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January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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| This award is given in recognition of EarthDude for accumulating at least 100 points in the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 27,750 articles and 7,050 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 16:57, 4 April 2026 (UTC) |
January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Backlog Crusher Award
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| This award is given in recognition of EarthDude for reviewing at least 50 pages that were more than 40 days old at the time of review during the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped reduce the older backlog and made an important impact during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 17:13, 4 April 2026 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter
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  Hello and welcome to the April 2026 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2025 coordinator election, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). December 2025 Blitz: 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. January Drive: 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the January Backlog Elimination Drive edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. February Blitz: 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the February Copy Editing Blitz edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. March Drive: 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the March Backlog Elimination Drive edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. April Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 12 to 18 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 09:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 81 copyediting requests since 1 January 2026. The backlog of articles needing copyediting stands at 1,794 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wikieditor662. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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(replacing Yapperbot) SodiumBot (botop|talk|contribs) 16:30, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
@EarthDude I am extremely sorry,I was thus fixing the broken link and quotation of the sentence which is recently added by an user in James Mill article and these same statement are also added in The History of British India and Anti-Indian sentimentI wasn't aware that the reference are unsourced Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 05:44, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Aside from the source issue, that specific content seems too minor and WP:UNDUE for inclusion in these articles. Something along the lines of it has already been given in the articles elsewhere, so the statement should be removed. It is quite redundant. — EarthDude (Talk) 08:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
- Agreed with your statement but the information has been readded by another user who also did it in The History of British India article Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 11:21, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
- I have reverted their edits. Per WP:ONUS, once content is disputed, the burden to gain consensus falls on the editor who seeks to include such disputed content. — EarthDude (Talk) 20:20, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
- good now there has been a discussion on this content in Talk:James Mill by the user who added it you can share your opinion on it Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 14:20, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- Your edits got reverted again by the same user Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 04:18, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
- I have reverted them and there is currently an ongoing discussion regarding this at Talk:The History of British India#Refutation of Mill's claims, in which you are free to participate. — EarthDude (Talk) 10:16, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
- I have reverted their edits. Per WP:ONUS, once content is disputed, the burden to gain consensus falls on the editor who seeks to include such disputed content. — EarthDude (Talk) 20:20, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
- Agreed with your statement but the information has been readded by another user who also did it in The History of British India article Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 11:21, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
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About the zee news Rfc
[edit]hey dude can we depreciate already i think theres a clear case being made so like whats the next step Stanjik (talk) 16:11, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
- also like this is unrelated but im asking u this cuz you seem like an experienced wikipedian
- I followed the dhurandhar 2 thing for a bit after a while they just voted like whats the deal with that when Rfc takes place they say its about merit Stanjik (talk) 16:19, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
- Regarding the Zee News RfC, I personally cannot close it, since I was the one who opened it. An uninvolved editor will close it after the usual 30 day timeframe. As for the Dhurandhar 2 dispute, RfCs are based on editor arguments and not votes, though many editors do confuse this. Anyhow, basic votes are not taken into consideration when an RfC is closed and RfCs can also have the minority position be deemed the consensus, if the arguments given by those editors is strong enough. — EarthDude (Talk) 20:55, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
- Yeah no i get that like at the end it was like 21 to 31 votes in favor something at the end
- Also thanks for creating rfc on zee news it should have been depreciated years ago why did we take this long anyone with a brain knows that thing is pretty much anti wiki Stanjik (talk) 09:05, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- The reason for there having been no prior such discussion on Zee News is because of Wikipedia's systemic bias. The issue is that most Wikipedia editors are from North America and Europe, and editors mostly only edit topics they are familiar with. Only a minority of Wikipedia editors are from India and, as such, most editors may have genuinely never heard of Zee News before. If you look at other sources for which the community has developed a consensus at WP:RSPS, you'd see that most sources are from the West. The issue is deeper than just sourcing; there is a greater quantity and quality of Western content relative to content from the global south, including India. Editors and content related to women too are underrepresented. One of my goals as an editor is to tackle this systemic bias. — EarthDude (Talk) 09:42, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- yeah i see that now i was just suprised because this is like a really well know news outlet and its pretty blatant yk its not at all hidden its a garbage source hope we weed out more garbage soon in wiki Stanjik (talk) 09:57, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- The reason for there having been no prior such discussion on Zee News is because of Wikipedia's systemic bias. The issue is that most Wikipedia editors are from North America and Europe, and editors mostly only edit topics they are familiar with. Only a minority of Wikipedia editors are from India and, as such, most editors may have genuinely never heard of Zee News before. If you look at other sources for which the community has developed a consensus at WP:RSPS, you'd see that most sources are from the West. The issue is deeper than just sourcing; there is a greater quantity and quality of Western content relative to content from the global south, including India. Editors and content related to women too are underrepresented. One of my goals as an editor is to tackle this systemic bias. — EarthDude (Talk) 09:42, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- . Ultimately, with 19 "Yes" or "Support" votes and 31 "No" or "Oppose" votes, this is what i meant like what was the voting about (dhurandhar 2) Stanjik (talk) 09:07, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Do you mean to ask what an RfC is, and how that whole process worked out in the Dhurandhar 2 article> — EarthDude (Talk) 09:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- no no i mean i get how RfC works i know it works on merit but in the end they went with majority votes in the end Stanjik (talk) 09:24, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Do you mean to ask what an RfC is, and how that whole process worked out in the Dhurandhar 2 article> — EarthDude (Talk) 09:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- Regarding the Zee News RfC, I personally cannot close it, since I was the one who opened it. An uninvolved editor will close it after the usual 30 day timeframe. As for the Dhurandhar 2 dispute, RfCs are based on editor arguments and not votes, though many editors do confuse this. Anyhow, basic votes are not taken into consideration when an RfC is closed and RfCs can also have the minority position be deemed the consensus, if the arguments given by those editors is strong enough. — EarthDude (Talk) 20:55, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
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Have a look
[edit]Hi, it is regarding this portal. I've come across a few articles using it as a source. Do we have consensus regarding its usage ay WP:RSN? Skimming through, I find it to be 'less reliable'. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Looking through discussions at WP:RSN, I don't see any solid consensus, largely because government sites from different countries differ so much. However, I wouldn't rely on government sites in general because they don't have any fact-checking or editorial oversight while having an incentive to promote their own actions and ruling ideologies. Indian government websites specifically, especially in recent years, have become pretty overtly supportive of the ruling party and their beliefs, but this is also the case with many other countries such as the United States. — EarthDude (Talk) 07:49, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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Your nomination of Gopal Mukund Huddar is on hold
[edit]Great work on the article, there's just a couple of minor things to address. You can access the review here. Thanks. Joko2468 (talk) 15:30, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for picking this up! — EarthDude (Talk) 16:23, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
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Backlog update
At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.
After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.
2024 and 2025 NPP Awards
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Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.
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January–February backlog drive
The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.
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