Habst

Article page move

Hello, Habst,

Please do not move articles that are in the midst of an open AFD discussion. XFDcloser, the editing tool closers use, doesn't understand when the article title on the AFD discussion is different that the page title on a moved article. It creates additional work for a closer who might be reviewing dozens of open AFD discussions. If an article is Kept, feel free to move the article to a more appropriate page title but please just wait until the discussion has been closed. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@Liz, thank you for the heads up. Is this really true? I just tested a similar scenario on the test wiki, and I get the following message (see thumb) from XFDcloser which would indicate this should be handled.

Out of an abundance of caution, I won't redirect AFD pages until I'm sure everything is working. But if it isn't, I'm open to making a PR to https://github.com/wikimedia-gadgets/xfdcloser to fix the issue so we won't have to work around it. Thanks, --Habst (talk) 13:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Habst,

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!

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:2019 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

Hello, Habst,

Category redirects are created with a different code than article redirects. Please look at the code/template on this page so if you want to create a category redirect in the future, they are in line with Wikipedia guidelines. If you could fix any others you created, that would be appreciated. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@Liz,  Done at all others I created (Special:Diff/1217096161, Special:Diff/1217096192, Special:Diff/1217096244, Special:Diff/=1217096309, Special:Diff/1217096328, and Special:Diff/1217096349), thanks. --Habst (talk) 20:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mounir Akbache

Hello! Your submission of Mounir Akbache at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 06:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:American people of Zimbabwean descent by occupation has been nominated for merging

Category:American people of Zimbabwean descent by occupation has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it 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. Mason (talk) 03:08, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Scovia Ayikoru

Why redirect to one of several competitions Ayikoru participated in? This way, the link will be blue everywhere, and people won't see that the article needs creating. Geschichte (talk) 23:03, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

@Geschichte, the reason was to finish populating the Category:Georgia Southern Eagles women's track and field athletes category, because if it was empty then it would be deleted. I just needed to create that redirect to complete the set of all Category:Sun Belt Conference track and field teams, because now going forward it will be easy to add athletes to any of those teams.

I wish that all {{r with possibilities}} links would be colored pink rather than blue, that would essentially fix this issue because then people would know that the redirect is only temporary. --Habst (talk) 23:31, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Aveni Miguel

Hello, Habst,

This article was deleted by PROD two years ago. There is no need for an orphaned talk page now without an article. Please be careful using automated editing tools and make sure articlee/categories/templates/redirects/etc. exist before creating talk pages. Orphaned talk pages just need to be deleted. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Liz, my mistake, was adding WikiProjects to a list of articles from User:Hildreth gazzard#Athletics and I didn't see that one was deleted. The job is done now, and I can see that was the only deleted talk page re-created. In the future I'll be sure to double check for that beforehand. Thanks, --Habst (talk) 20:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your continued hard work Habst! Hildreth gazzard (talk) 20:25, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Category redirects

Hi Habst :) I just wanted to let you know that my understanding is that most redirect templates (such as {{R from alternative name}}) shouldn't be used on category redirects, as the templates' documentation and WP:RCAT state that they shouldn't be used to tag soft redirects. In addition, tagging category redirects in this way means that those categories end up in the 'redirect-category' category tree (alongside categories such as Category:Redirects from long names).

All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 22:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@A smart kitten, thank you for letting me know and for correcting those pages. I had gotten used to using {{R from category navigation}} earlier, will make sure to only use templates in Category:Templates for soft redirects for category redirects in the future. --23:30, 7 May 2024 (UTC) Habst (talk) 23:30, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Mounir Akbache

On 14 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mounir Akbache, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after failing to qualify for prestigious races as an athlete, Mounir Akbache became a rabbit? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mounir Akbache. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mounir Akbache), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time

Hello Habst:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in June 2024!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Texas Southern Tigers men's track and field athletes

A tag has been placed on Category:Texas Southern Tigers men's track and field athletes indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Liz, it's populated now so I removed the tag, thanks. --Habst (talk) 22:13, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for 1901 Boston Marathon

On 19 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1901 Boston Marathon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ronald MacDonald was allegedly drugged with chloroform during the 1901 Boston Marathon, sabotaging his race? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1901 Boston Marathon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1901 Boston Marathon), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)

On 5 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lin Yu-tang (long jumper), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by switching out his broken track shoes between attempts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lin Yu-tang (long jumper). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Kortnei Johnson

On 9 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kortnei Johnson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kortnei Johnson (pictured) became a seven-time state sprinting champion for the University Interscholastic League despite training on grass and cement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kortnei Johnson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kortnei Johnson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Usain Bolt has been nominated for deletion

Category:Usain Bolt has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it 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. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 20:05, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

GAN 1901 Boston Marathon

I think that the article 1901 Boston Marathon needs some additional work to improve it from C to B class before a GA review makes sense to me. I suggest that you first

• add a Background section with a brief history of the Boston Marathon leading up to this edition and the context of this particular race with only male competitors
• create a separate Route section if possible with a map
• merge the race and results sections into a single Results section
• rewrite the lead to summarize the changed article

– Editør (talk) 12:41, 29 June 2024 (UTC)