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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

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Women in Red May 2023

Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270


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Books & Bytes – Issue 56

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Women in Red - June 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273


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  • Looking for new red links? Keep an eye out for interesting and notable friends, family, or associates of your last article subject, and re-examine group photos for other women who may still need an article.

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello Sam Sailor,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023

Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, Sam Sailor. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
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Women in Red July 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276


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New pages patrol needs your help!

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

Hello Sam Sailor,

The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.

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Women in Red 8th Anniversary

Women in Red 8th Anniversary
In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 57

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 57, May – June 2023

  • Suggestion improvements
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  • Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors

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Can you please upload the picture of the official mascot in the page..?? I am having problem with it. Harshit Kumar (talk) 10:31, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't. Sam Sailor 10:34, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
Why bro ?? Harshit Kumar (talk) 13:03, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2023

Women in Red August 2023, Vol 9, Iss 8, Nos 251, 252, 277, 278, 279, 280


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  • Wikimania 2023 will be held in Singapore, 16–19 August, and will be facilitated by the
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September 2023 at Women in Red

Women in Red September 2023, Vol 9, Iss 9, Nos 251, 252, 281, 282, 283


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File breakage

Sam, sometimes my replace regex patterns hit filenames, and I fail to notice. I appreciate that you do notice and fix such things, but I don't need a lecture each time. I've taken to watching the category of articles with missing files myself, so I'll often notice them before you do, and fix them. I'm fine with you reverting me if you notice before I do, but don't waste your time lecturing me about it. Dicklyon (talk) 03:34, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2023)

Industrial cooking of mashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle
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Mashed potato

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Fishing industry

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Previous selections: Mashed potato • Physiology


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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2023)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Antebellum South

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Previous selections: Fishing industry • Mashed potato


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New Article

Do you publish new Articles? Olamiidy (talk) 01:48, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 58

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2023)

Juice for public consumption
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Juice

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Previous selections: Antebellum South • Fishing industry


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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2023)

vs graph for a moving particle under a non-uniform acceleration .
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Motion

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Previous selections: Juice • Antebellum South


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New pages patrol newsletter

Hello Sam Sailor,

New Page Review article queue, March to September 2023

Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

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Women in Red October 2023

Women in Red October 2023, Vol 9, Iss 10, Nos 251, 252, 284, 285, 286


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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2023)

Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Ming dynasty, 15th century
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

The arts

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Motion • Juice


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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2023)

Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religious superstition.
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Superstition

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Previous selections: The arts • Motion


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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2023)

An IT8.7 Target by LaserSoft Imaging
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Color calibration

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Previous selections: Superstition • The arts


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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2023)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Power (social and political)

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Previous selections: Color calibration • Superstition


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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2023)

Various forms of severe weather
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Severe weather

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Previous selections: Power (social and political) • Color calibration


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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2023)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Play (theatre)

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Women in Red - November 2023

Women in Red November 2023, Vol 9, Iss 11, Nos 251, 252, 287, 288, 289


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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2023)

Logo for 3dfx
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

3dfx

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2023)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Human-centered design

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Category:American Ninja Warrior contestants has been nominated for merging

Category:American Ninja Warrior contestants has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. --woodensuperman 13:56, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2023)

Institute for sports science in Japan
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Sports science

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Previous selections: Human-centered design • 3dfx


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Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

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Women in Red December 2023

Women in Red December 2023, Vol 9, Iss 12, Nos 251, 252, 290, 291, 292


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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2023)

A Mountfield church in East Sussex
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

East Sussex

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Previous selections: Sports science • Human-centered design


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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2023)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

International trade law

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Previous selections: East Sussex • Sports science


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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2023)

Online encyclopedias, also called Internet encyclopedias, are digital encyclopedias accessible through the Internet.
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Online encyclopedia

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Previous selections: International trade law • East Sussex


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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2023)

Cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs: autotrophs use light, carbon dioxide, and water to form oxygen and organic compounds, mainly through the process of photosynthesis (green arrow).
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Carbon source (biology)

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Previous selections: Online encyclopedia • International trade law


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Women in Red January 2024

Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296


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    of the #1day1woman initiative!

