User talk:Ubiquity
Hello there Ubiquity, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page and experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions or how to format them visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --maveric149
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DYK[edit]
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On June 20, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Boyle Roche, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
— BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 02:38
 | On 3 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Love and Pain (Munch painting), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Edvard Munch's painting Love and Pain sold for more than US$38 million in 2008? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Love and Pain (Munch painting). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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4 years with no edits?[edit]
How did that happen? A talk page with a welcome message from maveric149 is very rare these days. You could sell it on eBay for a hefty sum. :) — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 02:43
Boyle Roche passed as GA[edit]
I have completed my review of Boyle Roche and passed it as a Good Article. Congratulations! This is a fine piece of work, and it's been a pleasure working with you to fix the last 1% or so to bring it to this status. Choess 01:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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NPR Newsletter No.18[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- WMF at work on NPP Improvements
Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:
- Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
- Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.
- Reliable Sources for NPP
Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
- Backlog drive coming soon
Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.
- News
- Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.
- Discussions of interest
- A request for bot approval for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
- There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
- What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like
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Notice[edit]
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is 126.209.22.197 problematic editing. Jayjg (talk) 19:22, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- WMF at work on NPP Improvements
More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.
- QUALITY of REVIEWING
Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.
- Backlog
The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.
- Move to draft
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- Notifying users
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Edits[edit]
not cool, and not warranted. And zero explanation given...except for "reverted good faith edits, made worse" without explaining just how it supposedly made it worse. Sorry, the elaborations actually made it much better and clearer. And if it's accurate wording or additions, WP policy does not allow wholesale removal of hard for obvious personal "I don't like" reasons. The Philippians section had absolutely no argument from the nontrinitarian perspective regarding it. It was incomplete, big time. Disrespect good valid edits, get reverted again. Seriously. You had literally zero justification in undoing and disrespectding HARD WORK, simply because you "do not like". Against Wikipedia policy. 71.190.1.190 (talk) 20:51, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right, I saw a typo you had ("it" for "is") and misunderstood, and didn't see the other material. Sorry about that. Glad you were able to recover. ubiquity (talk) 21:03, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hi. Well, ok, I understand. Some IP address editors can do silly things, I know, and I (over the years) have removed vandalism or nonsense from pages many times, but legitimately. But ok, so you admit you were a bit hasty. It happens. If that's the case, it's ok. But in general, some contributors (whether admins or little IP addresses) over the years (not all, but some) impose and bully for obvious "I don't like reasons". And if it applied to you, I would be saying stuff like "if it's accurate wording or additions, WP policy does not allow wholesale removal of hard for obvious personal "I don't like" excuses or reasons. It's a Wiki, so "NO OWN" is how it's supposed to go. Collaboration and respect and no ownership and no bullying and imposing or disrupting others work (if valid and/or sourced etc) is what Wikipedia demands."
- But anyway, I had noticed (for example) that the Philippians section had absolutely no argument from the nontrinitarian perspective regarding it. The John 10 section, I put the words "and in the context" etc, and that supposedly made it "worse" how? lol..... That's why I was wondering what you meant exactly. It didn't. And regardless, if it's accurate, it's supposed to simply be left alone. Not removed. By other editors. Some will sometimes disrespect good valid edits, and then get reverted again. Seriously. At times they had literally zero justification in undoing and disrespectding HARD WORK, simply because they "do not like". Against Wikipedia policy. Anyway, if certain things need polishing or correction or fixing, that's different. The recommendation by WP is "fix, not remove" if it applies. Take care 71.190.1.190 (talk) 20:51, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Drudge Report[edit]
---Concerning edits to Drudge Report page, go check the page yourself and see no banner ads or digital advertising. There is no source for this yet because nobody has noticed or mentioned it in a news story. But if you would take the time you spent undoing the edits to actually go check for yourself if the information is correct, you would see that the edits are correct. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.172.30.226 (talk) 16:10, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Respectfully, I disagree. It takes only a second to revert a change, which I felt was justified since the article is well-sourced and your addition was not sourced at all. And you yourself say I would not have been able to verify it because "nobody has noticed or mentioned it in a news story." That means that your addition of it to Wikipedia is WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH, which is frowned upon. Wait until others have noticed it, and then quote them. Furthermore, you might consider that there are other reasons that you might not have noticed banner or digital ads yourself without the Drudge Report having sworn them off forever. ubiquity (talk) 17:22, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
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IMDb as a source[edit]
Regarding your edit summary here, per long-standing consensus IMDb should never be used as a source for personal information in BLPs. You can read more about the reasons for this here, here and here. Essentially, it relies on user-generated content and is rife with errors and hoax material. It definitely does not meet the policy requirements of WP:DOB. -- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:45, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Backlog
Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
- Coordinator
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
- This month's refresher course
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
- Deletion tags
Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.
