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Line 1: − {{short description|English-language edition of the online encyclopedia}}+ − {{Redirect|en.wikipedia.org|the Main Page|Main Page}} − − {{pp-move-indef}} − {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} − − {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} − {{Infobox website − | name = English Wikipedia − | logo = Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg − | logo_size = 85% − | logo_caption = − | screenshot = English Wikipedia screenshot.png − | screenshot_alt = The homepage of the English Wikipedia − | caption = [[Main Page]] of the English Wikipedia in April 2021 − | collapsible = Yes − | url = {{URL|https://en.wikipedia.org/}} − | commercial = No − | type = [[Internet encyclopedia]] − | registration = Optional; required for certain tasks − | num_users = {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} users, {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} administrators as of {{Date}} − | owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] − | author = − | launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2001|1|15}} − | content_license = {{nobr|[[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution/<br />Share-Alike]] 3.0}} (most text also dual-licensed under [[GFDL]])<br />Media licensing varies − }} − − The '''English Wikipedia''' is the [[English language|English-language]] edition of [[Wikipedia]], an online encyclopedia. It was founded on 15 January 2001 as Wikipedia's first edition and, {{As of|2021|10|lc=y}}, has the most articles of any edition, at {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}.<ref>The number of articles on the English Wikipedia is shown by the [[MediaWiki]] variable <code><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki></code>, with all Wikipedias as total <code><nowiki>{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|total}}</nowiki></code> = {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|total}}}}.</ref> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, {{Percentage|{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|en}}|{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|total}}}} of articles in all Wikipedias belong to the English-language edition. This share was more than 50% in 2003.<ref>About 10% more than the next in rank, the [[Cebuano Wikipedia]]. See [[:m:List of Wikipedias]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=520778 |title=List of Wikipedias |author=Wikimedia Meta-Wiki |date=21 September 2008 |access-date=21 September 2008}}</ref> The edition's one-billionth edit was made on 13 January 2021.<ref name="vice.com">{{cite web |title=The English Language Wikipedia Just Had Its Billionth Edit |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7appn/the-english-language-wikipedia-just-had-its-billionth-edit |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en |date=15 January 2021}}</ref> − − == Articles == − The English Wikipedia has pioneered some ideas as conventions, policies or features which were later adopted by Wikipedia editions in some of the other languages. These ideas include "featured articles",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=104207677 | title=Featured articles | author=English Wikipedia | date=30 January 2007 | access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> the neutral-point-of-view policy,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view&oldid=103033132 | title=Neutral point of view | author=English Wikipedia | date=25 January 2007 | access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> navigation templates,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Template&oldid=520481 | title=Help:Template | author=Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | date=29 January 2007 | access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> the sorting of short "stub" articles into sub-categories,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting&oldid=101829026 | title=WikiProject Stub sorting | author=English Wikipedia | date=19 January 2007 | access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> [[dispute resolution]] mechanisms such as mediation and arbitration,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes&oldid=103577785 | title=Resolving disputes | author=English Wikipedia | date=27 January 2007 | access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> and weekly collaborations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Article_Creation_and_Improvement_Drive&oldid=104243512|title=Article Creation and Improvement Drive|author=English Wikipedia|date=30 January 2007|access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> − − It surpassed six million articles on 23 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia:Six million articles|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Six_million_articles|website=Wikipedia|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, the total volume of the compressed texts of its articles amounted to 18.6 [[gigabyte]]s.