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Welcome!

"In any case, I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! "

I don't enjoy editing pages, I do it out of pedantism.

I hate it when people revert my edits and make information incorrect again. How can I stop that ?

I have an account - I've forgotten the login details. This was the last site that ever happened (accidentally) !!!!!!! Who to contact to recover the account ? RSVP by e-mail: pmailkeey@ gee mail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.2.251 (talk)

Hello! To recover an account, Special:PasswordReset should do the trick. Depending on what your account settings were, if you have forgotten your username, you should only need to give the email. If that doesn't work, review this help page about what options are available to you.
Regarding others posting wrong information, note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can use, edit, and distribute. If you have made an edit, and it has been reverted, it's encouraged you contact said editor and attempt to reach consensus. You may face disciplinary actions from administrators if you enter an editting war with users in an attempt to keep your edits live. Have a good one! ––Sirdog9002 (talk) 20:48, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Re:An Apology

No worries. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:17, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar

A new editor on the right path
For always following best practices despite being a relatively new editor! ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:11, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
FormalDude, thank you kindly! I look forward to continuing my work. Cheers! ––Sirdog9002 (talk) 19:46, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Sirdog9002. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when using rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Jake Wartenberg (talk) 21:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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You are now a pending changes reviewer!

Hi Sirdog! I've been running into you while patrolling logs and recent changes, and I happened to notice that you don't have the pending changes reviewer rights. I hope you don't mind, but I went through your contributions and I noticed that you're quite active in recent changes patrolling and that you consistently view and undo vandalism and bad faith disruption. I believe that the pending changes reviewer rights would be useful for you to have and that you'd make good use of the tools. Instead of having you formally request the rights at WP:PERM, I went ahead and just gave it to you. This user right allows you to review edits that are pending approval on pages currently under pending changes protection and either accept the edits to make them viewable by the general public, or decline and revert them.

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I'm sure you'll do fine with the reviewer rights - it's a pretty straight-forward tool and it doesn't drastically change the interface that you're used to already. Nonetheless, please don't hesitate to leave me a message on my user talk page if you run into any questions, get stuck anywhere, or if you're not sure if you should accept or revert pending changes to a page - I'll be more than be happy to help you. If you no longer want the pending changes reviewer rights, let me know and I'll be happy to remove it for you. Thank you for helping to patrol recent changes and keep Wikipedia free of disruption and vandalism - it's a very thankless job to perform and I want you to know that it doesn't go unnoticed and that I appreciate it very much. Happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:11, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Thank you very much! I planned on waiting a bit before requesting this user right, as I did not wish to come off as collecting hats and I'm still stumbling a bit on edit requests, but I appreciate you giving me the opportunity! I'll make sure to brush up on the relevant policies and read the pages linked above. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 01:20, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
No problem! You deserve it! Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for spending your time and energy toward making Wikipedia a better place. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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Hi

HI I AM SO SORRY I DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD ACTUALLY EDIT IT thank you so much for what you do to make Wikipedia a good place I guess it is true what they say "not all heroes wear capes" -Unknown THANK YOU FOR BEIGN NICE TO ME — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.30.20 (talk) 22:09, September 27, 2021 (UTC)

It's no problem! I'm just trying to help. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have for the future if you decide to stick around on Wikipedia. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 02:15, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Sus

Sus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.126.141.208 (talk) 18:02, September 28, 2021 (UTC)

SUS

Removing constructive edits for no reason is sus. 64.126.141.208 (talk) 22:07, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Clarification

Hi Sirdog, I noticed that in one of your comments, you thought I was an admin so I just wanted to let you know that I'm not. Btw, in your Preferences > Gadgets > Browsing, you can enable Navigation popups which provide tons of useful info and actions just by hovering over a diff, article title, or user name (including which rights/permissions that user has) - quick way to see if the editor you're engaging with has 5 edits or 50,000. Cheers! Schazjmd (talk) 15:05, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Schazjmd Thanks for reaching out to me! Yeah, I realized that my assumption there was incorrect when I wrote up the ANI report, which is why I avoided making that claim there. I have the gadget you are referring to enabled and I guess I just didn't bother to double check before writing that. I'll go ahead and refactor that statement so as to avoid confusing anyone about this. My apologies for that. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 16:03, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Tara

I did this to redirect that page to Tara (disambiguation) can you help me to redirect that page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:51D2:490F:C133:84EF:94A:3AB2 (talk) 04:43, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, IP! I think the information left for you on your talk page by JalenFolf is a better answer to this question than I can provide. Feel free to contact me for any future questions you may have on Wikipedia. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 06:02, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Bias

Hi Sirdog.

