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NPR Newsletter No.17

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

News

The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the {{rough translation}} tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.

Discussions of interest

Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
{{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.

Reminders

NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.

NPP Tools Report

Superlinks – allows you to check an article's history, logs, talk page, NPP flowchart (on unpatrolled pages) and more without navigating away from the article itself.
copyvio-check – automatically checks the copyvio percentage of new pages in the background and displays this info with a link to the report in the 'info' panel of the Page curation toolbar.
The NPP flowchart now has clickable hyperlinks.

Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828
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NPR Newsletter No.18

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.

Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

Backlog drive coming soon

Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.

News

Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Discussions of interest

A request for bot approval for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like

Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7242 Low – 2393 High – 7250

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Reminder: don't copy-paste from the source

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New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.

Notifying users

Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.

PERM

Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.

Other news

School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages.

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Coordinator

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.

This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

Deletion tags

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.

Paid editing

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion

Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.

Not English

A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.

Tools

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log.

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ASA =/= ISA

I removed template from Reuben Hill as he was an ISA not ASA president, but I think we could use an ISA president template too. Think you could make one? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:12, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

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 803 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.
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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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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

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Source Guide Discussion

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This month's refresher course

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Could you please explain...

You placed a tag on High_Arctic_Haulers recently.

I didn't understand why you placed the tag.

The article has been expanded, since you placed the tag. However, since your edit summary didn't really explain your concern, I didn't find it clear as to whether you would or wouldn't agree to the tag's removal.

Is there any chance you could go to Talk:High_Arctic_Haulers and explain your reasoning?

Thanks Geo Swan (talk) 16:31, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The tag speaks for itself and has links you can click to learn more about citations and footnotes. I feel your style unusual, but if you feel the tag should be removed, then feel free to remove it.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 20:30, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Unusual"? That is not illuminating. What do you consider so unusual it merits a tag? Geo Swan (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removed tag, not in any mood to argue. Peace to you. Trying to help, Geo Swan.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 18:26, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment says the tag has "links you can click to learn more about citations and footnotes". I am already perfectly familiar with those wikidocuments.
Let me try to help you. There are quality control volunteers who have a good faith misunderstanding of a particular phrase in those documents "citation style". Various wikidocuments proscribe recklessly mixing citation styles.
History lesson time. For its first several years no wikipedia articles used references. Support for references wasn't added until 2005. If you check the early history of very old articles you can confirm this for yourself.
When support for referencing was introduced multiple different INCOMPATIBLE methods were made available. I started using one, and used it exclusively, for six months, until I encountered instances of the style where {{cite}} templates are enclosed within a <ref></ref> pair. Now that style is so overwhelmingly possible most experienced contributors have never encountered an article that used any of the other styles.
I regularly encounter quality control volunteers who get angry at me, and tell me that my use of list_defined_references, violates the prohibition against mixing citation styles, who don't realize that list defined references, that use {{cite}} templates, and "inline references", that use {{cite}} templates, are both perfectly policy compliant instances of the same overwhelmingly popular citation style.
If you were to check the history of the wikidocuments that prohibit mixing citation styles you would find that the edits that introduced those prohibitions all date to the 2005-2006 period, when multiple incompatible styles were fighting it out for popularity.
Yes, I realize you indicated a lack of interest. I don't like unnecessary arguments either. But, I figured if I didn't explain this, it would be on my conscience that you would be likely to make good faith challenges of other people who use the perfectly policy compliant technique of list-defined references. Geo Swan (talk) 00:43, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

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Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

Redirects

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Discussions and Resources

There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Refresher

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.

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WP:DATED

Thank you for this edit you made back in September (and all kinds of other updates to this and other company articles), much appreciated. Just note that one should avoid using terms like "currently" in a Wikipedia article. In this case, it resulted in our article claiming that WeWork is still valued around $10 billion as of today (March 8, 2020), which is a very dubious assertion.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 19:58, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Use of AutoEd to make inconsequential edits

This edit to the article for Bergen County, New Jersey involved the removal of two stray spaces in a template. Per WP:AWB, "Do not make insignificant or inconsequential edits. An edit that has no noticeable effect on the rendered page is generally considered an insignificant edit. If in doubt, or if other editors object to edits on the basis of this rule, seek consensus at an appropriate venue before making further similar edits." and this applies to all automated-style edits, including AutoEd. Please try to avoid making changes like this to articles where there is no discernible change to the reader. Alansohn (talk) 15:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alansohn, thank you for taking your valuable time to let me know about insignificant edits done using AWB. I will refrain from using this tool in the future. It was done more out of habit. I'm sure you help to make hard working editors feel so welcome and valued. Keep up the good work.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 15:33, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Apologies

Apologies for the rollback here --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 15:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Guerillero.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 15:21, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Your help can make a difference

NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.

