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Sorry about that, I was just testing. You can revert back to normal.
Many Regards, Max — Preceding unsigned comment added by IMTPresidentMassey ( talk • contribs) 12:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Go to Wikipedia:Requests for history merge to request this through proper channels. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 08:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, Thank you for taking a look at the Draft:Jo Bamford page I was working on. I appreciate the feedback :) I'm new at this and was wondering if you could give me some pointers on how to improve it? I know you're busy so any advice you can offer would be great. Thanks! -- Eatthecrow ( talk) 20:29, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
While I think the initial edit was grammatically poor, we don't have to cite plot sections; they are hammered out strictly through consensus. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 15:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
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faster than serols... Sadbunny3 ( talk) 16:12, 26 January 2022 (UTC) |
Hi there, Re the added content requiring a source. I am the source, I am an engineer who works on the vehicles in question and over time I have personally carried out the modifications that make up the added/edited content in the article. LRV1007 ( talk) 18:44, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
You used tools here to delete a good deal of text that in fact had refs, indicating that it did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Angelo_Taylor&diff=1069259790&oldid=1069259760 -- 2603:7000:2143:8500:4988:58A5:565D:7845 ( talk) 12:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I left you a reply on my talk page. Were you had left a message. 2603:7000:2143:8500:65B2:D214:16B9:D0A8 ( talk) 11:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I am sorry but the user who added that gave no valid reason to why a copyright notice should be there. It was merely an act of vandalism, seemingly, and should be reverted. What is supposed to be copyrighted and not covered by fair use? _ The Mummy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.0.73 ( talk) 11:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I edited Chimy Ávila's page to include some info I thought was relevant. However, I have no idea how to add citations. https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/osasuna/confidencial/2019/10/06/el-chimy-peculiar-estilo-llevar-asi-pantalon-corto-666806-3366.html and https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/chimy-avila-caminos-oscuro-lleva-delincuencia-droga-trabajar_0_H1aVmlxdm.html were the sources I used. If you could point me to a formatting guide (if such a a thing exists; if not, something like that would be extremely helpful for editing), I could fix it, however, if it'd be easier to just do it yourself, be my guest. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:F91:B320:10DC:7714:F2D:21BD ( talk) 16:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I think you made a mistake. I removed content on Grand Council of Bern, but adequately explained the reason. The last election was held in 2018, and the current composition is explained in the infobox on the top right corner. The summary and explanation in the "Composition" section is outdated and misleading. There is also a banner that calls for updates. No need for overpolicing. Thank you for your understanding. -- 95.237.77.50 ( talk) 12:58, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I recently deleted the content of the Edelman Fossil Park Wikipedia page. I know this seems like a mistake, but my employer requested I remove the content so that it can be reviewed and edited offline before resubmitting. Is this okay? I'm not sure if there is another way to keep the content but turn off the page from the public until it is ready to go live?
Thanks for any help you can provide, Rowan-earth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan-earth ( talk • contribs) 20:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey thanks megan i am new to editing on wikipedia the source is here this is in regards to the current russian-ukranian war
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60542877?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93%26Ukraine%20media%3A%20Nova%20Kakhovka%20has%20fallen%20to%20Russia%262022-02-27T06%3A19%3A35.454Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:e25b1c3a-4ade-42f2-a3a2-7b1396df8a11&pinned_post_asset_id=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93&pinned_post_type=share via @BBCNews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.29.20 ( talk) 09:12, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Synoman Barris. Thanks for your time and efforts for reviewing this article. I observe that you have placed a speedy deletion tag. As the article is informational for the aggrieved consumers as per Consumer Protection Act'2019, it is not written to promote any organisation or institution. The portal is created to facilitate for complaints in case of any fraudulent trade. Request you to kindly remove the tag. Gardenkur ( talk) 07:53, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I've been an active reader and IP editor for many years, and a few months ago I decided to create an account, something I should have done long ago. Anyways, I'm leaving you a message to ask if I can become a student of the Counter-Vandalism-Unit.? Leave a message on my talk page for a response. Thank you, Telefocus ( talk) 21:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Cheers Megan B.... It’s all coming to me till the end of time 07:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have made some edits voluntary to the page of Leart Paqarada but i received an notification that you removed all the changes.