- Paid editing
Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.
- Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion
- Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
- Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.
- Not English
- A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.
- Tools
Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.
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Barnstar!![edit]
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Issue[edit]
I added actual truthful info and you deleted it. Mattohara (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- It's possible that it was truthful, but it definitely did not have a source, and the article you pointed to did not mention it. Please find a source and cite it if you want to include the information. ubiquity (talk) 14:57, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Are you aware that Wikipedia in itself is not a credible source or most of the sources used to create Wikipedia pages. When writing papers you can’t use Wikipedia. Also many people with Wikipedia pages have gone to show how false they really are Mattohara (talk) 15:03, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Lol Mattohara (talk) 17:49, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
mules[edit]
Did you read my edit summary for what I wrote? What was wrong with it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.105.202 (talk) 14:44, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- I did. It's simply not true, and what you removed was correct. The definition of species is quite complex, even Darwin thought so. Please read the article, it mentions several cases of interbreeding between species. ubiquity (talk) 14:47, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Shurijo[edit]
Hi, I thank you for your tireless patrolling, and like to share a food of thought on your actions around Shurijo edits of an anon; well, I'd still even now like to call it incorrect along with you, but it's horribly true, even if he cite nothing (I had tried to go to bed after putting a Japanese source about that on its talk, before that anon edited). I notice the message you put suggesting to cite sources, but wonder you guys review the message wording in future. Cheers, --Aphaia (talk) 21:18, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Wow, the building actually burned down! I cited him because he claimed it burnt down tomorrow (two days in the future when he made the addition), so it seemed like a clear case of vandalism (or planned arson). I'm still trying to figure out how he knew on Oct 30 that it would burn down on Oct 31, but maybe it has something to do with Japan being 13 hours ahead of me AND him being confused about the actual date. As for the message, it's a pre-defined message for "introducing deliberate factual errors." Obviously, reviewers can make mistakes, so the message tells the receiver to cite sources if this were the case. A source might have helped him avoid that error, or at least helped me figure out what he meant. Do you think I owe him an apology? ubiquity (talk) 14:10, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
NOTICE[edit]
Hello, I created a page about Federation of Ileogbo Students Union and you deleted it. I did not in anyway affiliated with the leadership of the association. The Union body is doing tremendously on Radio, Television and other media and I considered it to be added to wikipedia page. The developement the Association is contributing made it to be more recognized — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlusegunA (talk • contribs) 01:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- On 5 February 2016 (3 1/2 YEARS ago), I nominated your page Federation Of Ileogbo Students' Union for speedy deletion, because the article didn't clearly say why the subject was important enough to be included in an encyclopedia. I am not an administrator, and can only nominate articles for deletion; I can't delete them myself, so User:Espresso Addict made the actual decision to delete. I notice that you tried again recently with a slightly different name (Federation Of Ileogbo Students Union), but I didn't even see that one. It was deleted by User:Bbb23, so you should contact him if you think the article should be restored. Good luck! ubiquity (talk) 02:26, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter November 2019[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
- Getting the queue to 0
There are now 818 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.
- Coordinator
Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
- This month's refresher course
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
- Tools
- It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
- It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.
- Reviewer Feedback
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
- Second set of eyes
- Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
- Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.
- Arbitration Committee
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Grandmother[edit]
Excuse me i was trying to put up some information about my grandmother and it was removed from the site Dylan Hall Wrexham (talk) 21:42, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
- You'll have to be more specific. What was the title of the article? Was the entire article removed or just your changes? How precisely was I involved?
