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id="Arbitration_declined_in_case_with_much_private_evidence" data-mw-thread-id="h-Arbitration_declined_in_case_with_much_private_evidence-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Arbitration_declined_in_case_with_much_private_evidence-signpost-article-title"></span>Arbitration declined in case with much private evidence<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Arbitration_declined_in_case_with_much_private_evidence-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>The opening statement in a new arbitration case request, titled <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1255690942#Covert_canvassing_and_proxying_in_the_Israel-Arab_conflict_topic_area" title="Special:PermanentLink/1255690942">"Covert canvassing and proxying in the Israel-Arab conflict topic area"</a> read: </p> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk">There is ongoing coordination of off-wiki editors for the purpose of promoting a pro-Palestinian POV, utilizing a discord group, as well as an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EEML" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EEML">EEML</a>-style mailing list <i>(Private Evidence A)</i>.</q></dd></dl> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">A significant participant in the discord group, as well as the founder of the mailing list <i>(Private Evidence B)</i>, is a community banned editor <i>(Private Evidence C)</i>, who since being banned has engaged in the harassment and outing of Wikipedia editors <i>(Private Evidence D)</i>. This individual has substantial reach <i>(Private Evidence E)</i>, and their list appears to have been joined by a substantial number of editors, although I am only confident of the identify of three.</q></dd></dl> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The Discord group was previously public, but has now transitioned to a private form in order to better hide their activities <i>(Private Evidence F)</i>. It is not compliant with policy, being used to organize non-ECP editors to make edits within the topic area, some of whom have now become extended-confirmed through these violations. In addition, it is used by the community-banned editor to make edit requests, edit requests that are acted upon <i>(Private Evidence G)</i>.</q></dd></dl> <p>There was much discussion by community members voicing concern of a public posting of wide-reaching allegations. Some of the discussion mitigated or accepted the alleged off-wiki coordination, and some did not. Comments included: </p> <dl><dd>Editor 1: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">another illustration that there are ugly undercurrents about conflicts involving the editing of articles on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.</q></dd> <dd>Editor 2: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">goalpost-moving ARBECR [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#Extended_confirmed_restriction" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures">extended confirmed restriction</a>] enforcement creep... expanding ... into literally doxxing editors</q></dd> <dd>Editor 3: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">public aspersions based on secret denunciations</q></dd> <dd>Arb 1: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Decline this publicity stunt</q></dd> <dd>Arb 2: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">[The filer] shouldn't have just dumped a pile of private evidence in public. But I also don't see how we get out of dealing with the merits of this issue</q></dd></dl> <p>At our deadline, five out of 10 active arbitrators had voted to decline the public case, which effectively kills the request according to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Clerks/Procedures#Opening_arbitration_cases" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks/Procedures">current procedures</a>. However, at approximately the same time as the consensus to decline this case emerged, arbs opened <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1257495560#Arbitration_motions_regarding_Palestine-Israel_articles" title="Special:PermanentLink/1257495560">new motions regarding Palestine-Israel articles</a>, "a case to examine the interaction of specific editors in the WP:PIA topic area ... Evidence from the related private matter, as alluded to in the Covert canvassing and proxying in the Israel-Arab conflict topic area case request, will be examined prior to the start of the case, and resolved separately." </p><p>– <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reactions_to_Foundation_legal_matter:_Open_letter_and_blackout_proposal" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reactions_to_Foundation_legal_matter:_Open_letter_and_blackout_proposal-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reactions_to_Foundation_legal_matter:_Open_letter_and_blackout_proposal-signpost-article-title"></span><span class="anchor" id="Open_letter"></span>Reactions to Foundation legal matter: Open letter and blackout proposal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reactions_to_Foundation_legal_matter:_Open_letter_and_blackout_proposal-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>A petition in the form of an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:2024_open_letter_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikipedia:2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation">open letter</a> addressed to the Wikimedia Foundation has been created regarding the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-06/News_and_notes" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-06/News and notes">lawsuit in India</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-18/In_the_media" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-18/In the media"><i>In the media</i> in this issue</a>). Its signatories are <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">profoundly concerned at the suggestion that the Foundation is considering disclosing identifying private information about volunteer editors to the Delhi High Court</q>. </p><p>The most signed petition in Wikimedia history before this was the 2020 <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming" class="extiw" title="meta:Community open letter on renaming">Community open letter on renaming</a>, which successfully asked the Wikimedia Foundation to refrain from renaming itself to "Wikipedia". That one reached 1015 signatures after running for months. This petition has crossed 1015 signatures in 10 days, making it the strongest community consensus statement yet. </p><p>Separately, a site blackout was proposed, then closed with 2:1 opposition: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/2024_Wikipedia_blackout" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2024 Wikipedia blackout">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2024 Wikipedia blackout</a>. Some of the voters may have been persuaded by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/2024_Wikipedia_blackout#Note_from_Jimbo" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2024 Wikipedia blackout">personal comments</a> from Wikipedia's co-founder <a href="/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales" title="User:Jimbo Wales">Jimbo Wales</a> who is privy to board discussions on the case, and said <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">I am personally not worried and think that a protest is unwarranted.</q> – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Bluerasberry" title="User:Bluerasberry">Br</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:QuicoleJR" title="User:QuicoleJR">Q</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U4C_is_accepting_cases" data-mw-thread-id="h-U4C_is_accepting_cases-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-U4C_is_accepting_cases-signpost-article-title"></span>U4C is accepting cases<span data-mw-comment-end="h-U4C_is_accepting_cases-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>The U4C is now accepting cases. See <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee/Cases" class="extiw" title="meta:Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Cases">the relevant meta page</a> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CheckUser_and_COI_VRT_appointments" data-mw-thread-id="h-CheckUser_and_COI_VRT_appointments-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-CheckUser_and_COI_VRT_appointments-signpost-article-title"></span>CheckUser and COI VRT appointments<span data-mw-comment-end="h-CheckUser_and_COI_VRT_appointments-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>Appointments to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Conflict_of_interest_reports" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports">Conflict-of-interest volunteer response team</a> (COI VRT) and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> privilege changes were <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#CheckUser_and_conflict_of_interest_VRT_appointments,_November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard">announced</a> by the Arbitration Committee. <a href="/wiki/User:Spicy" title="User:Spicy">Spicy</a> was added as a CheckUser. The COI VRT includes, in addition to CheckUsers and Oversighters, the following administrators: <a href="/wiki/User:331dot" title="User:331dot">331dot</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Bilby" title="User:Bilby">Bilby</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Extraordinary_Writ" title="User:Extraordinary Writ">Extraordinary Writ</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Robertsky" title="User:Robertsky">Robertsky</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_administrator_recalls,_one_RRFA" data-mw-thread-id="h-Two_administrator_recalls,_one_RRFA-signpost-article-title"><span id="Two_administrator_recalls.2C_one_RRFA"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Two_administrator_recalls,_one_RRFA-signpost-article-title"></span>Two administrator recalls, one RRFA<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Two_administrator_recalls,_one_RRFA-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_recall/Graham87" title="Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Graham87">Wikipedia:Administrator_recall/Graham87</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_recall/Fastily" title="Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Fastily">Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Fastily</a> were closed as successful. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RRFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RRFA">Re-request for adminship</a> (RRFA) remains an option for all recalled administrators, with lower thresholds than a regular RfA. As of our deadline, Graham87's RRFA is active. – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brief_notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Brief_notes-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Brief_notes-signpost-article-title"></span>Brief notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Brief_notes-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Reminder to apply for Affcom and Ombuds Comm / Case Review committee. Applications for the Affiliations Committee close on November 18, and applications for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 2. See <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" class="extiw" title="meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments</a> for details.</li> <li><b>New administrators</b>: <i>The Signpost</i> welcomes the English Wikipedia's newest administrators, <a href="/wiki/User:Voorts" title="User:Voorts">Voorts</a> and <a href="/wiki/User:Worm_That_Turned" title="User:Worm That Turned">Worm That Turned</a>. Voorts said he <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">had been planning an RfA before the election dates were announced</q>, running the first traditional RfA after the October AELECT trial.</li> <li><b>Arbitration committee election</b>: Questions may be asked of the candidates at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2024/Questions" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024/Questions">Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024/Questions</a>. Voting will open for eligible community members at 00:00 19 November. Up to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2024#Vacant_seats" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024">nine vacancies</a> will be filled according to the election results.</li> <li><b>Articles for Improvement</b>: The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFI">Article for Improvement</a> is <a href="/wiki/Diurnality" title="Diurnality">Diurnality</a> (beginning 25 November). Please be bold in helping improve this article!