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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello AmericanAir88,

Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 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.

Coordinator

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.

This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

Deletion tags

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.

Paid editing

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion

• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
• Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.

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, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.

Tools

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log.

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GAR you might be interested in

Since you've taken some of my mall articles, you might be interested in this GAR. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:29, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

ISP Templating

If you read their talk page, he has already politely said he doesn't want an account.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Connecticut Route 190

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Connecticut Route 190 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rschen7754 -- Rschen7754 (talk) 22:20, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Connecticut Route 190

The article Connecticut Route 190 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Connecticut Route 190 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rschen7754 -- Rschen7754 (talk) 04:40, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Non notable schools

such as primary and middle schools are generally redirected per policy at WP:ATD-R. There is no need to send them to AfD. If they are blatant adverts for for-profit institutions, that would be a different matter and they should be tagged CSD-G11, or if the are COPYVIO, CSD-G12. Note also that schools are exempt from A7. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:25, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

WikiConference North America 2019

You are invited to WikiConference North America 2019 on November 8-11 in Boston. Deadline for Program Submissions and Scholarship Applications is September 20. Hope to see you there! --Rosiestep (talk) 00:56, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/September 2019

AmericanAir88, thanks for adding the number of backlog days to the Participants lists; I'm sure the drive runners will find that information useful.

I was wondering though, whether you could sign your name without the date when adding the backlog days to a listing—it adds a bit of clutter to the list, and isn't really necessary. It's easy to do: just use three tildes (~~~) rather than four for your sig, and the user part of the sig is included but no date. (Fun fact: five tildes is the other way around: the date without the sig.) Thank you! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Thank you for this advice. The dates really do clutter it. Keep up the good work on the drive. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:57, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1 (New York City Subway service)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1 (New York City Subway service) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dom497 -- Dom497 (talk) 03:00, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Connecticut Route 190

The article Connecticut Route 190 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Connecticut Route 190 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rschen7754 -- Rschen7754 (talk) 04:01, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

GAR of Bengal famine of 1943

Hello. This is spam, forgive me. I'm gonna go through various GAR/GA pages and look for people who appear active. All I'm asking for is a review, not asking for any specific outcome (i.e., not begging for a KEEP). The GAR is Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Bengal famine of 1943/1. If you review and Delist, that's OK, so long as it gets a meaningful review...

The article is big, detailed and has a terrible history in various Content Review forums. In fact, it has been residing in Content Review Hell for a couple years now... In return for a review (not a specific outcome) I'll do any kinda gnomish or research work you wish. Forex, I love converting inconsistent referencing into {{{sfn}}}, regardless of article size. I also help with all the errors that show up as described User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck. And so on. Thank you for reading this; forgive the intrusion. Cheers ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 04:50, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of MyPods and Boomsticks

The article MyPods and Boomsticks you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:MyPods and Boomsticks for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 01:21, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Mall help

@TenPoundHammer: Could you help me with a mall article I created? It is The SoNo Collection. It's sad I won't get credit for creation because of the redirect that already exists, but I would appreciate the help. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:06, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

• I was just about to create this myself but I've been tired and not wanting to do a lot of heavy lifting. This is a good start that should go toward asserting notability, and I'm sure the article will grow as the mall opens and establishes itself. I also added the navbox and category for Brookfield Properties Retail Group. Good start here. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:16, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@TenPoundHammer: Thank you for helping out. I actually live in the area this mall will serve, so I know and have seen the whole construction on the way to the train station to work and such. I believe it's notable with several sources covering it and it's importance to the Connecticut economy. As for article credit, will the person who created the redirect get the credit for creation? AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:18, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

It should credit you since you made the actual article. So if you submit it to DYK or manage to get it to GA later on, that would be your credit. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:19, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@TenPoundHammer: Thanks for the clarification. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:20, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

backlog days

Hey, AA88! How are you calculating the backlog days? I thought if I had time I might start from the other end and do a few. --valereee (talk) 14:54, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

@Valereee: Hey. Thank you for the help. I just take the day it was nominated and count how many days until the nomination started. I use this. Thanks again. AmericanAir88^(talk) 16:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Okay, I did one down at the end of the list. Would you go calculate it too, to make sure you and I are calculating the same? --valereee (talk) 16:57, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

@Valereee: Looks good. Just make sure not to include the date in your signature. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:06, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Ugh, I'm breaking the markup. What am I doing? I don't know how to read all these curly brackets. --valereee (talk) 19:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

@Valereee: You can also add the backlog days to the reviews on hold. This is because it is from nomination to review start day. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:08, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for FAC help

