The Signpost: 17 February 2026
[edit]- In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.
- News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.
- Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.
- Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.
- Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
I'll have the usual!
- Opinion: Incoming Incurables
A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.
- Crossword: Pop quiz
Sharpen your pencil. How well do you really know Wikipedia?
- Comix: herculean
efforts.
DYK for Anno 117
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On 19 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anno 117, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anno 117 received around €5.7 million from the federal government of Germany, its largest grant for a single video-game project to date? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anno 117. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anno 117), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.
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| Your hook reached 8,693 views (724.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2026 – nice work! |