<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Footnotes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Footnotes-Brief_notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Footnotes-Brief_notes"></span>Footnotes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Footnotes-Brief_notes"></span></h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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id="h-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors-signpost-article-title"></span>Asian News International case against Wikimedia and Wikipedia editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>Background: <a href="/wiki/Asian_News_International_vs._Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation">Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation</a> <i>blanked by court order</i>, <a href="/wiki/Litigation_involving_the_Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation">Litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-06/News_and_notes" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-06/News and notes">prior <i>Signpost</i> coverage</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Summons_issued_for_Wikipedia_editors_in_ANI_case" data-mw-thread-id="h-Summons_issued_for_Wikipedia_editors_in_ANI_case-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Summons_issued_for_Wikipedia_editors_in_ANI_case-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"></span>Summons issued for Wikipedia editors in ANI case<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Summons_issued_for_Wikipedia_editors_in_ANI_case-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"></span></h4></div> <p>Commentary and facts involving the case were published by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-high-court-issues-summons-wikipedia-users-ani-defamation-suit"><i>Bar and Bench</i></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/courts-news/delhi-high-court-issues-summons-to-users-accused-of-adding-defamatory-statements-about-ani-on-wikipedia-page/">India Legal Live (ENC Network)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-hc-issues-summons-to-wikipedia-users-who-edited-ani-page/article68868247.ece"><i>The Hindu</i></a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/court-summons-wiki-users-who-edited-ani-page-101731609939639.html"><i>Hindustan Times</i></a>. At least one source said that according to a summons issued by Delhi High Court, WMF had released or will release email addresses of three editors, "Defendants 2–4". </p><p>According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.medianama.com/2024/11/223-wikipedia-to-issue-summons-editors-on-behalf-ani-delhi-hc/">MediaNama</a>, one of the defendants signed the on-wiki open letter protesting the case (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-18/News_and_notes#Open_letter" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-18/News and notes">related <i>Signpost</i> coverage</a>). – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Should_Wikipedia_be_treated_like_a_publisher?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Should_Wikipedia_be_treated_like_a_publisher?-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"><span id="Should_Wikipedia_be_treated_like_a_publisher.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Should_Wikipedia_be_treated_like_a_publisher?-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"></span>Should Wikipedia be treated like a publisher?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Should_Wikipedia_be_treated_like_a_publisher?-Asian_News_International_case_against_Wikimedia_and_Wikipedia_editors"></span></h4></div> <p>Aditi Agrawal covers the ANI case for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-should-wiki-not-be-treated-as-publishercentre-101730832662496.html"><i>Hindustan Times</i></a>. The question of Wikipedia's publisher-like status is also addressed in <i>India Today</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Fiiber channel on MSN, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/why-has-the-indian-government-issued-a-notice-to-wikipedia-explained-in-5-points/ar-AA1tAKmD">"Why has the Indian government issued a notice to Wikipedia, explained in 5 points"</a>. – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bias_complaint:_the_phantom_menace_/_MIB_is_MIA" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bias_complaint:_the_phantom_menace_/_MIB_is_MIA-signpost-article-title"><span id="Bias_complaint:_the_phantom_menace_.2F_MIB_is_MIA"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bias_complaint:_the_phantom_menace_/_MIB_is_MIA-signpost-article-title"></span>Bias complaint: the phantom menace / MIB is MIA<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bias_complaint:_the_phantom_menace_/_MIB_is_MIA-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>As we went to press on our last issue <a href="/wiki/Abplive" class="mw-redirect" title="Abplive">abplive</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.abplive.com/technology/indian-government-writes-to-wikipedia-bias-inaccuracy-far-left-support-elon-musk-1729123">reported</a> that "According to <a href="/wiki/Asian_News_International" title="Asian News International">ANI</a>, the government has written to Wikipedia highlighting a number of complaints of bias and inaccuracy. In the letter, the Centre pointed out that a small group of people have editorial control over the website." The "Centre" refers to the central Indian government or specifically the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> (MIB). </p><p>The existence of this letter, or the timing of its issue, has itself been called into question. At <i>The Signpost</i>, we could not find a solid report to base a story on. </p><p>Some media just said there was "a notice" sent, another said unnamed government sources had spoken to one media outlet, and none we could find provided any real details (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.abplive.com/technology/indian-government-writes-to-wikipedia-bias-inaccuracy-far-left-support-elon-musk-1729123">example</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/government-puts-wikipedia-on-notice-after-complaints-of-bias-questions-small-group-having-editorial-control/articleshow/114968799.cms">example</a>). Since then, <a href="/wiki/TechCrunch" title="TechCrunch">TechCrunch</a> is also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/india-issues-notice-to-wikipedia-over-concerns-of-bias/">reporting</a> that no complaint has been found by their staff, either. – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RfC_closure_noted" data-mw-thread-id="h-RfC_closure_noted-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-RfC_closure_noted-signpost-article-title"></span>RfC closure noted<span data-mw-comment-end="h-RfC_closure_noted-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-07/ty-article/.premium/wikipedia-editors-add-article-titled-gaza-genocide-to-list-of-genocides-page/00000193-0749-d3a2-a3d7-4f491b760000">"Wikipedia Editors Add Article Titled 'Gaza Genocide' to 'List of Genocides' Page"</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a></i>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241108-its-not-close-israel-committing-genocide-concludes-wikipedia-ending-editorial-debate/">"'It's not close' - Israel committing genocide concludes Wikipedia ending editorial debate"</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Monitor" title="Middle East Monitor">Middle East Monitor</a></i>)</li></ul> <p><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=1243802876">This closure</a></span> of a more than month-long Request for comments (RfC) at <a href="/wiki/List_of_genocides" title="List of genocides">List of genocides</a> was noted in several press sources ... </p><p>The RfC confirming the page title follows a Requested move talkpage discussion which initially set the title earlier this year – see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-09-04/In_the_media#In_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-09-04/In the media">previous <i>Signpost</i> coverage</a>. – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Bri" title="User:Bri">B</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luckey_Gaetz_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Luckey_Gaetz_Wikipedia-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Luckey_Gaetz_Wikipedia-signpost-article-title"></span>Luckey Gaetz Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Luckey_Gaetz_Wikipedia-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>There's a bizarre style of biography that commonly appears off-Wiki in the less-than-reliable press with headlines like <i>John Doe Wiki</i>. This week "GhanaCelebrities" provided the best example I've seen <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2024/11/14/ginger-luckey-gaetz-wiki-age-career-husband/">"Ginger Luckey Gaetz Wiki, Age, Career, Husband"</a>. The article is so well-written – it doesn't seem to have been authored with either artificial intelligence or natural stupidity – that if provided with references it would take at least a week to delete if it were posted on-Wiki. Luckey Gaetz's main claims to fame – if not notability – are that she has a <a href="/wiki/Palmer_Luckey" title="Palmer Luckey">rich brother</a> and is married to the former congressman and currently nominated <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney General">U.S. Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Gaetz" title="Matt Gaetz">Matt Gaetz</a>. Mrs. Gaetz, according to the article, is a <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a> manager who has taken some MBA courses through <a href="/wiki/Harvard" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard">Harvard</a>'s online program and in person at <a href="/wiki/Haas_Business_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Haas Business School">UC Berkeley</a>. Mr. Gaetz's notability includes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17/story?id=115867555">accusations of drug use and paying for sex with minors</a>. </p><p>A completely separate linking of Gaetz with Wikipedia was published as a trivia question in <a href="/wiki/Above_the_Law_(website)" title="Above the Law (website)">Above the Law</a>. Kathryn Rubino <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/donald-trumps-unusual-pick-for-attorney-general/">asked</a> "What law school did (Matt) Gaetz attend?" Despite a wealth of official sources that <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000578">she</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDIR-2022-10-26/pdf/CDIR-2022-10-26-FL-H-1.pdf">could</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241106200429/https://gaetz.house.gov/about">have</a> linked to document the answer, she linked to <a href="/wiki/Category:William_%26_Mary_Law_School_alumni" title="Category:William & Mary Law School alumni">Wikipedia</a>. She told <i>The Signpost</i> that she did so "because Wikipedia is the easiest way to encapsulate multiple facts about a source with a single link. In this instance I wanted a reference that Matt Gaetz went to <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Law_School" title="William & Mary Law School">William & Mary Law</a> as well as the other notable legal figures that went to the law school but never held the position of U.S. Attorney General." – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:Smallbones" title="User:Smallbones">S</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gwern_interview:_How_a_longtime_Wikipedian_became_an_influential_voice_in_AI_—_and_still_remains_anonymous" data-mw-thread-id="h-Gwern_interview:_How_a_longtime_Wikipedian_became_an_influential_voice_in_AI_—-signpost-article-title"><span id="Gwern_interview:_How_a_longtime_Wikipedian_became_an_influential_voice_in_AI_.E2.80.94_and_still_remains_anonymous"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Gwern_interview:_How_a_longtime_Wikipedian_became_an_influential_voice_in_AI_—-signpost-article-title"></span>Gwern interview: How a longtime Wikipedian became an influential voice in AI — and still remains anonymous<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Gwern_interview:_How_a_longtime_Wikipedian_became_an_influential_voice_in_AI_—-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>Dwarkesh Patel (a US podcaster who TIME magazine recently <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/7012877/dwarkesh-patel/">described</a> as one of the 100 most influential people in AI) published an interview titled "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/gwern-branwen">Gwern Branwen - How an Anonymous Researcher Predicted AI's Trajectory</a>". According to Patel, Gwern has "deeply influenced the people building <a href="/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence" title="Artificial general intelligence">AGI</a>," and "If you've read his <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gwern.net/">blog</a>, you know he's one of the most interesting polymathic thinkers alive." </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:Gwern" title="User:Gwern">User:Gwern</a> is also a longtime Wikipedian with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gwern.net/wikipedia-resume">almost 100k edits</a> on English Wikipedia. While the interview mostly focused on AI and Gwern's life as an independent writer, it also discussed the pivotal role that editing Wikipedia had played for him: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237805129">.mw-parser-output .talkquote{color:var(--color-base,#202122);background-color:#eaf8f4;border-left:3px solid #008560;padding:0 .8em;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .talkquote-by,.mw-parser-output .talkquote-source{margin-left:1.6em}.mw-parser-output .skin-vector-2022 .talkquote>:last-child{padding-bottom:0}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .talkquote{background-color:#0d261f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .talkquote{background-color:#0d261f}}</style><blockquote class="talkquote"> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>What is it that you are trying to maximize in your life? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>I maximize rabbit holes. I love more than anything else, falling into a new rabbit hole. That's what I really look forward to. Like this sudden new idea or area that I had no idea about, where I can suddenly fall into a rabbit hole for a while.<br/> [...] </p> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>What were you doing with all these rabbit holes before you started blogging? Was there a place where you would compile them? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>Before I started blogging, I was editing Wikipedia.<br/> That was really gwern.net before gwern.net. Everything I do now with my site, I would have done on English Wikipedia. If you go and read some of the articles I am still very proud of—like the Wikipedia article on <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Teika">Fujiwara no Teika</a>—and you would think pretty quickly to yourself, “Ah yes, Gwern wrote this, didn't he?” </p> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>Is it fair to say that the training that required to make gwern.net happened on Wikipedia? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>Yeah. I think so. I have learned far more from editing Wikipedia than I learned from any of my school or college training. Everything I learned about writing I learned by editing Wikipedia. [...] For me it was beneficial to combine rabbit-holing with Wikipedia, because Wikipedia would generally not have many good articles on the thing that I was rabbit-holing on.<br/> </p><p> It was a very natural progression from the relatively passive experience of rabbit-holing—where you just read everything you can about a topic—to compiling that and synthesizing it on Wikipedia. You go from piecemeal, a little bit here and there, to writing full articles. Once you are able to write good full Wikipedia articles and summarize all your work, now you can go off on your own and pursue entirely different kinds of writing now that you have learned to complete things and get them across the finish line.</p></blockquote> <p>However, echoing concerns Gwern had already detailed in a 2009 essay titled <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gwern.net/inclusionism">In Defense of Inclusionism</a>, he cautioned that </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"><p>It would be difficult to do that with the current English Wikipedia. It's objectively just a much larger Wikipedia than it was back in like 2004. But not only are there far more articles filled in at this point, the editing community is also much more hostile to content contribution, particularly very detailed, obsessive, rabbit hole-y kind of research projects. They would just delete it or tell you that this is not for original research or that you're not using approved sources.</p></blockquote> <p>He also recalled other ways in which Wikipedia was different in its earlier years: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>I got started on Wikipedia in late middle school or possibly early high school.<br/> It was kind of funny. I started skipping lunch in the cafeteria and just going to the computer lab in the library and alternating between <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopets">Neopets</a> and Wikipedia. I had Neopets in one tab and my Wikipedia watch lists in the other. </p> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel<br/></dt></dl> <p>Were there other kids in middle school or high school who were into this kind of stuff? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>No, I think I was the only editor there, except for the occasional jerks who would vandalize Wikipedia. I would know that because I would check the IP to see what edits were coming from the school library IP addresses. Kids being kids thought they would be jerks and vandalize Wikipedia.<br/> </p><p> For a while it was kind of trendy. Early on, Wikipedia was breaking through to mass awareness and controversy. It’s like the way LLMs are now. A teacher might say, “My student keeps reading Wikipedia and relying on it. How can it be trusted?”</p></blockquote> <p>"Gwern Branwen" is a pseudonym. Of interest to Wikipedians who are conscientious about keeping their real name separated from their public editing activity (see also coverage of a current open letter in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-18/News_and_notes#Open_letter" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-18/News and notes">this issue's <i>News and notes</i></a>), the interview also discusses benefits of maintaining anonymity. While it was conducted in person, responses were re-recorded by a different person, and for the customary video of the interview, an AI-generated avatar was created as a stand-in. </p><p>In other parts of the interview that might likewise resonate with Wikipedians who devote large amounts of unpaid work to their hobby, Patel asked various probing questions about Gwern's personal finances, again starting from his Wikipedia volunteering: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>When you were an editor on Wikipedia, was that your full-time occupation? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl><p> It would eat as much time as I let it. I could easily spend 8 hours a day reviewing edits and improving articles while I was rabbit-holing. But otherwise I would just neglect it and only review the most suspicious diffs on articles that I was particularly interested in on my watchlist. I might only spend like 20 minutes a day. It was sort of like going through morning email.</p></blockquote> <p>and later </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>How do you sustain yourself while writing full time? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Patreon" title="Patreon">Patreon</a> and savings. I have a Patreon which does around $900-$1000/month, and then I cover the rest with my savings. [...] So I try to spend as little as possible to make it last.<br/> I should probably advertise the Patreon more, but I'm too proud to shill it harder.<br/> [...]<br/> </p><p> I live in the middle of nowhere. I don't travel much, or eat out, or have health insurance, or anything like that. [...] I live like a grad student, but with better ramen. I don't mind it much since I spend all my time reading anyway.</p></blockquote> <p>The interview then took a rather consequential turn: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"> <dl><dt>Dwarkesh Patel</dt></dl> <p>It seems like you’ve enjoyed this recent trip to San Francisco [home of several AI labs mentioned earlier in the interview, like OpenAI and Anthropic]? What would it take to get you to move here? </p> <dl><dt>Gwern</dt></dl> <p>Yeah, it is mostly just money stopping me at this point. I probably should bite the bullet and move anyway. But I'm a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miser" class="extiw" title="wikt:miser">miser</a> at heart and I hate thinking of how many months of writing runway I'd have to give up for each month in San Francisco.<br/> </p><p> If someone wanted to give me, I don’t know, $50–100K/year to move to SF and continue writing full-time like I do now, I'd take it in a heartbeat.</p></blockquote> <p>Patel then encouraged him to share contact information for potential donors, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/1857630404787974353">two days after the interview' release</a> noted that these had indeed been found and that Gwern would be moving to San Francisco. </p><p>– <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/User:HaeB" title="User:HaeB">H</a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_brief" data-mw-thread-id="h-In_brief-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-In_brief-signpost-article-title"></span>In brief<span data-mw-comment-end="h-In_brief-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1240928998"></div><div class="signpost-sidebar signpost-sidebar-fillerimage"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Whale_WikiWorld.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Whale_WikiWorld.png/300px-Whale_WikiWorld.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="377" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Whale_WikiWorld.png/450px-Whale_WikiWorld.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Whale_WikiWorld.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="753"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div class="signpost-fillerimage"><a href="/wiki/Exploding_whale" title="Exploding whale">Exploding whale</a> coverage in <i>The Signpost</i></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248129851"><div class="wp-signpost-block-2 wp-signpost-block-2-narrow"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/11/exploding-whale-day-now-a-full-fledged-holiday-on-the-oregon-coast-heres-how-to-celebrate.html"><i>Exploding Whale Day</i></a> (including video coverage) was celebrated in Exploding Whale Memorial Park in <a href="/wiki/Florence,_Oregon" title="Florence, Oregon">Florence, Oregon</a> and reported in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oregonian" title="The Oregonian">The Oregonian</a></i>. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-11-12/WikiWorld" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-11-12/WikiWorld">previous Signpost coverage here</a> or just click on the illustration on the right. Pageviews of <a href="/wiki/Exploding_whale" title="Exploding whale">Exploding whale</a>, of course, went up 60x over the median on the anniversary.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/climate-change-researchers-make-100-improvements-to-wikipedia-ahead-of-cop29/">"Climate change researchers make 100 improvements to Wikipedia ahead of COP29"</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Exeter" title="University of Exeter">University of Exeter</a> News)</li> <li>itsnicethat.com tells us how <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/chantal-jahchan-editorial-commissions-graphic-design-project-071124">'Wikipedia rabbit holes' are the backbone of Chantal Jahchan's intricate editorial collages</a>.</li> <li><b>Digital gravestones for lost species</b>: Wikipedia articles about extinct species are a "place people return to in order to remember, or perhaps discover, what we once had", according to a study <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theconversation.com/people-do-care-about-extinct-species-but-not-for-long-new-study-242979">highlighted</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)" title="The Conversation (website)">The Conversation</a></i>.</li> <li><b>Busybody, hunter, dancer: which one are you?</b>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Indian_Express" title="The New Indian Express">The New Indian Express</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/tech/2024/Nov/09/going-down-wikipedia-rabbit-hole">[1]</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_(journal)" title="Nature (journal)">Nature</a></i> briefing blog <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03537-5">[2]</a>, <a href="/wiki/RealClearScience" class="mw-redirect" title="RealClearScience">RealClearScience</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2024/10/26/the_three_ways_of_going_down_a_wikipedia_rabbit_hole_1067836.html">[3]</a>, Australia's National Tribune website <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/going-down-a-wikipedia-rabbit-hole-science-says-you-re-one-of-these-three-types/">[4]</a>, and <i>The Conversation</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://theconversation.com/going-down-a-wikipedia-rabbit-hole-science-says-youre-one-of-these-three-types-242018">[5]</a> covered new research that outlines styles of information-gathering Wikipedia user employ, using catchy nicknames.</li> <li><b>Troubled effort to address Australian place names</b>: As covered in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-11-06/In_the_media#In_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-11-06/In the media">the previous <i>Signpost</i> issue</a>, representation of Australia place names has had some trouble. Now the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Computer_Society" title="Australian Computer Society">Australian Computer Society</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <i>Information Age</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/really-frustrating-aussie-wikipedia-editors-burn-out.html">reports</a> on research findings of "a spectrum of reluctance, hesitation, discomfort, sanitisation and also active resistance and racism" in the topic area. They also said, "Despite researchers' attempts to find a diversity of editors to interview, only one who took part identified as a woman, while one identified as non-binary, and none were First Nations people... 