Hello again! I hope you are doing well. I was wondering if you could possibly help with my current FAC? I understand if you do not have the time or interest so do not feel pressured. Hope your week is going awesomely so far! Aoba47 (talk) 06:41, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present this barnstar jointly and severally to AmericanAir88, Lee Vilenski and Barkeep49 in recognition of the work they have together put into conceiving, organising, running and coordinating the 2019 GAN Backlog Drives. A fine example of Wikipedia at its best. Thanks guys. Gog the Mild (talk)

@Gog the Mild: Thank you for this. I appreciate it a ton. AmericanAir88^(talk) 14:57, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Category:Airline accidents and incidents designated as Flight 191 has been nominated for discussion

Category:Airline accidents and incidents designated as Flight 191, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. 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. MilborneOne (talk) 17:32, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Possible renaming choices : ressurected

Hello @TonyBallioni: and @Northamerica1000:

I have some new names that I could use following the concern at the RfA a few months ago. Tony, I remember your offer of renaming and NorthA, you were my nominator. Before we disucss possible changes, do you think I should change my name? If I were to run again, would not changing my name hinder my chances?

Here are some:

• User:AA88
• User:AirlinerAA
• User:AAUnited
• User:AmericanAirliner
• User:FlightAA88
• User:AADepartures
• User:FlightAA99

Thank you for your help. AmericanAir88^(talk) 00:04, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Good Article Backlog Drive Barnstar

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Thanks for your participation in the September 2019 GA Backlog drive. Your 5 reviews made a difference, as did your willingness to review particularly old nominations. The work of editors like you helped bring down the unreviewed backlog by over 35%. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:00, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: Thank you for this. Much appreciate and thank you for your work as well. AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:25, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

AmericanAir88, I neglected to thank you for the time you put in looking at backlog days. So let me thank you now for that. Any thoughts about how we can make that more sustainable for future drives as I think it would be data worth collecting?

@Barkeep49: Thank you. I can take blame for not finishing as I got quite busy during that time. Next time, we could use more people and post directions on how to do it. Or, we could try to create some sort of script that calculates it. Thank you again, it is worth collecting. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:06, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Ridgedale Center/1

Did you ever get back around to this? You were going to do an in depth reassessment. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:46, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@TenPoundHammer: On it now. Sorry for the wait. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:02, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

	US Banknote Contest
	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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RfA

Hi. I'm just wondering, because it's often possible for people to miss the rules, if you are aware that your question at the current RfA is actually 3 questions disguised as one. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:54, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

@Kudpung: It is? On my RfA there were plenty of similar questions. This is implied to be one big question regarding three criteria of one policy. I honestly don’t see how it is three questions. I recall being asked similar questions where I would have to give multiple examples. Could we discuss how it is? If it is apparently three questions, I apologize. AmericanAir88^(talk) 16:30, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

No need to apologise, but the rule is quite clear - it was one of my ideas towards the complex RfC that it was part of. If candidates have correctly read WP:RFAADVICE (I wrote that too), they would know that the best way to treat such questions is to ignore them completely, which they would be perfectly within heir rights to do - no one can oppose a candidate for not answering an obviously inappropriate question. If you are still wondering what it was that has caused me to comment, it is that your question demanded three answers. That and the fact that the candidate is obviously heading for a successful RfA despite the barrage of far too many questions., Hope that helps. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:48, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

@Kudpung: I kind of see what you mean, but I still don’t believe I was asking three questions. It was one genre of a question with an asking for three examples. If I recall in my RfA, I was asked for several examples and had multiple part questions. I remember having to explain plenty of relistings. I did not ask this question just to add to the pile, I asked it to be better informed if the candidate was familiar with all aspects of CSD. They seemed heavily focused on advertising/A7 and I wanted to see how they would handle lesser used policies. I hope you understand my question was in good faith and I never meant to break any rules. Thank you Kudpung. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:47, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Good catch with "Work In Progress Productions"

Hi AmericanAir88 - this had been in articlespace since 2010, and as far as I can see was pretty much a WP:G3 as well as a WP:A7 candidate for most of that time - Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:26, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Oh, and about username issues: in hindsight I find it difficult to understand why there is a current sysop who, long ago, created an account that was named for their field hockey shirt number... and I am that person. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:26, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

@Shirt58: Thank you for the nice message. I go through the orphaned article list to seek articles such as that one which fail WP guidelines. The username issue did have a big impact on me. I honestly just have a passion for aviation and the number 88 was random. It was sad to fail the RfA, but I am glad that I can learn on how to improve myself and become a better Wikipedian. AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:26, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Bart Gets an "F"

Hello:

The copy edit you requested of the article "Bart Gets an'F' " has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the FA process.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:38, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello Nutmegger Also

Hello also Nutmegger --

Yes, please feel free to move any draft (such as the Pachaug Trail Draft that I haven't gone back to into actual draft space. Or any other unfinished items I might have started.

