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The Signpost

English Wikipedia's newspaper on Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation
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Summary

The Signpost is a newsletter[1]. It draws 259 Wikipedia views per month (newsletter category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: online magazine[3], periodical[4], online newspaper[5]
  • Founder: Michael Snow[6]
  • Publisher: English Wikipedia[7]
  • Owned by: Wikipedia community[8]
  • Commons category: Wikipedia Signpost[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Inception: January 10, 2005[11]
  • Publication date: January 10, 2005[12]
  • Official website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost[13], https://signpost.news/[14]
  • Main subject: Wikimedia movement[15], Wikipedia[16], Wikipedia community[17], Wikimedia Foundation[18]
  • Title: The Signpost[19]
  • Different from: The Signpost[20]
  • Social media followers: 4120[21], 4124[22], 487[23], 500[24], 503[25]

Why It Matters

The Signpost has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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