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The Signpost: 8 June 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023

• Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade

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• Essay: No queerphobia

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The news agents

Hello, I noticed, looking at this page, that you have done a great deal of editing thereon and have, many times, added information which employs references to outlets that are themselves part of the Global media empire. As I am sure you must realise, none of those can be RS's, because they are self-promotion. I have deleted a lot of that stuff, but the article had heaps of it, so I have added the advert template to the top of the page. It is important to edit pages only in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines. Boscaswell talk 03:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@Boscaswell: I wasn't aware of it reading like an advertisement, and apart from the Global Awards section (which I guess counts as an inhouse award), I could only find a couple of references from LBC (which is a Global subsidiary). But whatever the case, I've sent it here as it seems like it could do with a full copyedit. This is Paul (talk) 14:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for pinging! Not many do that as a matter of course. I made an error: looking more deeply, I believe that RadioToday is not after all part of the Global Empire. But looking at this [1] it’s fairly clear that they just regurgitate whatever they’re told (press releases), say it again, and call that reporting. And a Wikipedia article which merely repeats the key points of various press releases is going to read like an advert, don’t you think? Anyway, all the best. Boscaswell talk 22:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! Hi This is Paul! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the birthday wishes. This is Paul (talk) 22:53, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 4 July 2024

• News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates

• Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board

• In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators

• Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna

• In the media: War and information in war and politics

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• Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion

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• Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

• Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo

• News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification

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• Essay: Reflections on editing and obsession

• In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?

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2024 in Great Britain

What other information do you have in regards to that Manchester Airport incident? The so called v 176.223.173.186 (talk) 05:32, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. The incident was in the news so I've included a couple of entries about it on 2024 in the United Kingdom. No doubt more information as to what happened will become available over the coming days. I did think about starting an article, but a decision on that would have to wait until any legal/disciplinary proceedings are over with. This is Paul (talk) 13:07, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 2024 Conservative Party leadership election

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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

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BLAR notice

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. A page you created or have recently made significant changes to, Death of Ruth Perry, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for pages, so it has been blanked and redirected to Caversham Primary School. Three typical reasons for this are that: (1) the article's subject appears to fail our notability guidelines; (2) the article is unsourced; or (3) the sources used in the article are unreliable. The page's history is preserved and it is possible to restore the article: If you believe that this page should remain included on Wikipedia or that this action was taken in error, then you may revert the edit that blanked and redirected the page.

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