Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2020-01-27/On the bright side


 * I'm happy that we did indeed get out 6 millionth article! I also got "attacked" by 4 golden retriever puppies, which was a very adorable menace, albeit less Wikipedia-oriented! Nosebagbear (talk) 12:01, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to have discovered Saul Bass through a well-written and engaging page on en.wikipedia. And I'm happy my spouse (a non-wikipedian) told me "Well, why don't you thank the person who wrote it?". The page has a robust edit history, I'm hoping my comment on the talk page thanking everyone will be seen as an expression of wikilove, not a disruptive use of the page! Robincantin (talk) 16:06, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Whilst it was pleasing to have got through my 'Request for Adminship' this week, what has actually made me really happy is the humour that can sometimes spontaneously occur between editors who have never met one another, except here on Wikipedia. I keep going back to this particular interchange between myself and for a really good chuckle. (We are not vastly dissimilar in age.) The thread is entitled:"Sheesh! I heard RFA could be a vicious place, but you've stooped so low!". I'd like to think that someone else finds it at least mildly amusing. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:20, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

News cycles and the 6 million article milestone
In case anyone wonders about this, "On the bright side" and What's making you happy this week? have weekly cycles that start at 0:01 UTC on Sundays, while current schedule for The Signpost calls for publication on the last Saturday of the month. The six millionth article was published on 23 January, which was after that week's WMYHTW had been published to Wikimedia-l and the corresponding content was in this Signpost issue's "On the bright side". The next issue of "On the bright side" in The Signpost will include coverage of the 6 million article milestone that is similar to this WMYHTW email that User:Clovermoss sent to Wikimedia-l. ↠Pine  ( ✉ )  04:48, 28 January 2020 (UTC)