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Incomplete DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/James Fugaté at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 20:05, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done = paul2520 (talk) 20:40, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rudolf Geigy

Hello! Your submission of Rudolf Geigy at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:19, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

AfC

Hi. I've added you to the list of active reviewers at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants. Alternatively you may also want to take a look at WP:NPP, which shares many similarities. I won't be editing actively for a while, but I'll be around whenever you have any questions. Cheers, Alex Shih (talk) 19:46, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Alex Shih! I am excited about this, and look forward to exploring and helping out with AfC and NPP. = paul2520 (talk) 12:47, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK for James Fugaté

On 10 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Fugaté, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Fugaté was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy after it was revealed that he wrote Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel under the pen name James Barr? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Fugaté. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, James Fugaté), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Captial Gay request at the Resource Exchange

Hello. I noticed that you were offering your resources at the World Contest on LGBT publications. I was wondering if you could help with this request at the Resource Exchange:

• Capital Gay, July 5th, 1985, pages 9 and 11, and the surrounding pages, if they deal with the striking miners' presence at London Pride in 1985, OCLC 952386189 (Online, with Gale Cengage access) and OCLC 724040251 (print).

If you happen to have access and would like to help with this request, please feel free to. Otherwwise, if you happen to know someone else who could help, let me know. Thanks. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, MrLinkinPark333! I've replied to the thread - in short, I don't have direct access, but have reached out to the Tretter Collection, who may. = paul2520 (talk) 21:33, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Rudolf Geigy

On 16 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rudolf Geigy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rudolf Geigy established health institutes on two continents and started a foundation that awards scholars who combine field and laboratory work in novel ways? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rudolf Geigy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rudolf Geigy), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

New Page Reviewing

Hello, Paul2520. I've seen you editing recently and you seem knowledgeable about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 09:26, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, Insertcleverphrasehere. Reading the tutorial has been one of the most interesting rabbit holes since falling into Wikipedia in the first place. I still have to parse the tools and further reading at the bottom, but I'm definitely interested in becoming a New Page Reviewer. So I take it my next steps are to apply and subsequently (should I be accepted) go to school? = paul2520 (talk) 03:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Yep, request at PERM. To be honest, I'm not sure that the school is in session any more (though I might decide to resurrect it soon). If you have read the tutorial and start cautiously, you should be right. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 04:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Hey mate, I saw your other message about the school. The things I'd suggest is going for reviewing some of the 'easier' articles first and working your way up. Use the flowchart on the new page patrol tutorial page (which looks complicated but is relatively simple to use), and if you run into any trouble feel free to drop me a message. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 19:59, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Insertcleverphrasehere! I will try and find time over the weekend to do exactly that. I appreciate the advice, and that I can reach out with issues/difficulties. = paul2520 (talk) 20:00, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you, TonyBallioni. I see what you mean about project space contributions. Yes, I'm the kind that strives to do their homework. I will tread carefully, especially as I am new to this. I do intend to reach out about the NPP school. = paul2520 (talk) 13:00, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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 Done. = paul2520 (talk) 21:18, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Hello, Paul2520. AfC submissions Random submission ~7 weeks 1,235 pending submissions to update I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged. Would you please consider becoming an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After requesting to be added to the project, reviewing is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 03:08, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the message, Insertcleverphrasehere. I am actually an AfC reviewer, too! But I haven't been active with either yet. I do plan to - and your message is a good push for a renewed sense of ambition as we begin 2018. = paul2520 (talk) 03:39, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

