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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Shellwood,

 
New Page Review queue December 2022
Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards
 

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 elections in Moldova

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 elections in Moldova 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Qwerfjkltalk 01:03, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

 

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CSD C1 notifications

Hello, Shellwood,

As you probably have observed, I tag a lot of empty categories for CSD C1 deletion. Several editors who work primarily with categories have asked me to not send them speedy deletion notices when categories they have created become empty because they create so many categories and they aren't that invested in the fate of particular categories they might have created years ago. I've noticed that you do a lot of category creation so I'm asking if you would also like to have these notifications stop. Or, it could be, that you care if a category you created becomes empty and you want to make sure that it hasn't been emptied out of process. Either way, it would be great if you could let me know whether or not to skip these notifications.

Thank you for all of the great work you do on the project! Liz Read! Talk! 19:15, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi Liz and thanks for reaching out. Yes I do a lot of wanted categories patrol and I don't mind if the categories are up for speedy deletion when empty, it comes with the territory. You can stop sending me notifications, it will probably mean less work for everyone. Shellwood (talk) 19:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Well, thank you for doing duty with the Wanted Categories list! When I worked with the list years ago, it was sometimes hard to tell what red link categories were valid new additions to the category hierarchy and which ones were categories that some new editor just made up! I'll uncheck the "Notify page creator" box on Twinkle when handling empty categories for you. Hope you have a great weekend. Liz Read! Talk! 01:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: History and geography request for comment

 

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

Why deleted Mohammad Talib Shah

Please tell me what's the reason of deletion of Mohammad Talib Shah page Sameer481 (talk) 17:08, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@Sameer481: Look at the discussion that is taking place. The nominator has raised concerns over the subject's notability. Is there a significant coverage about Mohammad Talib Shah to be found? Is this coverage found in reliable sources? Does the subject meet the criteria? One piece of advice, never use user-generated material when you create articles about living people. I understand that this can be a lot of information to digest, but the issues must be addressed if the article is to be kept. If possible, I suggest you try to improve the article according to the established guidelines pointed out in the discussion above. I can't be of any further help since I have no knowledge of this person, good luck! Shellwood (talk) 18:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Actually his name known as Mohd Talib lots of movie's or article available on Google . Unfortunately mohd Talib draft name already created with another person that's why I created his full name [Mohammad Talib Shah]] is it right or wrong ? Sameer481 (talk) 04:32, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@Sameer481: You should have continued editing the draft. I see that you were editing it before you created the article. Follow the advices and address the issues above. Shellwood (talk) 13:35, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Amirswalih916 on Starbury (18:06, 24 January 2023)

Ethiopia --Amirswalih916 (talk) 18:06, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Wikiwizard4000 (17:32, 31 January 2023)

may i change borzoi in the borzoi page to hose goat? --Wikiwizard4000 (talk) 17:32, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sagnikbanerjee21 (09:45, 1 February 2023)

I would like to add a organisation details how am i supposed to do that --Sagnikbanerjee21 (talk) 09:45, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

Category:Educational organizations disestablished in 1989 et al

Pardon me for stopping by when I am not quite sure of the purpose of this category - but if it's for educational organisations which have gone out of existence, "disestablished" would not seem to be be the right word. My understanding is it means that something was actively withdrawn: a Ford dealer which became independent may be described as "disestablished" from the Ford dealership network, whereas a Ford dealer that went out of business would instead be (e.g.) "closed". In British English at least (not sure about other varieties) I don't believe it has a meaning which is the opposite of "established" Dorsetonian (talk) 19:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Dorsetonian: Hi, those categories are embedded in the Template:Eidi-year, as for the naming of the categories if you feel something should be done you can raise the issue here. Shellwood (talk) 19:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from 90801a (22:40, 16 February 2023)

How do edit correctly --90801a (talk) 22:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Costa Rica–Slovakia relations

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Costa Rica–Slovakia relations 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.

