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Some aspects of my opinion. Wikiality is a 20 year old concept - I doubt that even Colbert thinks it is relevant now. Also using the real name Jimmy Wales is problematic, using a different name - even if everybody will recognize it as J.W. avoids most of these problems. The problems? Jimmy would never do and think what you have him doing and thinking. He might rightly be offended. Colbert wouldn't have as many problems - he's an entertainer and people realize that what he does on the screen isn't the real him. But he should actually say something funny! Also using ChatGBT, IMHO, should be avoided. But that's just quibbling - pick a different topic and send us your next try. Sincerely,
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bias on Knowledge and how quickly it changes. In addition to data visualizations and discussion, the piece links to related research and the two previous posts about the Index. After I published this piece on Medium, I was referred to the Signpost, as it has a large audience in the Knowledge community. I read the submission guidelines and understand that you prefer to work with writers earlier in the writing process, but I wanted to touch base to see if there was a place for the work in your publication.
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This piece is about the Wednesday Index, which has used PAC’s Wikidata tool to measure the gender diversity in the biographies linked from a set of 26 English Knowledge pages — from ‘Reality’ to ‘Universe’, ‘Science’ to ‘Justice’ —for the past two years to get a sense for both the extent of citation
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may be useful to aspiring writers. We encourage you to contact us early in the process of developing a story. Different writers have varying levels of interest in editorial input, and we pride ourselves on finding the right balance with each writer; but in most cases, a brief discussion early on can
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I'd be curious about what kind of events these projects work on, e.g. drives, and why do individuals affiliate with the projects, when many people engage in these activities uncoordinated? I like your focus/question on bots for example. Choosing multiple projects to profile is atypical, so clarity
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Humour is hard! This is a much better first try than the large majority that I've seen. Different people have different senses of humour than others, so I'll encourage others to join in and give their opinions, but I'll suggest that it should be rejected and you should be encouraged to try again.
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is the only one to have major participation and organization in Wikidata. Medicine, LGBT+, and math get a lot of data administrative questions without major content creation, and for military and women in red it is the reverse with a lot of Wikidata content creation but less administrative
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I know that pre-order numbers are considered an important signal in the US book market (hypothesized to have considerable influence on the eventual overall sales), which means that publishers and authors expend considerable effort to drive up attention
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I've nothing concrete yet. Before starting anything, I wanted to check whether that format deviation would be okay, and make sure I'm not stepping on any toes – I'm not sure if there's a designated subeditor for the WikiProject reports column?
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I have written a review of Stephen Harrisons new book "The Editors" and would like to submit for publication here in The Signpost. This is my first attempt to submit to the newsletter and if I am doing this incorrectly I
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help all parties shape our expectations, and can help produce a strong finished piece. We aim to support Wikimedians wishing to share news with their peers, and look forward to working with you.
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This looks like a good outline; if you'd like to flesh it out more I would be happy to run it. Let us know (here or at the Newsroom) if you'd like any support with anything.
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FYI - I am finished fussing with my article and have uploaded a photo of me and my reading helpers to WikiMediaCommons if you want to use it with The Signpost. Thanks all.
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why you choose the projects you did, would make sense, for example why not copyrighters guild, NPP, AfC (other than fact they're active?) ~ 🦝
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stories you want to write (or have already begun writing). Submitted stories are published subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief,
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A good spot for it might be your userspace. You can create any page you want if you prefix it with User:Sgerbic/. So for example,
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by the author, which btw also has some interesting background about the book's genesis that might be worth mentioning).
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to publication. Gallery and opinion are both occupied for the next issue, so Serendipity seems like a fit, per
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It appears that this quote is taken from a brief note that Smallbones wrote three and a half years ago in
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Looks good and has potential, may be condign to run this alongside the release of the book as HaeB says.
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This piece is about the efforts, obstacles, struggles, and successes of editors working on projects like
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Post soon if you want review for the next issue. Otherwise no big deal, can go into following issue.
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That sounds like a valuable topic for the Signpost. Looking forward to reading the review!
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On the perils of believing everything you read online. This is partially inspired by the
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Thank you, I'm traveling for a few more days and then I will when I get to my computer.
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Note that the book is not published yet ("Available August 6th" according to
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This piece is about my experience as Wikipedian in Residence at the
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Go for it! While we tend to follow precedent here, we also follow
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No, I have it saved in a word doc, can I email it to someone?
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By the way, the "Editorial Reviews" section of the book's
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