<ref>See size of downloads at [[Wikipedia:Database download]] and a list of historical sizes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_article_size_in_gigabytes.png#Summary here]</ref> − − The edition's one-billionth edit was made on 13 January 2021 by [[Ser Amantio di Nicolao]] (Steven Pruitt) who as of that date is the user with the highest number of edits on the English Wikipedia, at over four million.<ref name="vice.com"/> Currently, there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles created with {{NUMBEROFFILES}} files. The English Wikipedia currently has {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} registered accounts of which {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} are administrators. − − ==Wikipedians== − The English Wikipedia reached 4,000,000 registered user accounts on 1 April 2007,<ref name="4,564,000">[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-02/News and notes]]. Retrieved 20 April 2007</ref> over a year since the millionth [[Wikipedian]] registered an account in February 2006.<ref name="1,000,000">[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-02-27/News and notes]]. Retrieved 20 April 2007</ref> − − Over 1,100,000 editors have edited Wikipedia more than 10 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#wikipedians |title=Wikipedia Statistics – Tables – English |publisher=Stats.wikimedia.org |access-date=8 August 2013}}</ref> Over 30,000 editors perform more than 5 edits per month, and over 3,000 perform more than 100 edits per month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#activitylevels |title=Wikipedia Statistics – Tables – English |publisher=Stats.wikimedia.org |access-date=8 August 2013}}</ref> − − [[File:Editors English Wikipedia History.png|thumb|Number of editors on the English Wikipedia over time.]] − [[File:Edits to English Wikipedia by country January 2022.png|thumb|Edits to English Wikipedia by country as of January 2022]] − − On March 1, 2014, ''[[The Economist]]'', in an article titled "The Future of Wikipedia", cited a trend analysis concerning data published by the Wikimedia Foundation stating that "[t]he number of editors for the English-language version has fallen by a third in seven years."<ref name="economist1">{{cite news |url = https://www.economist.com/news/international/21597959-popular-online-encyclopedia-must-work-out-what-next-wikipeaks |title = The future of Wikipedia: WikiPeaks? |newspaper = The Economist |date = March 1, 2014 |access-date = March 11, 2014}}</ref> The attrition rate for active editors in English Wikipedia was cited by ''The Economist'' as substantially in contrast to statistics for Wikipedia in other languages (non-English Wikipedia). ''The Economist'' reported that the number of contributors with an average of five or more edits per month was relatively constant since 2008 for Wikipedia in other languages at approximately 42,000 editors within narrow seasonal variances of about 2,000 editors up or down. The number of active editors in English Wikipedia, by "sharp" comparison, was cited as peaking in 2007 at approximately 50,000 and dropping to 30,000 by the start of 2014. − − The trend analysis published in ''The Economist'' presents Wikipedia in other languages (non-English Wikipedia) as successful in retaining their active editors on a renewable and sustained basis, with their numbers remaining relatively constant at approximately 42,000.<ref name="economist1" /> − − The English Wikipedia has the [[Arbitration Committee]] (also known as ArbCom) that consists of a panel of editors that imposes binding rulings with regard to disputes between other editors of the online encyclopedia.<ref name="AU">{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/democracy-for-knowalls/2006/11/30/1164777721624.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |title=Know-alls |access-date= 15 June 2009 |last=Schiff |first=Stacy | author-link=Stacy Schiff |date=2 December 2006 |work=[[The Age]] |location=Australia |publisher=Fairfax Digital Network }}</ref> It was created by Jimmy Wales on 4 December 2003 as an extension of the decision-making power he had formerly held as owner of the site.<ref name="Wales1">{{cite web|url=http://markmail.org/message/komcldyapats43xj#query:+page:1+mid:komcldyapats43xj+state:results |title= WikiEN-l Wikiquette committee appointments |access-date=9 June 2009 |last=Wales |first=Jimmy |date=4 December 2003 |work=Wikipedia |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] }}</ref><ref name="SSRN">{{cite journal|title=Wikitruth Through Wikiorder |journal=[[Emory Law Journal]]|year=2010|first=David A.|last=Hoffman|author2=Salil Mehra |volume=59|issue=2010|ssrn=1354424}}</ref> When it was founded, the committee consisted of 12 [[arbitrators]] divided into three groups of four members each.