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September 2019

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello SMcCandlish,

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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Please comment on Talk:Transgender

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Portal/Guidelines

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion

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Seeking FA review comments for 2019 World Snooker Championship

Hi Stanton, as a member of the snooker project, I wonder if you would like to contribute to the FA review that we're working on at the moment for the 2019 World Snooker Championship article? I'm co-nominator for the review (with Lee Vilenski). We're looking for constructive comments and support to move things forward. Please can you assist? Best wishes, Rodney Baggins (talk) 11:03, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

@Rodney Baggins and Lee Vilenski: I'm a bit late to the party due to extended wikibreak, but have started and will try to pore over it all in detail tomorrow. Looks great so far, though.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  07:39, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks that's great. You just about made it in time, as we're still waiting for the coordinators to give the green light, so we probably still have a few days to make further tweaks. Thanks again, take your time. Rodney Baggins (talk) 11:11, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back! Great to see you again! Thanks for your comments, looking good for a third snooker FA! I have a few things to chat with you about, but I'll let you get back in the swing. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:19, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Redirect

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Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019

• Wikimania
• We're building something great, but..
• Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
• A Wikibrarian's story
• Bytes in brief

Read the full newsletter

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Please comment on Template talk:Infobox film

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