Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-08-30/From the editor


 * The above ad is illegal in the US (or is it U.S. this week?) as basing compensation on age is a violation of civil rights laws. Lol. Thanks for your hard work, Chris. John from Idegon (talk) 03:05, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily; in my state, "Minors under 16 may be paid 85% ($9.78) of the state minimum wage". However, minors may be disappointed in this case that 0.85 * $0.00 = $0.00 ☆ Bri (talk) 03:10, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Logically they should be happy - their employer isn't actually reducing their wage by anything! Nosebagbear (talk) 10:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I myself as a teenager agree and accept the fact Kudpung said about the young people like me. I am fortunate to be a part of this amazing knowledge website Wikipedia. I think people like me are reluctant to contribute to Wikipedia in an appropriate manner in order to serve the demand for updates, information towards the modern society. But the only worry for the teenagers is that they use social media platforms only for the sake of fun and entertainment and they sometimes don't care about the Wikipedia encyclopedia. I actually developed my duties and responsibilities in a well maintained manner by being part of Wikipedia for one and a half years. I personally learnt from my mistakes during my early part of Wikipedia career because I was a novice teenage boy. I also went onto observe the news around the world mainly thorough the knowledge of Wikipedia. Personally I feel that modern youth don't know a world without Wikipedia. I also understood this as I am preparing myself for Advanced Level examinations on August 2019. Abishe (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with concerns of younger folks not being aware where their information comes from (and as equally important how they can contribute!). After all it's the new generation that replace the old in any healthy ecosystem. But let's not considered awareness solved! :) The concerns are wider than just those youngins'. New Readers research from 2016 found that awareness of Wikipedia was staggeringly low in many countries. Entire swaths of humanity are yet to be reached by the efforts of the movement. How we meet those needs over the coming years will, optimistically, have an significant impact on future generations. Let's keep at it. Ckoerner (talk) 17:53, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

As one of the aforementioned youth who has never known life without Wikipedia, I hadn't taken much time to consider the diversity of the experiences of editors we have working on this project. I have nothing but respect and appreciation for all the amazing people who came before me. Thank you Kudpung for your work on the Signpost! Hopefully sometime soon I'll have more time and energy and I can contribute too. ♥  Acorimori  ♦ 18:22, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Just a question: is the T-banned editor mentioned in the first paragraph ? L293D (☎ • ✎) 20:03, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it appears so. Airplaneman   ✈  15:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)


 * So people you disagree with are trolls. Great, plenty of useful volunteers have been pushed away and how the entire site is a cesspool of non-neutral, agenda-driven articles that have absolutely no chance of reaching a neutral point of view because nobody is allowed express a disagreeing opinion.  71.197.186.255 (talk) 18:43, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Can any one help me understand the context?

If this was a WP page, I will add a "citation_needed" to it, but I don't know if that would be appropriate to put on an Sigpost article. Xinbenlv (talk) 21:45, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * See "Friendly space" section of this issue's Special report. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)