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• Do we get a wooden tilt-and-swivel chair, a green banker's lamp and an eyeshade? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 11:58, 28 February 2019 (UTC).
  

  @Rich Farmbrough: the signpost spends over half its budget on things like that, I believe, so you can take your pick of office furniture from the latest high-end catalogue.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:35, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Where exactly is the slack in the line? In copy-editing or article writing? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:08, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Across the board actually. I wrote three columns/features myself, co-wrote several more, copyedited, and managed production as acting E-in-C. Our regular writers double as their own copyeditors. "In the media" takes significant research and got left on the floor. No WMF News which (ideally) should be a copy/paste. There are submissions that need help writing for our house style. Etc... ☆ Bri (talk) 16:10, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Alright. How do I sign on? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 12:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

• We created this Quick Start just for people like you. So glad to see you joining! ☆ Bri (talk) 14:28, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

• Another wonderful issue by The Signpost team and contributors. I always look forward to each issue and also look forward to contributing in the future. Cheers. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 12:05, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

"If you can spare some time to help in the Newsroom, we would appreciate seeing new people there." Clearly not true, judging from the response I had when I went there to help. And I'm not talking about the decision to publish that piece, I'm talking about the personal attacks from one of the EiCs.Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:16, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

And publication manager [1]. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:24, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

• I don't think it's a surprise that the Signpost is struggling to attract assistance these days given the appalling editorial judgment displayed in this issue and the lack of a formal apology. Perhaps it's time to retire the Signpost if this is what it's descended to. The Drover's Wife (talk) 09:34, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

  The Drover's Wife, hello there! We are (or at least I am... I'm mostly speaking for myself) working very hard here at the Signpost to improve our content and potentially issue a full retraction for the next issue. Given that we are a monthly, a response really should be reckoned for then. You're feedback is certainly going to be taken into account as we write it. Thank you for reading, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 02:39, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay--2600:1003:B016:A737:F0CC:B4AA:BEA7:F99E (talk) 02:32, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

• Speaking of "In the Media": Wikipedia Editors Paid to Protect Political, Tech, and Media Figures ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 15:56, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

I would like to see writers limit The Signpost to matters pertaining to Wikipedia rather than be used a forum for one's opinions about what's going on in the world. Less is usually better, especially on Wikipedia. Having said that, I rarely read it and would care little if it stopped production.
Vmavanti (talk) 18:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)