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Happy New Year!

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Speedy deletion contested: Character Popcicle

DELETED
Giraffer (talk·contribs) 23:36, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Hello Giraffer, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Character Popcicle, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article isn’t about an organization but a product. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:53, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

@Armbrust, thanks for notifying me. I wasn't actually sure what to tag this under, but I checked in the deletion log and saw that an identical page had been deleted under A7 by Iridescent, who is definitely more experienced in CSD than I am, so I re-tagged it as such. I understand if you'd like to keep the page, but in its present form it does not seem suitable for mainspace. --Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:24, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Edit Request on CoComelon page

Hi Giraffer. I noticed that you are a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject YouTube, and therefore perhaps you will have an interest in looking at and implementing my edit request on Talk:Cocomelon. CoComelon is a children's short animated YouTube video program. The edits I requested are simple and straightforward. Thanks so much for your consideration. Eloise Moonbug (talk) 09:58, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

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Editor of the Week

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

KevinL submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

It gives me great joy to nominate Giraffer to be Editor of the Week. With strength in both content creation and administrative work, Giraffer has become one of our very best editors over the last two years. Giraffer's content work includes Social media in the 2016 United States presidential election, an article of major importance which he brought to GA. He shines even more on the administrative and anti-abuse front; as a CU, I can attest that he is one of the most dedicated, prolific, and competent sockpuppet investigations filers including in such complex filings as Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sanketio31. Giraffer is especially skilled at finding and responding to cases of ongoing abuse from sophisticated actors seeking to exploit Wikipedia's vulnerabilities; in many cases, without Giraffer's work, significant cases of ongoing abuse would have gone undetected. We've all benefited from his work. This nomination was seconded by User:Firefly and User:Gwennie-nyan

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Editor of the Week
for the week beginning February 06, 2022
In a short period, thru content creation and administrative work, Giraffer has become one of our very best editors. He shines on the administrative and anti-abuse front; as a CU he is one of the most dedicated, prolific, and competent sockpuppet investigators. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sanketio31 is an example of his skill at finding and responding to cases of ongoing abuse from sophisticated actors seeking to exploit Wikipedia's vulnerabilities. Without Giraffer's work and input, significant cases of ongoing abuse would have gone undetected.
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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 15:22, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Wow! Thank you very, very much, Kevin and Buster7 (and Firefly & Gwennie-nyan) – I was not expecting this at all. :D Giraffer (talk·contribs) 16:21, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Haha, I like (the) garlic. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 16:43, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations, Giraffer KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 17:44, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Congrats! Bobherry Talk Edits 00:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

User:IrfanMaqbool707

Hello, Giraffer, and congratulations on getting the gong as Editor of the Week.

A couple of weeks ago, you put a warning on IrfanMaqbool707's User Talk page about declaring paid interest. He/she has done nothing about that, but continues a pattern of creating articles about non-notable Indian movies that are deleted or draftified. Messages on his/her talk page go unheeded, and there does not seem to be any improvement.

So my question is: what next? I have never been involved in a case like this, so I don't know what is the next step in escalating this serial trouble-maker's behaviour: can you advise please?--Gronk Oz (talk) 23:46, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for your message, @Gronk Oz. If you believe that the user is still editing for pay (I myself haven't looked too deeply since giving the intial warning) then I imagine the best course of action would be to give them the escalating warning – {{subst:uw-paid2}}. Regards, Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:57, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks - obvious when you say so! I will do that.--Gronk Oz (talk) 21:31, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Abdul Razak Ahmad

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A tag has been placed on Abdul Razak Ahmad requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://terencetts.blogspot.com/2007/09/rip-abdul-razak-ahmad.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. RoanokeVirginia (talk) 15:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

@RoanokeVirginia, I think we edit conflicted on a draftification-G12 and it tagged my redirect... Giraffer (talk·contribs) 15:15, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
I think so too. Sorry @Giraffer RoanokeVirginia (talk) 15:15, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
No worries. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 15:22, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Features for new users coming soon

Hello.

Although you've not been very active at all there recently, I see you're still currently listed as a host at the Teahouse. So I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get involved and help out directly with one of them.

  • Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
  • There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
  • Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor. Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to increase to around 10% in the very near future.

To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User Panini! reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse, whilst I've had just one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days, click here.

If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as have done at the Teahouse in the past - then please consider signing up at Growth Team features/Mentor list. But please only do so if you are genuinely willing and able to be available to help. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their Preferences.

Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 12:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Laser Technology, Inc.

Hi there, I'd like to recover the deleted draft for future use but the talk page for the deleting administrator (Bbb23) is not showing a "New Section" option... so I turn to you!

Additionally, I was hoping to get in touch with Bbb23 to discuss the reasons for the draft's deletion, so that I could get right on top of working toward either updating the draft, or making a new one entirely, to better meet Wiki's standards and receive approval as an article. I did read your helpful comment about the draft's topic (Laser Technology, Inc) needing to have been the subject of publication by reliable and independent sources, but would very much appreciate a conversation that dives into specifics on which (if any) of the sources used in the deleted draft meet this criteria and which don't. I'm not sure if this is an appropriate discussion for a Talk page, or if Wiki admins provide such assistance, but figured that reaching out might here be a good place to start. Thank you --LTI Editor (talk) 15:49, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Teyora - Development first look!

