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January
Volume 5, Issue 1, 3 January 2009
- From the editor: From the editor: Getting back on track
- ArbCom elections: ArbCom elections: 10 arbitrators appointed
- Virgin Killer: Virgin Killer page blocked, unblocked in UK
- Editing stats: Editing statistics show decline in participation
- Drug comparison: Wikipedia drug coverage compared to Medscape, found wanting
- News and notes: News and notes: Fundraising success and other developments
- Dispatches: Dispatches: Featured list writers
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: WikiProject Ice Hockey
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 2, 10 January 2009
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Dispatches: Dispatches: December-themed Main Page
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 3, 17 January 2009
- News and notes: News and notes: New advisory board members, changes at ArbCom
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: WikiProject Pharmacology
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 4, 24 January 2009
- Flagged Revisions: Jimbo requests that developers turn on Flagged Revisions
- Mobile devices: Report on accessing Wikipedia via mobile devices
- News and notes: News and notes: New chapters, new jobs, new knight and more
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 5, 31 January 2009
- News and notes: News and notes: Ogg support, Wikipedia Loves Art, Jimbo honored
- Dispatches: Dispatches: In the news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: Motto of the Day
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
February
Volume 5, Issue 6, 8 February 2009
- News and notes: News and notes: Elections, licensing update, and more
- Dispatches: Dispatches: April Fools 2009 mainpage
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Report: WikiProject Music
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 7, 16 February 2009
- From the editor: A new leaf
- Commons Picture of the Year: Picture of the Year 2008 begins voting
- News and notes: Flagged Revisions, historical image discovery, and more
- Dispatches: How busy was 2008?
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Gaelic games
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 8, 23 February 2009
- Philosophers analyze Wikipedia: Philosophers analyze Wikipedia as a knowledge source
- Article Alerts: An automated article monitoring system for WikiProjects
- News and notes: Wikimania, usability, picture contest, milestones
- In the news: Lessons for Brits, patent citations
- Dispatches: Hundredth Featured sound approaches
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Islam
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
March
Volume 5, Issue 9, 2 March 2009
- Books extension: Books extension enabled
- News and notes: Stewards, Wikimania bids, and more
- Dispatches: WikiProject Ships Featured topic and Good topics
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Norse History and Culture
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 10, 9 March 2009
- News and notes: Commons, conferences, and more
- In the news: Politics, more politics, and more
- Dispatches: 100 Featured sounds milestone
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 11, 16 March 2009
- News and notes: License update, Commons cartoons, films milestone, and more
- Dispatches: New FAC and FAR appointments
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 12, 23 March 2009
- From the editor: Reviewing books for the Signpost
- Abuse Filter: Abuse Filter is enabled
- News and notes: Flaggedrevs, copyright project, fundraising reports, and more
- In the news: Alternatives, IWF threats, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Judaism
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 13, 30 March 2009
- From the editor: Follow the Signpost with RSS and Twitter
- License update: Community weighs license update
- In the news: Censorship, social media in schools, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
April
Volume 5, Issue 14, 6 April 2009
- Interactive maps: Interactive OpenStreetMap features in development
- News and notes: Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
- Dispatches: New FAC and FAR nomination process
- WikiProject report: WikiProject China
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 15, 13 April 2009
- License vote: Licensing vote begins
- News and notes: WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
- Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Color
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 16, 20 April 2009
- Wikipedia Revolution: Reviews of The Wikipedia Revolution
- Wikipedia by numbers: Wikipedia's coverage and conflicts quantified
- News and notes: New program officer, survey results, and more
- Dispatches: Valued pictures
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Films
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 17, 27 April 2009
- News and notes: Usability study, Wiki Loves Art, and more
- In the news: Wikipedia Art dispute, and brief headlines
- WikiProject report: Interview on WikiProject Final Fantasy
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
May
Volume 5, Issue 18, 4 May 2009
- News and notes: Strategic planning, Wikipedia and scientists and more
- Dispatches: Re-examining Featured lists
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 19, 11 May 2009
- News and notes: Wikimania 2010, usability project, link rot, and more
- In the news: Quote hoax replicated in traditional media, and more
- Dispatches: WikiProject Birds reaches an FA milestone
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Michael Jackson
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 20, 18 May 2009
- From the editor: Writers needed
- Chemistry data: WikiChemists and Chemical Abstracts announce collaboration
- Multilingual contests: Embassies sponsor article-writing contests in three languages
- News and notes: Wiki Loves Arts winners, Wikimania Conference Japan, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Opera
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 21, 25 May 2009
- License update results: Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed
- News and notes: New board member, flagged revisions, Eurovision interviews
- In the news: Wikipedia: threat or menace?