<ref name="Wales1"/><ref name="Fortune">{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/31/magazines/fortune/mysql_greatteams_fortune/index.htm |title=Secrets of Greatness: Great Teams |access-date= 15 June 2009 |last=Hyatt |first=Josh |date=1 June 2006 |work=Fortune }}</ref> − − In 2022, for English Wikipedia, Americans accounted for about 40% of active editors, followed by English and Indian editors accounting for about 10% of each, and Canadian and Australian at about 5%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wikistats - Statistics For Wikimedia Projects|url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/contributing/active-editors-by-country/normal%7Cmap%7Clast-month%7C(activity-level)~100..-edits%7Cmonthly|access-date=2022-01-28|website=stats.wikimedia.org}}</ref> − − == Controversies == − {{See also|Criticism of Wikipedia|Essjay controversy|Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident}} − − ===English varieties=== − One controversy in the English Wikipedia concerns which [[List of dialects of the English language|national variety]] of the English language is to be preferred, some candidates being [[American English]] and [[British English]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28spelling%29|title=Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling)|author=English Wikipedia|access-date=25 February 2006}}</ref> Suggestions range from standardizing upon a single form of English to [[fork (software)|forking]] the English Wikipedia project. A style guideline states, "the English Wikipedia has no general preference for a major national variety of the language" and "an article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation uses the appropriate variety of English for that nation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English|title=Wikipedia:Manual of Style|author=English Wikipedia|access-date=10 October 2007}}</ref> − − === Disputed articles === − A 2013 study from [[Oxford University]] concluded that the most disputed articles on the English Wikipedia tended to be broader issues, while on other language Wikipedias the most disputed articles tended to be regional issues; this is due to the English language's status as a global ''[[lingua franca]]'', which means that some who edit the English Wikipedia [[English as a second language|have English as their second language]]. The study stated that the most disputed entries on the English Wikipedia were: [[George W. Bush]], [[anarchism]], [[Muhammad]], [[list of WWE personnel]], [[global warming]], [[circumcision]], [[United States]], [[Jesus]], [[race and intelligence]], and [[Christianity]].<ref name=Gross>Gross, Doug. "[http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/tech/web/controversial-wikipedia-pages/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 Wiki wars: The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages]." ''[[CNN]]''. 24 July 2013. Retrieved on 26 July 2013. {{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/24/tech/web/controversial-wikipedia-pages/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 |title=Wiki wars: The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages |newspaper=CNN |access-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412001130/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/24/tech/web/controversial-wikipedia-pages/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 |archive-date=12 April 2016 }}</ref> − − === Threats against high schools === − Incidents of threats of violence against high schools on Wikipedia have been reported in the press.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/29/local/me-wikipedia29 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Molly | last=Hennessy-Fiske | title=Wikipedia threats went unchecked – Los Angeles Times | date=29 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="ABCLocal">{{cite web |url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local&id=6087243 |title=Hacienda Heights school receives possible threat |website=abc7.com |publisher=Abclocal.go.com |date=18 April 2008 |access-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724192822/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6087243 |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="LATimes2">{{cite news |title=Student arrested for violent threats on Wikipedia |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/04/wiki.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef011571abd811970b |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 April 2008 |access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> The [[Glen A. Wilson High School]] was the subject of such a threat in 2008,<ref name="LATimes" /><ref name="ABCLocal" /><ref name="LATimes2" /> and a 14-year-old was arrested for making a threat against [[Niles West High School]] on Wikipedia in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_baef01f3-e56f-52e1-b9af-e90eb83e811b.html|title=Teen charged after threat to school on Wikipedia|date=31 October 2006|agency=Associated Press |publisher=Pantagraph.com|access-date=26 January 2011|location=Bloomington, IL}}</ref> − − == Wikiproject and assessment == − <!