User talk:Kges1901

Good Article Backlog Drive Barnstar

		The Invisible Barnstar
		Thanks for your participation in the September 2019 GA Backlog drive. Your 3 reviews made a difference. The work of editors like you helped bring down the unreviewed backlog by over 35%. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:45, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

	US Banknote Contest
	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Kges1901,

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 808 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.
Want to join? Consider adding the NPP Pledge userbox.
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

The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.

Community Wish list

There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion.

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ACR of Arthur Blackburn

Hi Kges1901.

I noticed you closing the ACR for this. I had spotted it earlier, but had thought that "Please wait 24 hours after a review is listed here before closing it to allow time for last-minute reviews." in the instructions above applied. Have I got the wrong end of the stick? Or were you a bit enthusiastic?

Cheers

Gog the Mild (talk) 12:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

• I've noticed that, but sometimes I do jump the gun. Kges1901 (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker)In recent years, those instructions have generally been seen as redundant. In the early days of the project, ACRs could be very cursory. These days, they are usually comprehensive, and few editors bother to offer a fourth content review unless there is an abstain or oppose. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:33, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

In which case, would it be appropriate to remove the instruction? Gog the Mild (talk) 22:38, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes, but perhaps we should discuss it on the coord talk page first, just to ensure that my view reflects the consensus. I think that as long as the closing admin checks there are three content reviews, and image and source reviews, it is unnecessary. Occasionally an editor lists an ACR that isn't quite ready, but that it a separate issue. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:42, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS O'Flaherty

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article USS O'Flaherty you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 20:40, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Willbb234 on Allied pilots, Hawkeye7 on the defence of Australia and logistics in Indochina, Nick-D on Australian commandos Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports back on a high-profile history symposium

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ArbCom 2019 election voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS O'Flaherty

The article USS O'Flaherty you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:USS O'Flaherty for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award

		The Bronze Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Kges1901 for writing the good article No. 2 Squadron RCAF during the third year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 19:09, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

I got to Chickamauga the other day. I uploaded my photos to the commons category "Viniard Field (Chickamauga Battlefield)". The ones for the 21st Illinois are:

• file:Viniard Field monuments, Viniard Field, Chickamauga Battlefield (10).jpg

through

• file:Viniard Field monuments, Viniard Field, Chickamauga Battlefield (22).jpg

except #15.

We drove past it, so lost some time. We got there just about sunset. You can tell that I was walking in, photographing every one, until I got to the 21st. The main side of it faces east, so I was shooting into the Sun. There are some artifacts of that. These photos are JPEGs straight out of the camera. If you choose one for the article, I can work on it and improve it. I think #20 is best, but choose the one you like. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

• Many thanks and happy Thanksgiving! I've selected #20 for the article as the color seems more natural than #10. Kges1901 (talk) 00:42, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes, shooting into the Sun affects that. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:20, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Perechen No. 5

Hello, Kges1901. Could you please send me the file you sent me previously for this document? I lost it when I had a new hard drive installed and the file from http://www.soldat.ru/doc/perechen/ seems to be corrupt. I've tried it with two different readers and it can't be read past the 158th RD. You should have my email. Thanks in advance. Wreck Smurfy (talk) 23:57, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on aspects of the Second World War and Cold War

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New Page Review newsletter December 2019

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.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
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

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

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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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	From Russian Airborne Forces' biographies to one of the line British Army infantry divisions in the First World War, you've achieved an enormous amount. Thank you for all your hard work this year, Merry Christmas, and I look forward to our further collaboration!! Buckshot06 (talk) 02:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas! Hope yours is joyful. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:01, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 3 reviews between October and December 2019. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 11 January 2020 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Jim Mattis

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15th Tank Corps scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that 15th Tank Corps has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 28 February 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 28, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 23:25, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for Soviet destroyer Soobrazitelny (1940), 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division, and USS O'Flaherty. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 28 January 2020 (UTC)