Hi! I'm Ed6767, the original creator of RedWarn, now one of the most popular tools on the English Wikipedia that's been used by over 1,000 Wikimedians to make over 300,000 edits since mid-2020 that's been praised for its user friendliness and ease of use, but criticised for its limited functionality. I'm leaving this message as I think it may be of interest here - I left the RedWarn project in November to develop Teyora, my successor to RedWarn (alongside Chlod's UltraViolet). It's a new in development web app that uses some of the latest web technologies to create a highly extendable all in one editing tool with a focus on administration, counter vandalism and general patrolling - not to mention, it'll work on every Wikimedia project without any prior configuration and can be used by any user with at least auto-confirmed rights*. Now, I'm ready to give the Wikimedia community a first look at what I've been doing over the past six months and what to expect going forward.

You can check out the 20 minute first look at the in development version on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzlpnzXdLP4.

There's lots more to expect too! Why not read the full details page at meta:Teyora and leave any feedback, comments or wishes at meta:Talk:Teyora (please leave any correspondence there to keep discussion centralised). If you're interested, you can leave your signature

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All the best, ✨ Ed talk! ✨ 23:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Ed6767 – why am I being contacted about this? I don't have RedWarn currently installed (I had it for ~1 month a year and a half ago, but only used it once), nor do I recall myself signing up for a mailing list for RW/UV/Teyora. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 09:41, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Giraffer,

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 814 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 847 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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Happy Birthday!

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Giraffer,

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

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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: 16260 articles, as of 00:02, 1 January 2025 (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.

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Please Do Something

Hello, I have noticed you have requested a speedy deletion and since that, have deleted my Wiki page “Isaacwhy” because the person was not significant. The page I made was on a YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers and a big fan base so I don’t understand how the person isn’t significant or important. Also, since the page was deleted I can’t request to contest the nomination. I don’t know if it can be restored but the person is significant and important.

Proof https://youtube.com/c/isaacwhyy

Thanks, Tw26 Tw26 (talk) 19:53, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Tw26, Praxidicae has more or less said on your talk page what I was going to say here, but I'd add that while high subscriber counts can give the illusion of notability and whatnot, they really do not prove it – see this table on the relationship between subscriber counts and articles kept. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:01, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Apologies for bothering you two, thanks for the information. Tw26 (talk) 20:04, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

A Reviewer Barnstar for you!

The Reviewer Barnstar
Thanks for catching my mistake and letting me know :) Hey man im josh (talk) 13:53, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
No problem. Thanks for the barnstar :) Giraffer (talk·contribs) 13:54, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

A Barnstar

The Barnstar of Diligence
Was taking a look at your edits (#TotallyNotWikiStalking) and saw the truly impressive CSD activity rate and accuracy - kudos! Nosebagbear (talk) 19:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Nosebag! Those CSDs have got to be a decent chunk of the 15.5% of my edits which are deleted... I hope no-one sees that before the they see the actual log. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 19:12, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Assistance

Hi there! I unfortunately missed the window to contest our deletion. May I request new page? I have removes some potentially complimentary language from the article and have revised a couple of sources. Hopefully that helps?

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Deletation of Article : Mujammau English Medium Senior Secondary School

There are lots of Schools pages in wikipedia.Are those schools doing advertising? If you find any unwanted advertising content in article...just edit that.Why you deleted entire article. Also, this school doesn't need any wikipedia advertising. No one can see any huge posters or flex on the walls or road side as advertising this school. This school is already famous..years before..in all over the state.Today I thought most of the school have wikipedia pages.Why not for this school.So, I created.Any way.little bit sad.But okay.Thank you.Eagle Site (talk) 12:28, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Giraffer,

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
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New reviewers
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Speedy deletion declined: AHZ Associates

Hello Giraffer. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of AHZ Associates, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to schools. Thank you. GedUK  14:19, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Ged UK, this exact issue is now moot since the page has been draftified, but why would the page not have qualified under A7? In the state I tagged it, it was described as an "educational organization" which works in education but does not educate. The schools exemption for A7 is defined as as "the exception of educational institutions" and the wikilinked article's lead says "An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education", which this company is not, so I'm not sure why my CSD was invalid. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 15:24, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Giraffer,

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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NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

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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!

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No worries. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 18:41, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Giraffer,

New Page Review queue December 2022
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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DYK for 2018 China–African Union espionage allegations

On 12 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2018 China–African Union espionage allegations, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after erecting the African Union headquarters (pictured), the Chinese government was accused in 2018 of spying on the building for five years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2018 China-African Union espionage allegations. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2018 China–African Union espionage allegations), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Edited the Jennifer Louise Lopez page

Hello you added a tag to the Jennifer Louise Lopez page, however you did not make any suggestions about the page. Jlopez2555 (talk) 18:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

The structure and read of the article as a whole seem non-neutral and autobiographical -- something that is common among articles created by someone with a conflict-of-interest. Editorializations like In March of 2014, Ms. Lopez finally got tired of walking [...] also contribute to this. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 19:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

The edit warrer is DragonOfBatley.

I'm keeping with Convention, you're breaking Wikipedia Guidelines and Wikimedia Values by selectively warning one user over another. 79.70.70.215 (talk) 15:55, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

No. Making one explained revert, as they have, is not edit-warring. Making three, as you have, is. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 16:00, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Giraffer,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

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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New pages awaiting review as of June 30th, 2023.

Hello Giraffer,

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