-- This section is transcluded into [[Wikipedia]]; please do not change this section's heading without also changing the selective transclusion markup in that article --> − {{Main|WikiProject}} − {{hatnote|"Featured article candidates" links here. For the Wikipedia page on this topic, see [[WP:FAC]]}} − − A "[[WikiProject]]" is a [[social group|group]] of contributors who want to work together as a team to improve Wikipedia. These groups may focus on a specific topic area (for example, [[women's history]]), a specific location or a specific kind of task (for example, checking newly created pages). In 16 March 2015, the English Wikipedia had over 2,000 WikiProjects and activity varied.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject | title=Wikipedia: Wikiprojects | access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> − − In 2007, in preparation for producing a print version, the English Wikipedia introduced an assessment scale of the quality of articles.<ref name="WP 1.0 editorial team 1">{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment|title=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|access-date=28 October 2007}}</ref> Articles are rated by WikiProjects. The range of quality classes begins with "Stub" (very short pages), followed by "Start", "C" and "B" (in increasing order of quality). Community peer review is needed for the article to enter one of the quality classes: either "[[WP:Good articles|good article]]", "A" or the highest, "[[WP:Featured articles|featured article]]". Of the about 4.4 million articles and lists assessed as of March 2015, more than 5,000 (0.12%) are featured articles, and fewer than 2,000 (0.04%) are featured lists. One featured article per day, as selected by editors, appears on the [[main page]] of Wikipedia.<ref name="FMonday feat article patterns 1">{{cite web|url=http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2365/2182|title=Comparing featured article groups and revision patterns correlations in Wikipedia|publisher=[[First Monday (journal)|First Monday]]|access-date=13 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506003339/http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2365/2182|archive-date=6 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IBM feat articles hidden pattern 1">{{cite journal|author1=Fernanda B. Viégas|author2=Martin Wattenberg|author3=Matthew M. McKeon|date=22 July 2007|title=The Hidden Order of Wikipedia|url=http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/hidden_order_wikipedia.pdf|publisher=Visual Communication Lab, IBM Research|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031052814/http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/hidden_order_wikipedia.pdf|archive-date=31 October 2007|access-date=30 October 2007}}</ref> − − The [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Wikipedia Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] has developed a table (shown below) that displays data of all rated articles by quality and importance, on the English Wikipedia. If an article or list receives different ratings by two or more WikiProjects, then the highest rating is used in the table, pie-charts, and bar-chart. The software auto-updates the data. − − Researcher Giacomo Poderi found that articles tend to reach featured status via the intensive work of a few editors.<ref name="Poderi Giacomo feat articles 1">Poderi, Giacomo, ''Wikipedia and the Featured Articles: How a Technological System Can Produce Best Quality Articles'', Master thesis, [[University of Maastricht]], October 2008.</ref> A 2010 study found unevenness in quality among featured articles and concluded that the community process is ineffective in assessing the quality of articles.<ref name="FMonday WP quality control 1">{{cite journal|url=http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2721/2482|title=Evaluating quality control of Wikipedia's featured articles|first=David|last=Lindsey|journal=First Monday|volume=15|issue=4|date=5 April 2010|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124044443/http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2721/2482|archive-date=24 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> − − {{User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/OverallArticles}} − <div style="float: right; padding-left: 7 px;"></div> − <!-- Note: The table above (prepared by the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]) is automatically updated daily by [[User:WP 1.0 bot]], and the bar-chart and the two pie-charts are not auto-updated. In them, new data has to be entered by a Wikipedia editor (i.e. user). --> − − == Internal news publications == − {{See also|The Signpost}} − [[File:WikipediaSignpostIcon.svg|alt=|''The SIgnpost'' icon, showing a styled 'S'|thumb]] − Community-produced news publications include [[WP:Signpost|''The Signpost'']].