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Fish slice

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Carbon source (biology) • Online encyclopedia


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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2024)

An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach.
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Antacid

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CS1 error on Dana Air Flight 992

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

Thank you, Sam Sailor!

You fixed my messed up redirect of the Avery Berkel article. If you like hugs, consider yourself hugged! That was my first attempt at merging an article, and I did read the instructions. I saw my mistake and tried a ghost edit to fix it. (To be honest, the help articles are often horrible. But I'll keep trying my best to learn!) Ghost edit did not take and it was just too late at night for me to do more. I will try hard to do better next time. Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 10:47, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, hugs back! Sam Sailor 10:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Shovel

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Antacid • Fish slice


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Unreferenced articles February 2024 backlog drive

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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2024)

Visualization of one newton of force
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Newton (unit)

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Shovel • Antacid


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Books & Bytes – Issue 60

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

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Women in Red February 2024

Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298


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  • AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library.

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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2024)

Mahatma Gandhi with a young Indira Ghandi, during his fast in 1924
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Hunger strike

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2024)

Various pâtés
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Pâté

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January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This award is given in recognition to Sam Sailor for collecting at least 25 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2024)

Uncooked rigatoni
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Rigatoni

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Foreign policy

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Previous selections: Rigatoni • Pâté


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Women in Red March 2024

Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301


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Announcements

Tip of the month:

  • When creating a new article, check various spellings, including birth name, married names
    and pseudonyms, to be sure an article doesn't already exist.

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Economy of South America

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Previous selections: Foreign policy • Rigatoni


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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Community service

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Previous selections: Economy of South America • Foreign policy


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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

  • Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
  • 1Lib1Ref results

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:40, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Religious music

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2024)

File:Bucaram foto.png
Abdalá Bucaram
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Abdalá Bucaram

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Previous selections: Natural resource • Religious music


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Women in Red April 2024

Women in Red | April 2024, Volume 10, Issue 4, Numbers 293, 294, 302, 303, 304


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  • The second round of "One biography a week" begins in April as part of #1day1woman.

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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2024)

Gabin in The Little Rebels (1955)
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Jean Gabin

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Sam Sailor,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

Reminders:

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Antarctic

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Fire safety • Jean Gabin


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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
  • On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2024)

Full rack of fifteen balls, ready for the break shot
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Pool (cue sports)

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Previous selections: Antarctic • Fire safety


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Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

  • IEEE and Haaretz now available
  • Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
  • Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

Women in Red May 2024

Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307


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Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • Use open-access references wherever possible, but a paywalled reliable source
    is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people.

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2024)

A crewed submersible used for underwater exploration
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Exploration

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Pool (cue sports) • Antarctic


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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2024)

Papyriform columns in the Luxor Temple
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Ancient Egyptian architecture

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Previous selections: Exploration • Pool (cue sports)


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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Tax return

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Previous selections: Ancient Egyptian architecture • Exploration


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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

News program

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Tax return • Ancient Egyptian architecture


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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2024)

Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle
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Sun Management Center

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Women in Red June 2024

Women in Red | June 2024, Volume 10, Issue 6, Numbers 293, 294, 308, 309, 310


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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

State of emergency

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Sun Management Center • News program


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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2024)

Turkish lira banknote
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

National economy (Turkey)

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Previous selections: State of emergency • Sun Management Center


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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2024)

Field hockey stick and ball
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Sports equipment

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Previous selections: National economy (Turkey) • State of emergency


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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2024)

Breaking wave
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Breaking wave

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Previous selections: Sports equipment • National economy (Turkey)


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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:43, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | July 2024, Volume 10, Issue 7, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 312, 313


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Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia.
    Check the guidelines before you start.

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2024)

Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms
Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Mechanism (engineering)

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Previous selections: Breaking wave • Sports equipment


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