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Request on 11:23:50, 9 December 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by MattC9001
Hello, my article was not accepted for submission to Wikipedia.
I was told "Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added" but I do not understand what references are to be added. Can you please advise.
Hello, in response to the message left I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for edits or publishing.
MattC9001 (talk) 11:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- User blocked... --Jack Frost (talk) 00:14, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
Updated User page
Hello,
I have added the disclosure on my user page. What next can I do so my article can go live?
Thanks Chaunboi (talk) 03:19, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
- @Chaunboi: I replied on your talkpage. --Jack Frost (talk) 04:00, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm back
Hello folks,
Apologies, I've been unexpectedly off-grid since December; I'm now back. Apologies for the inconvenience, if there is anything outstanding please let me know. --Jack Frost (talk) 04:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Memory misfiring?
Hi - I have a vague sense that you pinged me from an SPI case yesterday and I made a mental note to swing back around and look at it today. I can't now see the ping in my notifications though, and I'm wondering if I'm just getting old. Are you waiting for a response from me anywhere? Cheers Girth Summit (blether) 13:52, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Scratch that - found it at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shikh Merajul Islam, where I have replied. Good to know I haven't completely lost it... Girth Summit (blether) 13:58, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Sockpuppet investigation
Sir the person who's accused my sockpuppetry is none other than blocked user Proncepratap1234 who did this thing just to evade his block and take revenge from me Pri2000 (talk) 11:22, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For the excellent job you did here Celestina007 (talk) 16:51, 18 February 2022 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Technical Barnstar |
| For the arduous tasks you carry out both on wiki & at the back end. The community is privileged to have you & I am only fortunate to have witnessed you edit. Thank you for all you do. Celestina007 (talk) 18:25, 20 February 2022 (UTC) |
Discworld adaptations that don't suck
Unlike that sucky BBC series we talked about, I've been watching the Sky TV movie trilogy (2006-2010) and having a great time. David Jason is great, both as Rincewind & Albert. +Recommend. El_C 18:07, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hey El C, they're so good and David Jason is just brilliant! I'm glad you reminded me because I'm definitely going to rewatch Colour of Magic tonight. If you're looking for another Pratchett adaptation to watch the TV series of Good Omens (a collaboration between Pratchett & Neil Gaiman) is brilliant even if it's not a Discworld book! --Jack Frost (talk) 12:14, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Cool, will check out. That's a promising colab to be sure. Trailer looks good, too. Yeah, finished The Colour of Magic when I wrote that, and am now half way through the Hogfather, then I'll be Going Postal (order, what order?). All have now been released on BluRay, so, hurrah! El_C 15:28, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- What a fun ride, both the Sky movies and BBC's Good Omens. For the Sky ones, Magic was probably my favourite. It just seemed to represent the best of what the Discworld had to offer, imagination and fun factor -wise. Plus, David Jason as the lead — 'nuff said. Second favourite was Postal, which was probably the highest quality production. Hogfather was okay as far as XMAS themes go, but was probably the most limited of the three.
- As for Good Omens, 'I really liked its message of peace, and having the agency to fight for it. It was also just really good TV: filmography, casting, writing, music, it pretty much had it all! El_C 09:02, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
- Cool, will check out. That's a promising colab to be sure. Trailer looks good, too. Yeah, finished The Colour of Magic when I wrote that, and am now half way through the Hogfather, then I'll be Going Postal (order, what order?). All have now been released on BluRay, so, hurrah! El_C 15:28, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
- AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
- The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Features for new users coming soon (and mentors, like you, wanted!)
Hello. As you're currently listed as a host at the Teahouse, 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 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) 11:44, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Possible sock but not strong enough
Hey Jack! I want your opinion on something. While looking through my recent changes filter, I saw user edit the article Rubinsky RBK, which had previously been edited by a sock of El Menor Mc. The user I'm concerned about is El 10 oficial. I have some suspicions of them being a sock of El Menor with a similar username, and having edited a article previously edited by a sock of them. However, that's the only edit they've made, and I don't feel that the connection is strong enough. Would it be wise for me to report them to SPI or just watch them and see if they do anything that shows a stronger connection? I'm asking you because you're an SPI Clerk so you would probably know what I should do. I'm not asking you to do any kind of CU (I highly doubt you can), I'm simply just not sure what I should do in this case. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:18, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hey Blaze Wolf, thanks for your message. I often think in these cases where there's only been one or two edits which aren't crystal clear disruption to watch and wait; they'll either stop, or they'll continue, things will become clearer, and the decision about blocks etc. is much easier at that point. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 01:34, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- Alright sounds good. Thanks! ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 01:35, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Can you move an SPI for me?