I have just attempted to make some MINOR constructive changes to a listing on Wikipedia that is largely conjecture and functions as an op-ed disguised as "fact". I removed opinion words such as "propaganda" and "conspiracy" which are both opinions rather than facts. The particular listing is a documentary that lays out facts, interviews people on various sides of the issue and, like any documentary, makes a case for a particular point of view. I've also attempted to remove some citations that are totally unrelated to the reference words they are associated with (and simply function as ways to insert opinions into the listing). I'm disgusted and appalled by the way Wikipedia has become, itself, a propaganda platform posing as unbiased fact. This has to stop.

For a contextual example check any of Michael Moore's film listings or his personal listing and you will find nowhere the word "conspiracy" or "propaganda" or any other such label which sets out to discredit his work to the reader. This is in stark contrast to the above mentioned listing which is written specifically to dissuade and convince the reader of it's illegitimacy.

Be consistent or be honest about your agenda.

I used to donate to Wikipedia when it was truly open source, focused on neutrality and free from biased and agenda-driven filtering but I will no longer be donating.

Please send my regards up the line.

Cheers.

N.C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2406:E003:1C09:A701:38D8:6850:1B83:F747 (talk) 03:57, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Dixieland Jazz

I do not understand your desicion to revert a change I made on the dixieland jazz page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:4e0e:dffe:e54d:7fba:46b6:56bf (talk) 21:17, October 7, 2021 (UTC)

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Suing his maintainable man;

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Santa Monica Court case as above  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:2900:AEBF:C43E:DBB6:9795:DB95 (talk) 01:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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sirdog user page typo

"aren't limited too:" should be "aren't limited to:" :)

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@Slorp777: Thank you! I've gone ahead and fixed it. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 15:10, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Men were raped en masse myriad times in ancient Greece. pick up a history book you unthinking twit 2001:569:FB09:BF00:190B:F5C8:DE6D:A99F (talk) 04:32, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

I don't deny that men were subjected to that throughout history, IP. I was simply upholding the status quo on that article as it in particular focused on women being victimized. —Sirdog (talk) 04:35, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Sirdog/Archives,

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: 12107 articles, as of 08:00, 11 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
  • Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
  • If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, 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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Notes
  1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
  2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
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Singularity University

Hi Sirdog, my name is Valeria. I'm looking for input on a discussion at Talk:Singularity University regarding the language in the lead. When looking through the article's history I noticed that you reverted an edit to the controversy section citing a need for consensus, and I would like to achieve such a consensus here. If you have a moment to take a look at my edit request and subsequent discussion, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help, Valeria at SG (talk) 15:25, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

@Valeria at SG: Hello! My sincerest apologies for my response time; I've been a bit busy IRL which has stopped on-wiki activities. The reversion in question was made in August 2021 and appears to have been done while patrolling for vandalism. I simply saw in Huggle that material which had numerous sources was removed for Subjective opinion and so restored it. I stated a consensus would be needed as a group of editors, generally, would be preferable to ascertain if the material in question was in fact opinionated despite provided sourcing. I unfortunately do not have more context to provide due to the age of the edit.
I do not have much interest or knowledge in relation to the university, it's controversies section, or academia in general. For those reasons, even were the relevant discussion still open, I would have declined to participate. I apologize I could not be of more help. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 03:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

readded Valereee
removed Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
  • Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Sirdog/Archives,

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
  • Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
  • If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, 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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NPP message

Hi Sirdog/Archives,

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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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
  • Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
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Board of Trustees election

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 04:07, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

New Page Patrol | October 2022 backlog drive
  • On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive.
  • Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo.

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Sirdog/Archives,

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.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

Suggestions:

  • There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
  • Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
  • 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!

Reminders
  • Newsletter feedback - please take this short poll about the newsletter.
  • If you're interested in instant messaging and chat rooms, please join us on the New Page Patrol Discord, where you can ask for help and live chat with other patrollers.
  • Please add the project discussion page to your watchlist.
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Laura Messing article

Hi again Sirdog, Thank you once again for your note on the article I created. I have now updated the source following the aspects mentioned in the guide to writing your first article and would like to hear your thoughts/ suggestions on the edits. I appreciate your guidance! Melloncita (talk) 15:01, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Good morning, Melloncita! It would say my analysis isn't all that necessary, as after an administrator handled the copyright infringement a new page patroller has marked your page as reviewed. This means that an experienced editor has made the determination your article is suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. This also means the article can be indexed by search engines such as Google. While editors are still able to propose deletion or send it to articles for deletion the odds are much lower than before. You should be quite proud of yourself, especially considering you haven't been an editor for long. Good work!
My only advice at this point would be to try and get a photo of the subject (keeping in mind copyright and our image usage policy) and inserting an infobox. I believe the template in question would be {{Infobox person}}. After that, if possible, it's just expanding the article. If you have specific questions, and I feel qualified to answer, you are free to ask here and I'll answer. I would also advise using the teahouse, a place specifically for new editors to get answers from experienced editors. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 12:33, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Thank you so much @Sirdog! Your notes are much appreciated. Thank you once again for taking the time to send me your insights and your suggestions. I will indeed try to include an inbox and a photo, I'm currently reading the guidelines to do so. An absolute pleasure to e-meet you and having guided me on my first steps. All my best, -Melloncita Melloncita (talk) 14:33, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Early end of the backlog drive

