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== Next issue (April 14) == ==Notice: 28 September issue ==
Ragesoss is likely to be busy this weekend with family matters, and I'm out of town. Any extra help with In the News, News & Notes, and the publication process would be great. -- ] / <small>(])</small> 17:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

== Next issue ({{../../Issue/Next}}) ==
Please keep discussion to appropriate areas. Add a note here if you are planning on writing a story. Please keep discussion to appropriate areas. Add a note here if you are planning on writing a story.


The deadline for story completion is '''{{color|blue|Monday, 17:00 UTC}}'''<br /> '''The deadline for story completion is {{color|blue|Monday, 03:00 UTC}}'''. The current time is {{color|red|{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}, {{CURRENTTIME}} UTC}}. <small> </small><br />
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===Special stories===
If you want to write a special story about something that happened and has been reported in the news, please write down the topic below as soon as possible, to avoid me duplicating effort in "In the news". ] (]) 07:54, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


* '''Interviews'''? I have been thinking about a possible series of interviews with the foundation staff. ''']''' getting drafted here; please sign up/help out if you'd like. I also added a section for interviews with arbcom/board candidates, looking to the future. -- ] / <small>(])</small> 19:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
* Special stories
:* '''Interview with Frank Schulenburg''' (WMF Head of Public Outreach) - in progress.--] (]) 16:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
** Maybe someone can talk about the ] feature and the discussion? ''']]''' 22:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
* '''Usability project''' - At some point, I would like to do a special story on the usability initiative. This might tie in with the staff interviews mentioned above. I need to come up with questions and some background. The usability project is beginning to show results, with forthcoming improvements to the search interface and a new MediaWiki skin, and I expect more. --] <small>(])</small> 23:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
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*:So what's up with the Beta version? I haven't looked at it, but I assume it's related to the usability project. --'''] · ]''' 19:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
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* '''Misplaced Pages statistics thesis''' - . ] is summarizing this.
* '''Toolserver''' - I have ] in development about the toolserver. I expect this to be ready for next week. --] <small>(])</small> 23:06, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
* '''Sister projects interview''' - I'm reviving ] after an extended period of hiatus. It may not make it by next issue, but it should be ready for the one after that. ]] 17:28, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
* '''Request for comments''' I've discussed with Ragesoss the idea of doing a story on the history and utility of our RFC process. I was going to hit up ] for thoughts as they were the person who initiated the process at that name, and I'll dig about the page history to see what else to look for. Ragesoss has pertinent info on the wider usage of RFCs. Anyone have any thoughts on other avenues. I was going to ask around about recent RFCs and see how useful the requesters had found them. Might have a chat to a friendly arb? Any other bases to be covered? Any questions I should be asking? ] <small>] </small> 20:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
* '''Interview with John Blossom''' - I am currently interviewing John Blossom, the author of '']'', on facebook. If anyone has any questions they would like me to ask, feel free to drop a note here or on my talk page.
* '''Office hours with Sue Gardner''' - for this week, we can include something on the office hours. Right now it's in interview / notes format, but could be reformatted, or maybe just summarized and be part of news & notes. --] <small>(])</small> 00:01, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
:It's mostly done, though needs proofreading later. --] <small>(])</small> 01:20, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


