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WikiProject report with a focus on active Wiki Fixup Projects

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@Kazamzam 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 why you choose the projects you did, would make sense, for example why not copyrighters guild, NPP, AfC (other than fact they're active?) ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 12:43, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kazamzam also check out the archive for past inspiration, specifically Article rescue squadron. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Column: Book review
  • Author: Sgerbic
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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 apologize.Sgerbic (talk) 15:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sgerbic. Do you have a link to the draft that you'd like to include here? –Novem Linguae (talk) 16:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, I have it saved in a word doc, can I email it to someone? Sgerbic (talk) 05:21, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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, User:Sgerbic/Book review of The Editors. See above for more examples :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 07:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sgerbic: Post soon if you want review for the next issue. Otherwise no big deal, can go into following issue. Bluerasberry (talk) 18:33, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I'm traveling for a few more days and then I will when I get to my computer.Sgerbic (talk) 00:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I've made the User:Sgerbic/Book review of The Editors live. Now what happens? Sgerbic (talk) 19:27, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds like a valuable topic for the Signpost. Looking forward to reading the review!
Note that the book is not published yet ("Available August 6th" according to this post by the author, which btw also has some interesting background about the book's genesis that might be worth mentioning).
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 before publication and create pre-order incentives. Still, I think it would serve Signpost readers better if we publish this review only when the book is actually available to the public. In any case, you might want to disclose that the review is based on an advance copy.
By the way, the "Editorial Reviews" section of the book's Amazon page and the author's own website already highlight a blurb attributed to the Signpost:

“The great Wikipedia novel. There’s a new adventure on almost every page, and it’s hard to stop reading as you fall down the rabbit hole.”

It appears that this quote is taken from a brief note that Smallbones wrote three and a half years ago in Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-11-01/In_the_media#Odd bits, referring an earlier work-in-progress version of the book (then tentatively titled "Infodemic", with Five sample chapters [having been] available here).
Regards, HaeB (talk) 22:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC) Updated blurb attribution HaeB (talk) 23:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good and has potential, may be condign to run this alongside the release of the book as HaeB says. jp×g🗯️ 09:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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. Sgerbic (talk) 18:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Published in issue 20:14 Book report.

Paris 2024

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Support to publication. Gallery and opinion are both occupied for the next issue, so Serendipity seems like a fit, per Clovermoss' piece. The headline What it was like to be a Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics might be better suited, Summer seems redundant. Svampesky (talk) 14:09, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to change the headline as you see fit. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Published, thank you very much, this was a good post.  Done jp×g🗯️ 01:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Book Review

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I've written a review of "The Editors" at User:WereSpielChequers/Infopedium ϢereSpielChequers 20:49, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Published in issue 20:14 Book report. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:35, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DCWC article (to be titled)

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Looks publishable to me, but extensive copy editing needed. Smallbones(smalltalk) 21:33, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
agreed - i'd ideally like it to be published in this issue, and have done some more copyediting to that end. not sure whether to keep the flagicons? ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:05, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Published in issue 20:14 "Contest". ☆ Bri (talk) 20:37, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Idea ("Why you should take more pictures and upload them to Commons")

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Not sure what category this would go under, but I was proposing encouragement and advice for Wikipedians(especially those who are not skilled photographers) to take more pictures of subjects that are likely to be encyclopedically valuable. I can illustrate with some pretty pictures I have uploaded and added to Wikipedia articles recently. Mention tools such as press passes and wikishootme. (t · c) buidhe 17:46, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Smallbones, JPxG Is there any interest is this content? If so, I'd be happy to write it up for the next signpost edition. I think it could go under tips and tricks or gallery. (t · c) buidhe 01:09, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'd like it. jp×g🗯️ 03:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:Buidhe/Why you should take more pictures and upload them to Commons (t · c) buidhe 19:52, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Scheduled for 20:15 "Gallery". ☆ Bri (talk) 20:38, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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