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Research Newsletter</a>.</p></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_Wikidata_SPARQL_queries" data-mw-thread-id="h-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W-signpost-article-title"><span id=".22SPINACH.22:_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_.22challenging_real-world_questions.22_into_Wikidata_SPARQL_queries"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W-signpost-article-title"></span>"SPINACH": LLM-based tool to translate "challenging real-world questions" into Wikidata SPARQL queries<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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data-file-width="768" data-file-height="768"/></a><figcaption>SPINACH's logo or custom emoji (from the paper's title, which we regret not being able to reproduce faithfully here)</figcaption></figure> <p>A paper<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presented at last week's <a href="/wiki/EMNLP" class="mw-redirect" title="EMNLP">EMNLP</a> conference reports on a promising new AI-based tool (available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://spinach.genie.stanford.edu/">https://spinach.genie.stanford.edu/</a> ) to retrieve information from Wikidata using natural language questions. It can successfully answer complicated questions like the following: </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>"What are the musical instruments played by people who are affiliated with the University of Washington School of Music and have been educated at the University of Washington, and how many people play each instrument?" </p> </blockquote> <p>The authors note that Wikidata is <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">one of the largest publicly available knowledge bases [and] currently contains 15 billion facts</q>, and claim that it <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">is of significant value to many scientific communities.</q> However, they observe that <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Effective access to Wikidata data can be challenging</q>, requiring use of the <a href="/wiki/SPARQL" title="SPARQL">SPARQL</a> query language. </p><p>This motivates the use of <a href="/wiki/Large_language_model" title="Large language model">large language models</a> to convert natural language questions into SPARQL queries, which could obviously be of great value to non-technical users. The paper is far from being the first such attempt, see also <a href="#"SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering_over_a_Life_Science_Knowledge_Graph"">below</a> for a more narrowly tailored effort. And in fact, some of its authors (including <a href="/wiki/Monica_S._Lam" title="Monica S. Lam">Monica S. Lam</a> and members of her group at Stanford) had already built such a system – "WikiSP" – themselves last year, obtained by fine-tuning an LLM; see our review: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2023/December#"Fine-tuned_LLMs_Know_More,_Hallucinate_Less_with_Few-Shot_Sequence-to-Sequence_Semantic_Parsing_over_Wikidata"" class="extiw" title="m:Research:Newsletter/2023/December">"Fine-tuned LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less with Few-Shot Sequence-to-Sequence Semantic Parsing over Wikidata"</a>. (Readers of this column may also recall coverage of Wikipedia-related publications out of Lam's group, see "<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2024/July#STORM:_AI_agents_role-play_as_"Wikipedia_editors"_and_"experts"_to_create_Wikipedia-like_articles" class="extiw" title="m:Research:Newsletter/2024/July">STORM: AI agents role-play as 'Wikipedia editors' and 'experts' to create Wikipedia-like articles</a>" and "<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2024/May#WikiChat,_"the_first_few-shot_LLM-based_chatbot_that_almost_never_hallucinates"" class="extiw" title="m:Research:Newsletter/2024/May">WikiChat, 'the first few-shot LLM-based chatbot that almost never hallucinates'</a>" – a paper that <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/wikiworkshop/status/1803793163665977481">received</a> the Wikimedia Foundation's "Research Award of the Year".) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_SPINACH_dataset" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_SPINACH_dataset-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_SPINACH_dataset-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"></span>The SPINACH dataset<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_SPINACH_dataset-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"></span></h4></div> <p>More generally, this kind of task is called "Knowledge Base Question Answering" (KBQA). The authors observe that many benchmarks have been published for it over the last decade, and that recently, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">the KBQA community has shifted toward using Wikidata as the underlying knowledge base for KBQA datasets.</q> However, they criticize those existing benchmarks as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">either contain[ing] only simple questions [...] or synthetically generated complex logical forms</q> that are not representative enough of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">real-world queries.</q> To remedy this, they </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>introduce the SPINACH dataset, an expert-annotated KBQA dataset collected from forum discussions on <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query" class="extiw" title="d:Wikidata:Request a query">Wikidata's "Request a Query" forum</a> with 320 decontextualized question-SPARQL pairs. Much more complex than existing datasets, SPINACH calls for strong KBQA systems that do not rely on training data to learn the KB schema, but can dynamically explore large and often incomplete schemas and reason about them. </p> </blockquote> <p>In more detail, the researchers scraped the "Request a Query" forum's <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive" class="extiw" title="d:Wikidata:Request a query/Archive">archive</a> from 2016 up to May 2024, obtaining 2780 discussions that had resulted in a valid SPARQL query, which were then filtered by various criteria and sampled to a subset of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">920 conversations spanning many domains for consideration</q>. Those were then further winnowed down with a <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">focus on end-users rather than Wikipedia and Wikidata contributors interested in obscure optimizations or formatting</q>. The remaining conversations were manually annotated with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">a self-contained, decontextualized natural language question that <i>accurately</i> captures the meaning of the user-written SPARQL</q>. These steps include disambiguation of terms in the question as originally asked in the forum (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">For example, instead of asking "where a movie takes place", we distinguish between the "narrative location” and the "filming location"</q>; thus avoiding an example that had <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2023/December#"Fine-tuned_LLMs_Know_More,_Hallucinate_Less_with_Few-Shot_Sequence-to-Sequence_Semantic_Parsing_over_Wikidata"" class="extiw" title="m:Research:Newsletter/2023/December">confused the authors' own <i>WikiSP</i> system</a>). This might be regarded as attaching training wheels, i.e. artificially making the task a little bit easier. However, another step goes in the other direction, by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">refrain[ing] from directly using [Wikidata's] entity and property names, instead using a more natural way to express the meaning. For instance, instead of asking "what is the point of time of the goal?", a more natural question with the same level of accuracy like "when does the goal take place?" should be used.</q> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_SPINACH_agent" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_SPINACH_agent-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_SPINACH_agent-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"></span>The SPINACH agent<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_SPINACH_agent-"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_W"></span></h4></div> <p>The paper's second contribution is an LLM-based system, also called "SPINACH", that on the authors' own dataset <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">outperforms all baselines, including the best GPT-4-based KBQA agent</q> by a large margin, and also <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">achiev[es] a new state of the art</q> on several existing KBQA benchmarks, although on it narrowly remains behind the aforementioned <i>WikiSP</i> model on the <i>WikiWebQuestions</i> dataset (both also out of Lam's lab). </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>"unlike prior work, we design SPINACH with the primary goal of mimicking a human expert writing a SPARQL query. An expert starts by writing simple queries and looking up Wikidata entity or property pages when needed, all to understand the structure of the knowledge graph and what connections exist. This is especially important for Wikidata due to its anomalous structure (Shenoy et al., 2022). An expert then might add new SPARQL clauses to build towards the final SPARQL, checking their work along the way by executing intermediate queries and eyeballing the results." </p> </blockquote> <p>This agent is given several tools to use, namely </p> <ul><li>searching Wikidata for the QID for a string (like a human user would using the search box on the Wikidata site). This addresses an issue that thwarts many naive attempts to use e.g. ChatGPT directly for generating SPARQL queries, which the aforementioned WikiSP paper already pointed out last year: "While zero-shot LLMs [e.g. ChatGPT] can generate SPARQL queries for the easiest and most common questions, they do not know all the PIDs and QIDs [property and item IDs in Wikidata]."</li> <li>retrieving the Wikidata entry for a QID (i.e. all the information on its Wikidata page)</li> <li>retrieving <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">a few examples demonstrating the use of the specified property in Wikidata</q></li> <li>running a SPARQL query on the <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service" class="extiw" title="d:Wikidata:SPARQL query service">Wikidata Query Service</a></li></ul> <p>The authors note that <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Importantly, the results of the execution of each action are put in a human-readable format to make it easier for the LLM to process. To limit the amount of information that the agent has to process, we limit the output of search results to at most 8 entities and 4 properties, and limit large results of SPARQL queries to the first and last 5 rows.</q> That LLMs and humans have similar problems reading through copious Wikidata query results is a somewhat intriguing observation, considering that Wikidata was conceived as a machine-readable knowledge repository. (In an apparent effort to address the low usage of Wikidata in today's AI systems, Wikimedia Deutschland recently <a class="external text" href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/09/23/wikidata-and-artificial-intelligence-simplified-access-to-open-data-for-open-source-projects/">announced</a> "a project to simplify access to the open data in Wikidata for AI applications" by "transformation of Wikidata’s data into semantic vectors.") </p><p>The SPINACH system uses the popular ReAct (Reasoning and Acting) framework for LLM agents,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>supp 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where the model is alternating between reasoning about its task (e.g. <code>It seems like there is an issue with the QID I used for the University of Washington. I should search for the correct QID</code>) and acting (e.g. using its search tool: <code>search_wikidata("University of Washington")</code>). </p><p>The generation of these thought + action pairs in each turn is driven by an agent policy prompt </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237805129"><blockquote class="talkquote"><p>that only includes high-level instructions such as "start by constructing very simple queries and gradually build towards the complete query" and "confirm all your assumptions about the structure of Wikidata before proceeding" [...]. The decision of selecting the action at each time step is left to the LLM.