Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-01-16/From the team

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Thank you for doing biweekly! The Signpost makes my day! Lectrician1 (talk) 02:19, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Surprised_pikachu_meme.png is appropriate when I saw the mass message in my Talk page. Too used to monthly release. But this is a welcomed change. Hope that there is sufficient content in the pipeline to sustain the biweekly cadence! – robertsky (talk) 02:22, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Biweekly curious was a fun touch ;) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:25, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

At first, I thought the Talk page alert was for the weekly Tech News. What a delightful surprise to see a biweekly edition of the Signpost! A great way to start the new year! Thank you Team! — WILDSTAR^TALK 05:33, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I well remember when the Signpost was weekly. Glad to see it going more often again, and I was certainly happy that the rumors of its demise were greatly exaggerated. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 05:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing some great work with the Signpost currently! Zarasophos (talk) 08:01, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a healthy way for a project like this to evolve, I think. It's incredibly impressive how the Signpost was weekly for so many years, I cannot even imagine it. It doesn't feel sustainable to me. There's no shame in a slower or irregular publication schedule for a volunteer publication like this; I'm just glad to see it continue to exist as long as the Wikipedia Community does. A biweekly schedule would be very impressive and I fully believe you can do it. I'm looking forward to see this on my watchpage every other week, and I wish you all the best of luck <3 ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 10:43, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the Signpost notification was broken because it was the middle of the month. Looking forward to more issues! Thebiguglyalien (talk) 17:23, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The term is fortnightly! ;) Great to see you aiming for more frequent publication. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:30, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Love love love the Signpost. Thanks for all your hard work :) Crunchydillpickle (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:13, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

- Well, as I understand it, it's only fortnightly from 1 February to 1 March. We shall see. Jim.henderson (talk) 02:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are you going to change the message at the bottom, "WANT THE LATEST SIGNPOST DELIVERED TO YOUR TALK PAGE EVERY MONTH?", or wait a little to see if this sticks? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donald Albury (talk • contribs) 14:45, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As long you all don't burn out, then this is certainly good news! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 05:28, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the term semimonthly. No ambiguity in its meaning and the meaning is obvious from the word itself (semi-, half; monthly, self-evident). "Fortnightly" requires knowledge of what the word fortnight means, which is falling out of use. Axem Titanium (talk) 23:19, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Biweekly (which is used in the article title) is actually much clearer than semimonthly. But since we're supposed to be an encyclopedia, using fortnightly might further the education mission by teaching people the meaning of the word. Intothat darkness 17:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Biweekly could mean twice a week or once every two weeks. That's intractable ambiguity for me. Axem Titanium (talk) 22:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Biweekly in standard usage in the US is every two weeks (very common payroll term). Or we could just try something totally novel and say "every two weeks." Intothat darkness 14:33, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
One of the benefits is the thinner bundle of paper dropped on my porch, taking fewer days to work my way through. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:59, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Love The Signpost. Antrocent (♫♬) 01:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]