I actually have changed his stats by updating them on the actual season. I just want to let you know that all the informations i put in the change are verified and you can find them in the official page of the Club and also on https://www.transfermarkt.de/. So, i think you have made a mistake.
Thank you in advance — Preceding
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Hey which part of Rukmini edit you removed? Actually I was editing a lot so I wanted to know which one? Shivanships ( talk) 21:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Hey you seem to be the only instructor left that seems to be possibly available in a timezone that is close to mine I notice that it says you aren't accepting students but the other instructors say they forgot to update their thing or remove themselves from it so I am assuming you may have a spot. I wish to become a student in the CVUA to learn how to better handle vandalism on Wikipedia as it will be my primary focus in my time being here. I hope you will consider taking me on as a student and I hope you have a great day. SkyTheWolf ( Talk) 14:43, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
It is just my own theory. Wrglahl LCD söz ( talk) 18:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for working on move-reqs. One nit in your tagging at Talk:Mount Gambier: the {{ old move}} box says "from Mount Gambier to Mount Gambier" but the move was actually from "Mount Gambier, South Australia". I wonder if there is a bug in mCloser that it followed the redirect that previously existed? Of if because you did that script after the actual move it used "current name" rather than parsing the move-req? DMacks ( talk) 15:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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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 855 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.
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Hello Synoman Barris,
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).
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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.
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Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 13538 articles, as of 00:00, 14 July 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.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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Hello, I would like to enroll as a trainee under you. In regards to Wikipedia counter vandalism. Uricdivine ( talk) 21:42, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Synoman Barris,
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.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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Hi, I'm MarioFyreFlower, and I'd really love for you to reach me to become a member of the Wikipedia CVU! That would be great, the M@R10FYREFLOWER 19:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello Synoman Barris, my name is Machibito and I would like to be part of the CVU Academy, I know how to use the Ultraviolet tool to reverse non-constructive edits and I have scrapped some edits with it, although I would like to learn more about how this tool works to avoid committing an error, a greeting. Machibito ( ¿A question?) 21:12, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't want to take much of your time, but just wanna know what exactly is missing from the draft when I have provided multiple independent and reliable Kenyan sources for the bio? For example, these sources give in-depth coverage of the subject: [1], [2], and [3]. Thanks in advance. Insight 3 ( talk) 04:59, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
One year. Courtesy pings @ AmandaNP and Vermont: -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 16:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I'm responding to your message this evening declining my Draft:Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein). I need some clarification on one thing you wrote. Also, I suspect that because of issues with the initial section of the draft, you overlooked the many solid citations in the subsequent sections of the draft that point to significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject and focus directly on her, not in passing. I believe the problem is that the initial section lacks these, and I ask you to reconsider by more closely reviewing the subsequent draft sections. The subject is notable because unlike anyone else, she is a popular practicing psychic as well as a well-published and awarded literary poet as well as a much-reviewed jazz singer. These latter two aspects of her professional work are referred to DIRECTLY, not in passing, in the citations in the two sections on her work as a poet and as a singer. All the citations in these two sections are significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. But I think you may have overlooked this because the initial section of the draft about her work as a psychic lacks published material that can be cited and therefore does not have the same quality of citations. But under the section "Books and Publications," citations 9-11 note books authored by the subject that are published or about to be published by prominent literary publishers, including one university press. After this, citations 13-23 refer directly to prestigious literary journals and anthologies that have published the subject's poems. These are not passing references but examples of actual publications. I did not give a full citation for every single publication by listing volume, journal no., etc. (and I could if you recommend it), but these 13 citations are significant examples. The section also includes citation 12 which