</p></blockquote> <p>Successfully answering a question with a correct SPARQL query can require numerous turns. The researchers limit these by providing the agents with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">a budget of 15 actions to take, and an extra 15 actions to spend on [...] "rollbacks"</q> of such actions. Even so, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Since SPINACH agent makes multiple LLM calls for each question, its latency and cost are higher compared to simpler systems. [...] This seems to be the price for a more accurate KBQA system.</q> </p><p>Still, for the time being, an instance is available for free at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://spinach.genie.stanford.edu/">https://spinach.genie.stanford.edu/</a> , and also on-wiki as <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SpinachBot" class="extiw" title="d:User:SpinachBot">a bot</a> (operated by one of the authors, a – now former – Wikimedia Foundation employee), which has already answered about 30 user queries since <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive/2024/08#Introducing_SpinachBot!" class="extiw" title="d:Wikidata:Request a query/Archive/2024/08">its introduction some months ago</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png/550px-The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png" decoding="async" width="550" height="1241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png/825px-The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png/1100px-The_sequence_of_13_actions_that_the_SPINACH_agent_takes_to_answer_a_sample_question_from_the_SPINACH_validation_set.png 2x" data-file-width="1770" data-file-height="3993"/></a><figcaption>Example from the paper: "The sequence of 13 actions that the SPINACH agent takes to answer a sample question from the SPINACH validation set. Here, the agent goes through several distinct phases, only with the high-level instruction [prompt]. Note that every step includes a thought, action and observation, but some are omitted here for brevity."</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Briefly" data-mw-thread-id="h-Briefly-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Briefly-signpost-article-title"></span>Briefly<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Briefly-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>See the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase" class="extiw" title="mw:Wikimedia Research/Showcase">page of the monthly <b>Wikimedia Research Showcase</b></a> for videos and slides of past presentations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_recent_publications" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_recent_publications-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_recent_publications-signpost-article-title"></span>Other recent publications<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_recent_publications-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p><i>Other recent publications that could not be covered in time for this issue include the items listed below. Contributions, whether reviewing or summarizing newly published research, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter#How_to_contribute" class="extiw" title="m:Research:Newsletter">are always welcome</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering_over_a_Life_Science_Knowledge_Graph"" data-mw-thread-id="h-"SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering-Other_recent_publications"><span id=".22SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering_over_a_Life_Science_Knowledge_Graph.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering-Other_recent_publications"></span>"SPARQL Generation: an analysis on fine-tuning OpenLLaMA for Question Answering over a Life Science Knowledge Graph"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"SPARQL_Generation:_an_analysis_on_fine-tuning_OpenLLaMA_for_Question_Answering-Other_recent_publications"></span></h4></div> <p>From the abstract:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>"we evaluate several strategies for fine-tuning the <a href="/w/index.php?title=OpenLlama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OpenLlama (page does not exist)">OpenLlama</a> LLM for question answering over life science knowledge graphs. In particular, we propose an end-to-end data augmentation approach for extending a set of existing queries over a given knowledge graph towards a larger dataset of semantically enriched question-to-SPARQL query pairs, enabling fine-tuning even for datasets where these pairs are scarce." </p> </blockquote> <p>From the paper: </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>"Recently, the benchmark dataset so-called [sic] KQA Pro was released [...]. It is a large-scale dataset for complex question answering over a dense subset of the Wikidata1 KB. [...] Although Wikidata is not a domain specific KB, it contains relevant life science data."<br/> "We augment an existing catalog of representative questions over a given knowledge graph and fine-tune OpenLlama in two steps: We first fine-tune the base model using the KQA Pro dataset over Wikidata. Next, we further fine-tune the resulting model using the extended set of questions and queries over the target knowledge graph. Finally, we obtain a system for Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs (KGQA) which translates natural language user questions into their corresponding SPARQL queries over the target KG." </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="A_small_number_of_"culprits"_cause_over_10_million_"Disjointness_Violations_in_Wikidata"" data-mw-thread-id="h-A_small_number_of_"culprits"_cause_over_10_million_"Disjointness_Violations_in_W-Other_recent_publications"><span id="A_small_number_of_.22culprits.22_cause_over_10_million_.22Disjointness_Violations_in_Wikidata.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-A_small_number_of_"culprits"_cause_over_10_million_"Disjointness_Violations_in_W-Other_recent_publications"></span>A small number of "culprits" cause over 10 million "Disjointness Violations in Wikidata"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-A_small_number_of_"culprits"_cause_over_10_million_"Disjointness_Violations_in_W-Other_recent_publications"></span></h4></div> <p>This preprint identifies 51 pairs of classes on Wikidata that should be disjoint (e.g. "natural object" vs. "artificial object") but aren't, with over 10 million violations, caused by a small number of "culprits". From the abstract:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"><p> "Disjointness checks are among the most important constraint checks in a knowledge base and can be used to help detect and correct incorrect statements and internal contradictions. [...] Because of both its size and construction, Wikidata contains many incorrect statements and internal contradictions. We analyze the current modeling of disjointness on Wikidata, identify patterns that cause these disjointness violations and categorize them. We use SPARQL queries to identify each 'culprit' causing a disjointness violation and lay out formulas to identify and fix conflicting information. We finally discuss how disjointness information could be better modeled and expanded in Wikidata in the future."</p></blockquote> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Automatic_Quality_Assessment_of_Wikipedia_Articles_-_A_Systematic_Literature_Review"" data-mw-thread-id="h-"Automatic_Quality_Assessment_of_Wikipedia_Articles_-_A_Systematic_Literature_Re-Other_recent_publications"><span id=".22Automatic_Quality_Assessment_of_Wikipedia_Articles_-_A_Systematic_Literature_Review.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"Automatic_Quality_Assessment_of_Wikipedia_Articles_-_A_Systematic_Literature_Re-Other_recent_publications"></span>"Automatic Quality Assessment of Wikipedia Articles - A Systematic Literature Review"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"Automatic_Quality_Assessment_of_Wikipedia_Articles_-_A_Systematic_Literature_Re-Other_recent_publications"></span></h4></div> <p>From the abstract:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote style="padding-left:1.0em; padding-right:1.0em; background-color:#eaf8f4;"> <p>"We review existing methods for automatically measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles, identifying and comparing machine learning algorithms, article features, quality metrics, and used datasets, examining 149 distinct studies, and exploring commonalities and gaps in them. The literature is extensive, and the approaches follow past technological trends. However, machine learning is still not widely used by Wikipedia, and we hope that our analysis helps future researchers change that reality." </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References-signpost-article-title"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLiuSemnaniTriedmanXu2024" class="citation conference cs1">Liu, Shicheng; Semnani, Sina; Triedman, Harold; Xu, Jialiang; Zhao, Isaac Dan; Lam, Monica (November 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-emnlp.938">"SPINACH: SPARQL-Based Information Navigation for Challenging Real-World Questions"</a>. 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoásLopes2023" class="citation journal cs1">Moás, Pedro Miguel; Lopes, Carla Teixeira (2023-09-22). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3625286">"Automatic Quality Assessment of Wikipedia Articles - A Systematic Literature Review"</a>. <i>ACM Computing Surveys</i>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3625286">10.1145/3625286</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0360-0300">0360-0300</a>.</cite><span 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYaoZhaoYuDu2023" class="citation cs2">Yao, Shunyu; Zhao, Jeffrey; Yu, Dian; Du, Nan; Shafran, Izhak; Narasimhan, Karthik; Cao, Yuan (2023-03-09), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.03629"><i>ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Models</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.48550%2FarXiv.2210.03629">10.48550/arXiv.2210.03629</a></cite><span 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class="signpost-article" style="padding: 0 2vw; max-width:80em; margin: 0 auto;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248129851"><div class="wp-signpost-block-2 wp-signpost-block-2-narrow"> <p><i>Elena Lappen is the Wikimedia Foundation's Movement Communications Manager; some content in this post was previously published on <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/07/highlights-from-the-fiscal-year-2023-2024-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-endowment-audit-reports/" class="extiw" title="wmfblog:2024/11/07/highlights-from-the-fiscal-year-2023-2024-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-endowment-audit-reports/">Diff</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_Endowment_audit_reports" data-mw-thread-id="h-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"><span id="Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023.E2.80.932024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_Endowment_audit_reports"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span><b>Highlights from the fiscal year 2023–2024 Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span></h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg/300px-Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg/450px-Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg/600px-Institute_Dendrology_-_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Every year, the Wikimedia Foundation shares our audited financial statements along with an explanation of what the numbers mean. Our goal is to make our finances understandable, so that community members, donors, readers and more have clear insight into how we use our funds to further Wikimedia's mission. </p><p>This post explains the audit reports for both the <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/" class="extiw" title="foundationsite:about/financial-reports/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediaendowment.org/#reports">Wikimedia Endowment</a> for fiscal year 2023–2024, providing key highlights and additional information for those who want to dive deeper. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_an_audit_report?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_an_audit_report?-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"><span id="What_is_an_audit_report.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_an_audit_report?-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span><b>What is an audit report?</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_an_audit_report?