A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

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Midhun Jith

HI SIRDOG CAN YOU HELP TO EDIT THE WIKIPIDIA OF Midhun Jith Nayansuzen (talk) 09:11, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Good morning, Nayansuzen!
I would advise reading Wikipedia's page on making your first article and reading our content policies. The policies that involved the page Midhun Jith included significant copyright infringement and recreating a page that community consensus has been determined should be deleted. I would heavily suggest working on other areas of Wikipedia first. before you jump to article creation. that way you can get more acclimated to our policies. If you are heavily motivated to create this one article, and it isn't due to a potential conflict of interest with the subject, I would advise making use of the articles for creation process. That said, understand that the community determined to delete Midhun Jith due to not meeting our notability policy. He must meet our general notability criteria or perhaps a more specific criteria, such as our criteria for articles about people. It's because of the plethora of policies in play relating to an article being created (which no doubt may be confusing or frustrating for you to learn about all at once) that article creation isn't necessarily advised for new editors.
If you have any specific questions and I feel qualified you are more than welcome to ask me here. You can also use a venue like the teahouse, which is a place designed specifically for helping new editors. —Sirdog (talk) 12:24, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

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Very happy to see you working with page curation. Good Job, Sirdog!! Atsme 💬 📧 11:35, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Atsme, thank you for the kind words! It's always a pleasure to have you on my talk page. If you ever see anything suspect in my log, never feel that you are unwelcome in setting me straight, lol. —Sirdog (talk) 12:48, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

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vijay actor article is neutral

Moved to User talk:49.228.240.215

please kindly point out the fan stuff in the article there is no fan stuff, there is both positive and negative about him in the article. I find the tags placed unnecessarily by some puffery in the lead and it was all removed now. 49.228.240.215 (talk) 16:09, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

I've moved this comment to your talk page where Drmies originally began discussion to avoid splitting the discussion. Please maintain the discussion there. —Sirdog (talk) 16:14, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Better yet, IP, argue your point on the article talk page--that's where you are likely to find an audience that's interested in improving the article. Drmies (talk) 16:24, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Gold Candle

I have a picture of the signage, but don't know how to add it to use as a citation. 2605:B100:D26:7F7C:1970:F0CC:A52A:7850 (talk) 16:50, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, IP! This page can help you with referencing. Might I also suggest our welcome page for new editors? Feel free to contact me at any time if you have more questions, or check out the Teahouse, where you can ask questions and get responses from a lot of editors way more experienced than me. —Sirdog (talk) 16:52, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Oh, and presuming you took the image you could upload it. If it isn't your image check out our copyright policy and image usage policy before uploading it. —Sirdog (talk) 16:55, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Edit Request on Vanniyar Talk Page

I have rephrased the edit request that you denied due to possible copyright violation. Please take a look at Vanniyar talk page and check the new request I made under same edit request and incorporate it in the article 103.98.63.84 (talk) 03:46, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

I have performed the edit. Make sure to read my reply at the talk page, and happy editing! —Sirdog (talk) 04:02, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

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Request: Need Semi protection on Vellalar

Hello sir, 

        The page has many flaws and authors pov. It's most of the information (including summary) was contributed by 2 editors only. The two were fighting like kids in the talk page as you can see. You can compare the page with Rajputs, Khatri, Vokkaliga and many dominant society of Indian regions. These pages are well constructed by genuine editors from various backgrounds. Literally, The Vellalar page summary is author's pov (their claim starts "seems to be rather"). The page need major improvements, cleanups and more sources.

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Hello, Exhistorian.
The page in question is currently extended confirmed protected. This means that only editors with 500 edits and an account that is 30 days old can edit the page. It is currently not only editable by administrators. The administrator that protected the page is Tamzin on August 13th of this year in accordance with general sanctions over the subject area as authorized by the English Wikipedia community. I am not an administrator and cannot effect the page's protection. You can either request the page protection be lowered at the venue for requesting adjustment to page protection (though this will likely fail for the reasons I've explained above) or make an extended-confirmed edit request on the page. For the latter, an editor with sufficient permissions will eventually review the edit and - if it's appropriate - implement it for you.
I would advise removing the {{Admin help}} template (leaving your message is entirely okay) from Talk:Vellalar, as there is nothing in your message that an administrator can take action on. Your best bets are the methods I've described above.
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Thank you so much for the Info. I'll do as you said. Exhistorian (talk) 18:42, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

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Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

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