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New Page Review needs your help

Hi Mdann52,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted.

Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.

It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.

(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New page reviewer granted

Hello Mdann52. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:03, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom election mass message

Just saw the thread at the top of the talk page. Since it seems my concerns have already been brought up and addressed, feel free to disregard. Mz7 (talk) 20:26, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Hey Mdann52. I posted this at WT:COORD16, and with about a day left before the voting period, I thought to let you know here too since you wrote up the ACE2015 mass message last year. Participants at the pre-election RfC thought the mass message was a good idea, but there were some wording suggestions and a consensus to only send out the message to users who have made at least 1 edit before the start of this year's nomination period (i.e. 6 November 2015). I'm definitely not an expert in the MassMessage extension – would that be technically possible? Additionally, I've drafted a message at Template:2016 ArbCom election notice based on the suggested wording changes at the RfC and your wording from last year. Feel free to make amendments to it as you see fit. Mz7 (talk) 20:22, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)@Mz7: This is not directly possible through the extension, no, however I have written a script which should check this (it actually gets the recent changes list from the date starting at ~~1.11.16~~1.11.15, and if anything is returned adds them to a local distribution list). I hope this answers the question! Mdann52 (talk) 20:27, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, it does. Thanks! Mz7 (talk) 20:27, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I did some voter stats last year and was going to do the same this year, but I'm slightly confused by the above. (I'm easy to confuse ;) AFAIK the recent changes table only goes back 30 days. My interpretation of the RfC close was that messages would be sent to any user who had made at least one edit in the year before nominations opened (i.e. since 6 November 2015). Your description above sounds like your script selected any user who had made at least one edit in November 2016. Which part am I misunderstanding? Opabinia regalis (talk) 04:52, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Opabinia regalis: That was my bad, it queries for any contributions (using the API version of Special:Contributions back to 1.11.15 (I typo'd!) In case you're interested, I sent out a total of 55,725 messages according to my logs, which is to 45.0% of eligible voters! It's worth noting this figure includes blocked users - I couldn't find a reliable way to exclude those who would be unblocked in time, so I decided to just distribute the message to all of them; This is something I will review if I do this again next year. Mdann52 (talk) 07:34, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Subashini

Dear User:Mdann52 Thanks for your continuing support for WiKipedia

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http://www.tamilheritage.org/old/ec/ec.html https://www.facebook.com/subashini.tremmel https://www.youtube.com/user/ksuba100 http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/initiative-to-preserve-promote-tamil-culture/article485592.ece

http://warnborough.edu/update/wcca-2015-a-clear-success/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thiagupillai (talk • contribs) 09:15, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

MassMessage distribution

Hi, message is getting delivered twice! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:17, 21 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]

@Rich Farmbrough: I'm aware - I can't block the bot, so nothing I can do. I've reached out on IRC, and fixed the issue causing this. Mdann52 (talk) 22:20, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, to expand on the issue here, when sending this out, I unfortunately overlooked an issue that occurred in my script, but did not show up in my dry runs, where I couldn't start from anywhere but the start. When I started up my script, it appears to have sent out 4000 duplicate messages to pages that had already received one. As soon as I noticed what had happened, I requested the bot was blocked (as there is no way to stop the bot once it has started other than blocking), and fixed the issue in the script before restarting. Mdann52 (talk) 22:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Mdann52. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mdann52_bot/spamlist

Hello. Is there any way I can avoid being added to User:Mdann52_bot/spamlist whenever it is populated? Thanks. --AlastairIrvine (talk) 07:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]