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Category:September 2022 sports events in Andorra has been nominated for merging

 

Category:September 2022 sports events in Andorra has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:32, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Category:September 2022 events in Andorra has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:September 2022 events in Andorra has been nominated for deletion. 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. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:33, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Category:2022 events in Andorra by month has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:2022 events in Andorra by month has been nominated for deletion. 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. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:33, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

Delete [Letexier jpg]

Can you added the photo from Wikipedia? I made some mistakes and I wants to reload it without any more mistake. Just erase everything.

Here is the link... can you delete it right now? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Francois_Letexier.jpg Footballstars2022 (talk) 01:52, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@Footballstars2022: It's already tagged for deletion and will be deleted in the coming days due to copyright issues. This has been explained to you in further detail on your talk page. I suggest you get familiar with the policies regarding fair use and non-free content before trying to upload any more files. Shellwood (talk) 13:03, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Axelmrp21 (18:06, 23 February 2023)

Hola, o tú a mí. --Axelmrp21 (talk) 18:06, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Balkin90R (19:25, 24 February 2023)

Hello, I hope you are well, I tried to add some information today to a subject I am passionate about and listed a cited article in the footnotes that I found online. Apparently someone said that was spam? It was only listed as a citied source because that was the only article I could find on the issue? Any advice? I just didn't understand what the issue was? I have no affiliation with anyone at that website. --Balkin90R (talk) 19:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Balkin90R: Hi, trying to edit Wikipedia can be difficult in the beginning. Information about what is considered proper sources can be found here. Shellwood (talk) 20:21, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Thank you, I will review the provided information! Best and thanks again! Balkin90R (talk) 20:24, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1992 Georgian novels

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1992 Georgian novels 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.

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

Question from Meluvpie (15:46, 13 March 2023)

Hello! I have a strange and very specific question. For historical/political killings what is normal. For instance I would consider the Killing of Osama Bin Laden as an "assassination" but the article is listed as "The Killing of Osama Bin Laden" and not "The Assassination" what is the norm and when shoukd something be edited to include a "controversy" like this would most likely be --Meluvpie (talk) 15:46, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

@Meluvpie: This has been discussed on the talk page, Talk:Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden/Archive_2#Assassination. Shellwood (talk) 14:32, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

Category:Kashmiri people

I changed categories because Kashmiris live not only in the Kashmir Valley of India, but in the whole Kashmir, which encompasses the India-administered territories and the Pakistan-administered territories. Nagsb (talk) 14:21, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 April 2023

About your category edits

Hi.

I noticed you edited 3 of my recent AFDs with maintainence updates. I assume they were some template that needed fixing, or an AFD Category tag or similar. Can you explain what it was? d t Also, I used Twinkle to make those AFDs. So I wonder if it's simply a problem of updating Twinkle Soni (talk) 14:34, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

@Soni: Hello, I use this script for deletion sorting and I never used twinkle when working with AfDs so I have no idea if there is an issue with it, kind regards Shellwood (talk) 14:51, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 American Athletic Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 American Athletic Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Atlantic 10 Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Atlantic 10 Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Big Sky Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Big Sky Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Big South Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Big South Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 in bodybuilding

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 in bodybuilding 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.

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Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

 

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Question from De Don Mankind on ReverbNation (14:52, 28 April 2023)

Do is there any one who knows De Don Mankind --De Don Mankind (talk) 14:52, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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Question from TheActualLoveOfMyLife (20:52, 8 May 2023)

Hello Shellwood,

How are you doing? Please give guidelines on how to create a wikipedia page for an individual --TheActualLoveOfMyLife (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

@TheActualLoveOfMyLife: Hello and welcome, I suggest you have a look here. Shellwood (talk) 21:49, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Missouri Valley Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Missouri Valley Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Mountain West Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Mountain West Conference softball season 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Northeast Conference softball season

 

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2023 Ohio Valley Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 Ohio Valley Conference softball season 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.

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