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Re: DYK: The Dead South

As per this nomination (where I was unable to address your questions directly), I'd like to address those questions here, if that would be okay.
First of all, I would very much appreciate some help with any reference irregularities you find. I thought I used to know how to add refs, but apparently, I've fogotten anything but adding the entire reference each time. I know there is a better way, but I couldn't figure it out.
Secondly, no - the band was never called "Mumford and Sons Evil Twin"; its something the band members refers to itself as.
Third, while the question is indeed the title of the ref, it is a question that the reviewer asks (and answers). As for further refefences for the albums, I have no doubt that they exist. Part of the DYK's purpose is to get editors and readers to visit the article and likely add content and other info.
Regarding the Earwig similarities, I cited the first instance of a quote or phrase. I was unsure whether to cite subsequent sentences within the same paragraph that came from the same source. I used references that reviewed each of the albums; I didn't find any negative reviews (in the interest of balance, I'd have added them), so i added what I could. I thought I was pretty careful in avoiding any OR or SYN by only noting what the sources said. I am presuming that others will add to and reshape into better prose the quotes from sources.
Lastly, I had hoped to use the hook as the name of the group is The Dead South, but they - unlike most bluegrass bands - are not from the (American) South. They're Canucks, every one of them. I guess an alternate hook could be the Mumford and Sons Evil trwins thing, but it feels weaker than the initial hook proposed. Thoughts? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:49, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Jack Sebastian. I've fixed the reference issues. See this edit; looks like you had the same references multiple times. You only need to have them once, then use the name to cite the same thing again.

Thanks for rewording about the "Evil Twin" name.

As for your last point - like I said in the review, I'm fine with the hooks. It was only a suggestion. Thanks for considering.

Relating to the other points, it's about wording. Not worried about negative reviews or OR/SYN; I think you did a good job of finding references that discuss the band/albums. I am worried about what you point out - reshaping into better prose. I think this is important to make the article DYK-ready. = paul2520 (talk) 05:25, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

I'll try to address the prose tomorrow; as I said. I had been hoping that the new eyes a DYK would bring might help that along as well. Thanks for all your help so far. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 07:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

I have addressed someof the prose, but (as I noted before) I think I'm a little too close to the references to convert all of them over effectively as of yet. New eyes from the DYK will provide a lot of that. Do you have other concerns that I can address befor ethe DYK is good to go? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 22:14, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your diligence, Jack Sebastian. I did a little work on the article. While some of the phrasing still seems like it should be reworked, I looked at a couple other articles - American Idiot and Dropkick Murphys, to be specific - and feel like the quotations and reviews are included in The Dead South in comparable ways. So I feel comfortable with the prose.

I would like to see a reference on the last paragraph in the lede, and on the first. I don't see any inline citations where the band members are listed, nor on the line, "Doyle, a noted solo and studio musician was hired to fill the vacancy left by Crawford." Can you please add inline citations for these? Then I think I'd be happy with the article. = paul2520 (talk) 03:57, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Update on my previous comments: this looks to me to be a blatant copyvio issue. Note the highlighting where Pearl Jam is mentioned. I don't feel comfortable giving the greenlight until you go through each of the comparisons via Earwig's copyvio detector and reword chunks that have been directly copied. = paul2520 (talk) 04:06, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Maybe I am mistaken, but they aren't copyvio if they are cited and in quotation marks, right? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 05:16, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Citations are mandatory, and anything copied directly needs quotation marks. I reworded another example of what appeared to be really close paraphrasing. Yes, we can quote people properly. But articles should not be pieces of reference copied and pasted.

Please address my earlier comments about lines without inline citations. And another line that escaped my notice was the line "In presenting the award, CIMA President Stuart...". = paul2520 (talk) 13:50, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

I've reworked some of the direct quotes into prose, but I'm having a little difficulty using Earwig. When I run an scan on the article, it isn't seeing the current (altered) version of the article. Am I doing something wrong? What's a "revision ID"? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 17:31, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@Jack Sebastian: Are you using a fresh load of the tool?

You shouldn't need to worry about revision ID. For reference, Wikipedia:Revision id explains it. Essentially, each revision has a unique number value that identifies it. It's useful if you reference a Wikipedia article in another context, so you can cite the specific version at the time you read/cited it. = paul2520 (talk) 18:11, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Well, this has certainly been a learning process. I thought I had known how to write an article; clearly, I had either forgotten/never learned a lot about it. Add to the fact that article formatting has undergone a few updates over the past 7+ years, and I've found myself working my tail off. I really appreciate the effort you (and others) have expended on the article. I thank you.

Anyhoo, I've lowered the percentage to 28.1%. Could I trouble you to see what else might drop it lower? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 19:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@Jack Sebastian: I applaud you persevering. I would say you started an article that you should be happy with.

