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The Signpost: 21 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia

News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

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70	2000 in the United States (talk)	Add sources
7	Digital Media Wire (talk)	Add sources
271	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (talk)	Add sources
2,793	Metaphysics (talk)	Add sources
10	Bond Exchange of South Africa (talk)	Add sources
1,494	Gianni Versace (talk)	Add sources
4	Cecil Moss (talk)	Cleanup
4	Middlesex Rugby Football Union (talk)	Cleanup
9	Contrat nouvelle embauche (talk)	Cleanup
64	Wind (film) (talk)	Expand
34	People Who Love Peepholes (talk)	Expand
898	Wayne's World (film) (talk)	Expand
698	2000s (decade) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
120	Private security industry in South Africa (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
167	2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
4	Qaratay (talk)	Merge
320	Issue tracking system (talk)	Merge
101	Torna a Surriento (talk)	Merge
6,114	Cold War (talk)	Wikify
293	Carnation Revolution (talk)	Wikify
77	Ingrid Jonker (talk)	Wikify
1	Andrew Fee (talk)	Orphan
1	Aleksei Sayapin (talk)	Orphan
15	Auto-text (talk)	Orphan
2	1965 in Scotland (talk)	Stub
29	Deployments of the French military (talk)	Stub
12	Wandile Mjekevu (talk)	Stub
13	Petroperú (talk)	Stub
12	Radio Freedom (talk)	Stub
5	Justin Downey (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 11 September 2013

In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Indonesia

Featured content: Tintin goes featured

News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
227	Paul Kruger (talk)	Add sources
369	1968 (talk)	Add sources
416	Planes, Trains and Automobiles (talk)	Add sources
205	Hydraulic press (talk)	Add sources
332	Hooah (talk)	Add sources
143	1925 (talk)	Add sources
7	Chaotic bubble (talk)	Cleanup
26	History of Tatarstan (talk)	Cleanup
54	KNBR (talk)	Cleanup
7	3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (talk)	Expand
21	1956 in the United States (talk)	Expand
5	2009 in Norway (talk)	Expand
140	Fallujah during the Iraq War (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
28	Giyani (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
72	Language policy in France (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
329	New Imperialism (talk)	Merge
133	2011 Indian anti-corruption movement (talk)	Merge
72	Volga Tatars (talk)	Merge
7	Engin Blindé du Génie (talk)	Wikify
2,078	Francisco Franco (talk)	Wikify
53	Firefox 4 (talk)	Wikify
8	Architectural psychology in Germany (talk)	Orphan
1	Andrei Budeyev (talk)	Orphan
1	Alconet (talk)	Orphan
3	Yolanda Pulecio (talk)	Stub
27	Juan de Jongh (talk)	Stub
5	Guy Canivet (talk)	Stub
1,241	Naval Sea Systems Command (talk)	Stub
16	A New Era (talk)	Stub
5	Postbank (South Africa) (talk)	Stub

Changes to SuggestBot's suggestions

We have changed the number of suggested articles and which categories they are selected from. The number of stubs has been greatly reduced, the number of articles needing sources doubled, and two new categories added (orphans and unencyclopaedic articles). We have also modified the layout of the suggestions and added sortable columns with various types of information about each article. The first two columns are:

Views/Day: Daily average number of views an article's had over the past 14 days.
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The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content: Is more content needed?
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