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The following is an automatically-generated compilation of all talk pages for the Signpost issue dated 2024-11-06. For general Signpost discussion, see Wikipedia talk:Signpost.

Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them (840 bytes · 💬)

• Another aspect to consider when taking pictures of notable figures is that even if they're not notable yet (for example, a band that is just starting out), taking a picture now may be useful for the future if they do become notable - I took a photo of Wigwam in 2018, when they hadn't released any music and before I'd even thought about editing Wikipedia, and now six years later they're notable and that's the only freely-licensed picture of them! Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 08:35, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Humour: Man quietly slinks away from talk page argument after realizing his argument dumb, wrong (1,296 bytes · 💬)

• I actually thought this was real 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 08:33, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• I got a real belly laugh out of that. Almost broke a rib when I realised. Keep them coming. The names, pickenplace and fairchild. scope_creep^Talk 09:04, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• I don't get it. Smallchief (talk) 09:08, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• Didn't know The Onion writes for the Signpost now. FunIsOptional (talk) (use ping please) 09:38, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• Turbo encabulator, more properly. "Malleiplatz" means Fools Square (at least according to LMarena). Other nuggets of verismilitude I leave as an exercise for the reader. kencf0618 (talk) 11:16, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

In focus: Questions and answers about the court case (2,430 bytes · 💬)

• @Bluerasberry: Great report!! scope_creep^Talk 08:40, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• Just noting in passing that there is another reason that some people aren't participating in public discussion of this matter: we do not want to negatively impact the safety of the editors who've been dragged into this case, or any other Wikimedian in India for that matter. It is often difficult for people who have lived their lives in the relatively open and free societies of North America and Europe to understand how risky it is for people in many other parts of the world to take the leap in participating in the dissemination of free knowledge; they never know which edit can create a real-world problem for them. It is not a hypothetical for thousands of Wikimedians from non-Western countries; in fact, the article mentioned above illustrates that it can happen in our own societies. Risker (talk) 08:48, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• #How much money does the Wikimedia Foundation send to the editor community in India? deserves some clarification especially given the piece is written like it's for a broad audience. It reads like WMF directly pays editors. Nardog (talk) 11:38, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• Just discovered 亚洲国际新闻诉维基媒体基金会案. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:16, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
• Apart from the ongoing DHC cases, the Indian government, as in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has recently decided to comment on WP/WMF. [1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:33, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK (515 bytes · 💬)

Administrators do not have access at all due to the black lock A clarification is required here. (Not sure how I missed this in the drafting state, but oh well.) Administrators do not have access at all as the revisions are oversighted, not just being black locked. – robertsky (talk) 09:57, 6 November 2024 (UTC)