I want to make sure we uphold high standards, especially since the DYK articles are linked on the front page of our very high traffic site.

To give more background, I was burned with my first DYK, which was pulled from the front page because of concerns with sourcing.

The article now clears everything for copyvio concerns in my opinion, and you did a good job working on that. I really think the three inline references are all it needs. This is the home stretch - I just think it's very important that we include citations since there currently aren't any where the band members are listed, when they changed, or for the line I mentioned above. = paul2520 (talk) 03:23, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Explain what you mean via an example, Paul. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 05:57, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

@Jack Sebastian: example of what? = paul2520 (talk) 14:11, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Nvm; I figured it out, I think. I've cited the band lineup and when the changeover in Bangoists (Banjoans? Banjoites?). If the article is good to go, I'd appreciate you noting such in the DYK nom. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 17:08, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Hey...where did the Dead South DYK go? It appears to have varnished... - Jack Sebastian (talk) 21:50, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

@Jack Sebastian: The template is Template:Did you know nominations/The Dead South, and it should persist. I did approve it - so you can see it included at Template talk:Did you know/Approved. = paul2520 (talk) 22:04, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. It appeared to vanish, and I thought it had been bumped as stale or whatever. Thanks for pointing it out, Paul. :) - Jack Sebastian (talk) 22:28, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Hey, Paul - is there supposed to be some sort of notification when the DYK appears? I've seen the article in the approved section, but it doesn't appear to be in the Queue. Has it already appearaed and there was no notification, or is something holding it up? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 22:05, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

@Jack Sebastian: Yes, you will get a notification on your talk page the day it goes live. It looks like there's a bit of a backlog these days; I've been checking up on Did you know/Queue daily or so and haven't seen this one yet or the other one I recently got approved. But yes, I've been able to see what day/time the DYKs I worked on would show up. I can let you know when I see The Dead South, but feel free to check in on that page. = paul2520 (talk) 00:33, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

ITKK

I'm glad you contacted me about this. Unfortunately I can't seem to find whatever WNN thing it was I read last spring... Can't really remember why I didn't link it. Luckily since then a book was published Dec2017 to support the name of the producer, along with french cast. ScratchMarshall (talk) 20:19, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

@ScratchMarshall: Great! Can the other source be removed then? = paul2520 (talk) 20:32, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Just removed it now, did leave a note about it on the talk page in case someone manages to track it down in the future. This has me pretty perplexed as to what it was I had read. ScratchMarshall (talk) 21:43, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

@ScratchMarshall: I get it. "Link rot" is an unfortunate reality. I got in the practice of checking that pages are archived in The Wayback Machine when I add them to articles (just paste the URL to search; if it's not already archived, you can have the crawler save it). It's an extra step, but puts me at ease & means the citation will still be valid if that source's website goes down, etc. = paul2520 (talk) 21:47, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeah I'm surprised I didn't link the URL to begin with, at least then I'd have some clue as to what rotted. Some sites block archive.org indexing so I used archive.is for them now, but I don't remember if I had learned that last May ScratchMarshall (talk) 21:56, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

@ScratchMarshall: No worries - it happens. Yeah, I lean towards archive.org since they're an established non-profit. The details behind archive.is are a bit more fuzzy, but due to the way they archive, they get around some of the issues you mention. Of course, the more archives the merrier, right? = paul2520 (talk) 22:04, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

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Good morning, several references about Draft follow below: Israel lucas gois monteiro, Please help me to edit, because I am not getting

https://exame.abril.com.br/blog/instituto-millenium/no-mercado-de-acoes-o-maior-erro-e-querer-dinheiro-pra-amanha/

https://financenews.com.br/2017/09/em-2018-teremos-uma-entrada-grande-de-chineses-e-americanos-no-brasil/

http://blog.maxieduca.com.br/bolsa-valores-empreendedorismo/

http://www.matogrossoeconomico.com.br/blog-post/equity-brazil-capital-pretende-levantar-r-100-mi-em-fundo/16076

