Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-01-21/2007 in review

I'm not sure I understand what "Over the last year, the Wikimedia Foundation's reach and influence grew, both within the Board and the office." means. What's part of what? -- Jeandré, 2008-01-22t12:28z

Both "through" the Board and the office, is what I meant. They're both getting more power within the organization and the projects, is what I meant. Ral315 (talk) 01:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Link to Part One?

Maybe I missed it, but is there a link to the other part of this report? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 18:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Benoit

This is nowhere near the most notable vandalism incident in history. Mr. S-man would like to have a word with that – a streak of vandalism that led to one man getting fired, a spike in Wikipedia traffic, restricting page creation to registered users, creation of WP:OVER, and setting the motion to instituting WP:BLP as policy? That is far more notable. Now for the year? Yes, most definitely. hbdragon88 (talk) 22:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, the piece DOES have a byline, so are we suppose to edit it at all? And what is the purpose of a byline in WikiP? Anyway, I would change it to In "a serious vandalism incident" and let it go at that. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 00:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I considered it, but I meant outside Wikipedia. Seigenthaler was more influential within the community, with the policies it spawned, but Benoit led to significant TV and press coverage, so I thought that was more notable outside the community. That was my thinking -- was I right on that? Ral315 (talk) 01:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if the Signpost is edited after it's been posted (I've only been reading for a few weeks), but should it be noted that the IP that made the controversial edit originated from the city where the WWE is headquartered? It does say it was from Stamford, but I think it's worth noting that WWE is also located in Stamford; I remember this being discussed during the episode, that someone from WWE had inside knowledge, etc. Cheers, faithless (^speak) 06:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)