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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Aafi,

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.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

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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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God Jul!

Hello TheAafi: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Thanks for the WikiLove. I'm travelling but it is definitely a good winter back home but I miss those pretty winters since so many years subject to my studies. You add more to this "missing". Not a holiday-season for me though but a "hardworking-one" given the semester-exams at the university. I hope I get some time to refresh my mind as I am tired now. :) ─ The Aafī (talk) 23:16, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Requesting for review an article

Assalāmu ‘ala’ikum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh

My dear friend @User:TheAafi! I have written an article on a famous Urdu poet, critic and mathematician Draft:Karamat Ali Karamat of Odisha, need your attention. I request you to revise this article and change the interpretation and sentences etc. wherever necessary. I have kept the article in draft form from the beginning. Thanks! Khaatir (talk) 06:15, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

@Khaatir, wa alaykumus salām. I'd leave the review to other experienced editors. The article is in the AfC queue and will catch someone's attention very soon. I'm not available until the end of this month. I hope this helps. ─ The Aafī (talk) 14:56, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

• • Thanks for replying me___Khaatir (talk) 15:26, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

    Please @User:TheAafi! , I believe that this page now meets all the requirements to be featured on Wikipedia.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:BJ_Sam

    Though It was rejected before because some of the sources used wasn't independent, reputable nor reliable but now all the cited sources mentioned in the draft are from independent, reputable, authoritative and widely read sources. Rubiesar (talk) 16:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)