http://abvcap.com.br/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-imprensa.aspx?c=pt-BR&id=3841

https://www.noticiasbrasilonline.com.br/brazilian-shangai-3-pretende-levantar-u-80-milhoes-em-investimentos-para-empresas-brasileiras/

http://www.pontaporainforma.com.br/noticias/brasil-mundo/milionario-de-londrina-esta-criando-um-imperio-no-mercado-de-investimento

www.infomoney.com.br/welcome?returnurl=http%3A//www.infomoney.com.br/blogs/investimentos/alem-do-dinheiro/post/7099448/empreender-sonho-possivel www.mtagora.com.br/variedades/investidor-milionario-cria-a-maior-empresa-de-relacoes-com-investidores-da-america-latina/195393472

http://www.logweb.com.br/investidor-milionario-cria-empresa-de-relacoes-com-investidores-da-america-latina/

http://folhanobre.com.br/2017/12/27/investidor-milionario-cria-a-maior-empresa-de-relacoes-com-investidores-da-america-latina/59293

https://www.folhageral.com/empresas-e-negocios/2017/12/investidor-milionario-cria-maior-empresa-de-relacoes-com-investidores-da-america-latina/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brased123 (talk • contribs) 13:28, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

@Brased123: I see GoingBatty left a message on your talk page with a set of links that give guidance on contributing. I recommend you read through them, and I second their advice in their reply to you. If you put in the work on Draft:Israel Lucas Góis Monteiro, I'm happy to review and/or give advice. = paul2520 (talk) 16:14, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Diako1971. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Zack Heart, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

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Women in Red

Hi there, Paul! I see you have listed your name on the main WiR mailing list. This will allow us to send you information on our monthly virtual editathons and any other important communications. If you want to become a full member of the project, you can join by clicking on Join WikiProject in the box on the top right-hand corner of the Wikipedia:Women in Red page. Let me know if ever you need assistance.--Ipigott (talk) 11:45, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

 Done; thanks, Ipigott. = paul2520 (talk) 12:19, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Hey Ipigott, any idea why Reports bot removed me from the member list [1]? I had added myself, since I saw I wasn't on it. = paul2520 (talk) 20:44, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

It looks to me as if this was a temporary problem during the updating process. I see that you are on the list today and that you registered on the 19th. I'll check the list over the next few days to make sure your name is still listed. In any case, it's great to have you as a member of WiR. I hope you are able to devote some of your editing time to creating more women's biographies. Let me know if ever you need assistance.--Ipigott (talk) 10:10, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Phillipe Cunningham

On 23 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Phillipe Cunningham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Phillipe Cunningham is one of the first openly transgender people of color to be elected to public office in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Phillipe Cunningham. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Phillipe Cunningham), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:01, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Marie Grice Young

Gatoclass (talk) 12:32, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

Gatoclass (talk) 12:03, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Precious

citations

Thank you for quality articles such as Phillipe Cunningham and Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A., for assistance to others, and with many categories where citations need help, for {{The Minnesota barnstar}}, - Paul, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda Arendt! = paul2520 (talk) 14:25, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arden Hilliard

Dear Paul, I'm not sure how to include Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arden Hilliard in the correct page of discussion; it has been put up for deletion, but I think it has the potential to survives. Thank you for any help you can provide. --Elisa.rolle (talk) 18:00, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Elisa.rolle. I see on Talk:Arden Hilliard, WikiProject LGBT studies is mentioned, but the article does not explicitly mention his gender or sexual identity. If that is relevant, I would post on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies. Hope this helps! = paul2520 (talk) 20:31, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Hilliard was part of the Hypocrytes, and they were mostly gay, and his friends, Powell, Waugh, Betjeman, Acton, were all gays or bisexuals. Given that there is not indeed a biography about him, I cannot write on the article that he was gay or bisexual, but given his friends, it's most likely. Therefore not sure I should post it on that project...--Elisa.rolle (talk) 20:33, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Elisa.rolle: that's fair. I see in the Hypocrites' Club article, "Some of the members of the club, like Brian Howard were gay, but most were not."