Mostly I've been adding photographs to various CT state parks and forests, but I may go back and fill in on some trails that need photographs!

Morrow Long Morrowlong (talk) 00:36, 24 October 2019 (UTC) Morrowlong (talk) 00:37, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

@Morrowlong: Pachaug Trail is live. AmericanAir88^(talk) 20:02, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for doing it and taking it on!!! Looks good! Morrowlong (talk) 10:20, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Fairfield County Interactive Map

Hello,

I was wondering if you know anything about editing interactive maps. The interactive map for Fairfield County, Connecticut is all screwed up, and I have no idea how to fix it. In you're uncertain on how to fix it then don't worry, I just figured I would ask around. Thanks!--AirportExpert (talk) 15:48, 24 October 2019 (UTC)AirportExpert

@AirportExpert: I checked possibilities like WD error or a bad edit, but I cannot find any reason. It may be an issue with OSM. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:07, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

pings

Hey there AA88, how you doin? Hey, I noticed here that you pinged Girth on his talk page. Perhaps you already know and it was just a force of habit, but posting on someone's talk page will ping them automatically anyway, so it's sort of redundant to add any of ping, rto, yo, Reply to, etc. stuff on that particular page. If you're already aware of this and it was just a case of being used to including a polite ping with your posts - just delete as ... "Yes Ched, I'm well aware of that; you can find something else to do now". — Ched (talk) 17:40, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

November 2019 at Women in Red

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  Boo!

Happy Halloween!

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Hello AmericanAir88:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

@DBigXray: Thank you. Much appreciated. You as well. AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello AmericanAir88,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 809 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
Want to join? Consider adding the NPP Pledge userbox.
Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.

Coordinator

Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.

This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

Tools

• It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
• It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.

Reviewer Feedback

Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.

Second set of eyes

• Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
• Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.

Arbitration Committee

The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.

Community Wish list

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don't know if you saw this - it happened here at home (for me)

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/11/16/american-airlines-flight-diverted-to-pittsburgh-lands-safely/ — Ched (talk) 09:26, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

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Arbitration Case Opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Evidence. Please add your evidence by December 20, 2019, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, SQL^{Query me!} 20:35, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Arbcom evidence

Hi AmericanAir88,

thank you for being the first person to add some evidence to the Portals arbcom case. I'm still dreading that... However, the second half of your evidence submission doesn't really belong on the "evidence" page. I suggest you remove the second half (you can later use it on the Workshop page, when it is time for the community to offer suggestions to Arbcom about what to do) and concentrate maybe on putting more actual evidence in form of diffs there. Happy editing, —Kusma (t·c) 12:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Relevant behavior passages

I thought you might like to look these over.    — The Transhumanist   11:45, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kusma:

Administrator conduct

Administrators are expected to lead by example and to behave in a respectful, civil manner in their interactions with others. Sustained or serious disruption of Wikipedia is incompatible with the expectations and responsibilities of administrators, and consistent or egregious poor judgment may result in the removal of administrator tools. Administrators should strive to model appropriate standards of courtesy and civility to other editors.

POV railroading

Point of View (POV) railroading refers to the use of bullying tactics to discredit an editor with an opposing viewpoint or to eliminate them from a discussion. Tactics can include frustrating the editor, hostility that discourages them from participating, or creating a false narrative that misrepresents actual events or edits in order to discredit the editor. These tactics are used to win an argument or take control of an article or topic area by focusing on the editor rather than the edits and editing process.

Brand, discredit and ban

POV railroading may be performed in attempts to malign or destroy the reputation of targeted editors by labeling, shaming, branding and discrediting them in a progressively more prejudiced and misleading manner, until the targeted editor leaves a topical or discussion area out of frustration or tiredness, or is potentially blocked or banned.

Tactics can include continuously and exclusively referring to users in a negative manner, the continuous use of personal attacks that escalate in severity over time and the casting of WP:ASPERSIONS in a generalized manner, without providing any actual qualification for the claims, such as diffs, instead basing claims upon proof by assertion. Another tactic is to continuously mislabel the target as a disruptive editor in various venues, in deliberate attempts mischaracterize entirely normative, civil and functional actions as deviant.

POV railroading is sometimes performed to create and maintain an ongoing smear campaign against users in multiple areas of Wikipedia. Such attacks may be stated in a highly exaggerated and personalized manner, whereby the railroader attempts to manipulate public opinion against their target through appeals to emotion, rather than facts. Attacks are typically stated from an entirely subjective and biased point of view, are typically stated using intentional open-ended overgeneralizations, and are typically performed per severe ulterior motives.