* Regular features ===Regular features===
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** Notice to all: Tutorial series needs more tutorials because we've run out! Thanks -- ] (]) 23:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
*** Maybe we could include ] for this one. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:95%;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing: 2px;"><font color="#660000">]</font>&nbsp;{{!}}&nbsp;]]</span> 00:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
**** It doesn't look finished... ] (]) 01:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
***** Naw it isn't. I know it can be fleshed out more, but i don't know how. Any help from others to meaten it up would be appreciated. ] (]) <sup>How's my editing? ]</sup> 02:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
****** Suggestion: Run a short item (such as "Signpost Tutorials: Call for Authors"), letting editors know that there again is an opportunity to write a tutorial to be published in the ''Signpost''. (After the first announcement, there was sufficient interest that editors were - I've misstating this a bit, I know - turned away, so another call for writers seems in order.) -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">] </font> ] 12:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
** ] ]] 07:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
*** It is kind of short, but that's pretty much all we can say about Meta.
**** There's more to say about Meta. Let's hold this interview for a week. ] (]) 03:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
***** What else should I add? ]] 04:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
****** That's the $64,000 question :) I know that a Meta overhaul was attempted in late 2006 or 2007, moving MediaWiki pages from Meta to MediaWiki.org, and changing a few other things. I don't know what ever came of it, or whether the overhaul was ever fully completed. That would be a good thing to look into.
****** Also, you could probably cover some of the process pages there -- things like Board and steward election coordination, requests for new languages, requests for closing projects, etc -- how they work, particularly. This could be done either via interview, or as a longer introduction to the interview. ] (]) 17:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
******* I'm open to more questions. :-) <font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><b>]</b></font> <sup>(] <small>•</small> ])</sup> 20:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
******** Going to push it one more week because I have 4 exams in 5-day span last week. ]] 06:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
*For next week, what do people think about interviews with some people from some not so populated sections of Misplaced Pages (such as ], ], etc.)? <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:95%;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing: 2px;"><font color="#660000">]</font>&nbsp;{{!}}&nbsp;]]</span> 04:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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=== Two questions ===
*I like the idea of having opinion pieces; I think if we get some that are written well, they will be a very good addition. My question is how the decision to run them will be made. Is this an editor-in-chief thing, or is it anyone-who-wants-to may provide input? Second question is a minor style point. When referring to editors, should it be written <nowiki>], or ]</nowiki>? My preference is the former, and without doing any significant checking, I seem to recall that being the format used traditionally. The latter seems to be used often lately, though. ''÷]'' 22:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
*:Would it be helpful for this kind of thing to be collated in a brief style guide? ]<sup>]</sup> 21:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

*::Regarding the decision of what to run, the "anyone-who-wants-to may provide input" model seems the most appropriate to me. The way I imagined it working would be to use the opinion desk as a holding pen for non-time-sensitive pieces to give feedback and try to find ways to improve and polish them (and to collect sets of related pieces), and publish pieces or sets once they are mature. I think the "White Barbarian" essay would be a good way to start it off this week. There are some other submissions that are strong, but most of them I think could use some feedback and polishing.
*::As for referring to editors, the convention that I've been using lately is <nowiki>"] (User:Foo)" for users who identify themselves by their real names on their userpages, and "]"</nowiki> for those who don't. But I'm not wedded to that, it just seemed like a good combination of naturalness and transparency. I think a ''Signpost'' style guide would be useful.--] (]) 00:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

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Notice: 28 September issue

Ragesoss is likely to be busy this weekend with family matters, and I'm out of town. Any extra help with In the News, News & Notes, and the publication process would be great. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Next issue (Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Boneyard/Issue/Next)

Please keep discussion to appropriate areas. Add a note here if you are planning on writing a story.

The deadline for story completion is Monday, 03:00 UTC. The current time is Wednesday, 14:11 UTC. Update

