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Hello Lemongirl,
Please refer to the Talk Page on Vertex Venture Holdings. I have provided sources there. You may also want to contact Vertex Venture Holdings directly for comment as I believe you are in error. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caligarn ( talk • contribs) 00:26, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
User:Lemongirl942 If this is true, I recommend that you fold up all entities considered to be subsidiaries of Temasek. These include [SMRT], [Mediacorp], [Alibaba], and [Singtel]. I think what you are not clear on is that Vertex Ventures is a group of entities that are NOT subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings. Vertex Venture Holdings is a subsidiary, but it is a holding company for a group of companies called Vertex Ventures. This warrants a separate page given that it is Vertex Ventures which invested in [Waze], [Grab], and more. Please note this article here ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:INHERITORG) for further clarification. Given that Vertex Venture Holdings receives considerable independent resource coverage independent of Temasek Holdings (see: https://www.google.com/search?{google:acceptedSuggestion}oq=vertex+venture+holdings+&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=vertex+venture+holdings&pws=0#q=vertex+venture+holdings&pws=0&tbm=nws), it makes sense for Vertex Venture Holdings to occupy its own Wikipedia Page.
The photo File:Rachitha Selfie.jpg you requsted to delete was given me by that person itself. So how can you report it for deletion???? Do you know her in the first place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KumaraNeeson ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, since it is a copyright violation, I've come up with a new plot. Would that be too similar for your taste?
Zheng Hong Yi (Desmond Tan) and Yuan Jing Cheng (Teddy Tang) established BEGAN APPS three years back. Hong Yi is inspired by He Jian Ming's (Aloysius Pang) capacity to unravel his recreations outline and contracts him. Be that as it may, the organization's product design Fang Ru (Carrie Wong) can't coexist with Jian Ming. At the point when Jian Ming at long last accumulates his valor to pronounce his adoration for Fang Ru, he understands she is enamored with Zhong Zhen Long (Romeo Tan). Zhen Long's previous sweetheart, Rui Qing (Seraph Sun) returns and the combine needs to set their emotions aside. Zhong Ya Yun (Joanne Peh) was an upbeat housewife who lost everything after her significant other runs off with his courtesan, taking without end all their cash. At first subject to her sibling Zhen Long, she lifts herself up and joins BEGAN APPS as a Data Analyst. Exactly when BEGAN APPS is going to bring off with a noteworthy venture, Jing Cheng betray the organization. Hong Yi is profoundly harmed by his closest companion's treachery and separates…
33ryantan ( talk) 08:47, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
You issued me a warning for edit war, but not the other guy. It takes two to tango, if I'm guilty, he would be too. Point of view is always subjective. It was the other two guy who made changes, I merely undo their edit and revert to the original content, one of which is sourced from an article, refer to the section "Reaction." I think it should be kept as it is, as it is reaction from victim's perspective, Choice of words will be subjective to different folks. If someone make edit like them, usually he'll get warned. Instead you sided with them. Bias? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murugen ( talk • contribs) 12:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for replying. The reason he gave for editing was "unsourced content" but a word/adjective can't be sourced. In fact, "decisive" is not subjective if you read up neutral account of the war. There's a degree of bias from him, let's be honest. I understand NPOV, but "unjustified" is taken from a source article quoted, and it is from the "Reaction" column where victim's view and reaction are stated, not Wiki. Hence, I think it should be kept, otherwise no point having a "Reaction" column. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murugen ( talk • contribs) 14:06, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
I understand. That Wiki page isn't about war anyway, I don't wish to dwell on it too. However, the "injustice" part is valid. The source clearly talks about injustice, hence the need for an apology. Not to mention, it is written under "Reaction" column, which is intended to express victims reaction. It doesn't come under the main subject. Do take that into consideration, it's a valid point. If victims view are prohibited, then we are not being partial and neutral. Various Wikipedia articles allow such viewpoint as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murugen ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an
edit war according to the reverts you have made on
Big Pun. Users are expected to
collaborate with others, to avoid editing
disruptively, and to
try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Smush123 ( talk) 17:57, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Rather than reverting my edits, perhaps your efforts would be better spent, and more productive, improving the pages you consider lacking instead of just reverting everything as you are not building on what is there simply removing. I consider your actions to be WP:WIKIHOUND please refrain from doing so going forward. Thanks Smush123 ( talk) 23:07, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Hey how are you?. Pew is a reliable source, according to the table data, 67% of Christian have had college or postgraduate education, the highest of any religious group in Singapore, (compare to 65% of Hindu, 61% of Unaffiliated, 37% of Buddhist and 33% of Muslim in Singapore). the data has been took from Census 2010, which is also a reliable source, may i ask why my edit been reverted?. Thanks and have a nice day.-- Jobas ( talk) 20:24, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
The proportion of residents who reported no religion was higher among the higher educated than the lower educated." That quoted text is the first of a few key points selected by the source—why not mention that factoid? By the way, this discussion should be at the article talk page ( Talk:Religion in Singapore). That allows it be readily found by anyone interested in the article, now or in the future. Johnuniq ( talk) 07:00, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
I'm confused about your removal of the references to Aileen Yeoh and the Chang Ming diet. These references are to newspaper articles published by the Straits Times and not by Aileen Yeoh herself. Wikipedia policy states that "Policy: Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia" [1] They are reports in a newspaper and not really primary sources. Also her book is published by an independent third party publisher. These both contain important information about the Chang Ming diet which is not an invention of Aileen Yeoh herself or Chee Soo but common to many Chinese Medicine schools in China and the Far East including Singapore. There are also reviews of her book [2], and it is recommended reading on some herbal medicine courses [3] [4] and by acupuncurists [5] [6]. I think it's more important to include this reliably published information about Chang Ming than to worry about Wikipedia policy on primary sources which is a matter of interpretation and not really applicable to this case. What is your opinion on the matter?