FWIW, I did weigh-in on the AfD. I was originally going to stay out, but another editor's points convinced me. = paul2520 (talk) 21:49, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

I actually found a source stating he was gay. I'm making the article more detailed. Elisa.rolle (talk) 21:54, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Feburary 2018 at Women in Red

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To Wikipedia, With Love

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	Hello Paul2520, please join us in spreading the love of human creativity! Share your favorite artist from Mia's collection "To Wikipedia, With Love" by creating or updating their article. Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) Saturday, February 17, Noon to 4 pm.

Thanks for the invitation, McGhiever. I left a message on the talk page; unfortunately, I will be out of town that day. I went to a fantastic meetup @ MIA last year - please keep me in the loop in the future! = paul2520 (talk) 13:11, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Drive Appreciation

		Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For completing over 100 reviews during the 2018 NPP New Year Backlog Drive please accept this Special Edition Barnstar. Thank you for helping out at New Page Patrol! There is still work to do to meet our long term goals, so I hope you will continue your great work. Cheers! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 03:20, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!

The NPP backlog at the end of the drive with the number of unreviewed articles by creation date. Red is older than 90 days, orange is between 90 and 30 days old, and green is younger than 30 days.

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
• We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

• We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

• ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
• Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

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DYK for Marie Grice Young

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Minnesota Barnstar
		If anyone deserves this barnstar, it is you. Thanks for all your help on Minnesota topics! Dolotta (talk) 03:32, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

You are so sweet. Thank you, Dolotta! = paul2520 (talk) 12:59, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Kehinde Wiley Artistic Motifs Edit

@Paul2520:

Hi Paul, I'm responding to your reversion of an edit I made to Kehinde Wiley which you described as vandalism. This was a good faith edit on my part and I had no intention of vandalizing the article or including any false information. I simply wanted to mention a noteworthy motif of Wiley's work. What section of the article do you think would be best for this inclusion?

I'd be happy to include a credible source--here are a few that mention this motif: https://smarthistory.org/kehinde-wiley-napoleon-leading-the-army-over-the-alps/ https://qz.com/375262/the-painter-who-remixes-classical-european-art-with-black-urban-youth/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/arts/design/05stud.html

Thanks for reaching out. I'm glad to hear this was in good faith - and appreciate you finding links. My two thoughts are: (1) can we really use the words "often" and "motif" if this is not confirmed by the sources? and (2) the placement of your edits was inappropriate because the Washington Post source on that line doesn't mention anything about that.

I really appreciate you following-up on this. How about we instead write a new sentence (i.e., after the existing sentence), citing all three of those sources. What about something like, "Wiley has used a sperm motif as symbolic of masculinity and gender." = paul2520 (talk) 16:09, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

I think it's still appropriate to use "motif," but perhaps not "often." My thinking is, a motif typically refers to a distinctive feature of an artistic composition. I think the sperm symbolism Wiley uses is definitely distinctive and indicative of his work.

I've included the edit worded as you suggested. I think that's good wording and remains more NPOV than my original edit. I made sure to cite all three sources we discussed. Thanks for the help.--216.17.250.140 (talk) 16:49, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! I just left a note on your talk page, extolling the benefits of creating an account, and providing some further links. Once again, I appreciate your patience and the fact that you found reliable sources to back-up the content. It would be great to have more contributions like this from you. Let me know if I can assist in the future. = paul2520 (talk) 17:15, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on this. I only edit rarely, so I've never made an account before. I'm finding I have more free time lately, so I might make an account soon to edit a little more (probably mostly history and math articles). All the best! --216.17.250.140 (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's March 2018 worldwide online editathons. Historically, our March event has been one of the biggest offerings of the year. This year, we are collaborating with two other wiki communities. Our article campaign is the official on-line/virtual node for Art+Feminism. Our image campaign supports the Whose Knowledge? initiative. Women's History Month 2018 Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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Emma Jane Gay

Thanks Paul for adding the photo of E. Jane Gay to the article...I will look and see if any of her photos are public domain, and will add them. Nomination for a "Did you know?" Wow-that would be cool! Thanks so much! RachelWex 22:49, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

@RachelWex: sounds good - I would guess based on the dates she lived & what I know of the copyright rules, there would be some photos in the public domain by now. The MIA folks might be able to help, too.

