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Good article nominations | August 2023 Backlog Drive
August 2023 Backlog Drive: On 1 August, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin. Barnstars will be awarded. Interested in taking part? You can sign up here.
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You're receiving this message because you have reviewed or nominated a good article in the last year. ( t · c) buidhe 05:15, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

You have made a powerful enemy.

2601:647:5F01:8090:58A9:90CE:B4FA:9C05 ( talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok! ULPS ( talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ULPS. Thank you for your work on Delresto (Echoes). User:Losipov, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

More sources would be helpful, but right now I think's a decent article (and the sources used are good). Thanks for making!

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Losipov ( talk) 02:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

... specifically says (in the WP:RTODAB section) don't change targets of redirects. As you did to Camp (disambiguation). Cheers! -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 16:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Yeah thanks for telling me I am fairly new to editing dabs and probably not as well versed in the guidelines that I should be, I apologize and don’t think I’ll be editing things like that without much greater care in the future :) ULPS ( talk) 16:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Scaring the Hoes you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Eurohunter -- Eurohunter ( talk) 19:41, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I corrected the many errors on the medal table, but you have reinstated your incorrect version. I am secretary of the IOL Board and based my figures on the IOL's own listing. Who are you? Kind regards. 86.6.236.111 ( talk) 11:08, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Not quite sure what you are talking about, you made your edits after me, I have not edited the page since (I just edited the page now to fix a typo, didn't touch the tables). ULPS ( talk) 13:37, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For all you do around here... It's much appreciated. Cheers Volten001 ☎ 05:28, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! ULPS ( talk) 23:27, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

Administrator changes

Firefangledfeathers

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

Interface administrator changes

Novem Linguae

Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. ( T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. ( T337431)

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

Still learning Noperpetrator ( talk) 04:40, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

No problem! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the Teahouse. Happy editing :) BTW, I meant moreso that you don't use the "th" or "nd" when writing dates, the exact order (day, month, year or month, day, year) depends on the article, you will usually see a template at the top telling you which dates to use. ULPS ( talk) 04:42, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ULPS. Thank you for your work on Grouptherapy. User:Tails Wx, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Good work!

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Tails Wx (they/them) 04:59, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		I'm glad we could team up to work on and get List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders promoted to a featured list. Let me know if you ever want to team up on a list again sometime! Hey man im josh ( talk) 16:54, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

It was a great experience, I definitely will let you know in the future :) ULPS ( talk) 16:58, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, ULPS! The list you nominated, List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello ULPS,

You did a great job with Josh. I wish you good times in the future!

All the best, John Bringingthewood ( talk) 21:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words, I wish you the best as well. ULPS ( talk) 21:09, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

The article Scaring the Hoes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Scaring the Hoes for comments about the article, and Talk:Scaring the Hoes/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Eurohunter -- Eurohunter ( talk) 18:04, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you also may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In cases of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, or long-term inactivity, the right may be withdrawn at administrator discretion. If you can read any languages other than English, please add yourself to the list of new page reviewers with language proficiencies. —  Ingenuity ( talk •  contribs) 22:32, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

On 23 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Delresto (Echoes), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Travis Scott expressed interest in collaborating with Beyoncé eight years before creating " Delresto (Echoes)" with her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delresto (Echoes). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Delresto (Echoes)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron ( talk • contribs) (she/her) 12:02, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Archives

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes Pppery Theleekycauldron Dwheeler G.A.S Royalbroil Ssd

CheckUser changes Bradv Oversighter changes Bradv

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. ( T324166)

Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

On 13 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scaring the Hoes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that JPEGMafia did not use Pro Tools when Scaring the Hoes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scaring the Hoes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Scaring the Hoes), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her) 03:31, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Free 62.31.6.115 ( talk) 14:13, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Is there a question here? ULPS ^{( talk • contribs)} 14:14, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, ULPS! The list you nominated, List of Houston Texans seasons, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello ULPS,

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.

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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ULPS

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Pennsylvania's official song for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/ _{STUFF DONE} 01:16, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I forgot to tag lol. ULPS ^{( talk • contribs)} 01:17, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello @ ULPS I want to thank you for reviewing the page Rick Ross Car Show. Would you love to be friends? Oklo Adiga ( talk) 12:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@ LobitoSnr: Hey! Unfortunately, I don't think I can be a wiki-mentor to anyone right now, but I think of myself as friends with everyone until proven otherwise :) ULPS ^{( talk • contribs)} 13:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Give me chance to prove my friendship to you. On Wikipedia, I can't do anything you can't do. Oklo Adiga ( talk) 14:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Administrator changes Hey man im josh Alex Bakharev CorbieVreccan Cyphoidbomb Davodd Hog Farm JamesR KnightLago Mark Ironie Nosebagbear ( deceased) Rschen7754 Tamzin TonyBallioni

CheckUser changes DatGuy Ferret RickinBaltimore TonyBallioni Worm That Turned Oversighter changes RickinBaltimore TonyBallioni Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news

• Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. ( T272294)

Arbitration

• Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.