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January 2022 Women in Red[edit]
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February with Women in Red[edit]
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March editathons[edit]
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April Editathons from Women in Red[edit]
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DYK nomination of Shining Spark[edit]
Hello! Your submission of Shining Spark at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bruxton (talk) 22:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
- Bruxton Thanks, answers at the DYK page. dawnleelynn(talk) 23:11, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Non-Free photo[edit]
I am sure someone will evaluate the non-free rationale of the photo of Shining Spark but I have gone ahead and added it to the article. I believe that a photo always improves an article, and the criteria seems to be met for a non-free. Bruxton (talk) 15:58, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
- Bruxton Hi, it looks great. Thank you. I think photos make an article better too. dawnleelynn(talk) 16:23, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
FYI[edit]
I went ahead and signed your edits here and dropped the required notice to the author here. --evrik (talk) 20:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- evrik Thanks a bunch, can't believe I forgot to sign.dawnleelynn(talk) 20:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- evrik Hey, one more thing. I've done DYKs before but it's been awhile. I just did one a couple days ago and this one seeing these templates used but not knowing the actual codes. Where do I found out what the templates are for notifying the nominator of things, for instance the one you just used. Thanks! dawnleelynn(talk) 20:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- It's all there when your editing in source code. Scroll though the screen. --evrik (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- evrik Thank that was easy! dawnleelynn(talk) 21:10, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- It's all there when your editing in source code. Scroll though the screen. --evrik (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- evrik Hey, one more thing. I've done DYKs before but it's been awhile. I just did one a couple days ago and this one seeing these templates used but not knowing the actual codes. Where do I found out what the templates are for notifying the nominator of things, for instance the one you just used. Thanks! dawnleelynn(talk) 20:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
May Women in Red events[edit]
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DYK nomination of Spotted Demon (bull)[edit]
Hello! Your submission of Spotted Demon (bull) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SL93 (talk) 01:29, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Bumped DYK[edit]
Your DYK for Ty Erickson was temporarily depromoted to make way for a special occasion DYK that I'd nominated. Ty Erickon should be back on the queue soon. I hope this isn't upsetting. If there's anything I can do to make up for this, please let me know. – Reidgreg (talk) 05:49, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reidgreg Hi, no worries. He will get there. Thanks for notifying me. dawnleelynn(talk) 15:23, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- I did a little copyedit on the article. One note: WP:BLPPRIVACY says to not include birthdates for people of limited notability. WP:BLPNAME notes a strong presumption of privacy for family members of an article's subject. I seem to remember something specific about not mentioning private details for non-notable children, but I didn't locate it. In any case, I feel that you may want to remove the birthdate of the subject's child from the article. Birth year is okay. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:54, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Reidgreg Thank you much for the copy edit. Always nice for that. I agree totally with the policy regarding the mention of children. I don't recall why I didn't catch that when I revived this two year old draft. It should just be a mention of a child with no birthdate information. Thanks a bunch! dawnleelynn(talk) 16:06, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Shining Spark[edit]
On 8 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shining Spark, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Shining Spark has sired 1,300 foals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shining Spark. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shining Spark), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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DYK for Ty Erickson[edit]
On 14 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ty Erickson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that professional steer wrestler Ty Erickson broke the record for season earnings by $33,152? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ty Erickson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ty Erickson), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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DYK for Spotted Demon (bull)[edit]
On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spotted Demon (bull), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that bucking bull Spotted Demon won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Bucking Bull of the Year award at the old age of 10 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spotted Demon (bull). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Spotted Demon (bull)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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.
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June events from Women in Red[edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
- 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: 14421 articles, as of 20:00, 21 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.
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Women in Red in July 2022[edit]
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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on![edit]
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Precious anniversary[edit]
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Gerda Arendt That's incredible it's been so long. Thanks! dawnleelynn(talk) 21:14, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you[edit]
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evrik Thank you very much! dawnleelynn(talk) 19:14, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Women in Red in August 2022[edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
- 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.
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NPP message[edit]
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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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Women in Red in September 2022[edit]
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RfC ongoing[edit]
Please participate in the RfC at Talk:Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Atsme 💬 📧 15:26, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive[edit]
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Women in Red October 2022[edit]
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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:
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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!
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Women in Red November 2022[edit]
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
- 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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Hello. I noticed that you reverted my edit on the page with the summary "The article was sourced correctly the way it was" and "there was no need to remove the content." Could you please clarify why you believe the sources I removed (such as IBTimes and Filmibeat) are reliable sources for this article, when they have been classified as unreliable sources at WP:RSP and WP:ICTFSOURCES? I have removed content from other film-related articles for the same reason, as WP:BOXOFFICE explicitly states that box office information must be sourced with a reputable tracking website or print publication. And do you mean to say I have to revert my edits on these other pages as well because, per your logic, those articles are also sourced correctly? I am not making any further edits to Loham as I have already been involved in an edit war there. In case you did not notice, I had opened a discussion on the Talk page before removing content from the article. Thanks, Malayala Sahityam (talk) 05:57, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive[edit]
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Women in Red - June 2023[edit]
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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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Women in Red July 2023[edit]
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New pages patrol needs your help![edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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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Precious anniversary[edit]
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- Gerda Arendt Thanks Gerda! How wonderful is the anniversary and the reminder! dawnleelynn(talk) 23:33, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
Women in Red 8th Anniversary[edit]
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| In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap! |
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Women in Red August 2023[edit]
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Orphaned non-free image File:National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum logo file.jpg[edit]
Thanks for uploading File:National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum logo file.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 13:43, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
September 2023 at Women In Red[edit]
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Category:Non-traditional rodeo performers has been nominated for upmerging[edit]
Category:Non-traditional rodeo performers has been nominated for upmerging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:23, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive[edit]
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Runhappy - removing Smile Happy from table[edit]
I have removed Smile Happy from the progeny table for Runhappy. Smile Happy did not win the G1 Blue Grass Stakes, Zandon did. Check the URL that you had added.Brudder Andrusha (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
- Brudder Andrusha Sorry for the delay in responding. I'm glad you found the issue and removed it. I'm not on Wikipedia very much right now. Thanks! dawnleelynn(talk) 18:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
New pages patrol newsletter[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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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Women in Red October 2023[edit]
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Women in Red - November 2023[edit]
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November Articles for creation backlog drive[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn:
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.
Women in Red December 2023[edit]
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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive[edit]
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Happy Holidays![edit]
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Women in Red January 2024[edit]
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Appreciate your edits on Joni[edit]
Hello - I have an interest in collaborating with you, for a few reasons: Woman; Evangelical; Writer; Horsegirl! Same here.
Very very new here; how does one connect?
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Women in Red April 2024[edit]
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024[edit]
Hello Dawnleelynn,
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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