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By Kudpung
Photograph of Barbara Page smiling in 2016
Barbara Page

There is nothing hilarious about this month's humour column.

Barbara Page, who has edited as a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh since 2015, has been writing a regular humour column for The Signpost since July 2017. She has added content to a wide range of Wikipedia subjects, publishing nearly 47,000 edits and creating over 170 new articles through her two accounts. Often letting her inspiration flow from the university's historical collections, in March 2018, Barbara celebrated 11 years as a Wikipedian.

Following the terms of a topic ban issued by a consensus at ANI, which precludes her from editing many of her areas of interest, Barbara has declined to produce an article she had prepared for her usual column this month. Barbara has accepted the terms of the ban. We hope to see her back with her usual comic relief next month.


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I prefer funny to sad and confusing.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  03:43, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Do you mean that Barbara got TBanned from the signpost at ANI? Too bad I didn't see the discussion. Could someone please ping me if she appeals it please? L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:06, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is ANI? All I can tell is it is named after Ani, who is implied to be a mascot for the pirates. So maybe it has something to do with feminism? And what topics were banned? they cannot do that, or is Wikipedia suddenly not protected under the 1st amendment. Now they are trying to censor us! I say she --woah that got political, sorry-- but this is wrong and someone should ask her what got banned. you know what? I am, she does not have to listen to them because they probably threatened her reputation. Also I think that if the Wiki's leaders are for what they say they are, They should stand behind her as I do.Billster156234781 (talk) 21:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh wait a minuite, AN/I is an admin thing. I did not not know that as I am new, ummmmmmm... so..... sorry, I retract that statement. The topic ban was on human health, was she writing humour articles about sexual health? okay I guess thats fine. But the editor needs to spell it right or I might have ranted on and on about this obscure feminist organization that does not exist.Billster156234781 (talk) 22:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Silly me I thought this had to be satire, but then I realized it was Wikipedia and quite probably true.--Shim shabim (talk) 04:48, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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