Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-05-10/From the editor

Reviewers and reporters wanted

Newsworthy project happenings and books relevant to the community continue to flow by at a faster rate than the Signpost can keep up with. If you have an interest in writing for the Signpost, contact an active contributor or jump right in.

On the books front, a variety of recently published works deal directly or indirectly with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. One upcoming book in particular should be a priority for timely review: Joseph Reagle's Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, due out in September. A prospective reviewer—preferably with a social sciences or humanities background—should be prepared to commit to completing the review by September, assuming review copies go out far enough ahead of time. Suggestions for other books to review can be added to the review desk, which also has a list of earlier suggestions that have not yet been reviewed.

Several Signpost beats have been understaffed or unstaffed lately, particularly the discussion report and the technology report. The discussion report has only been part of the Signpost for short bursts, and requires much of its writers, but when done well it is also a very useful way to keep the community informed about important discussions. Especially given the pending deployment of usability updates and flagged revisions, regular technology reports are also a great service to Signpost readers. And as always, more help is welcome and appreciated for "In the news", "News and notes", and other regular features.

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What I'd suggest is reaching out to journalism classes, and suggesting to teachers that a valuable student assignment would be to contribute to Signpost (or Wikinews). This is based on my WP:SUP experience. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:53, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Postgraduate journalism classes, perhaps? As far as book reviews go, I think they're challenging to write—I needed help from others to get the current one to an acceptable level. But let me not dissuade, on the other hand; perhaps I might leave notes at a few WikiProjects and other places that bookish WPs are likely to hang out. On the reporting angle, there is likely to be a generation of journalists/reporters retiring earlier than they would wish from the dying newspaper industry over the coming decade. Some of these people might well find an outlet for their professional skills on The Signpost. Tony (talk) 11:44, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We definately don't need anymore people on WikiProject desk. It takes one person+one project to do it. Thanks! Belugaboy ^{Talk to Me!} 00:22, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would be happy to do this if I got a copy of the book in time. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 20:34, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eep! Sad to see that Signpost needs more input. I love reading it but I'm afraid I can't spare the time. Hope somebody chips in, though. --bodnotbod (talk) 18:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]