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NYT biographies

Thanks again for your help with the Mark Thompson request. I am currently working on a handful of NYT-related biographies, if you're interesting in reviewing. I've pinged you in the discussions of 2 outstanding requests, which still need editor review despite my attempts seeking help at relevant WikiProjects and pinging specific editors. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks again, Inkian Jason (talk) 14:52, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will got around to these requests this week. Whoisjohngalt (talk) 15:39, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful, thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I want to thank you again for your assistance with these biographies. I should note, Meredith Kopit Levien will succeed Mark Thompson as president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 8. She will join The Times Company's board and Mr. Thompson will step down as an officer and director of The Times Company. (source). If you are willing to update these two entries appropriately, that'd be helpful, otherwise I will post additional edit requests on their respective talk pages. I'm still looking for a volunteer to review the request at Talk:Meredith Kopit Levien, especially because the article mentions "native advertising" twice when this is not accurate. I appreciate your help since I cannot edit these pages myself. Inkian Jason (talk) 14:25, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Whoisjohngalt! Been a while, but since you've been helpful with related requests in the past, I was hoping you might be able to help with this request to remove content which I believe is misrepresentative of sourcing. User:Bri helped with 2 of the 3 pieces of problematic text. Might you be able to review the third? The remaining concern is outdented at the bottom of the section. Thanks for your consideration! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'm going to pass. Good luck. Whoisjohngalt (talk) 17:21, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, thanks for the quick reply. Inkian Jason (talk) 19:37, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks!

Hey John, I very much appreciate the good job you did on the Cats for Maxine Dunlap Bennett! Crum375 (talk) 23:15, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Running

I also run on the Charles River sometimes! -Darouet (talk) 21:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure or paths have crossed, I've logged over 28,000 miles in the past 25 years running just on the river.

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New Page Patrol December Newsletter

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Year in review

It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
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10	Utopes (talk)	3,958	Patrol Page Curation

Reviewer of the Year

John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.

NPP Technical Achievement Award

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Jeffrey Epstein cover up at MIT Media Lab

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This topic remains active with the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, [Epstein's procurer of under-age females for sexual assault.

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If the editing objection regards protecting the Institute (MIT), I don’t think that’s an appropriate objective. The merits of the events reported can be digested by critical minds, and I think it will be read as one in a series of news items to be evaluated.

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You usually do, but always happy to assist. Whoisjohngalt (talk) 12:48, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your deleted article "Fuck Joe Biden"

I searched for "Fuck Joe Biden" and saw it was a deleted article you created on the meme. At the time, the meme was not notable enough, but I think it either is notable enough now, or will be soon. There is a discussion going on now about it, just go to Kelli Stavast, which has a deletion discussion. In the discussion, myself and one other editor are talking about how her article should be a redirect to Fuck Joe Biden or Lets Go Brandon. I myself created a similar meme article back in 2019 called Epstein didn't kill himself, which got nominated for deletion for "lack of notability," but it was ultimately decided that it was notable. Like the Biden phenomenon, the meme began in August, grew in September and into October and November. If I had created the article a month earlier than I did, it most likely would have gotten deleted. I hope your article comes back soon. SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 01:04, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Never mind. The metadata in the file says that the photo was taken on November 3. Banana Republic (talk) 22:25, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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100% guilty as charged. I was editing in the article and not in Notepad as I usually do. I then hit Publish Changes rather than Show Preview. User:Paul Erik, I will do my best for it to not happen again.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 13:31, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for creating Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland).

User:Whoisjohngalt, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for adding this important article.

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Whoisjohngalt (talk) 15:53, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Halperin

Hi. You undid some edits I made and I'd just like to draw your attention to MOS:LQ—it makes the point clearly. Thanks. Spicemix (talk) 20:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Icon Health and Fitness

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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 803 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 853 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.

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Thank you for creating The Taking of Montfaucon.

User:Whoisjohngalt, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

That you for adding this short story to Wikipedia.

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Whoisjohngalt (talk) 21:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed

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Thank you for creating Mount Atimbia.

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Thank you for adding this mountain to Wikipedia.

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Whoisjohngalt (talk) 14:36, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for creating Choolannur Pea Fowl Sanctuary.

User:Whoisjohngalt, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for adding this article to the English Wikipedia. I changed the name of pea fowl to two words.

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Whoisjohngalt (talk) 15:49, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

meow

just saw that you categorised an article for the jazz standard 'saga of harrison crabfeathers' for me..... thank you !!!! check out this kitten.

