New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Robertsky,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

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).

Reminders

Question from Jamestop9 (21:01, 7 August 2023)

Boss I have questions how to you become an editor is a Wikipedia admin? If one is interested? --Jamestop9 (talk) 21:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jamestop9 Administrators on Wikipedia are editors with additional technical rights such as page deletions and blocking of users. To become one, you will have to be nominated either by yourself or by other editors and go through a process called Request for adminship. Formally, you just need to have an account to go through the process. However, as this is an open community election process, it invariably requires a demonstration of extended knowledge of the processes and norms of Wikipedia. This demonstration comes from the edits that one does on the site and one's personal conduct on the site over an extended period of time. Many applied years after they have been contributing. – robertsky (talk) 17:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Than you so much I am very dedicated to Wikipedia how to nominate myself? ILAnhisM (talk) 01:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@ILAnhisM As a new editor, I suggest that you hold off nominating yourself or seeking a nomination from others until you have built up a sizeable editing history under this account. Without sizeable user contributions for others to evaluate whether you are knowledgeable about the processes and norms on here, there won't be any long-time editors nominating you. Self-nominations are scrutinised even closer and harder as well. For your knowledge on the nomination process, read Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship, Wikipedia:Miniguide to requests for adminship. – robertsky (talk) 02:41, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Well do thank you so much ILAnhisM (talk) 21:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Boss one last question and I won’t be bother lol where do I find the article I wrote ? I’m seems to be confused I’m sure their should be way to find it then searching the title thank you really appreciate you ILAnhisM (talk) 21:12, 25 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Robertsky. Thank you for your work on Jon Symon. User:North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Nice work

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with ((Re|North8000)). Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

North8000 (talk) 13:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@North8000 ain't mine, but @Mondra Diamond's. :) – robertsky (talk) 15:49, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks. The curation tool that puts it on the article pages also sends to the original creator which sometimes isn't the main creator. North8000 (talk) 14:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023

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Parliament house

parliment house Socialworkerindia863 (talk) 10:43, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Socialworkerindia863 if this is about the recent moves I have made to revert your move, those are requested at WP:RM/TR as reverting undiscussed moves. There was a requested move discussion on one of the articles' talk pages before your move. Please start a new discussion seeking a consensus on whether to move the pages. (Replying briefly on mobile.) – robertsky (talk) 11:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
hey parliament house need to become old parliament house
.and New parliament House to become parliament house. Socialworkerindia863 (talk) 11:03, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Socialworkerindia863, don't tell me. Open a discussion on the article's talk page. See WP:PCM. – robertsky (talk) 12:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete redirect

Hello! Can you delete three directs (Vietnam National Stadium (Mỹ Đình), Vietnam National Stadium (Mỹ Đình Stadium), Vietnam National Stadium, Mỹ Đình) because they are unnecessary? Thanks a lot! Lephuoc10012007 (talk) 11:18, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Lephuoc10012007, I can't as I don't have the rights to do so. But I have tagged them with WP:R3. If that's denied, Please open WP:RfD. – robertsky (talk) 11:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
For the record, these really shouldn't have been R3 tagged, as they are too old to meet that criterion. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:29, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Pppery I will keep this in mind for future actions. :) – robertsky (talk) 10:36, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Question from Pm61data (16:50, 6 September 2023)

Hi Robert, How can i save my draft without publishing it ? --Pm61data (talk) 16:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Pm61data hi. I see that you have already saved something to your user page. As it is, the content is promotional and may likely be subjected to deletion. Do keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site. I suggest moving it to your sandbox, i.e. at User:Pm61data/sandbox where you can further work on it to make it less promotional. See also conflict of interest policy. – robertsky (talk) 01:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ITN recognition for 2023 Singaporean presidential election

On 7 September 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2023 Singaporean presidential election, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 22:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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