Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-02-28/From the editors

Help wanted (still): This may be too wordy, verbose and loquacious – and possibly redundant – but as you know, it takes others to check our work, and if there were more people in the Newsroom, we'd be able to double check ourselves and produce a better product for our readership; if you think you are up to it, you are welcome to join us and even copyedit the Editor-in-Chief's article intros.

From the editors

Help wanted (still)

By Bri

Renewal as the seasons change

Welcome to this month's issue of the only notable publication by the Wikipedia community; for the Wikipedia community. We do hope that whether you are recovering from a bitter winter or a blazing summer that you consider the changing seasons as a reminder that nothing remains the same (even the dear old Signpost).

If you can spare some time to help in the Newsroom, we would appreciate seeing new people there. If you can spare time to comment on content to help us stay on track, we would also appreciate that. Take up the challenge, and you will never regret it!

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• Do we get a wooden tilt-and-swivel chair, a green banker's lamp and an eyeshade? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 11:58, 28 February 2019 (UTC).
  

  @Rich Farmbrough: the signpost spends over half its budget on things like that, I believe, so you can take your pick of office furniture from the latest high-end catalogue.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:35, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Where exactly is the slack in the line? In copy-editing or article writing? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:08, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Across the board actually. I wrote three columns/features myself, co-wrote several more, copyedited, and managed production as acting E-in-C. Our regular writers double as their own copyeditors. "In the media" takes significant research and got left on the floor. No WMF News which (ideally) should be a copy/paste. There are submissions that need help writing for our house style. Etc... ☆ Bri (talk) 16:10, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Alright. How do I sign on? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 12:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

• We created this Quick Start just for people like you. So glad to see you joining! ☆ Bri (talk) 14:28, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

• Another wonderful issue by The Signpost team and contributors. I always look forward to each issue and also look forward to contributing in the future. Cheers. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 12:05, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

"If you can spare some time to help in the Newsroom, we would appreciate seeing new people there." Clearly not true, judging from the response I had when I went there to help. And I'm not talking about the decision to publish that piece, I'm talking about the personal attacks from one of the EiCs.Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:16, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

And publication manager [1]. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:24, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

• I don't think it's a surprise that the Signpost is struggling to attract assistance these days given the appalling editorial judgment displayed in this issue and the lack of a formal apology. Perhaps it's time to retire the Signpost if this is what it's descended to. The Drover's Wife (talk) 09:34, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

  The Drover's Wife, hello there! We are (or at least I am... I'm mostly speaking for myself) working very hard here at the Signpost to improve our content and potentially issue a full retraction for the next issue. Given that we are a monthly, a response really should be reckoned for then. You're feedback is certainly going to be taken into account as we write it. Thank you for reading, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 02:39, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay--2600:1003:B016:A737:F0CC:B4AA:BEA7:F99E (talk) 02:32, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

• Speaking of "In the Media": Wikipedia Editors Paid to Protect Political, Tech, and Media Figures ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 15:56, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

I would like to see writers limit The Signpost to matters pertaining to Wikipedia rather than be used a forum for one's opinions about what's going on in the world. Less is usually better, especially on Wikipedia. Having said that, I rarely read it and would care little if it stopped production.
Vmavanti (talk) 18:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

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