notes a prominent award from the National Endowment for the Arts in creative writing that was given to the subject. Few other honors are as great in American literature. The next section of the draft on "Jazz and Groove Singer and Spoken-Word Artist" also includes many citations of independent, reliable sources that focus directly on the subject; these verify her notability as a singer/spoken-word artist. Citations 24-40 are reviews that prominently focus on B (Bernstein)'s seven recordings, usually reviewing just her most recent recording but sometimes including recent related releases by others; still, these are direct, not passing, references to the subject, and a review of more than one musical artist at a time is customary in these journals. These include the most important jazz journals in the United States (Jazz Times, All About Jazz, L.A. Jazz Scene, etc.). Citations 41-43 give examples of her widespread radio play. Can you give another look at these two sections of the draft? I believe you will see that they meet the criteria for significant sources verifying the subject's notability as a literary poet and a singer/spoken-word artist, including the uniqueness of being both. As for her notability as a psychic, it's difficult to cite independent sources for this, but it would be inaccurate to leave out of the draft. Would it make more sense to move this section last or de-emphasize it? I agree that the references to workshops given by the subject are unfortunately less substantial, but the nature of this work leans against written references. Finally, I don't understand what you mean by "Too much primary sources." I don't mean to offend you, and I realize you are probably working quickly and using some shorthand, but grammatically "much" goes with a singular noun rather than a plural noun like "sources." Do you mean too much content from one primary source? Or too many different primary sources? Also, I don't know which primary source or sources you're referring to. In any case, I do see that the first section on her work as a psychic lacks the solid and numerous citations of the other sections of the draft. In summary, given what I've written above, I hope you'll see that it is simply not true to say that citations 9-45 at minimum, and a couple of the initial citations, are NOT reliable, independent, secondary sources showing the subject's notability. I believe that they are and you may have been misled by the initial summary section and the section on the subject's psychic practice. Could you reconsider? Or advise me of an editing path to move this forward to acceptance? Thank you so much, LS
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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.
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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!
Hello Synoman Barris,
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.
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!
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I would like to join the Counter Vandalism Team. Can you be my trainer? AirmanKitten203 ( talk) 15:49, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
I would like to join the Counter Vandalism Team. Can you be my trainer? - MP1999 talk 15:35, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
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Something to be aware of as a global rollbacker involved in ACC: Per
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You had previously declined it, saying it didn't meet WP:NFILM. Now does it? Kailash29792 (talk) 04:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
(Edited due to an issue with the original post. Mobile Wikipedia certainly has its bugs. Designated Management ( talk) 15:40, 12 May 2023 (UTC))
Hi Megan, I'm unsure why you closed the RM at Chinese Communist Party. My understanding is that the function of the thread is to investigate whether a consensus can be established on moving the page, and that the discussion is to be closed either when one is established or when it becomes clear one cannot be established.
While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd articulated the case for movi While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd had some success justfying the move to an editor who previously had not found the move justified. As such, it seems reasonable that a consensus could have been reached in the course of the discussion.
Please let me know if there is anything I am missing regarding policy here, as I am relatively new to editing Wikipedia. However, if I've got the general gist of the procedures right, I'd appreciate it if you could reopen the RM.
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Hi,
I have noticed that my article has been deleted again. Several versions have been created, and with each subsequent one, I have improved the article to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. Previously, there was a version of the article with fewer references, but they were of high quality. It was rejected because it did not meet the notability criterion. I created another version that included the previous references and added new references found on the internet. This version was also rejected. As I mentioned before on my profile, this entry is a project for my studies, and I have no affiliation with the company. It is crucial for me to add it to Wikipedia as it will contribute to a higher grade. Please provide specific information on which part of the article needs improvement, which references to remove/add, and any other steps I should take to successfully get this article on Wikipedia.
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Sorry about that, I was just testing. You can revert back to normal.
