Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-05-29/From the team

Last April, said he was preparing to step down as The Signpost 's editor-in-chief. This month, he did... we appreciate his hard work and dedication over the last three years, and hope to keep seeing his ~ around The Signpost.

This April, two guys nominated themselves as replacements, and in May the discussion was closed after unanimous support. It's official: these two guys are now the Editors-in-Chief. But what? Huh? Zuh??

We are the illustrious EpicPupper and JPxG. We're Wikimedians who have both written and edited a lot of Signpost articles, and are stoked to try and hold this thing together. In our new capacity as co-EiCs, we will be assisted by, , and , the fantastic editors of The Signpost — as well as our contributors and readers.

Our plan is to keep doing what we've been doing: serving the Wikimedia movement by spotlighting the stories of our diverse readership. As a major publication on the English Wikipedia, The Signpost offers an opportunity for people to be heard who otherwise wouldn't be. We aim to advocate for free knowledge and access, and help build a positive community culture. We also aim to publish an absolute banger of a newspaper, which seems likely this month (with a whopping 25 articles).

Along with reviewing previous suggestions, we've identified potential action points in moving toward these goals. These include:
 * increasing our social media reach through other channels such as Reddit, TikTok, and WT.social
 * creating a "Signpost Guide" to help readers navigate each issue by filtering by tags or categories
 * creating a scavenger hunt game for every issue as a fun, engaging way to explore The Signpost
 * applying for user group status
 * creating a non-editing role account as an easy way to email both EiCs
 * making The Signpost 's templates and technical implementation more accessible, faster to load on slow connections, responsive, easier to use, and more compliant with MediaWiki best practices

We have already made some improvements, such as creating a short URL for easier navigation (signpost.news).

We invite the community to provide feedback on these proposals and the project at large in our |2022 Reader Survey, open now. We hope that we will be able to conduct one annually. We immensely appreciate your feedback and thank you for your time.

Finally, we would also like to take this opportunity to invite more community members to join The Signpost team. Although many of our segments have active contributors, our writers need rest from The Signpost from time to time, and redundancy is much appreciated. We are looking for volunteers to help us with the following segments: In sum, The Signpost always needs a hand with publication. If you can, please volunteer by sending us a message here. Thank you so much for volunteering!
 * From the archives republishes articles from older editions of The Signpost, usually based on current events, anniversaries or holidays. The segment is intended to highlight interesting or important parts of the Wikimedia movement's history.
 * Tips and tricks is a section that republishes from the Tips of the Day project, providing useful tidbits of information.
 * On the bright side articles showcase good news throughout difficult times.
 * The Discussion report aims to provide a summary of the most significant ongoing discussions and polls of community-wide relevance.
 * Essay republishes essays from Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement that spotlight important issues. Humorous essays are generally republished in Humor.
 * Our Special report column always needs submissions! Do you have an article idea that doesn't fit into any of the other categories? Let us know, and we can publish it in this column. Alternative headings for special reports include Community view, Forum, or In focus.
 * Op-eds published are always the subject of much discussion. The Signpost wishes to cover a wide range of perspectives and as such is always looking for more contributors to express their views on current community issues.
 * The Traffic report reports on the most popular articles on Wikipedia during the last publication period, measured in page views. The Signpost is specifically looking for volunteers to assist in also reporting on most-edited pages in this segment.
 * The WikiProject report reports on the progress and background of selected WikiProjects.
 * Galleries are photographic sections containing high-quality images in a curated, topical form. These often are selected based on current events, anniversaries, or holidays.
 * Interviews are interviews with Wikimedia contributors.
 * Featured content covers recently-featured content on the English Wikipedia, including Featured Articles, Featured Lists, and Featured Pictures.
 * Humor column providing light-hearted entertainment to the community. Often, this takes place in the form of republishing humorous essays, or puzzles such as crosswords.
 * The Technology report contains news and developments in the technical platforms used by the Wikimedia projects.
 * News and notes contains major internal news, presenting broad coverage of goings-on within the Wikimedia movement.
 * In the media publishes instances of media coverage of Wikipedia.
 * Recent research reports on academic studies done on Wikimedia or with Wikimedia in mind, similar to In the media.
 * The Arbitration report summarizes ongoing or recently concluded arbitration cases on the English Wikipedia.
 * Serendipity often covers matters that do not fit into any other column in a light-hearted matter. It is similar to Op-eds and the Special report column.

The Signpost will continue to inform, entertain, and publish for years to come.