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Stub tagsPlease take care not to add {{stub}} to an article like R460 road (Ireland) which already has a specific stub tag; it just wastes other editors' time. Thanks. PamD 10:32, 28 April 2016 (UTC) My bad, I did not see the existing tag. I will keep a closer eye out next time. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 13:56, 29 April 2016 (UTC) BBC QuestionYou removed an edit by me to the BBC News page because it was in your view ' unconstructive ' it was factually correct so in what way was it unconstructive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.95.215 (talk) 23:52, 19 May 2016 (UTC) I marked it that way due to software limitations. The content was unsourced (no refrences) so I removed it. If you add a secondary source to back it up it will be good to go.- SilverplateDelta (talk) 00:04, 20 May 2016 (UTC) Ok that makes more sense - I will supply the link to a source with a named university study to back up my case — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.95.215 (talk) 00:12, 20 May 2016 (UTC) That would be awesome, thanks for contacting me. Also, If you are going to be editing regularly, I strongly recommend making an account. I will leave some info on your talk page. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 00:19, 20 May 2016 (UTC) Assume good faithMy edits to "Studio art" were done in WP:good faith. I tried to edit the article and realized it was very poor quality and it would be better to make a redirect to "Art studio". I notice someone since has come to a similar conclusion and nominated it for deletion. I would have happily engaged and answered why I did the edits (I did add comments to the edits. they were not "test" edits!). Perhaps because I'm an IP editor that you made a hasty assumption? Anyway no hard feelings. 69.86.6.150 (talk) 10:24, 20 May 2016 (UTC) s Ok, I misunderstood. To me it looked like page blank and switch vandalism (where you blank a page and make a redirect to a different page), I was not sure so I used AGF. Additionally, I did not see the Deletion temp on the article. Making large and bold edits as IP can look fishy. My personal recommendation would be to create an account, also you don't need an email for it. With about 95% of IPs these days being vandals, It is kind of hard not to be a little biased against them. Thanks for being in that 5% of cool IPs. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 11:28, 20 May 2016 (UTC) Welcome from STiki!
Note: Having a username change after you start using STiki will reset your classification count. Please let us know about such changes on the talk page page to avoid confusion in issuing milestone awards. You can also request for your previous STiki contributions to be reassigned to your new account name. Finis coronat opusI modified the entry for "Finis coronat opus" because "the end justifies the means" is not just a mistranslation: it has nothing to do with the Latin. Finis coronat opus means that if you do a job, then you need to finish it off properly. "The end justifies the means" says that it is ok use evil means to produce a good end result - which is Macchiavellian. Thanks! ResearchSupport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ResearchSupport (talk • contribs) 13:21, 22 May 2016 (UTC) Thanks for explaining, I will revert back to your version. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 13:36, 22 May 2016 (UTC) Welcome to the Teahouse!
from: Elsa Enchanted (talk) 15:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC) TNA World Tag Team ChampionshipThe wrestler's name is spelled Crazzy Steve. CrashUnderride 14:43, 22 August 2016 (UTC) My bad, Thanks for letting me know. SilverplateDelta (talk) 14:45, 22 August 2016 (UTC) GLBT HistoryYou removed an edit I entered claiming it was "unconstructive". Personal experiences and truth are never unconstructive unless one's goal is to manipulate the historic record for their own social, personal, or political agenda. It saddens me, and others, that such an assault on this informational resource would be permitted and allowed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paystoknow (talk • contribs) 15:12, 23 September 2016 (UTC) Rollback granted Hi SilverplateDelta. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! — MusikAnimal talk 05:14, 13 October 2016 (UTC) Congratulations from STiki!
WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC) Avtandil VarsimashviliHello, You have recently rejected an article about Avtandil Varsimashvili without leaving a comment. It was rejected under the pretext of the notability issue. I have had previous rejections and then I kind of followed the instructions and previous readers were convinced in subject notability, but asked me to change things. For example remove some line, which lacked the sources or find additional sources for specific lines. What should I change there? Best, George — Preceding unsigned comment added by Varsika (talk • contribs) 21:27, 4 November 2016 (UTC) @Varsika, I thought I had left a comment. I will take a second look at the article. SilverplateDelta (talk) 15:03, 6 November 2016 (UTC) SnuggleHello! I use snuggle a lot, and see that you used it a few days ago, and currently it's not working for me. It says loading, but then never loads anything, though it does finish loading. Can you check if this happens to you? Since I'm just applying for rollback, and it hasn't been accepted yet, I have nothing to use to easily do anti-vandalism. Adotchar| reply here 10:33, 8 November 2016 (UTC) Hi @Adotchar I will look into it. If I cant figure it out, I will message the dev. Once you get rollback, I would recommend STIKI. It can clean up lots of vandalism quickly. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 14:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC) Request on 15:26:54, 9 November 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Martyburn
Martyburn (talk) 15:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC) No problem. The article just needs a little more content and some sources to back it up. I would reccomend reading some of this guide. [[1]] -SilverplateDelta (talk) 15:34, 9 November 2016 (UTC) New Page Review needs your helpHi SilverplateDelta, As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically). Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted. Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review. It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial. (Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC) Talkback Message added 04:32, 21 November 2016 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! Hello, SilverplateDelta. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) 4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2016 (UTC) BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expectedAfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC) Request on 12:17:00, 30 December 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Oanajackson
Hi I have edited the text, with references. Would you be so kind and have another look please? Many thanks, Oana
Request on 12:18:33, 30 December 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Oanajackson
Hi there, I have edited the text and added references. would you please be so kind and have a look? Many thanks, Kind regards, Oana
4th GA Cup - Round 2
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC) 4th GA Cup - Round 3
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:10, 1 February 2017 (UTC) George HoskingYou claim that my edits were unconstructive. However, you are prepared to leave a page with multiple unverified claims, including one which states that Hosking can prevent violent criminals from re-offending by virtue of having a psychology diploma. In addition, this page claims that Hosking is an adviser to the UK Home Office, the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, the Metropolitan Police, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, none of which are verified. In fact, considering that these claims were originally made prior to the General Election in 2010, Hosking has apparently been advising numerous Prime Ministers, even though no evidence exists to substantiate this. Your drone-like response to my edit exemplifies the reason why Wikipedia has such a poor reputation. You would prefer to retain inaccurate, unverified claims (which have been unverified for years), rather than accurately reflect the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LandmarkScientologist [[ (talk • contribs) 21:07, 2 March 2017 (UTC) ResponseHi LandmarkScientologist, thanks for coming to me with your concerns. Below, I'm going to address each one, and (if applicable) explain how to fix them. For starters, I use vandalism detection/reversion software known as Stiki. While on the lookout for vandals, your edit came up. From my point of view, it appeared that you were blanking large portions of a BLP (Biography of Living Person(s)) Article. BLP articles have an additional set of rules that must be followed when editing. Given that you are a rather new user, this is a simple, and easily rectifiable mistake. In general, before you make any large changes to a BLP article, you should ask permission on that page's talk page before doing so. This process is lengthy, but is in place to prevent slander and libel on Wikipedia. If there truly is an issue with the content of the page, post on talk page addressing the issue, and how you plan to fix it. If no one objects in a reasonable amount of time, feel free to make the change (When making the change, say it was discussed on the article talk page). Second, My "Drone like response" was a template for warning new users that their edits did not appear to improve the article. The software I use allows me to use these templates to warn/notify users that their changes have been reverted. If I wrote out a response for each instance, I would review 1/4 the edits that I currently can with the semi-automated system. If you any further questions or comments, please let me know. -SilverplateDelta (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2017 (UTC) 4th GA Cup - The Final
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:32, 6 March 2017 (UTC) 14:56:29, 8 March 2017 review of submission by KJWENS
Dear SilverplateDelta, Francois David is a highly respected scientist (a Theoretical Physicist), well known to his peers. He has authored more than 100 scientific articles, has 3962 citations on Web Of Science, with the most noted ones having 861, 438, 313, etc. citations. I uploaded a printout proving this at http://www.phys.ens.fr/~wiese/Citations-Francois-David.pdf A similar search on Google Scholar yields even higher numbers, https://scholar.google.fr/scholar?hl=en&q=Francois+david&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=&oq= I am conscious that this material cannot be part of the Wikipedia article, and for this reason I did not include it. What other proofs can I bring for the notoriety of this Theoretical Physicist? Yours sincerely KJWENS (talk) 14:56, 8 March 2017 (UTC) New page reviewer Hello SilverplateDelta. Your account has been added to the "
The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. ~ Rob13Talk 18:44, 9 March 2017 (UTC) Körler / Jaluziler İçin - For The Blinds{{not english}} is a more customary and less WP:BITEy response to foreign language articles. It's available under Twinkle's tag menu. Checking a google translation and requesting deletion under some other criteria such as A7 or G11 is still an option. Regards, Cabayi (talk) 13:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
4th GA Cup - Wrap Up
New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
Hello SilverplateDelta,
Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 817 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that! But do remember: Rather than speed, quality and depth of patrolling and the use of correct CSD criteria are essential to good reviewing. Do not over-tag. Make use of the message feature to let the creator know about your maintenance tags. See the tutorial again HERE. Get help HERE. Stay up to date with recent new page developments and have your say, read THIS PAGE. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:42, 21 May 2017 (UTC) New Page Reviewer Newsletter
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Hello SilverplateDelta, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive! We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog! The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE. Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:
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Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 00:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018Hello SilverplateDelta, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages! The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.
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Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)18:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter messageHello, SilverplateDelta. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018
Hello SilverplateDelta, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
As of 21 October 2018[update], there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.
Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 20:49, 21 October 2018 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018Hello SilverplateDelta,
 This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
See also the list of top 100 reviewers.
The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.
At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.
Due to a number of changes having been made to the feed since this three-minute video was created, we have been asked by the WMF for feedback on the video with a view to getting it brought up to date to reflect the new features of the system. Please leave your comments here, particularly mentioning how helpful you find it for new reviewers. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.17Hello SilverplateDelta,
Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828 Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:18, 15 March 2019 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.18Hello SilverplateDelta,
Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:
Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7242 Low – 2393 High – 7250 Stay up to date with even more news – subscribe to The Signpost. New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019Hello SilverplateDelta,
More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.
Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.
The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.
NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.
Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.
Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.
School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages. Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication. Stay up to date with even more news – subscribe to The Signpost. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC) New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019Hello SilverplateDelta,
Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.
Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.
Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs. Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools. Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done. DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log. Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC) New Page Review newsletter November 2019Hello SilverplateDelta, This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
There are now 817 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.
There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion. To opt-out of future mailings, you can remove yourself here MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC) ArbCom 2019 election voter message
New Page Review newsletter December 2019
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult. Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well. Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year. Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag. Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 16:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC) New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020Hello SilverplateDelta,
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline. Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7095 Low – 4991 High – 7095 To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here 16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC) New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020Hello SilverplateDelta,
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 10271 Low – 4991 High – 10271 To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:52, 18 June 2020 (UTC) New Page Patrol December NewsletterHello SilverplateDelta,
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition. Six Month Queue Data: Today – 2262 Low – 2232 High – 10271 To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here 18:16, 10 December 2020 (UTC) New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021 Hello SilverplateDelta, Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs. Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here. At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages. There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers. If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software. Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:32, 16 September 2021 (UTC) November 2021 backlog drive
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022 Hello SilverplateDelta, 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 817 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. If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022 Hello SilverplateDelta,
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).
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here.
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.
There is a new template available, Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12064 articles, as of 08:00, 11 February 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.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC) NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t · c) buidhe 20:26, 1 July 2022 (UTC) New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022 Hello SilverplateDelta,
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.
Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:25, 6 August 2022 (UTC) NPP messageHi SilverplateDelta,
For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2022 (UTC) October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC) New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022Hello SilverplateDelta, Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section. Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.  Suggestions:
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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