituaries: [[User:Iwelam]] and [[User:A R King]]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT 960px-Meehan-12032025CK_0312 (by Chuck Kennedy, CC0)
In the new Signpost:
▸ WMF reports record revenue in 2024–2025
▸ Book review: The Seven Rules of Trust
▸ The whitewashing attempts of Jeffrey Epstein's "online reputation managers"
▸ ChatGPT finds errors in 90% of "Today's featured articles"
and more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT "Revision as of 19:54, 14 December 2011 view source
Stgeorge12 (talk | contribs)
→Life: I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein to describe his biography in a professional and accurate way, that does not involve any scandals or disreputable content. As a living person, this is his right.
Tag: references removed"
(screenshot of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&diff=prev&oldid=465874272 , by Stgeorge12, CC BY-SA 4.0)
A new Signpost is out!
* Wikipedians and the media react to the launch of Elon Musk's AI-powered "Grokipedia"
* Jimmy Wales asks community to act over alleged bias in 'Gaza genocide' article
* 2025 WikiCup ends with record results
and more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT 20160602-Wikicup 2015 5754-short Version
(c) Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
A new Signpost is out!
* Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"
* Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
* Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: 1,339 recent noticeboard threads analyzed
and more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Larry Sanger in 2006, cropped (by Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 2.0)
In the latest Signpost:
* Wikimedia Foundation loses court challenge to protect editors' identities from UK Online Safety Act
* Essay: The one question to ask before figuring out which Wikipedia policy applies
* US Congress probes Wikipedia
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Riverside_House,_Bankside_03 1247px (by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0) [the building housing Ofcom, the regulator tasked with enforcing the UK's Online Safety Act]
In the new Signpost:
* Court orders redaction of Caesar DePaço article
* Most-translated article revealed as single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history
* Mass use of checkuser tool by WMF employee triggers investigation, policy changes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT David Woodard (Seattle, 2013) (by Barun H., CC BY-SA 3.0)
In the new Signpost:
▸@faznet test: Outdated info,other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸Should Wikinews be closed?
▸Analysis:Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2025-07-18/Discussion_report (by JPxG, CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the new Signpost:
▸@faznet test: Outdated info,other problems in over a third of German Wikipedia articles
▸WikiProject Medicine achieves zero unreferenced articles
▸Should Wikinews be closed?
▸Analysis:Biggest noticeboard discussions in 2025 so far en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2025-07-18/Discussion_report (by JPxG, CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the new Signpost:
* Wikipedia administrators arrested in Belarus
* New "ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
* Russian Wiki-fork flails
* A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Ruwiki (Wikipedia fork) ads in Moscow on Garden Ring
by user:MBH, CC BY-SA 4.0
A new Signpost is out!
* Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
* CEO search kicks off as Iskander preps to move on
* Technology report: New unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT UK technology secretary Peter Kyle, whose decision is being challenged by the Foundation
Peter Kyle Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg
by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street, United Kingdom Open Government Licence v3.0.
A new Signpost is out!
* India cuts off Wikimedia funding of "Access to Knowledge" program
* Trump-nominated prosecutor targets WMF's nonprofit status
* WikiCredCon 2025: Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Logo of the Access To Knowledge Programme, Centre for Internet Society, Bangalore.
A new Signpost is out!
* Saudi Wikipedian released from prison
* Wikimedia Foundation launches review of Wikipedias' NPoV (Neutral Point of View) policies
* Wikipedia probably not among the victims of Google's "AI Overviews"
and more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
ALT Osama Khalid and Ziyad Alsufyani (cropped) (by Fjmustak, CC BY-SA 4.0)
🕊️ Ziyad al-Sufiani has been released after over four and a half years of arbitrary imprisonment.
He was an Arabic @Wikipedia administrator, arrested for editing pages like that of Saudi WHRD Loujain al-Hathloul.
His fellow Wikipedian Osama Khalid (see below) remains in prison.