I can wait a couple days before nominating the article. It just has to be nominated within seven days of creation. Meanwhile, if you can spare the time & would prefer to nominate it yourself, let me know if you need any help. = paul2520 (talk) 23:12, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

paul2520 (talk) the thing that makes selection of the photos complicated is that I am seeing some of them being sold on eBay...I will have to dig further. Maybe Schlesinger Library can help since they have her book. I will contact them and see. RachelWex

paul2520 (talk) the Schlesinger Library has not gotten back to me re: rights to use photos for the Wikipedia article. Go ahead and nominate the article anyway and see what happens--the worst folx can say is no! RachelWex 20:22, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for checking with them, RachelWex. Photos could always be added later. I nominated the article for a DYK. Feel free to follow the nomination page & address any concerns; I'll keep an eye on it, too. Thanks for all your hard work! = paul2520 (talk) 02:45, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank You.

Thank You for making our "To Wikipedia, With Love" Edit-a-thon a success.

Mgblck (talk) 18:50, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

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teardrop tattoo edit

Hi Paul,

You edited the word 'his' to 'their' in the teardrop tattoo article however if you look at the reference, it states:

Homosexuality is also prevalent, as is rape of prisoners. In a bizarre practice, the victim of rape is tattooed with a tear drop below the eye by the offending party and his accomplices.

It is usually one person that is doing the tattooing and in a male prison it will be a he, therefore it will be 'his' accomplices. The accomplices of course would be holding down the prisoner being tattooed, not doing the tattooing; so they will not have accomplices hence it is 'his' not 'their' accomplices. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.82.40 (talk) 04:11, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out. I had switched "his" to a singular they with the thought that this might not just be perpetrated by males. But you're right, the reference uses "his".

That said, I noticed the text was identical to the cited reference, which would be against our policy on copyright violations. So I changed the wording a bit, in a way that still gets the point across. = paul2520 (talk) 18:30, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Emma Jane Gay

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Paul!

Thank you Paul for the nomination, the Precious, and for being Paul. :) I am at Midway Contemporary Art today for Art and Feminism--thought I would see you! Talk to you soon-- RachelWex 18:20, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

RachelWex, I was hoping I could get there, but it was tough with work and taking off a few days already this month. In the future, I will consider Wikipedia to be a noble cause for using part of a PTO day :-) = paul2520 (talk) 19:32, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Minol Araki

On 12 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Minol Araki, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Minol Araki, whose art drew on both Eastern and Western traditions, made a series of five paintings over 70 feet (21 m) long that were partly inspired by his mentor Zhang Daqian's work? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Minol Araki. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Minol Araki), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's April 2018 worldwide online editathons. Focus on: April+Further with Art+Feminism Archaeology Military history (contest) Geofocus: Indian subcontinent Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

• ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

• Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

• The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies. A further discussion is currently taking place at: Can a subject specific guideline invalidate the General Notability Guideline?

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

• While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

• The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.

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DYK for List of Hennepin County Library branches

On 9 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Hennepin County Library branches, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Hennepin County Library has 41 branches in 24 cities and towns in Minnesota, and historically had locations in a sanatorium and a bookmobile? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Hennepin County Library branches. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Hennepin County Library branches), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

May 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's May 2018 worldwide online editathons. File:Soraya Aghaee4.jpg New: "Women of the Sea" New: "Villains" New: "Women in Sports" New: "Central Eastern European women" Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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Wiki Loves Food

Curd Rice

Hello! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, Wiki Loves Food (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, it's going International. To make this event a grand success, your direction is key. Please sign up here as a volunteer to bring all the world's food to Wikimedia. Danidamiobi (talk) 15:04, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: Sunday, May 20, 2018
	Time: 4 – 6 p.m. dinner afterward on Eat Street (Nicollet Avenue)
	Place: Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis Target Wing: Art Research and Reference Library Reading Room 44°57'30"N 93°16'30"W

Thanks for the invite, Jonathunder. Unfortunately, I will be out of town - hoping I can make the next one! = paul2520 (talk) 21:24, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

• WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 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.