Special stories

  • Interviews? I have been thinking about a possible series of interviews with the foundation staff. interview questions getting drafted here; please sign up/help out if you'd like. I also added a section for interviews with arbcom/board candidates, looking to the future. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 19:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Usability project - At some point, I would like to do a special story on the usability initiative. This might tie in with the staff interviews mentioned above. I need to come up with questions and some background. The usability project is beginning to show results, with forthcoming improvements to the search interface and a new MediaWiki skin, and I expect more. --Aude (talk) 23:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
    So what's up with the Beta version? I haven't looked at it, but I assume it's related to the usability project. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 19:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Misplaced Pages statistics thesis - Misplaced Pages: A quantitative analysis. User:Frank Schulenburg is summarizing this.
  • Toolserver - I have something in development about the toolserver. I expect this to be ready for next week. --Aude (talk) 23:06, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Sister projects interview - I'm reviving this series after an extended period of hiatus. It may not make it by next issue, but it should be ready for the one after that. OhanaUnited 17:28, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Request for comments I've discussed with Ragesoss the idea of doing a story on the history and utility of our RFC process. I was going to hit up User:Mav for thoughts as they were the person who initiated the process at that name, and I'll dig about the page history to see what else to look for. Ragesoss has pertinent info on the wider usage of RFCs. Anyone have any thoughts on other avenues. I was going to ask around about recent RFCs and see how useful the requesters had found them. Might have a chat to a friendly arb? Any other bases to be covered? Any questions I should be asking? Hiding T 20:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Interview with John Blossom - I am currently interviewing John Blossom, the author of Content Nation, on facebook. If anyone has any questions they would like me to ask, feel free to drop a note here or on my talk page.
  • Office hours with Sue Gardner - for this week, we can include something on the office hours. Right now it's in interview / notes format, but could be reformatted, or maybe just summarized and be part of news & notes. --Aude (talk) 00:01, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
It's mostly done, though needs proofreading later. --Aude (talk) 01:20, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Regular features

Beats

Signpost writers can claim responsibility for regular features, and continue writing their beat for as long as they wish. If you would like to be a Signpost beat writer, add you name to the beat(s) you want. If you'd be willing to cover a beat that is already covered by another editor, or are willing to cover it sporadically when the normal writer can't, add your name as well so you can be contacted when the need arises - the more the merrier. If a beat is not covered by anyone and there is no draft for the next issue listed above, anyone should feel free to write it that week.

News and notes
In the news
Dispatches
WikiProject report
Discussion report
Features and admins
Technology report
Arbitration report
Delivery
Publishing

The Signpost's editor-in-chief is normally in charge of setting and enforcing deadlines for publication each week, making final editorial decisions about what to publish, and for carrying out the publications process.

Discussion

Two questions

  • I like the idea of having opinion pieces; I think if we get some that are written well, they will be a very good addition. My question is how the decision to run them will be made. Is this an editor-in-chief thing, or is it anyone-who-wants-to may provide input? Second question is a minor style point. When referring to editors, should it be written ], or ]? My preference is the former, and without doing any significant checking, I seem to recall that being the format used traditionally. The latter seems to be used often lately, though. ÷seresin 22:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
    Would it be helpful for this kind of thing to be collated in a brief style guide? Pretzels 21:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Regarding the decision of what to run, the "anyone-who-wants-to may provide input" model seems the most appropriate to me. The way I imagined it working would be to use the opinion desk as a holding pen for non-time-sensitive pieces to give feedback and try to find ways to improve and polish them (and to collect sets of related pieces), and publish pieces or sets once they are mature. I think the "White Barbarian" essay would be a good way to start it off this week. There are some other submissions that are strong, but most of them I think could use some feedback and polishing.
    As for referring to editors, the convention that I've been using lately is "] (User:Foo)" for users who identify themselves by their real names on their userpages, and "]" for those who don't. But I'm not wedded to that, it just seemed like a good combination of naturalness and transparency. I think a Signpost style guide would be useful.--ragesoss (talk) 00:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Article resources

Template code

  • To create the article layout, paste the following code into a blank page and save it. The parameters are: 1) Story headline, 2) Your username, 3) Month and day of publication, 4) Date of previous edition, 5) Date of next edition. The last two parameters are optional, and only applicable for regular features. Extra authors can be added afterwards.
{{subst:Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Templates/Story|Your headline|Username|17 August|2009-08-10|2009-08-24}}
  • For a series of related articles, you can use this template to create a neat sidebar listing all coverage on a specific topic.
{{Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Series|Series title|Article link one|Date|Article link two|Date}}

News and notes

In the news

Dispatches

  • Add resources here

WikiProject Report

Discussion Report

Features and admins

Technology report

Arbitration report

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