Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-08-30

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|0|2018-08-30|From the editor|Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia|sub=Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|1|2018-08-30|Interview|2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin|sub="Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|2|2018-08-30|News and notes|Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend|sub=WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2018-08-30|In the media|Quicksilver AI writes articles|sub=But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2018-08-30|Discussion report|Drafting an interface administrator policy|sub=Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2018-08-30|Featured content|Featured content selected by the community|sub=Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|6|2018-08-30|Special report|Wikimania 2018|sub="Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|7|2018-08-30|Traffic report|Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits|sub=Very high and very low hits; love and loss.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|8|2018-08-30|Technology report|Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work|sub=Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|9|2018-08-30|Gallery|Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat|sub=Some of the best pictures of 2017.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|10|2018-08-30|Recent research|Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies|sub=Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|11|2018-08-30|Humour|Signpost editor censors herself|sub=Nothing funny about it.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|12|2018-08-30|Essay|Principle of Some Astonishment|sub=Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|13|2018-08-30|From the archives|Playing with Wikipedia words|sub=The Wikipedia Plays.}}