Deletion tags

• Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:

• A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons

• There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Paid editing - new policy

• Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

• The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English

• A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.

News

• Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
• The next issue of The Signpost has been published. The newspaper is one of the best ways to stay up to date with news and new developments. between our newsletters.

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Women in Red June Editathons

		Welcome to Women in Red's June 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: WiR Loves Pride New: Singers and Songwriters New: Women in GLAM New: Geofocus: Russia/USSR Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.

Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!

• As a final push, we have decided to run a backlog elimination drive from the 20th to the 30th of June.
• Reviewers who review at least 50 articles or redirects will receive a Special Edition NPP Barnstar: . Those who review 100, 250, 500, or 1000 pages will also receive tiered awards: , , , .
• Please do not be hasty, take your time and fully review each page. It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing.

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Thanks Paul!

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the welcome message.

I'm right now making my first 10 edits to get my account verified. If you have any suggestions or advice, I'll be more than happy to take it into account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prathima05 (talk • contribs) 17:40, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Prathima05: Awesome! There are many ways to contribute, whether you enjoy writing new articles, copy editing pages that need help, joining a WikiProject to expand content, or finding your own place! Feel free to reach out anytime if you have questions or would like my help. = paul2520 (talk) 19:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

July 2018 at Women in Red

		Hello again from Women in Red! July 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: Sub-Saharan Africa Film + stage 20th-century Women Rock Continuing: Notable women, broadly-construed! Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Are we losing momentum? London calling (the Mayor of London!) Publication about Wikipedia's coverage of women mathematicians Women in Red is featured in Toolhub
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August 2018 at Women in Red

		An exciting new month for Women in Red! August 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: Indigenous women Women of marginalized populations Women writers Geofocus: Bottom 10 Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative Notable women, broadly-construed! For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

Hello Paul2520, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

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.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules

• New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
• Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
• Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.

Editathons

• Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

The Signpost

• The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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DYK nomination of Harold Spitznagel

Hello! Your submission of Harold Spitznagel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 14:20, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

@Paul2520: I wrote a new ALT5 and would appreciate your input. Runner1928 (talk) 14:40, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Lost Gay Novels

Could you please e-mail me the list?Zigzig20s (talk) 21:02, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Zigzig20s. See this link. I'm currently traveling without access to my computer (or a copy of the book, for that matter). Regards, paul2520 (talk) 21:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 21:20, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Harold Spitznagel

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Nice work, Runner1928! = paul2520 (talk) 03:34, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for all of your help. I've made a few dozen articles and it never occurred to me to ready them for DYK. Now that I'm familiar with the process, it's a nice motivator for the future. Seeing my article linked mainpage is a joy. I'll be checking http://tools.wmflabs.org/dykstats/ in a few days to see how the views went. Runner1928 (talk) 18:45, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

@Runner1928: That was my experience, as well. It's nice to promote articles that have promising beginnings. Please reach out in the future if you ever want my assistance with DYKs, etc. = paul2520 (talk) 19:43, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

@Paul2520: based on https://tools.wmflabs.org/dykstats/count.php?article=Harold+Spitznagel&date=20180815&timeslot=AM the article received 1800 new views, and I saw 5 new edits. Thanks again! Runner1928 (talk) 02:11, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Growth team updates #1

Welcome to the first newsletter for the new Growth team!

The Growth Team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. We will be starting with Wikipedias, but we hope these changes will benefit every community.

8 ideas we consider: tell us what you think about them!

We are considering new features to build, that could retain new editors in mid-size Wikipedias. We will be testing new ideas in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, and then we'll talk to more communities (yours!) about adopting the ideas that work well.

We have posted the 8 ideas we are considering. We would really appreciate your thoughts and the thoughts from your community. Please share the ideas, and tell us what do you and your community think of those ideas before September 9.

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Learn more about us

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September 2018 at Women in Red

		September is an exciting new month for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons! New: Women currently in academics Women + Law Geofocus: Hispanic countries Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative Check it out: Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in September. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
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