- As someone closely related to the subject, you have a conflict of interest and should not be editing your grandmother's page. But if you provided adequate sources for your additions, I'll look into it further. You must have done it under a different userid, as there are no entries (besides this one) for User:Dylan Hall Wrexham. ubiquity (talk) 21:49, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
It was under the people section on Wrexham i had put this
- Pauline Brown (Tony) – (1945-2018) Former lead singer of Tony and the Silver stones ( A Wrexham band who often Played in the cavern Liverpool and was almost signed on by the manager of the beatles in 1963 )
As i was in the process of creating a Wikipedia page on her and her band Dylan .L. Hall (talk) 21:53, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
- Put up her page first, if you have adequate sources. Then you can add her to lists that require her to have a page. But I'll ask you again to take a look at WP:COI. You have a definite conflict of interest in writing this page. At a minimum, you should declare this on the Talk page, and explain why you think you can be unbiased. ubiquity (talk) 21:55, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
Right ok sorry about that Dylan .L. Hall (talk) 21:57, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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47.18.30.82 (talk) 22:18, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
Occult[edit]
My edit about occult is factually correct. Check the etymology, I am not lying. (Unsigned comment from User:47.18.30.82 at approximately 22:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC))
- I checked in on Wiktionary, and found that you had added the information there without further source. You may be right, but if so, please provide a source other than circular definitions. ubiquity (talk) 22:23, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
IP[edit]
I tried to add certain additions onto the goon Wikipedia page, however, you removed them with no warning, for no known reason. I'm very sad and disappointed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:311:2400:50E3:C29:4DE0:FB50 (talk) 21:09, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
- You kept trying to add material that has nothing to do with the word "Goon" (e.g., "* Lucas, has ruined it"), except possibly as an in-joke. I specified the reason as "vandalism." I notice I am not the only editor who reverted you (nor am I the one who gave you the 31 hour block). ubiquity (talk) 21:33, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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Trump pardons[edit]
did you even read the ref "And he reversed the demotion of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder charges but convicted of a lesser offense in a high-profile war crimes case over the summer." so saying he was convicted and sentenced to 19 years is not true that was Clint Lorance "full pardon of Clint Lorance, a former Army lieutenant, from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, where he is serving a 19-year sentence for the murder of two civilians." 148.77.10.25 (talk) 18:21, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- The source says "And he reversed the demotion of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder charges but convicted of a lesser offense in a high-profile war crimes case over the summer." So you're saying he merely reversed the demotion but did nothing about the conviction? Do you have a different reference that makes that clear? ubiquity (talk) 18:26, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- That is what it seems to say and it doesn't list it here [1] but for sure it isn't a pardon two counts of second-degree murder etc. 148.77.10.25 (talk) 18:35, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
References[edit]
Presidents by net worth[edit]
"Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (January 21, 2017).</ref>[8] His net worth, however, is not known precisely because The Trump Organization is privately held.[9][8] By some estimates, Trump is wealthier than all former presidents combined.[10][11] Other estimates assess Trump's net worth at a much lower figure." is what it said before I reverted the edits to what it said before those recent edits "The richest president in history is Donald Trump, who is the first billionaire president.[8][9] His net worth, however, is not known precisely because The Trump Organization is privately held.[8][9] By estimate, Trump is wealthier than all former presidents combined.[10][11]" is there any reason to keep the version I reverted ? 148.77.10.25 (talk) 18:30, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Charges[edit]
I discovered that I may have made an error in the Gallagher case. Whether or not it was me, I'll sort it out as soon as I finish a few other edits. Gallagher was in Court in San Diego today. Activist (talk) 23:52, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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Question: "pingas"[edit]
Hullo, Ubiquity, I am NicholasNotabene. What is "pingas," please, and why did some anonymous user attempt to add it on to my Talk comments? Thank you for your help. NicholasNotabene (talk) 00:59, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- I have no idea. I reverted it because it seemed like vandalism. Wiktionary says it's either NZ slang for money, or Australian slang for ecstacy (the drug, not the feeling), but who knows? And as for why, also who knows? Probably some idiot who thinks he can get away with anything because he's anonymous (he can't).
Sources, please[edit]
Please provide sources when adding information as you did at Saguaro, especially in sections that have the potential to turn into morasses of unsourced, non-notable trivia if not maintained. ("Culture" sections are especially swampy.) In this case, a quick search found a supporting reliable source, but please don't make other editors do the metaphorical legwork to support your content changes. BiologicalMe (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- You're absolutely right, I neglected to source it because (a) I personally knew it to be true [I have the album] and (b) I found it in the Austin Lounge Lizards article. But I should have checked that it was sourced there, and copied the source, or sourced it myself. Thanks for fixing it for me. ubiquity (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- I reversed the process and added the ref to the ALL article which is barely referenced at all. I feel the frustration of knowing something and not being able to find a good source. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:11, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter December 2019[edit]
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
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- Redirect autopatrol
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
- Source Guide Discussion
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
- This month's refresher course
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Seaquest deletion[edit]
Hi there - sorry i missed the deletion of Seaquest - is there a way to recover my work at this date? Bhdshoes2 (talk) 15:30, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- Maybe. I did not delete it, I only suggested it be deleted. The deletion notice says "18:48, 13 November 2019 RHaworth (talk) ... deleted page SeaQuest Interactive Aquariums (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject)." You could ask RHaworth to restore the page in a Draft, and continue to work on it there. I cannot restore the page myself as I am not an admin. Good luck! ubiquity (talk) 18:20, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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January 2020[edit]
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Regarding Don't need a reference - Please read WP:BLPSOURCES : carefully "contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately and without discussion". Additionally, since Carol Kaye is a good article, all edits should ensure the criteria is still met; in this instance specifically "2b. all inline citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons." Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:38, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- I take your point that the fact that it's a good article demands a higher level of citations, but there's no way the material is "contentious," as it's a demonstrable fact, and positive toward the subject. However, I will stop trying to add it. ubiquity (talk) 17:04, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if it appears like I came down like a ton of bricks, but I have seen first hand some of the problems we have that make BLP a good thing, which is why I tend to be over-cautious about it, particularly on articles that have had significant cleanup and attention. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:14, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
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October 2019[edit]
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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
- Redirects
New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
- Discussions and Resources
- There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
- A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
- A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
- A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.