-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span></h3></div> <p>An audit report presents details on the financial balances and financial activities of any organization, as required by US accounting standards. It is audited by a third party (in the Foundation's and Endowment's case, KPMG) in order to validate accuracy. The Foundation has received clean audits for the past 19 years. Each annual audit is an opportunity to evaluate the Foundation's activities and credibility as a responsible steward of donor funds. </p><p>The financial information found in the audit report is also then used to build an organization's Form 990, which is the form required by the United States government for organizations to maintain their nonprofit status. The Form 990 is released closer to the end of the current fiscal year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Key_takeaways_from_the_Foundation's_fiscal_year_2023-2024_audit_report" data-mw-thread-id="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Foundation's_fiscal_year_2023-2024_audit_report-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"><span id="Key_takeaways_from_the_Foundation.27s_fiscal_year_2023-2024_audit_report"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Foundation's_fiscal_year_2023-2024_audit_report-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span><b>Key takeaways from the Foundation's fiscal year 2023-2024 audit report</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Foundation's_fiscal_year_2023-2024_audit_report-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span></h3></div> <p>The <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/Finances" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2023-2024/Finances">Foundation's 2023-2024 Annual Plan laid out a number of financial goals for the fiscal year</a>. Below are key takeaways from the audit report related to those goals: </p> <ul><li><b>Clean audit opinion:</b> The external auditors, KPMG, issued their opinion that the Wikimedia Foundation's financial statements for FY 2023–2024 are presented accurately, marking the 19th consecutive year of clean audits since the Foundation's first audit in 2006.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Foundation_expense_growth_slowing_-_audit_report.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Foundation_expense_growth_slowing_-_audit_report.png/250px-Foundation_expense_growth_slowing_-_audit_report.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Foundation_expense_growth_slowing_-_audit_report.png 1.5x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="512"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Expense growth slowing in line with target:</b> In anticipation of slower revenue growth, our 2023–2024 Annual Plan aimed to slow budget growth to around 5% after significant growth in the prior five years averaging 16%. We were able to reach that goal: during the fiscal year, expenses grew at 5.5% ($9.4M), from $169.1M to $178.5M. This came in at only slightly over our target of $177M. Growth in expenses was driven primarily by increases in movement funding (detailed below) and increases in personnel cost due mostly to cost of living adjustments. The Foundation is working to continue this trend of stabilizing growth in the current fiscal year. As outlined in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/Budget_Details" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2024-2025/Budget Details">annual plan for fiscal year 2024–2025</a>, the budget is expected to be $188.7M, which is 6% percent year on year growth.</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>→ During the year, we prioritized spending on a number of <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/08/21/wikimedia-foundation-product-technology-improving-the-user-experience/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/08/21/wikimedia-foundation-product-technology-improving-the-user-experience/">Infrastructure related projects</a> which is the largest area of the Foundation's work. Projects included a revamp of the <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/07/15/share-your-product-needs-with-the-community-wishlist/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/07/15/share-your-product-needs-with-the-community-wishlist/">Community Wishlist</a>, new <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CampaignEvents" class="extiw" title="metawiki:CampaignEvents">features</a> for events and campaigns, improvements in moderation tools (e.g., <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_check" class="extiw" title="mediawikiwiki:Edit check">EditCheck</a>, <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Moderator_Tools/Automoderator" class="extiw" title="mediawikiwiki:Moderator Tools/Automoderator">Automoderator</a>, <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Community_Configuration" class="extiw" title="mediawikiwiki:Community Configuration">Community Configuration</a> etc.), and a <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/07/26/the-journey-to-open-our-first-data-center-in-south-america/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/07/26/the-journey-to-open-our-first-data-center-in-south-america/">new data center in Brazil</a>.</dd> <dd>→ Also during the year, we decided not to renew our lease of our San Francisco office and to instead move to a small administrative space. This move was aimed at both reducing expenses and responding to an increasingly global workforce, where the vast majority of employees (82%) are based outside the San Francisco Bay Area. This move will result in a rent cost savings of over 80% per month.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>More budget shifted toward movement support:</b> The Annual Plan aimed to increase the percentage of the budget that goes directly to supporting the mission. This means working to minimize both fundraising and administrative costs and increase support for things like platform maintenance, grants to communities, feature development and more. This year's percentage was 77.5%, up from 76% in the prior fiscal year. In real terms, this means that $9.8M more went to direct movement support in the 2023-2024 fiscal year than the prior fiscal year. While this percentage was just shy of our goal of 77.9%, it is well within the range of best practice for nonprofits, which recommends that <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://give.org/charity-landing-page/bbb-standards-for-charity-accountability">at least 65% be devoted to programmatic work</a>.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png/350px-Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png/525px-Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png/700px-Amount_granted_by_the_Foundation_over_time_increasing_-_audit_report.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="742"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><dl><dd>→ Progress was made <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/12/progress-on-the-plan-how-the-wikimedia-foundation-has-advanced-on-its-2023-2024-annual-plan-goals-part-2/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/06/12/progress-on-the-plan-how-the-wikimedia-foundation-has-advanced-on-its-2023-2024-annual-plan-goals-part-2/">on greater effectiveness</a> in how we communicate with communities which collectively speak hundreds of languages. A <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Communications/Organization_communications_translators_group" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation/Communications/Organization communications translators group">new system</a> for providing translations of core Foundation documentation enabled us to complete more than 650 requests for translations in a year. This has increased the number of languages supported from six to thirty-four languages in written translations. As an added benefit, the translations are provided by members of the Wikimedia volunteer community – whose experience and knowledge of the movement provides much higher quality translations.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Growth sustained in community grants:</b> In spite of the Foundation's overall growth slowing to 5%, we increased community grants by $2.2M, or 9.9% from the previous fiscal year. Our Annual Plans have repeatedly prioritized growing community funding at a significantly higher rate than the overall budget–a goal we have continued to prioritize in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/Budget_Details" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2024-2025/Budget Details">2024-2025 Annual Plan</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>→ We support our grantees by working closely with them to form strategic partnerships to close content gaps. <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/12/progress-on-the-plan-how-the-wikimedia-foundation-has-advanced-on-its-2023-2024-annual-plan-goals-part-3/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/06/12/progress-on-the-plan-how-the-wikimedia-foundation-has-advanced-on-its-2023-2024-annual-plan-goals-part-3/">An example</a> is how we supported community gender gap campaigns in biographies and women's health during Women's History Month. This included running the Wikipedia Needs More Women campaign (14.5M Unique people reached) and coordinating the global landing page and calendar for the Celebrate Women campaign.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Exploring diversified revenue streams for the movement:</b> In order to ensure the movement's future financial sustainability, the Foundation has aimed to <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/Finances#Product_and_Revenue_"Dance_Partners"" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2023-2024/Finances">diversify our revenue streams over time</a>. For several years, we have been anticipating a trend where fundraising revenue through banners would no longer represent the majority of our donations. During fiscal year 2023–2024, the Foundation's total revenue was $185.4M, of which $174.7M came from donations. This total number represents <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2023-24_Report" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Fundraising/2023-24 Report">not only banner fundraising, but also increased percentages in email and major gift donations</a>. Diversified donation income was complemented by increased investment income, income from the Wikimedia Endowment's cost-sharing agreement, and increased income from Wikimedia Enterprise. Investment income was $5.1M up from $3M in the prior year, primarily due to increased interest income from higher interest rates during the year. The new cost sharing agreement with the Wikimedia Endowment generated $2.1M in revenue to offset costs incurred by the Foundation to support the Endowment (Note: This is in addition to the $2.6 million the Foundation received from the Endowment to support technical innovation projects), and Wikimedia Enterprise brought in gross revenue of $3.4M, up slightly from $3.2M in FY 2022–2023. While diversification fell slightly short of our <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/Finances#Budget_numbers" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2023-2024/Finances">Annual Plan goals</a>, we believe we are still on track over the medium-term: Enterprise contracts have since increased $400K year over year in monthly revenue so far in FY 2024–2025, and we anticipate more income to be generated from Enterprise in subsequent fiscal years.</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>→ More about Enterprise's financials and the work to diversify revenue streams is available in the <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-fiscal-year-2023-2024/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/11/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-fiscal-year-2023-2024/">Enterprise financial report</a>. More information about the Endowment detailed below.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>You can read the <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/" class="extiw" title="foundationsite:about/financial-reports/">full audit report</a> on the Foundation's website, review the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Foundation reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024 - frequently asked questions">frequently asked questions</a> on Meta-Wiki, or ask any additional questions on the FAQ talk page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Key_takeaways_from_the_Wikimedia_Endowment's_fiscal_year_2023–2024_audit_report" data-mw-thread-id="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Wikimedia_Endowment's_fiscal_year_2023–2024_audit_repor-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"><span id="Key_takeaways_from_the_Wikimedia_Endowment.27s_fiscal_year_2023.E2.80.932024_audit_report"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Wikimedia_Endowment's_fiscal_year_2023–2024_audit_repor-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span><b>Key takeaways from the Wikimedia Endowment's fiscal year 2023–2024 audit report</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Key_takeaways_from_the_Wikimedia_Endowment's_fiscal_year_2023–2024_audit_repor-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span></h3></div> <p>The Wikimedia Endowment has completed its audit report covering the fiscal year (FY) 2023–2024, which was the nine month time period from 30 September 2023 – 30 June 2024, from the time that the Endowment began operations as a standalone 501(c)(3) organization on 30 September 2023 through the end of the fiscal year on 30 June 2024. This was the first year that the Wikimedia Endowment completed an independent audit report, as it became a standalone 501(c)(3) during this fiscal year. The Endowment is a permanent fund that generates income for the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity with the aim of protecting Wikimedia projects far into the future. The work was overseen by the Endowment's <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endowment:Audit_Committee_Charter" class="extiw" title="foundation:Endowment:Audit Committee Charter">Audit Committee</a>, led by Chair Kevin Bonebrake. Here are a few key takeaways: </p> <ul><li><b>Clean audit opinion</b>: The external auditors, KPMG, issued their opinion that the Wikimedia Endowment's financial statements for fiscal year 2023–2024 are presented fairly and in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Generally_Accepted_Accounting_Principles_(United_States)" title="Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (United States)">U.S. GAAP</a>.