<ref name=AyersMatthews2008>{{cite book|author1=Phoebe Ayers|author2=Charles Matthews|author3=Ben Yates|title=How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHdi1CEPLb4C&pg=PA345|year=2008|publisher=No Starch Press|isbn=978-1-59327-176-3|pages=345–}}</ref> ''The Signpost'' (previously known as ''The Wikipedia Signpost'')<ref name=Cohen2007>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/technology/05wikipedia.html|access-date=29 February 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Noam|last=Cohen|title=A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side|date=5 March 2007|page=C5}}</ref> is the English Wikipedia's newspaper.<ref name=AyersMatthews2008/><ref name=Koebler2016>{{Cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedias-secret-google-competitor-search-engine-is-tearing-it-apart |title=The Secret Search Engine Tearing Wikipedia Apart |last=Koebler |first=Jason |date=16 February 2016 |work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Vice]]}}</ref><ref name="Geoffroy2014">{{Cite news|last=Geoffroy|first=Romain|date=16 January 2014|title=Une employée de Wikipédia débarquée pour avoir monnayé ses articles|language=fr|trans-title=Wikipedia employee disembarks for minting her articles|work=[[Les Inrockuptibles]]|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/01/16/actualite/employee-wikipedia-debarquee-monnaye-articles-11460948/}}</ref> It is managed by the [[Wikipedia community]] and is published online weekly.<ref name=AyersMatthews2008/><ref name="Dobusch2014">{{Cite news|last=Dobusch|first=Leonhard|date=12 January 2014|title=Interview mit Dirk Franke über "Grenzen der Bezahlung" in der Wikipedia|language=de|trans-title=Interview with Dirk Franke about "Limits of Payment" in Wikipedia|work=[[Netzpolitik.org]]|url=https://netzpolitik.org/2014/interview-mit-dirk-franke-ueber-grenzen-der-bezahlung-in-der-wikipedia//}}</ref> Each edition contains stories and articles related to the Wikipedia community.<ref name=Rosen2013>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/if-you-want-your-wikipedia-page-to-get-a-ton-of-traffic-die-while-performing-at-the-super-bowl-half-time-show/272919|title=If You Want Your Wikipedia Page to Get a TON of Traffic, Die While Performing at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show|website=[[The Atlantic]]|date=6 February 2013|last1=Rosen|first1=Rebecca|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=Jemielniak2014>{{cite book|author=Dariusz Jemielniak|title=Common Knowledge?: An Ethnography of Wikipedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Iw5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|year=2014|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0804797238|pages=231–}}</ref> − − The publication was founded in January 2005 by [[Wikipedia administrator]] and later Chair of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] Board of Trustees, Michael Snow.<ref name=AyersMatthews2008/><ref name=Cohen2007/><ref name=McCarthy2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/wikimedia-foundation-edits-its-board-of-trustees/#! |title=Wikimedia Foundation edits its board of trustees |last=McCarthy |first=Caroline |date=18 July 2008 |website=[[CNET]]}}</ref> Originally titled ''The Wikipedia Signpost'', it was later shortened to ''The Signpost''.<ref name=Cohen2007/><ref name="okoli">{{cite journal|first1=Chitu|last1= Okoli|first2=Mohamad |last2=Mehdi|first3=Mostafa|last3= Mesgari|first4=Finn Årup |last4=Nielsen|first5=Arto|last5= Lanamäki|title=The people's encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia|ssrn=2021326|date=24 October 2012|doi=10.2139/ssrn.2021326}}</ref> The newspaper reports on Wikipedia events including [[Arbitration Committee]] rulings,<ref name="ayeletoz">{{cite journal|first=Ayelet|last=Oz|date=1 September 2014|publisher=[[Harvard Law School]]|title=The Legal Consciousness of Wikipedia|ssrn=2572381|doi=10.2139/ssrn.2572381}}</ref> Wikimedia Foundation issues,<ref name=ParoutisHeracleous2013>{{cite book|author1=Sotirios Paroutis|author2=Loizos Heracleous|author3=Duncan Angwin|title=Practicing Strategy: Text and Cases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZsQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT237|date=1 February 2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4462-9047-7|pages=237–}}</ref> and [[Outline of Wikipedia#Wikipedia-related projects|other Wikipedia-related projects]].<ref name=Waters2010>{{cite book|pages=180, 270|first=John K.|last=Waters|title=The Everything Guide to Social Media|year=2010|publisher=Adams Media|isbn=978-1440506314}}</ref> Snow continued to contribute as a writer to ''The Signpost'' until his appointment to the [[m:Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the Wikimedia Foundation in February 2008.<ref name="congratulatesnow">{{cite news|access-date=1 March 2016|author=Ral315|work=The Wikipedia Signpost|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-02-18/From_the_editor&oldid=192509690|date=18 February 2008|title=From the editor: This week, I'd like to congratulate and thank Michael Snow}}</ref> − − [[Investigative journalism]] by ''The Signpost'' in 2015 on changes to [[freedom of panorama]] copyright restrictions in Europe was covered by publications in multiple languages including German,<ref name="germanpanorama">{{cite news|last=Diener|first=Andrea|date=27 June 2015|title=Geben Sie Panoramafreiheit, Sire!