Harassment

Harassment is a pattern of repeated offensive behavior that appears to a reasonable observer to intentionally target a specific person or persons. Usually (but not always), the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine, frighten, or discourage them from editing.

Wikipedia must never be misused to harass anyone, whether or not the subject of the harassment is an editor here. Edits constituting harassment will be reverted, deleted, or suppressed, as appropriate, and editors who engage in harassment are subject to blocking.

Harassment can include actions calculated to be noticed by the target and clearly suggestive of targeting them, where no direct communication takes place.

Your GA nomination of 1 (New York City Subway service)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1 (New York City Subway service) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Happypillsjr -- Happypillsjr (talk) 14:00, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1 (New York City Subway service)

The article 1 (New York City Subway service) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1 (New York City Subway service) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Happypillsjr -- Happypillsjr (talk) 04:20, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1 (New York City Subway service)

The article 1 (New York City Subway service) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1 (New York City Subway service) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Happypillsjr -- Happypillsjr (talk) 13:41, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's greetings

Hello AmericanAir88: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
5	DannyS712 (talk)	4,866	Patrol Page Curation
6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

Redirect autopatrol

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.

Source Guide Discussion

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.

This month's refresher course

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.

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Happy Holidays

Hello AmericanAir88: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 18:14, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

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February with Women in Red

February 2020, Volume 6, Issue 2, Numbers 150, 151, 152, 154, 155 Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Women in Red. Online events: New: Explorers / Black Women / Horror / Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

Hello AmericanAir88,

Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

Redirects

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.

Discussions and Resources

• There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
• A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
• A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
• A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Refresher

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.

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16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Lee Fixel

Hello! I'm not sure if you received a notification, but I mentioned you at Talk:Lee_Fixel#Early_life_and_education, hoping you might be willing to help improve the Lee Fixel article by reviewing a couple sentences for the Early life and education section. I've reached out to several WikiProjects and editors, but no one has replied. I thought I'd ask you, since you're an active member of WikiProject Business. Might you have a moment to review this request? Thanks, either way. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@Inkian Jason: I'll take a look in the next few days. AmericanAir88^(talk) 02:30, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks in advance for your help, especially given the current notice on your profile page. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:51, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi again! I've proposed an improved Career section here based on feedback provided by you and User:Spintendo. Do you have a moment to take another look? Thanks so much! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:07, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

I don't mean to bother, but I just wanted to let you know I've posted my final request for the Lee Fixel article at Talk:Lee_Fixel#Philanthropy. The proposed text covers the same topics but improves flow and adds a bit more context for readers. If you're willing to review this alongside the revised Career section, I'd be much appreciated. I've struggled to find other editors to help here, but if you're unable or interested, I can try to reach out to other editors at relevant WikiProjects again soon. Thanks again for your help thus far and further consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 19:31, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

April 2020 at Women in Red

April 2020, Volume 6, Issue 4, Numbers 150, 151, 159, 160, 161, 162 April offerings at Women in Red. Online events: New: Gender studies / Dance / Geofocus: Caucasus Photo and image campaign: #VisibleWikiWomen Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

--Rosiestep (talk) 14:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Your GA nomination of E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

The article E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 19:40, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog Drive

Harrias ^talk 06:43, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Get well

Sorry to read of your indisposition. Someone said there is a bug going around. I have had a cough and bad case of the achy blahs myself for a week or so. One upside to quarantine is that I am on here a bit more except when napping (which has been rather a lot). -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Ad Orientem: Thank you. I appreciate it. I actually got tested today for COVID-19 and the flu. I will await the results. Hope you are doing well and we can all get through this. AmericanAir88^(talk) 16:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Chicken noodle soup

@Ad Orientem: Have some chicken soup, buddy! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:54, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Thanks you. Still awaiting my COVID test results. I appreciate the soup. AmericanAir88^(talk) 14:39, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I saw your recent message on your user page. Do what you have to do to get better. To promote healing, try to keep your immune system up, stay nourished with a balanced diet, and take it easy. Hope you're doing well, and keep in touch. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:17, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry to hear about this as well. --Rschen7754 05:37, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Me too. I'd be lying if I said I could precisely recall the first time you and I interacted (I think you reviewed a GAN for me) but this pandemic really starts to hit home when people you know, even if it's through the Internet, get sick. Do your best to rest up and get better, and please let me know if I can help in any way. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:05, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Thank you so much for this. I will keep in touch. Hope to work with you soon. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:22, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

@Rschen7754: and @Bcschneider53: Thank you for the messages. I appreciate it. AmericanAir88^(talk) 17:22, 7 April 2020 (UTC)