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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Spicy,

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 The former script is no longer maintained.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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RFA?

I know it's been suggested before, but I urge you to run at RFA. Giving you the tools would be beneficial even if all you did was block editors at SPI instead of requesting admin assistance. I'd nominate you if asked, but I suspect you have a surfeit of offers already. Best, Vanamonde (Talk) 15:32, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We've been ~~asking~~ ~~demanding~~ begging for years now... Mz7 (talk) 17:29, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I knew that was likely the case, but I figured another voice in the chorus couldn't hurt... Vanamonde (Talk) 17:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Spicy, I strongly recommend you to become a sysop since there is a lot of lagging on SPI cases. If you are a sysop, a lot of case can be handled rapidly. Kind regards -Lemonaka‎ 23:23, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The backlog at SPI isn't because no one is around to push the block button. Admin requests tend to be dealt with quickly. The issue is that many cases are complex or are reported in a confusing manner, which takes time for clerks and admins to sort out. Throwing more admins at it won't solve the problem. Spicy (talk) 13:36, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, but it's so much fun to throw admins around.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:55, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is until it's not. I threw my back out and had to apply for workman's comp. Spicy (talk) 17:01, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how that's possible considering that you're not an admin. I hope your back is better now. How'd it happen? Too much heavy lifting at SPI?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:13, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that's what non-admin clerks were supposed to do. You pick up the admins and throw them at the socks, knocking them down like bowling pins. The problem is that some of the admins are too heavy. I think they should have weight limits, like jockeys. Spicy (talk) 17:27, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're not an admin? Hmm, could have fooled me. Drmies (talk) 17:14, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's the age-old RfA comment: "I thought they were an admin already". We should have de facto admins, you know like de facto community bans: if enough editors think someone is an admin, the crats must give them the bits. Oh, and if the editor doesn't like it, who cares? They can just not use the tools in protest. But at least we can throw them around.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:23, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TBH, per previous interaction, I have enough faith in your judgement, kindness and responsibilities. It's just a tool, not a burden... Anyway, I still respect your choice. -Lemonaka‎ 23:32, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]