|language=de|trans-title=Give freedom of panorama, sire!|work=FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/panoramafreiheit-in-gefahr-das-betrifft-jeden-13668160.html|url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629034301/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/panoramafreiheit-in-gefahr-das-betrifft-jeden-13668160.html|archive-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> Italian,<ref name="italianpanorama">{{cite news|date=22 June 2015|title=Libertà di Panorama: a rischio in Europa con una riforma del copyright|language=it|trans-title=Freedom of Panorama: at risk in Europe with a copyright reform|work=Blogo: Informazione libera e indipendente|url=http://www.clickblog.it/post/185665/liberta-di-panorama-a-rischio-in-europa-con-una-riforma-del-copyright|url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623122005/http://www.clickblog.it/post/185665/liberta-di-panorama-a-rischio-in-europa-con-una-riforma-del-copyright|archive-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> Polish,<ref name="wyborczapanorama">{{cite news|date=24 June 2015|title=Chcesz robić zdjęcia znanych budowli Europy? Spiesz się. To mogą być ostatnie tygodnie|language=pl|trans-title=Do you want to take photos of famous European buildings? Rush. These may be the last weeks|work=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75475,18241931,Chcesz_robic_zdjecia_znanych_budowli_Europy__Spiesz.html|url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627094832/http://wyborcza.pl/1,75475,18241931,Chcesz_robic_zdjecia_znanych_budowli_Europy__Spiesz.html|archive-date=27 June 2015|issn=0860-908X}}</ref> and Russian.<ref name="prophotosrupanorama">{{cite news|date=23 June 2015|title=ТРЕВОГА! Свободная съемка на улицах Европы – под угрозой|language=ru|trans-title=ANXIETY! Free shooting on the streets of Europe - at risk|url=http://prophotos.ru/news/17098-trevoga-svobodnaya-s-emka-na-ulitsah-evropy-pod-ugrozoy|url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627065322/http://prophotos.ru/news/17098-trevoga-svobodnaya-s-emka-na-ulitsah-evropy-pod-ugrozoy|archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> Wikipedia users Gamaliel and Go Phightins! became editors-in-chief of ''The Signpost'' in January 2015; prior editor-in-chief The ed17 noted that during his tenure the publication expanded its scope by including more reporting on the wider Wikimedia movement and English Wikipedia itself.<ref name="introducingyournew">{{cite news|access-date=1 March 2016|author=The ed17|work=The Signpost|title=From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/From_the_editor|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> In a letter to readers upon the newspaper's ,tenth anniversary, the co-editors-in-chief stressed the importance of maintaining independence from the Wikimedia Foundation in their reporting.<ref name="includesyou">{{cite news|access-date=1 March 2016|work=The Signpost|date=28 January 2015|title=From the editor: An editorial board that includes you|author=Go Phightins! and Gamaliel|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-28/From_the_editor&oldid=644803485}}</ref> − − ''The Signpost'' has been the subject of academic analysis in publications including ''[[Sociological Forum]]'',<ref name="sociologicalforum">{{cite journal|journal=[[Sociological Forum]]|title=Governance, Organization, and Democracy on the Internet: The Iron Law and the Evolution of Wikipedia|first=Piotr|last= Konieczny|volume=24|issue=1|date=March 2009|pages=162–192|jstor= 40210340|doi=10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.01090.x|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01580965/file/article.pdf}}</ref> the social movements journal ''Interface'',<ref name="interface">{{cite journal|issn=2009-2431 |url=http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interface-1-2-pp212-232-Konieczny.pdf|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607013320/http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interface-1-2-pp212-232-Konieczny.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2012|title=Wikipedia: community or social movement?