- WikiProject report: WikiProject LGBT studies
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
June
Volume 5, Issue 22, 1 June 2009
- From the editor: Browsing the archives
- Book review: Review of The Future of the Internet
- Scientology arbitration: End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage
- In the news: Tamil Wikipedia, Internet Watch Foundation, and more
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 23, 8 June 2009
- News and notes: Picture process turmoil, block patterns, and more
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 24, 15 June 2009
- News and notes: License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing
- In the news: In the Google News, London Review of Books, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Chemistry
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 25, 22 June 2009
- Vandalism: Study of vandalism survival times
- News and notes: Wikizine, video editing, milestones
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 26, 29 June 2009
- News and notes: Jackson's death, new data center, more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
July
Volume 5, Issue 27, 6 July 2009
- News and notes: Commons grant, license change, new chapters, usability and more
- In the news: Wikipedia and kidnapping, also new comedy series
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Food and Drink
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 28, 13 July 2009
- Copyright threat: UK public gallery threatens Wikimedian
- Open letter: Working with, not against, cultural institutions
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Years
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 29, 20 July 2009
- Wikimania 2009: Preliminary program released for Wikimania 2009
- Copyright dispute: Further developments in copyright dispute
- News and notes: New stats, elections extended, strategic planning staff and more
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 30, 27 July 2009
- From the editor: Welcome to the build-your-own edition of the Signpost
- Board elections: Board of Trustees elections draw 18 candidates for 3 seats
- Wiki-Conference: Wikimedians and others gather for Wiki-Conference New York
- Wikipedia Academy: Volunteers lead Wikipedia Academy at National Institutes of Health
- News and notes: Things that happened in the Wikimedia world
- In the news: Assorted news coverage of Wikipedia
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Oregon
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
August
Volume 5, Issue 31, 3 August 2009
- News and notes: WMF elections, strategy wiki, museum partnerships, and much more
- In the news: Dispute over Rorschach test images, and more
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 32, 10 August 2009
- Tropenmuseum partnership: Tropenmuseum to host partnered exhibit with Wikimedia community
- News and notes: Tech news, strategic planning, BLP task force, and more
- In the news: Shrinking community, GLAM-Wiki, and more
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 33, 17 August 2009
- From the editor: Where should the Signpost go from here?
- Radio review: Review of Bigipedia radio series
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 34, 24 August 2009
- News and notes: $500,000 grant, Wikimania, Wikipedia Loves Art winners
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 35, 31 August 2009
- Flagged protection and patrolled revisions: Misleading media storm over flagged revisions
- Flagged protection background: An extended look at how we got to flagged protection and patrolled revisions
- Wikimania: Report on Wikimania 2009
- News and notes: $2 million grant, new board members
- In the news: WikiTrust, Azerbaijan-Armenia edit wars
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
September
Volume 5, Issue 36, 7 September 2009
- News and notes: Commons hits 5 million files, vandalism study, and more
- In the news: Gender statistics, editors sued, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Anime and manga
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 37, 14 September 2009
- News and notes: Grant structure, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video games
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 38, 21 September 2009
- From the editor: Call for opinion pieces
- In the news: Wales everywhere, participation statistics, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 39, 28 September 2009
- Opinion essay: White Barbarian
- Localisation improvements: LocalisationUpdate has gone live
- Office hours: Sue Gardner answers questions from community
- In the news: Stunting of growth, Polanski protected and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
October
Volume 5, Issue 40, 5 October 2009
- New talk pages: LiquidThreads in Beta
- Sockpuppet scandal: The Law affair
- News and notes: Article Incubator, Wikipedians take Manhattan, new features in testing, and much more
- In the news: Wikipedia used by UN, strange AFDs, iPhone reality
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: New developments at the Military history WikiProject
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 41, 12 October 2009
- From the editor: Perspectives from other projects
- Memorial and Collaboration: Memorial and Collaboration
- Bing search: Bing launches Wikipedia search
- News and notes: New WMF hire, new stats, and more
- Dispatches: Sounds
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Tropical cyclones
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 42, 19 October 2009
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 43, 26 October 2009
- Interview: Interview with John Blossom
- News and notes: New hires, German Wikipedian dies, new book tool, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
November
Volume 5, Issue 44, 2 November 2009
- Article contest: Durova wins 2009 WikiCup
- Conference report: WikiSym features research on Wikipedia
- Election report: 2009 ArbCom elections report
- Audit Subcommittee: Inaugural Audit Subcommittee elections underway
- Dispatches: Wikipedia remembers the Wall
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: Project banner meta-templates
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 45, 9 November 2009
- New pages experiment: Wikipedians test the water at new page patrol
- German controversy: German Wikipedia under fire from inclusionists
- Multimedia usability: Multimedia usability meeting concludes in Paris
- Election report: Arbitration Committee candidate nominations open 10 November
- News and notes: Ant images, public outreach, and more
- In the news: Beefeater vandalism, interview, and more
- Sister projects: Meta-wiki interview
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 5, Issue 46, 16 November 2009
- Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser begins
- Bulgarian award: Bulgarian Wikipedia gets a prestigious award
- Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Several candidates standing
- In the news: German lawsuit, Jimbo interview and more
- Sister projects: Wiktionary interview
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 47, 23 November 2009
- Uploading tool: New tool for photo scavenger hunts
- Election report: Arbitration Committee Election: Nominations closing November 24
- Fundraiser: "Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser continues
- News and notes: Government stubs, Suriname exhibit, milestones and more
- In the news: The Decline of Wikipedia, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 48, 30 November 2009
- Election report: ArbCom election begins December 1, using SecurePoll
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
December
Volume 5, Issue 49, 7 December 2009
- From the editors: 250th issue of the Signpost
- Editorial: A digital restoration
- Election report: ArbCom election in full swing
- Interview: Interview with David G. Post
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 50, 14 December 2009
- Election report: Voting closes in the Arbitration Committee Elections
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Volume 5, Issue 51, 21 December 2009
- Election report: ArbCom election result announced
- News and notes: Fundraiser update, milestones and more
- In the news: Accusation of bias, misreported death, and more
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week
Volume 5, Issue 52, 28 December 2009
- News and notes: Flagged revisions petitions, image donations, brief news
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations
- Features and admins: Approved this week