[Foundation-l] Wikipedia signpost: new issue and changes

[phoebe ayers]

Ha! That's user:Ragesoss, real name Sage Ross, who is taking over the
'Post. Clearly I need a good editor before my stories go to print!
-- phoebe

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce the newest issue of the The Wikipedia Signpost:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost
> which has several important changes:
>
> * A new editor: User:Sageross has agreed to take over as editor in
> chief from User:Ral315, who was editor from Sept. 2005-Dec. 2008.
> Ral315 did an amazing job in keeping the Signpost going for so long
> and we are all very grateful for all his hard work.
>
> * A new look: with a design led by User:Pretzels, the main page of the
> 'Post is redesigned.
>
> * New coverage: The Signpost plans to cover more community news, both
> from within the English Wikipedia and from the whole family of other
> Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects. For instance, this issue contains a
> story on the Commons Picture of the year contest. This issue also
> debuts a new feature: The "Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous
> Articulations" (DRAMA) report, which covers ongoing discussion threads
> that are happening on en:wp. We all know it's tough to keep up with
> all the interesting discussions that happen, and it's our hope that
> the Signpost can play a role in making these conversations more
> accessible to busy editors. This new feature will be refined over the
> coming weeks and suggestions are welcome.
>
> * As always, to keep this project going contributors are needed. If
> you know of something interesting going on out there in wiki-land,
> either on en:wp or on another Wikimedia project, or if you have an
> idea for a story, please leave us a note on the Tipline:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions.
> We want to hear about milestones, events, contests and any other
> community news.
>
> General comments or suggestions can be left here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost.
>
> On behalf of Signpost writers, thanks for reading the Signpost!
>
> -- Phoebe
>



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