Many Regards, Max — Preceding unsigned comment added by IMTPresidentMassey ( talk • contribs) 12:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Go to Wikipedia:Requests for history merge to request this through proper channels. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 08:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, Thank you for taking a look at the Draft:Jo Bamford page I was working on. I appreciate the feedback :) I'm new at this and was wondering if you could give me some pointers on how to improve it? I know you're busy so any advice you can offer would be great. Thanks! -- Eatthecrow ( talk) 20:29, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
While I think the initial edit was grammatically poor, we don't have to cite plot sections; they are hammered out strictly through consensus. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 15:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there, Re the added content requiring a source. I am the source, I am an engineer who works on the vehicles in question and over time I have personally carried out the modifications that make up the added/edited content in the article. LRV1007 ( talk) 18:44, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
You used tools here to delete a good deal of text that in fact had refs, indicating that it did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Angelo_Taylor&diff=1069259790&oldid=1069259760 -- 2603:7000:2143:8500:4988:58A5:565D:7845 ( talk) 12:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I left you a reply on my talk page. Were you had left a message. 2603:7000:2143:8500:65B2:D214:16B9:D0A8 ( talk) 11:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I am sorry but the user who added that gave no valid reason to why a copyright notice should be there. It was merely an act of vandalism, seemingly, and should be reverted. What is supposed to be copyrighted and not covered by fair use? _ The Mummy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.0.73 ( talk) 11:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I edited Chimy Ávila's page to include some info I thought was relevant. However, I have no idea how to add citations. https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/osasuna/confidencial/2019/10/06/el-chimy-peculiar-estilo-llevar-asi-pantalon-corto-666806-3366.html and https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/chimy-avila-caminos-oscuro-lleva-delincuencia-droga-trabajar_0_H1aVmlxdm.html were the sources I used. If you could point me to a formatting guide (if such a a thing exists; if not, something like that would be extremely helpful for editing), I could fix it, however, if it'd be easier to just do it yourself, be my guest. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:F91:B320:10DC:7714:F2D:21BD ( talk) 16:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I think you made a mistake. I removed content on Grand Council of Bern, but adequately explained the reason. The last election was held in 2018, and the current composition is explained in the infobox on the top right corner. The summary and explanation in the "Composition" section is outdated and misleading. There is also a banner that calls for updates. No need for overpolicing. Thank you for your understanding. -- 95.237.77.50 ( talk) 12:58, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I recently deleted the content of the Edelman Fossil Park Wikipedia page. I know this seems like a mistake, but my employer requested I remove the content so that it can be reviewed and edited offline before resubmitting. Is this okay? I'm not sure if there is another way to keep the content but turn off the page from the public until it is ready to go live?
Thanks for any help you can provide, Rowan-earth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan-earth ( talk • contribs) 20:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey thanks megan i am new to editing on wikipedia the source is here this is in regards to the current russian-ukranian war
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60542877?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93%26Ukraine%20media%3A%20Nova%20Kakhovka%20has%20fallen%20to%20Russia%262022-02-27T06%3A19%3A35.454Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:e25b1c3a-4ade-42f2-a3a2-7b1396df8a11&pinned_post_asset_id=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93&pinned_post_type=share via @BBCNews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.29.20 ( talk) 09:12, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Synoman Barris. Thanks for your time and efforts for reviewing this article. I observe that you have placed a speedy deletion tag. As the article is informational for the aggrieved consumers as per Consumer Protection Act'2019, it is not written to promote any organisation or institution. The portal is created to facilitate for complaints in case of any fraudulent trade. Request you to kindly remove the tag. Gardenkur ( talk) 07:53, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I've been an active reader and IP editor for many years, and a few months ago I decided to create an account, something I should have done long ago. Anyways, I'm leaving you a message to ask if I can become a student of the Counter-Vandalism-Unit.? Leave a message on my talk page for a response. Thank you, Telefocus ( talk) 21:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Cheers Megan B.... It’s all coming to me till the end of time 07:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have made some edits voluntary to the page of Leart Paqarada but i received an notification that you removed all the changes.
