Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-07-22/Crossword
Crossword
Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
Click and type in the boxes to enter letters. As always, don't click enter! Answers will be out once the next issue is published.
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Across | ||
| 1 | The Signpost, in the same style as 9 across | SIPO |
| 2 | “the ____ encyclopedia that anyone can edit” | FREE |
| 5 | The programming language that Mediawiki is mostly written in | PHP |
| 6 | "This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Paint Drying article. This is not a _____ for general discussion of the article's subject" | FORUM |
| 9 | (abbr.) Publication for which Across 20 is their slogan | WAPO |
| 11 | "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, _______ it." | IGNORE |
| 13 | (initialism) Main page section that's consistently written in present tense | ITN |
| 14 | A vandal's vulgar go-to word | PP |
| 15 | (initialism) Userright that makes the robin fly | PM |
| 16 | (abbr.) Our sister project where I found the 11 down | WIKT |
| 17 | (abbr.) Where you can find every 1900 establishments in the United Kingdom; or: a cute creature | CAT |
| 19 | First name of the supposed inventor of the electric toaster | ALAN |
| 20 | The infamous “Democracy ____ in darkness” | DIES |
Down | ||
| 2 | Continuing from the last crossword, under the featured list in the main page | FP |
| 3 | (initialism) A note-making template | EFN |
| 4 | (abbr.) A weekday, two days before fancy updates and userscript breakdowns, or: a shortcut to an wikiessay about Napoleon | TUES |
| 5 | (singular) The Wikipedia page that sex work, piracy, underwater diving, and the American Civil War have, but deforestation, World War I/II, and Buddhism lack. | PORTAL |
| 7 | The sound you make after deleting the main page | OOPS |
| 8 | (initialism) What the robin is a reference to in Across 15 | RRM |
| 9 | (initialism) "The visionary and legendary entrepreneur, John Doe, made an astonishing breakthrough recently, which some people say will revolutionize the industry. Despite this, some claim he has links to a terrorist organization, raising eyebrows." | WTW |
| 10 | (initialism) Overused The Signpost crossword™ clue; everyone's favorite dramaboard | ANI |
| 11 | (acronym) /haʊ du ju pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs/ | IPA |
| 12 | (initialism) “I'm sorry, as of my last knowledge update …” or: a type of LLMs | GPT |
| 17 | (acronym) News giant with a red logo, host of the recent US presidential debate | CNN |
| 18 | (initialism) Userright that has its logo as the Wikipedia globe with missing pieces. | OS |
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This was the crossword I've enjoyed the most up to this point. I was almost completely able to fill it in, with the Robin being basically the only thing I'm fully stuck on! Very fun :) ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I fail to see how 19 Across is an abbreviation. —andrybak (talk) 00:05, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]