|first=Piotr |last=Konieczny|journal=Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements|volume=1|issue=2|pages=212–232}}</ref> and ''New Review of Academic Librarianship'';<ref name=Bayliss2013>{{cite journal|page=39|first=Gemma|last=Bayliss|journal=New Review of Academic Librarianship|title=Exploring the Cautionary Attitude Toward Wikipedia in Higher Education: Implications for Higher Education Institutions|doi=10.1080/13614533.2012.740439|issn=1361-4533|date=January 2013|volume=19|issue=1|s2cid=61150982}}</ref> and was consulted for data on Wikipedia by researchers from [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] and [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name="yan2011">{{cite book|access-date=1 March 2016|chapter-url=http://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-11-02385|publisher=IEEE Computer Society Washington|chapter=Wiki-watchdog: Anomaly detection in Wikipedia through a distributional lens|title= Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology – Volume 01|first1=Guanhua|last1=Yan|last2=Arackaparambil|first2= Chrisil|doi=10.1109/WI-IAT.2011.86|pages=257–264|isbn= 978-0-7695-4513-4|year=2011|citeseerx=10.1.1.721.2953|s2cid = 11693510}}</ref> It has garnered "positive" reception from some media publications including ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name="allthenews">{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Dee|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=29 February 2016|title=All the News That's Fit to Print Out|date=1 July 2007|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html}}</ref> ''[[The Register]]'',<ref name=Orlowski2016>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/12/wikimedia_dumps_elected_trustee/ |title= Wikimedia Foundation bins community-elected trustee |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=12 January 2016 |work=[[The Register]]}}</ref> ''Nonprofit Quarterly'',<ref name=McCambridge2016>{{Cite web |url=https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/02/16/knight-foundation-grant-request-tears-at-wikipedias-community/ |title=Knight Foundation Grant Request Tears at Wikipedia's Community |last=McCambridge |first=Ruth |date=16 February 2016 |work=Nonprofit Quarterly}}</ref> and ''[[Heise Online]]''.<ref name="Kleinz2016">{{cite web|last=Kleinz|first=Torsten|date=27 February 2016|title=Kommentar: Wie geht es weiter mit der Wikimedia Foundation?|trans-title=Comment: What's next with the Wikimedia Foundation?|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Kommentar-Wie-geht-es-weiter-mit-der-Wikimedia-Foundation-3119568.html|work=Heise Online|language=de}}</ref> John Broughton's 2008 book ''[[Wikipedia: The Missing Manual]]'' called ''The Signpost'' "essential reading for ambitious new Wikipedia editors".<ref name=Broughton2008>{{cite book|author=John Broughton|title=Wikipedia: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h37N0BvkVSUC&pg=PA454|date=25 January 2008|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=978-0-596-55377-7|pages=454–}}</ref> − − Other community news publications include the "[[WikiWorld]]" web comic, the [[WP:Wikipedia Weekly|''Wikipedia Weekly'']] podcast, and newsletters of specific WikiProjects like [[Wikipedia:BUGLE|''The Bugle'']] from [[WP:Milhist|WikiProject Military History]] and the monthly newsletter from [[WP:GOCE|The Guild of Copy Editors]]. There are a number of publications from the Wikimedia Foundation and multilingual publications such as the [[wmfblog:|Wikimedia Blog]] and ''[[:outreach:This Month in Education|This Month in Education]]''. − − == See also == − * [[English Wikipedia blackout]] − * [[Deletionpedia]] − − == Footnotes == − {{Reflist}} − − == References == − *{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHdi1CEPLb4C&pg=PA345|title=How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it|last1=Ayers|first1=Phoebe|last2=Matthews|first2=Charles|last3=Yates|first3=Ben|publisher=No Starch Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59327-176-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howwikipediawork00ayer_0/page/345 345–362]|chapter=12. Community and Communication §§ Communicating with Other Editors|ref={{sfnref|AyersMatthews|2008}}|url=https://archive.org/details/howwikipediawork00ayer_0/page/345}} − *{{Cite journal|last1=Hoffman|first1=David A.|last2=Mehra|first2=Salil|year=2010|title=Wikitruth Through Wikiorder|journal=[[Emory Law Journal]]|volume=59|issue=2010}} − *{{Cite journal|last=Hyatt|first=Josh|title=Secrets of Greatness: Great Teams|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/31/magazines/fortune/mysql_greatteams_fortune/index.htm|journal=Fortune|volume=1 June 2006}} − *{{Cite book|title=The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia|last=Lih|first=Andrew|publisher=Hyperion|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4013-0371-6|edition=First|location=New York City|author-link=Andrew Lih|url=https://archive.org/details/wikipediarevolut00liha}} (alkaline paper). − − == External links == − {{Commons category}} − * {{official website}}<!-- This may be useful for mirrors of Wikipedia content --> − * [[:meta:English Wikipedia|English Wikipedia on Meta-Wiki]] − {{Wikipedia}} − {{Wikipedias}} − {{Wikipedias in Germanic languages}} − − [[Category:2001 establishments in the United States]] − [[Category:Articles containing video clips]] − [[Category:English-language encyclopedias|Wikipedia]] − [[Category:Global culture]] − [[Category:Internet properties established in 2001]] − [[Category:Wikipedias by language]] − [[Category:Wikipedias in Germanic languages]]
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