- Refresher
Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7095 Low – 4991 High – 7095
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Shahid[edit]
Hi, please would you help to keep an eye on Shahid (name) again? A bunch of content has been deleted without explanation, which I would have left in. – Fayenatic London 23:14, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I have no particular knowledge to bring to bear on that page. The correction I made was to remove a name with no Wikipedia article. Such entries are inappropriate on a disambiguation page, and usually vanity edits. I did look up the user making the changes, and I noticed that ALL edits he has made have been reverted. I would just keep an eye on the page, as you've been doing. If you need more than that, please read the article on Dispute resolution. ubiquity (talk) 05:37, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
"List of List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect List of List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Since you had some involvement with the List of List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Regards, SONIC678 04:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Your help can make a difference
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
- Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
- Discussions and Resources
- A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
- Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
- A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
- Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 10271 Low – 4991 High – 10271
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Problem -- Hope you can help me out![edit]
Hi there~
I found you on my talk page -- you once posted something or other, and I'm in need of someone who understands Wikipedia formatting better than I do. I hope you'll be able to help.
There is a diagram in the article for veal (direct link here) and I'd like to edit the diagram. The name of the diagram is currently "US States with bans on veal crates" and the very uncomplicated legend features a green box to indicate "Laws prohibiting veal crates." However, the green highlights states that have laws, not the laws. So a minor point, and I get how someone wrote this in a hurry without being particular about perfect grammar or syntax or whatever else it's called, and I was just going to fix it and be on my way.
But when I try to edit it, it brings me to a page that featured the HTML code for the US battery cage ban map, and just can't seem to find where the current text resides to modify it. So I hope you can help. Thanks!
DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 19:32, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was puzzled too, and I still don't understand why clicking "E" takes you to that page. However, that was not the way to fix what you wanted to fix anyway. If you edit the "United States" section (that includes the map), you will see the first line is "{{US Veal Crate Ban Map}}". Pairs of curly braces refer to templates. Editing "template:US Veal Crate Ban Map" takes us to the code for the map in question, which I fixed for you. ubiquity (talk) 20:54, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
- That's great...I really appreciate it. Have a great day! DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 16:33, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol December Newsletter[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Year in review
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | DannyS712 bot III (talk) | 67,552 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Rosguill (talk) | 63,821 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | John B123 (talk) | 21,697 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Onel5969 (talk) | 19,879 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | JTtheOG (talk) | 12,901 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | Mcampany (talk) | 9,103 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 6,401 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Mccapra (talk) | 4,918 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Hughesdarren (talk) | 4,520 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Utopes (talk) | 3,958 | Patrol Page Curation |
- Reviewer of the Year
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
- NPP Technical Achievement Award
As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
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November 2021 backlog drive[edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 818 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 860 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page.
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
- Backlog drive
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. 
Barnstars will be awarded.
- TIP – New school articles
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
- Misc
There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 14294 articles, as of 10:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
- Reminders
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
- If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing
{{subst:NPR invite}}
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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on![edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
- Coordination
- MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.
- Open letter to the WMF
- The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.
- TIP - Reviewing by subject
- Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
- Reminders
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
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NPP message[edit]
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- Invitation
For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.
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Board of Trustees election[edit]
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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive[edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
Suggestions:
- There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
- Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
- Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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Backlog:
Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
- Reminders
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- Please add the project discussion page to your watchlist.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js
Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.
Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.
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New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive[edit]
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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New pages patrol needs your help![edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.
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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive[edit]
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New pages patrol newsletter[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.
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November Articles for creation backlog drive[edit]
Hello Ubiquity:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message[edit]
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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive[edit]
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Good article reassessment for It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)[edit]
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. The Midnite Wolf (talk) 19:07, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024[edit]
Hello Ubiquity,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.
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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive[edit]
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