The Signpost

For other uses, see The Signpost (disambiguation).

The Signpost
Cover of The Signpost – February 24, 2016
Cover of The Signpost (February 24, 2016)
TypeMonthly newspaper
FormatOnline
Owner(s)Wikipedia community
Founder(s)Michael Snow
PublisherEnglish Wikipedia
Editor-in-chiefJPxG[1]
LaunchedJanuary 10, 2005
LanguageEnglish
Websiteen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost
Free online archivesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives

The Signpost (formerly The Wikipedia Signpost) is the English Wikipedia's online newspaper. Managed by the volunteer community, it is published online with contributions from Wikimedia editors. The newspaper's scope includes the Wikimedia community and events related to Wikipedia, including Arbitration Committee rulings, Wikimedia Foundation issues, and other Wikipedia-related projects. It was founded in January 2005 by Wikipedian Michael Snow, who continued as a contributor until his February 2008 appointment to the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Former editor-in-chief The ed17 noted that during his tenure, from 2012 to 2015, the publication expanded its scope to report on the wider Wikimedia movement in addition to Wikipedia and its community.[2] After it reported on the changes to European freedom of panorama law in June 2015, a number of publications referred to The Signpost for further information.

The Signpost has been the subject of academic analysis in several journals, and was consulted by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dartmouth College. It has been covered by several publications, including the 2008 book Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, which called it essential for ambitious new Wikipedia editors.

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