I actually have changed his stats by updating them on the actual season. I just want to let you know that all the informations i put in the change are verified and you can find them in the official page of the Club and also on https://www.transfermarkt.de/. So, i think you have made a mistake.
Thank you in advance — Preceding
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Hey which part of Rukmini edit you removed? Actually I was editing a lot so I wanted to know which one? Shivanships ( talk) 21:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Hey you seem to be the only instructor left that seems to be possibly available in a timezone that is close to mine I notice that it says you aren't accepting students but the other instructors say they forgot to update their thing or remove themselves from it so I am assuming you may have a spot. I wish to become a student in the CVUA to learn how to better handle vandalism on Wikipedia as it will be my primary focus in my time being here. I hope you will consider taking me on as a student and I hope you have a great day. SkyTheWolf ( Talk) 14:43, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
It is just my own theory. Wrglahl LCD söz ( talk) 18:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for working on move-reqs. One nit in your tagging at Talk:Mount Gambier: the {{ old move}} box says "from Mount Gambier to Mount Gambier" but the move was actually from "Mount Gambier, South Australia". I wonder if there is a bug in mCloser that it followed the redirect that previously existed? Of if because you did that script after the actual move it used "current name" rather than parsing the move-req? DMacks ( talk) 15:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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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 855 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.
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Hello Synoman Barris,
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).
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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.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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Hello Synoman Barris,
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.
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Hi, I'm MarioFyreFlower, and I'd really love for you to reach me to become a member of the Wikipedia CVU! That would be great, the M@R10FYREFLOWER 19:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello Synoman Barris, my name is Machibito and I would like to be part of the CVU Academy, I know how to use the Ultraviolet tool to reverse non-constructive edits and I have scrapped some edits with it, although I would like to learn more about how this tool works to avoid committing an error, a greeting. Machibito ( ¿A question?) 21:12, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't want to take much of your time, but just wanna know what exactly is missing from the draft when I have provided multiple independent and reliable Kenyan sources for the bio? For example, these sources give in-depth coverage of the subject: [1], [2], and [3]. Thanks in advance. Insight 3 ( talk) 04:59, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
One year. Courtesy pings @ AmandaNP and Vermont: -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 16:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I'm responding to your message this evening declining my Draft:Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein). I need some clarification on one thing you wrote. Also, I suspect that because of issues with the initial section of the draft, you overlooked the many solid citations in the subsequent sections of the draft that point to significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject and focus directly on her, not in passing. I believe the problem is that the initial section lacks these, and I ask you to reconsider by more closely reviewing the subsequent draft sections. The subject is notable because unlike anyone else, she is a popular practicing psychic as well as a well-published and awarded literary poet as well as a much-reviewed jazz singer. These latter two aspects of her professional work are referred to DIRECTLY, not in passing, in the citations in the two sections on her work as a poet and as a singer. All the citations in these two sections are significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. But I think you may have overlooked this because the initial section of the draft about her work as a psychic lacks published material that can be cited and therefore does not have the same quality of citations. But under the section "Books and Publications," citations 9-11 note books authored by the subject that are published or about to be published by prominent literary publishers, including one university press. After this, citations 13-23 refer directly to prestigious literary journals and anthologies that have published the subject's poems. These are not passing references but examples of actual publications. I did not give a full citation for every single publication by listing volume, journal no., etc. (and I could if you recommend it), but these 13 citations are significant examples. The section also includes citation 12 which notes a prominent award from the National Endowment for the Arts in creative writing that was given to the subject. Few other honors are as great in American literature. The next section of the draft on "Jazz and Groove Singer and Spoken-Word Artist" also includes many citations of independent, reliable sources that focus directly on the subject; these verify her notability as a singer/spoken-word artist. Citations 24-40 are reviews that prominently focus on B (Bernstein)'s seven recordings, usually reviewing just her most recent recording but sometimes including recent related releases by others; still, these are direct, not passing, references to the subject, and a review of more than one musical artist at a time is customary in these journals. These include the most important jazz journals in the United States (Jazz Times, All About Jazz, L.A. Jazz Scene, etc.). Citations 41-43 give examples of her widespread radio play. Can you give another look at these two sections of the draft? I believe you will see