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The Wikipedia Signpost

= 2009 =

;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