I messed up, put the master as the sock. It's Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Saviour 244 - thought I moved it, but that's a red link. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 10:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Doug Weller: Done. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Asr99.0979 Cheers, --Jack Frost (talk) 10:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, I have no idea what I did wrong in trying to move it. Glad I could find an active clerk! Doug Weller talk 10:38, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- @DougWeller: I think the master is indeed Asr99.0979, whom account Abecedare blocked for disruption at this talk page; Special:MobileDiff/1084963781. That's the reason they probably used alternate account for the edits on this article and subsequent talk page, Thanks. Packer&Tracker «Talk» 10:44, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Packer&Tracker yes, I CU blocked him as the master. Doug Weller talk 10:52, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for accepting 2013 Jhankar Saikia Mob Lynching, as I was a bit worried about notability. But you made my day. Regards - Signed by NeverTry4Me Talk 09:44, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- No worries, NeverTry4Me; happy editing! --Jack Frost (talk) 13:13, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Archiving notice
Hey! During your moving of Talk:MKUltra, you forgot to update the archive location. All you need to do is adjust the |archive= parameter in the {{User:MizaBot/Config}} template to the new page name. Don't worry, I've fixed this for you. Just keep this in mind if you move a page in the future. Thanks! Aidan9382 (talk) 12:59, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Aidan9382: Damn, I thought I'd checked for archiving. Thanks for catching that and letting me know! --Jack Frost (talk) 13:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Jack Frost,
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 805 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 852 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 {{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page.
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.
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Jack Frost,
- 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
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. 
Barnstars will be awarded.
- 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: 12232 articles, as of 12:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
- Reminders
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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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New message from JalenFolf
Message added 20:38, 29 July 2022 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Long story short, yes, I identified the wrong master. Jalen Folf (talk) 20:38, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- JalenFolf, apologies, I just realised I never responded to this. No dramas, I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything.
Enjoy your holiday! Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 10:36, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Roblox sock ip
Hi there I noticed you were the closing administrator for Roblox sock investigation [1] the user is now back using ip restoring all the socks edits on Nihari and many other pages [2] I have left a message here the edits are all identical all motivated by adding India and Indian to every food, person please do check Zinceraser (talk) 09:49, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Zinceraser, I've reviewed the SPI report and added a comment there. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 10:48, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi I have replied to the investigation section with evidence you wanted Zinceraser (talk) 11:00, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello Jack Frost,
- 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
- Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
- Reminders
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{{subst:NPR invite}}
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SPI
Hello Jack Frost! I'm sorry to bother you on your talk page, I just had a random question. I'm always looking for ways to expand my contributions to WP, and one area I've always found to be interesting is SPI. I know I'm nowhere near being ready to train as an SPI clerk, but it's certainly something I'd like to work towards if at all possible. Is there any advice you could offer me to point me in the right direction for possibly working towards this? I appreciate any advice you can provide. Thank you and I'll see you around! SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 20:49, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Spf121188, thanks for your message and interest in SPI. The advice I received was to demonstrate that you know what you're doing around SPI by making useful contributions; file good quality cases, post clear evidence on cases which may need it, and be helpful while not overstepping the bounds by trying to clerk cases (see here). More importantly, demonstrate you are able to remain calm, make sensible & thoughtful decisions, and communicate well with others across the project. Good luck, and happy editing. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:12, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
- Appreciate the advice! I'll keep filing cases as I see them for the time being, with an eye on perhaps asking to be a clerk trainee after some time. If you find any flaws with cases I submit/have submitted, I would love some feedback. Thank you again and I'll see you around! SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 14:12, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
NPP message
Hi Jack Frost,
- Invitation
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.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
You should move this page. Per WP:RMNOMIN: "If no one has objected, go ahead and perform the move as requested". Srnec (talk) 20:09, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Srnec, I have elaborated on my closure rationale a little to make it clearer (when I re-read it I thought I could have been clearer). Essentially there was an RM discussion in November which found the consensus was against the same move; to move it based on a lack of participation now with no 'new' information seems to fly in the face of that consensus. If you would prefer, I can revert my closure, but I would not be comfortable moving the page. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- There was only one opposer across two RMs. That means that a grand total of three people have thought about the question across approximately two months' worth of open RMs. It stands at 2-to-1 in favour of a move. If you are still not comfortable moving it, then I ask that you re-open it. Srnec (talk) 01:02, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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They're back
Cobretti1[3] is back doing what they're doing[4][5] after having their ip blocked yet again[6] for edit warring in BLPPRIMARY sources. Morbidthoughts (talk) 05:10, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello Jack Frost,
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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- Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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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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sock of solniun
Hi User:Jack Frost would like alert you that i suspect that User:Atsbi is a sock of blocked User:Solniun, they have similar writing styles: [7] and [8] Banabakabiroshitha (talk) 11:35, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello Jack Frost,
- 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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Account creator granted
After reviewing your request for the "accountcreator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:
- The account creator right removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period.
- The account creator right is not a status symbol. If it remains unused, it is likely to be removed. Abuse of the account creator right will result in its removal by an administrator.
If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the account creator right. Happy editing! stwalkerster (talk) 12:15, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello Jack Frost,
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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