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October lichen task force newsletter
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As a subset of WP:FUNGI, the lichen task force is working to improve coverage of the world's lichens – unique organisms composed of one or more fungal partners with one or more photosynthetic partners. A growing body of evidence suggests that some of the roughly 1000 secondary metabolites produced by various lichens may prove instrumental in our ongoing battle against harmful pathogens. Want to learn more? Join us! |
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It's been another busy month for the task force. Among the accomplishments:
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
[edit]Hello Dr vulpes,
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:
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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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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
[edit]Hello Dr vulpes,
- 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.
- Reminders
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
[edit]Hello Dr vulpes,
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).
Reminders
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Happy Christmas
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Merry Christmas, Dr vulpes |
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or whatever else you may celebrate at this time of year. Thank you for all your work on Wikipedia throughout the year and may 2024 prove to be a happy and successful year for you and your family |
Reminder: GA backlog drive
[edit]Hello! Just a reminder that, if you have time, you are welcome to join the GA backlog drive; it runs until the end of October. You are receiving this message because you signed up on the drive page but have not yet listed any reviews. We hope to see you there! Either way, happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 05:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, so I gather you had other things on your mind, @Dr vulpes. But there's still time left to get in a few reviews! (Thanks for running, and I hope to welcome you to the corps soon enough!) -- asilvering (talk) 17:17, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ha! Yeah plus work has kept me busy! I'll try and knock a couple out. Thanks for the reminder. :-) Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:33, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Could you review this page?
[edit]Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 15:42, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| Speedy Endorse For a barnstar. Thank you for being such a fast responder to new page creations ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 17:37, 28 October 2024 (UTC) |
- Thanks! I try to knock a few out every day if I can! Dr vulpes (Talk) 22:04, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Question from Willismwenda1 (05:26, 29 October 2024)
[edit]hello how are you how can i edit a topic in wikipedia --Willismwenda1 (talk) 05:26, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hey @Willismwenda1 I left a note on your talk page. Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions. Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:46, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Bias
[edit]You reverted my very correct edits because you are biased and not neutral. This is why Wikipedia has a world-wide reputation for bias and is banned as a source in all UK educational institutions (where I teach). 2A00:23C4:B64E:301:1D7B:1FD8:1E4C:9683 (talk) 08:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I'm afraid that your "very correct edits" weren't actually very correct to begin with. The Russian invasion and annexing of Crimea is well documented and internationally recognized as a forceful invasion by a foreign power. Then there's your talk page comment here. While it is technically correct, it's only on the technicality of territory ownership. People of a country owned by another nation can and do identify themselves by their birth nationality, not their country's owner. For example, even though Tasmania is territory of Australia, people from there call themselves Tasmanian because, well, that's where they were born.
- Additionally, be very careful when accusing editors of bias, as personal attacks are a surefire way to speedrun getting blocked from Wikipedia. Sirocco745 (talk) 10:16, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Welcome to the drive!
[edit]Welcome, welcome, welcome Dr vulpes! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
Cielquiparle (talk) 12:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 November newsletter
[edit]The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is 
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, 
BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, 
Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: 
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, 
Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, 
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, 
Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and 
AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.- Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.- BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!
If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to get started on making good well written posts with citations and inclusive links and all for a great article. what should i be learning now before my first post? --DasomTM (talk) 10:37, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hey @DasomTM I'll post some links on your talk page. If I were you I would start by checking to see if there is an article on the topic already and if there isn't then I would start it as a WP:DRAFT. That'll give your article a place where you can work on it until you think it's ready. What's the topic of your article? If I'm familiar with it I can try and give you a hand if you like. Dr vulpes (Talk) 10:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
You do mentorships? Jealous I didn't get picked smh /jSirocco745 (talk) 10:46, 3 November 2024 (UTC)- @Sirocco745 we all start somewhere and I'm glad I get to be part of someone's journey here 😊 Dr vulpes (Talk) 10:50, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- 'Tis a good and noble job to do, supporting editors through their early days! Sirocco745 (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Sirocco745 we all start somewhere and I'm glad I get to be part of someone's journey here 😊 Dr vulpes (Talk) 10:50, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Good luck!
[edit]Hello there - I do not think we ever had the opportunity to interact directly, but I was really impressed by your knowledge and contributions, and I voted for you in the admin elections! Good luck to you, and let's hope for your victory in what I think are the first elections of this kind. 🧡 Brat Forelli🦊 12:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much @Brat Forelli it really means a lot to me. I'm not sure if being asked so few questions during the election is a good sign or if there were just too many people running and I got skipped. Either way I had fun and got to learn a lot about some great editors! If you need anything feel free to reach out to me any time. Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
Congratulations!
[edit]On your election as a new admin! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @Hawkeye7 and thanks for running as well. It was really great to see such a big turn out. Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:40, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, it was very impressive. . Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:24, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Congratulations
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A toast for you! |
| Congratulations on your succesful election. My talk page is always open if you have any questions or just for a chat :). I'm sure you'll make good use of the tools. |
—Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:55, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @Femke for everything! You gave me the little push I needed to step out and give this a shot. Thanks for the offer, I'm sure I'll be pestering you with questions soon enough! Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
A fox for you!
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Congratulations on being elected as an admin! :D
Sirocco745 (talk) 21:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
New Admin Bâtonnets
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I may not be able to offer you the baton, but I hope you can savour these bâtonnets as you study all the new admin buttons! Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 21:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC) |
- Ha! I love it! Thank you for the laugh after this stressful election! Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
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So you can stay awake learning all the new toys! Congrats! Kingsmasher678 (talk) 06:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC) |
Congrats on your adminship!
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Congratulations on your election. You have literally contributed too much by some standards in WP:PERM on your first day. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 09:21, 5 November 2024 (UTC) |
Some bubble tea for you!
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Congrats on your adminship! Well deserved. Wikibear47 (talk) 17:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC) |
A baton for you!
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The new admin baton |
| ThadeusOfNazereth has passed the baton to me and, after a few moments of enjoyment, I am passing it on to you! Congrats on winning your election and make sure to pass a baton on to the next admin once you're done! Sincerely, rsjaffe :) |
— rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:40, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
"He who does not keep peace shall lose his hand."
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The axe of responsibility |
| Shiny new tools might be used to mete out justice, mercy or a dose of reality. Let us commit to not losing our cool when using them. Our only armor is the entire community's trust. We wear it for each other, each new contributor, and each new generation to come. May you ever be the community's champion. BusterD (talk) 14:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC) |
AWB trouble
[edit]Hello Dr vulpes, there's something strange going on with your AWB. This edit added categories for 569 births and 570 deaths. You might want to look into that. DrThneed got a bit confused why her articles start showing in those weird categories. Schwede66 23:11, 7 November 2024 (UTC)