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A barnstar for you!

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	Dear User:Whoisjohngalt I hereby thank you for all your contributions to Wikipedia and for creating the article I Did That!. Best Regards! The Stray Dog Talk Page 11:13, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000^[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.^[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

Backlog drive

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12853 articles, as of 04:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

Reminders

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If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.
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Notes

^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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Deletion discussion about 2022 tampon shortage

Hello, Whoisjohngalt, and welcome to Wikipedia. I edit here too, under the username Bruxton, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, 2022 tampon shortage, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 tampon shortage.

You might like to note that such discussions usually run for seven days and are not votes. And, our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

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Bruxton (talk) 22:39, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Neumann

Hello Whoisjohngalt. I noticed that you made some edits on the WeWork page, so I thought you might like to take a look at an edit request that I posted recently on the founder of WeWork Adam Neumann's talk page here: Talk:Adam_Neumann#Intro/Career_and_trademark. I believe these are important edits that will increase the NPOV of the article overall. I hope you will agree and implement the edits. Thanks in advance for helping out. Carlos for Neumann (talk) 13:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination: MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF: The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

TIP - Reviewing by subject: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers: The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.

Reminders

Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

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NPP message

Hi Whoisjohngalt,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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Concern regarding Draft:Dodo

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If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 18:02, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive. Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Sign up here!
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Hello, Whoisjohngalt. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Dodo".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:13, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

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.

Suggestions:

There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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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!

Reminders

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Early end of the backlog drive

A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

Great work everyone! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NPP Backlog Drive Awards

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		This award is given to Whoisjohngalt for collecting more than 50 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo \| Talk (he\|him) 09:32, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		Rack and pinion Award
		This award is given to Whoisjohngalt for collecting more than 15 points per week doing reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions Zippybonzo \| Talk (he\|him) 09:32, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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NPP Award for 2022

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2022. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:25, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

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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Thank you for creating this article! I encourage you to create more articles! Have a good day!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 17:03, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SunDawn:, Thank you for the review. I can't believe this retailer did not yet have an article.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 19:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:55, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Whoisjohngalt,

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

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The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.

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Nomination of Natasha Perdew Silas for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Natasha Perdew Silas is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Natasha Perdew Silas until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 04:14, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request for a Second Infobox on the PCCW Page

Hi. I disclosed a conflict of interest and proposed an infobox on the PCCW page here a few months ago. I was hoping you could take a look at the suggested infobox and add it if you feel that would improve the page, in accordance with WP:COI. Let me know. Best regards.StuartGill (talk) 15:15, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol \| October 2023 Backlog Drive
On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Articles will earn 3x as many points compared to redirects. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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New pages patrol newsletter

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Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.

PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.

Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.

Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.

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Request to Review Proposed Edits F&G

Hi. I work for F&G. I requested some corrections and other changes to the introductory paragraph back in June here. In compliance with WP:COI, I'm looking for an impartial editor to review and consider my corrections. Do you mind taking a look? Kep728 (talk) 19:13, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Whoisjohngalt:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1100 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:25, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This award is given to Whoisjohngalt for collecting more than 25 points during the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:59, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a review on this article

Hi. I noticed you have reviewer rights and you have experience in creating NCORP articles. If you have time, would you mind reviewing Gavekal? It got stuck in the NPP queue. Thanks Imcdc Contact 04:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review. Much appreciated - Imcdc Contact 15:20, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Whoisjohngalt (talk) 14: 47, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

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Can you help?

My name is Lesley and I work for an IT security company called Sophos. In compliance with WP:COI I requested some corrections and trims of executive appointments to the Sophos page here a month ago. I was hoping you might be willing to take a look at the edits I requested. Much appreciated if you can make the time for it. LesleySullivan (talk) 15:30, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Garrett Camp

I work for Garrett Camp. The page was subject to some BLP issues from an editor alleging whitewashing that was addressed via consensus with help from BLPN. However the remaining page is pretty skimpy. Back in July, I proposed an expanded version that summarizes independent press and I think would be a big improvement. One editor asked me to add page numbers to citations, reduce TechCrunch cites, etc. and I implemented their feedback. I was hoping you might be willing to review the draft to see if it's ready for article-space. Please, let me know your thoughts. Best regards. John Pinette (talk) 20:22, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Floor & Decor

The article Floor & Decor has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Wyndhan Han (talk) 08:44, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Another review request

Thanks for your help last time. I got a another set of orgs that haven't been checked yet. Can you please review when you have the time?

Imcdc Contact 05:37, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] t including another ~6,000 redirects

[2] The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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