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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. -- ] / <small>(])</small> 17:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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* Special stories ===Special stories===
** Arbitration series - Update on candidates, voting open, etc. ] (]) 06:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
** Have we covered ] yet? Probably deserves a mention at least in N&N- Flcelloguy, have we done that yet? ] (]) 16:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
***No, not that I'm aware of. I'll put it in this week's issue; apologies that I didn't catch it earlier. ] <small>(])</small> 02:09, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
** ]
** ???
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* '''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)
* Regular features
:* '''Interview with Frank Schulenburg''' (WMF Head of Public Outreach) - in progress.--] (]) 16:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
** News and notes -
* '''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)
** In the news -
*: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)
** Features and admins -
* '''Misplaced Pages statistics thesis''' - . ] is summarizing this.
** Technology report -
* '''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)
** Arbitration report -
* '''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===
* Not publishing
* '''News and notes''' – ]
** Wikiproject Report - ]
* '''In the news''' – ] -
*** The Wikiproject Report is permanently cancelled; sorry, but it's not up to snuff. ] (]) 19:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
* '''Dispatches''' –
* '''WikiProject report''' – ]
* '''Discussion report''' – ]
* '''Features and admins''' – ]
* '''Technology report''' – ]
* '''Arbitration report''' – ]


==Beats==
== Longer term planning==
''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.
After a discussion with elian I'd like to put up for debate the issue how the interwiki report should look like in future. There's only the Russian report to be done (as far as 100,000+ article Wikipedias are concerned) so it might be the right time to think about the future format of the reports.


;News and notes
We agreed with ] that the current form, however informative, is a little boring and making next versions in the same form is not advisable.
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ]


;In the news
One possible solution might be to create topical international reports on important issues across all major Wikipedias like:
* '''No One'''
* dispute resolution
* Back-up: ], ], ], ], ]
* fighting vandalism and copyright violations
* editing tools, scripts and helpful templates
* and so on (what's your vote?)


;Dispatches
This kind of report requires more time and effort, interviewing representatives from respective Wikipedias and sometimes advice from experts (software, templates, etc.) However if done right might give a broad picture to Wikimedia audience with potential implementation of some solutions in other projects. This kind of reports with real lasting value should be archived on the Meta.
* ''']'''
* Coordinated at the ]


;WikiProject report
Apart from these topical reports, regular "What's new" reports can be of use in future as well. Needless to say Wikipedias are very dynamic, bustling with various activity and interacting with the outside world so it'd be also good to inform the English-speaking Misplaced Pages community about it.
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ]


;Discussion report
] 09:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ], ]


;Features and admins
:I'd volunteer to take care of such a regular column. I can't promise to deliver a weekly report since each topic requires a lot of research, but it should be possible on a two week basis. --] <sup>]</sup> 19:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
* '''] '''
* Back-up: ], ]


;Technology report
:: A very good point indeed. I'm not sure if taking a topic and comparing across Wikipedias is advisable (I expect they'll tend to go in the form of "X wikipedia does Y this way. Z wikipedia, meanwhile, does Y this way...") Perhaps spotlighting a language a week or two, as is the case today, but giving a broad look at things like this- I would imagine one could look at arbitration cases, things like featured articles, where I noticed the German community has only 20% less than us, etc. The other advantage to taking one Misplaced Pages at a time is that it's a lot easier to get in contact with one language a week rather than 5-10.
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ], ]


;Arbitration report
:: The only thing is that if we're going to change this, I want to do it for every report from here on out, not have one excellent report and ten comparatively horrific reports. Otherwise, I'm perfectly open to tinkering with the format on this. ] (]) 01:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ], ]


;Delivery
:: I think the idea of comparing ways other languages deal with common issues is very useful and could promote ] across the Wikimedia Foundation. --<font color="#06C">]</font> 01:36, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
* ], ]


;Publishing
::: If it's a big issue, I agree. If it's something like "X has featured articles and good articles. Y has only featured articles", I can see it getting bad. ] (]) 05:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
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 ].
* ''']'''
* Back-up: ], ]


==Discussion==
For the next Dutch report, ] reads the ''Signpost'' and might be interested. ] (]) 05:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
=== 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.
:Sorry - only just noticed this discussion. I agree that the current format has become a little boring, but there was no reason for each report to adopt the same template; I guess it was just easiest to write each one the way the previous one was done. The most interesting parts to me have been the discussions of evolving policy and recent issues.
*::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)


== Article resources ==
:It would be nice if we could build up a cohort of "foreign correspondents", with at least one in each of the other main non-English Wikipedias, who could report once a week (or fortnight, or month, or whatever) on local developments. Perhaps rotating each month would be best, with a report each week from three of the top 12 wikipedias, and irregular reports from the others? Or would this be too formal/difficult? We would need bilingual volunteers to write the copy, of course. -- ] ] 10:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
===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.
::<code><nowiki>{{subst:</nowiki>]|Your headline|Username|17 August|2009-08-10|2009-08-24}}</code>


* For a series of related articles, you can use this template to create a neat sidebar listing all coverage on a specific topic.
I for one have enjoyed all the interwiki reports and I'd like to seem them continue. I also agree that there's no reason for everyone to follow the same template - just tell us what's interesting. ] 15:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
::<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>]|Series title|Article link one|Date|Article link two|Date}}</code>


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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)

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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

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