that they meet the criteria for significant sources verifying the subject's notability as a literary poet and a singer/spoken-word artist, including the uniqueness of being both. As for her notability as a psychic, it's difficult to cite independent sources for this, but it would be inaccurate to leave out of the draft. Would it make more sense to move this section last or de-emphasize it? I agree that the references to workshops given by the subject are unfortunately less substantial, but the nature of this work leans against written references. Finally, I don't understand what you mean by "Too much primary sources." I don't mean to offend you, and I realize you are probably working quickly and using some shorthand, but grammatically "much" goes with a singular noun rather than a plural noun like "sources." Do you mean too much content from one primary source? Or too many different primary sources? Also, I don't know which primary source or sources you're referring to. In any case, I do see that the first section on her work as a psychic lacks the solid and numerous citations of the other sections of the draft. In summary, given what I've written above, I hope you'll see that it is simply not true to say that citations 9-45 at minimum, and a couple of the initial citations, are NOT reliable, independent, secondary sources showing the subject's notability. I believe that they are and you may have been misled by the initial summary section and the section on the subject's psychic practice. Could you reconsider? Or advise me of an editing path to move this forward to acceptance? Thank you so much, LS
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Hello Synoman Barris,
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.
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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!
Hello Synoman Barris,
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.
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
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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.
I would like to join the Counter Vandalism Team. Can you be my trainer? AirmanKitten203 ( talk) 15:49, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
I would like to join the Counter Vandalism Team. Can you be my trainer? - MP1999 talk 15:35, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi Synoman Barris! After reviewing the ACC tool user reinstatement request that you emailed to me, your ACC account and history, and the items required for ACC tool user access reinstatement, this message is to inform you that your ACC tool user access reinstatement request has been approved. I've re-subscribed you to the ACC tool user mailing list (again, per your request), and your ACC tool user access permissions have been reinstated on your ACC account. Welcome back! :-)
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Something to be aware of as a global rollbacker involved in ACC: Per
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it has begun...
17:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
You had previously declined it, saying it didn't meet WP:NFILM. Now does it? Kailash29792 (talk) 04:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
(Edited due to an issue with the original post. Mobile Wikipedia certainly has its bugs. Designated Management ( talk) 15:40, 12 May 2023 (UTC))
Hi Megan, I'm unsure why you closed the RM at Chinese Communist Party. My understanding is that the function of the thread is to investigate whether a consensus can be established on moving the page, and that the discussion is to be closed either when one is established or when it becomes clear one cannot be established.
While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd articulated the case for movi While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd had some success justfying the move to an editor who previously had not found the move justified. As such, it seems reasonable that a consensus could have been reached in the course of the discussion.
Please let me know if there is anything I am missing regarding policy here, as I am relatively new to editing Wikipedia. However, if I've got the general gist of the procedures right, I'd appreciate it if you could reopen the RM.
Kind regards, Designated Management ( talk) 15:37, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
After reviewing your request for the "accountcreator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:
If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the account creator right. Happy editing! stwalkerster ( talk) 13:02, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi,
I have noticed that my article has been deleted again. Several versions have been created, and with each subsequent one, I have improved the article to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. Previously, there was a version of the article with fewer references, but they were of high quality. It was rejected because it did not meet the notability criterion. I created another version that included the previous references and added new references found on the internet. This version was also rejected. As I mentioned before on my profile, this entry is a project for my studies, and I have no affiliation with the company. It is crucial for me to add it to Wikipedia as it will contribute to a higher grade. Please provide specific information on which part of the article needs improvement, which references to remove/add, and any other steps I should take to successfully get this article on Wikipedia.
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Hello Synoman Barris,
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!
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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.
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Hello Synoman Barris:
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New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script
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Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu ( talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. Aaron Liu ( talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello Synoman Barris,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
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