</li> <li><b>Revenue from Tides transfer, donations, and investment income:</b> The Endowment's total revenue was $132.0M for fiscal year 2023–2024. However, the vast majority of this revenue came from the transfer of $116.2M of the Endowment fund from the Tides Foundation. Funds for the Endowment were held by the Tides Foundation from 2016–2023. In 2023, the Endowment became its own standalone 501(c)(3). At that point, all of the Endowment funds held by Tides were transitioned over to the new entity in the form of a one-time transfer. The Endowment received $13.4M in new donations during FY 2023-2024 and had $2.4M in investment income.</li> <li><b>Funding to support Wikimedia projects:</b> The Endowment provided $2.9M in funding in FY 2023–2024 to support technical innovation on the Wikimedia projects: $1.5M for MediaWiki upgrades, $600,000 for Abstract Wikipedia, $500,000 for efforts aimed at reaching new audiences, and $278,375 for Kiwix. More information about this round of Endowment funding <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/09/03/updates-from-the-july-2024-wikimedia-endowment-board-meeting/" class="extiw" title="diffblog:2024/09/03/updates-from-the-july-2024-wikimedia-endowment-board-meeting/">can be found here</a>.</li> <li><b>Strong financial position:</b> As of June 30, 2024, the Endowment's net assets were $144.3 million, made up primarily of cash of $20.1M and investments of $123.4M. These assets have generated $19.7M in returns on investment during FY 2023–2024, of which $6.1M has been used to fund technological innovation of the Wikimedia projects over the past two fiscal years.</li></ul> <p>You can read the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediaendowment.org/#reports">full audit report</a>, review the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Wikimedia Endowment reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024 - frequently asked questions">frequently asked questions</a> on Meta-Wiki, or ask any additional questions on the FAQ talk page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="About_the_Wikimedia_Endowment" data-mw-thread-id="h-About_the_Wikimedia_Endowment-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-About_the_Wikimedia_Endowment-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span><b><small>About the Wikimedia Endowment</small></b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-About_the_Wikimedia_Endowment-Highlights_from_the_fiscal_year_2023–2024_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_E"></span></h3></div> <p><small>Launched in 2016, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wikimediaendowment.org/">Wikimedia Endowment</a> is a nonprofit charitable organization providing a permanent safekeeping fund to support the operations and activities of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediaendowment.org/#projects">Wikimedia projects</a> in perpetuity. It aims to create a solid financial foundation for the future of the Wikimedia projects. As of June 30, 2024, the Wikimedia Endowment was valued at $144.3 million USD. The Wikimedia Endowment is a U.S.-based 501(c)3 charity (Tax ID: 87-3024488). 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last I've found you! (October 27 to November 2)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Oh,_sweet_mystery_of_life_at_last_I've_found_you!_(October_27_to_November_2)-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Article</th> <th>Class</th> <th>Views</th> <th>Image</th> <th>Notes/about </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teri_Garr" title="Teri Garr">Teri Garr</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,355,055</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg/100px-Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg/150px-Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg/200px-Teri_Garr_in_The_Black_Stallion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="770"/></a></span></td> <td>This American actress known for her comedic roles in film and television, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Young_Frankenstein" title="Young Frankenstein">Young Frankenstein</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tootsie" title="Tootsie">Tootsie</a></i>, and playing the mother of <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Buffay" title="Phoebe Buffay">Phoebe Buffay</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i>, died at the age of 79 last Tuesday after years fighting <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2024 Ballon d'Or">2024 Ballon d'Or</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span></td> <td>1,273,764</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-UEFA_EURO_qualifiers_Sweden_vs_Spain_20191015_123_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1756"/></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024" title="UEFA Euro 2024">European champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Rodri_(footballer,_born_1996)" title="Rodri (footballer, born 1996)">Rodri</a> was chosen by <i><a href="/wiki/France_Football" title="France Football">France Football</a></i> as the best player of the season. Debates soon started discussing if <a href="/wiki/Vin%C3%ADcius_J%C3%BAnior" title="Vinícius Júnior">Vinícius Júnior</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/2023-24_UEFA_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2023-24 UEFA Champions League">also European champion</a>, would've been a more deserving winner. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alcala" title="Rodney Alcala">Rodney Alcala</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,258,084</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg/100px-Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg/150px-Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg/200px-Rodney_Alcala_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="554"/></a></span></td> <td>Netflix brought attention to this reprehensible man who killed and assaulted at least 8 women (some of them minors), was sentenced to death, and died of natural causes after decades in prison. The distinction that made Alcala's story be told in a movie, <i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_the_Hour" title="Woman of the Hour">Woman of the Hour</a></i>, is the fact that in the middle of his killing spree he appeared in a matchmaking TV show and won a date, though the woman declined to go out with him and thus escaped a grisly fate. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 United States presidential election</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_c_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="C-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/23px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/31px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,234,532</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG/100px-1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG/150px-1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG/200px-1122-WAS-The_White_House.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"/></a></span></td> <td>At least it's over? I'll be catching up on sleep now. Next week's Report will have a lot to discuss on this. </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinchcliffe" title="Tony Hinchcliffe">Tony Hinchcliffe</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,121,021</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg/100px-Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg/150px-Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg/200px-Tony_Hinchcliffe_James_Tamim_Upload_Edit_Crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1636" data-file-height="2181"/></a></span></td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/2024_Trump_rally_at_Madison_Square_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Trump rally at Madison Square Garden">2024 Trump rally at Madison Square Garden</a> (which was compared by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">the opposition's potential VP</a> to <a href="/wiki/1939_Nazi_rally_at_Madison_Square_Garden" title="1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden">1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden</a>, proving <a href="/wiki/Godwin%27s_law" title="Godwin's law">Godwin's law</a> is alive and well) had a set by this comedian, to which the reaction wasn't pretty; Hinchcliffe's description of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> as a "floating island of garbage" in particular drew much criticism. </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BAben_Amorim" class="mw-redirect" title="Rúben Amorim">Rúben Amorim</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_start_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Start-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/23px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/31px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,110,284</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal,_10th_June_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Ruben_Amorim_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal%2C_10th_June_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="591"/></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> hired this Portuguese coach, who has just managed <a href="/wiki/Sporting_CP" title="Sporting CP">Sporting CP</a> to <a href="/wiki/Primeira_Liga" title="Primeira Liga">a national title</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Payne" title="Liam Payne">Liam Payne</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_c_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="C-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/23px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/31px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,069,395</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png/100px-Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png/150px-Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png/200px-Liam_Payne_for_UNICEF_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="563"/></a></span></td> <td>Two weeks after the shocking death of this musician falling off a hotel balcony at just 33, readers want to learn if the Argentinian police have discovered more on what happened that night. </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,053,976</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg/100px-The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg/150px-The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg/200px-The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1932" data-file-height="1522"/></a></span></td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Hindu_festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu festival">Hindu festival</a> of lights, symbolising the spiritual victory of <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></i> over <i><a href="/wiki/Adharma" title="Adharma">Adharma</a></i>, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance, annually celebrated on <a href="/wiki/Amavasya" title="Amavasya">Kartik Amavasya</a> as per the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu lunisolar calendar</a>, which usually falls from the second half of October to the first half of November. </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_2024" title="Deaths in 2024">Deaths in 2024</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span></td> <td>1,005,464</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg/100px-James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg/150px-James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg/200px-James_Ensor_-_Death_and_the_masks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2843" data-file-height="2259"/></a></span></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Young_Frankenstein" title="Young Frankenstein">From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, 'I am man!', our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality.</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Freeman" title="Freddie Freeman">Freddie Freeman</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>988,883</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23,_2024_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg/100px-Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg/150px-Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg/200px-Freddie_Freeman_on_April_23%2C_2024_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="615"/></a></span></td> <td>As the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> won their eighth MLB title, the <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">World Series Most Valuable Player Award</a> was this first baseman who had home runs in the first four games, including a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_grand_slam" class="mw-redirect" title="Walk-off grand slam">walk-off grand slam</a> in the first. And adding the <a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021 finals</a> that Freeman won with the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, he had home runs on six consecutive World Series games. </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248129851"><div class="wp-signpost-block-2 wp-signpost-block-2-full"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="For_this_could_be_the_biggest_sky,_and_I_could_have_the_faintest_idea_(November_3_to_9)" data-mw-thread-id="h-For_this_could_be_the_biggest_sky,_and_I_could_have_the_faintest_idea_(November-signpost-article-title"><span id="For_this_could_be_the_biggest_sky.2C_and_I_could_have_the_faintest_idea_.28November_3_to_9.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-For_this_could_be_the_biggest_sky,_and_I_could_have_the_faintest_idea_(November-signpost-article-title"></span>For this could be the biggest sky, and I could have the faintest idea (November 3 to 9)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-For_this_could_be_the_biggest_sky,_and_I_could_have_the_faintest_idea_(November-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Article</th> <th>Class</th> <th>Views</th> <th>Image</th> <th>Notes/about </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 United States presidential election</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>9,045,895</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ElectoralCollege2024.svg/100px-ElectoralCollege2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ElectoralCollege2024.svg/150px-ElectoralCollege2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ElectoralCollege2024.svg/200px-ElectoralCollege2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593"/></a></span></td> <td>U.S. election between Democrat Harris (#4) and Republican Trump (#3), who won both the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral College">Electoral College</a> and the popular vote. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 United States presidential election</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>6,934,170</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ElectoralCollege2020.svg/100px-ElectoralCollege2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ElectoralCollege2020.svg/150px-ElectoralCollege2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ElectoralCollege2020.svg/200px-ElectoralCollege2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593"/></a></span></td> <td>Previous U.S. election, between then-incumbent Trump (#3) and successful Democratic challenger <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>5,268,623</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_(53953048354).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg/100px-Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg/150px-Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg/200px-Donald_Trump_%2853953048354%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480"/></a></span></td> <td>Republican elected as the <a href="/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second presidency of Donald Trump">47th U.S. President</a>, after emerging victorious in #1 against #5. He became the second President to win non-consecutive elections, after <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> (<a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election" title="1884 United States presidential election">1884</a> and <a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election" title="1892 United States presidential election">1892</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 United States presidential election</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>3,477,149</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ElectoralCollege2016.svg/100px-ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ElectoralCollege2016.svg/150px-ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ElectoralCollege2016.svg/200px-ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593"/></a></span></td> <td>The erelast election, in which Trump (#3) defeated Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>3.378,730</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg/100px-Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg/150px-Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg/200px-Kamala_Harris_-_53915641268.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480"/></a></span></td> <td>Lost the 2024 U.S. presidential election (#1). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jacobin.com/2024/11/election-harris-trump-democrats-strategy/">Lots can be said about the defeat.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susie_Wiles" title="Susie Wiles">Susie Wiles</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_c_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="C-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/23px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/31px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>2,428,992</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Susie_Wiles_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Susie_Wiles_2020.png/100px-Susie_Wiles_2020.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Susie_Wiles_2020.png/150px-Susie_Wiles_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Susie_Wiles_2020.png/200px-Susie_Wiles_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="1354"/></a></span></td> <td>After leading #3 to two successful elections, this political consultant will become the first female <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chief of Staff</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">JD Vance</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>2,243,627</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J._D._Vance_(53809627400)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,747,761</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg/100px-Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg/150px-Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg/200px-Quincy_Jones_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="868"/></a></span></td> <td>One of the greatest music producers of all time, whose work included <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">the best-selling album ever</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_Bossa_Nova" title="Soul Bossa Nova">the Austin Powers theme</a>, and who also had a hand in television by helping make shows like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air" title="The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air </a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_TV" title="Mad TV">Mad TV</a></i>, died on November 3 at the age of 91. Former Presidents Clinton and Obama, as well as President Biden and VP Harris all paid their tributes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Project_2025" title="Project 2025">Project 2025</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,736,612</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Project_2025_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Project_2025_logo.svg/100px-Project_2025_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Project_2025_logo.svg/150px-Project_2025_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Project_2025_logo.svg/200px-Project_2025_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="213"/></a></span></td> <td>To sum the general reaction to this conservative plan for reforms, let's quote <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">someone</a> who didn't live to see #2:<br/> <p><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Afraid_of_Americans" title="I'm Afraid of Americans">I'm Afraid of Americans</a><br/>I'm afraid of the world<br/>I'm afraid I can't help it...</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">2024 United States elections</a></td> <td><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td> <td>1,692,891</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._(8475962375).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg/100px-Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg/150px-Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg/200px-Capitol_Dome_on_a_beautiful_Friday_afternoon_in_-dc._%288475962375%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="612"/></a></span></td> <td>In addition to the presidential election (#1), the U.S. also saw elections in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections">House of Representatives</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2024 United States gubernatorial elections">gubernatorial</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2024 United States state legislative elections">legislative elections</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248129851"><div class="wp-signpost-block-2 wp-signpost-block-2-full"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exclusions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Exclusions-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Exclusions-signpost-article-title"></span>Exclusions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Exclusions-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>These lists exclude the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">redlinks</a>), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). 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As mentioned above, the MVP was <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Freeman" title="Freddie Freeman">Freddie Freeman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">the Japanese designated hitter nicknamed "Shotime"</a> justified the Dodgers paying him a <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_sports_contracts" title="List of largest sports contracts">record contract of $700 million over 10 years</a> by helping them to a World Series right in his first season with the team. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Pacific_typhoon_season" title="2024 Pacific typhoon season">2024 Pacific typhoon season</a> </td> <td>928 </td> <td rowspan="2">Tropical cyclones form between June and November, so lots of storms to cover. The strongest were <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Milton" title="Hurricane Milton">Milton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Helene" title="Hurricane Helene">Helene</a> in the Atlantic, and <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Yagi" title="Typhoon Yagi">Yagi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Krathon" title="Typhoon Krathon">Krathon</a> in the Pacific. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="2024 Atlantic hurricane season">2024 Atlantic hurricane season</a> </td> <td>905 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> </td> <td>887 </td> <td rowspan="2">Ever since Israel started the war in Gaza against Hamas, their other enemies <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> took the opportunity for attacks of their own. Israel eventually decided to extend its war on Palestine to Lebanon, with <a href="/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device_attacks" title="2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks">exploding pagers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Hezbollah_headquarters_strike" title="2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike">an air strike on the Hezbollah headquarters</a> and ultimately <a href="/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Lebanon" title="2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon">a ground invasion</a>. The international community just can't wait for the ceasefires. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_(17_September_2024_%E2%80%93_present)" title="Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (17 September 2024 – present)">Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (17 September 2024 – present)</a> </td> <td>883 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Payne" title="Liam Payne">Liam Payne</a> </td> <td>811 </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a> member went to <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> to solve <a href="/wiki/O_visa" title="O visa">O visa</a> problems that would prevent him from going to his girlfriend's home in Miami, and while there watch a concert by former bandmate <a href="/wiki/Niall_Horan" title="Niall Horan">Niall Horan</a>. Two weeks later he fell to death from his hotel room. 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