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/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest Chuangzu ( talk) 20:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an
edit war according to the reverts you have made on
Chee Soo. Users are expected to
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disruptively, and to
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Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. Chuangzu ( talk) 21:39, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping out with the articles and all! Wikipedia wouldn't be the same (somewhat neutral) without people like you. From a fellow Singaporean glad that your like exists. Reynarded ( talk) 21:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC) |
Hi, Can i transfer all my deleted content into a seperate webpage i am developing? Thanks118 alex 23:33, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Referring to Public Transport Guru my new webpage.118 alex 06:05, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Lemongirl942, I found that you have raised a conflict of interest on the page Timir Biswas. I am still unsure why have you raised the issue. I have tried my best to keep the article neutral throughout. I would like to let you know that the page is about a famous musician. Most of the content I have provided on wikipedia are sourced from relevant articles, news, interviews, reviews etc. (whose sources I have appropriately provided throughout). I would also like to let you know that I am in no way related to the aforementioned Musician, nor have he asked to me create a page or paid me to do so.
Could you please help me with what should I exactly do to resolve the issue you have raised? Thank you for taking your time to read this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rainzlife007 ( talk • contribs) 08:07, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Let me know specifically — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.251.68.93 ( talk) 12:17, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
205.251.68.93 ( talk) 12:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)FIne, Ill take that out or add other sources but the rest of the changes were good
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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I am curious as to why the Conflict of Interest tag was added to this page. I created this page using some reference links I found online. Additionally, I purposely used a diverse portfolio of reference material to supplement the content of this page. Would like to know the reason for the addition of Conflict of Interest Tag
Additionally, I am also curious as to why Draftify was appended to this particular page. I have tried to ensure that the content and overall tonality conforms with guidelines that exist on Wikipedia FlyingBlueDream ( talk) 12:35, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Deleted content after your vand4im, do you want to report 'em? 2605:e000:61dd:5800:3c8f:19f6:b630:e719 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Cheers! Jim1138 ( talk) 07:16, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
i m chan fai young , i don't use "keith" this name , that was my old name i use 20 years ago , if u people insist on put that on , this make me lots of trouble , would u like to kindly remove it (on the link and page name) for me please , actually there is a not of wrong things in that page , but i don't care much , i just want don't use the name i don't use now , sorry i am not a wiki person , i am not deep in it , i already use some time on this and try to fix this , i really hope u people can help to clear this , thx again Hohosiu101 ( talk) 07:40, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Look at EditSafe's contributions on American Pekin. I notified one admin, EdJohnston about this. What about ANI? -- George Ho ( talk) 08:05, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia Guidelines, ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline) Advanced Bionics is a notable subject worthy of it's own article. Information about the company is available in numerous secondary sources unrelated to the company, such as USA Today, extensive information from reliable sources like the FDA is available; Secondary sources such as the LA times ( http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/10/business/fi-advanced-bionics10) covered the topic; Websites already listed are independent of the company and hence provide the needed independent sources; and has significant coverage in reliable sources. (Already listed)
As for why it should be a separate page, please remember that subsidiaries often have their own articles (Delta Airlines and Delta private jets, El Al and Up, EADS and Airbus...) even when a parent company has it's own article too. Any Advanced Bionics has a higher market share than Med-El, making it all the more noteworthy. Plus AB implants are not marketed as Sonova but as AB, hence making a separate article all the more reasonable.
You did not seek consensus to complete the merger, neither did you bother to create a discussion. You merely copied text and created a redirect, in circumstances that clearly that do not warrant a merger. According to Wikipedia policy: ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Merging#Reasons_for_merger)
"Merging should be avoided if:
..... The separate topics could be expanded into longer standalone (but cross-linked) articles"
It is clear you did not read the guidelines before deleting, and btw, hitting undo once is not an editwar. Reverting a reverted edit (what you did) is. When I first started the article it was first redirected because of spelling/grammar errors and told that the article would be great once improved. The Sonova talk page seeks a separate article for AB, you are and Jytdog are the only ones that thinks it shouldn't be it's own article. I have consensus on my side, CerealKillerYum agrees AB should have an article and requested so; but you claimed consensus was the reason for deleting in the first place, ironically going against consensus; only reason given being "Sorry, but subsidiaries are usually not notable enough for their own articles" despite that being very incorrect (see above note on subsidiaries) By the way, as much info was given as for AB as for Phonak, Unitron, hear the world...it would be a very long article in much need to being split. PlanespotterA320 ( talk) 01:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Lemongirl942, I'm just wondering if you've had a chance to review the Carousell edits as it's been 2 months since you rolled back the changes. The references are all present, it's really just an update of statistics and facts with no new content. If it's alright, can we just update the facts? Thanks! Munkythemonkey ( talk) 09:15, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Lemongirl, I just wanted to notify you that I have left a comment on the talk page of Chinese people with my thoughts on the direction that the page should take. I noticed that this discussion you initiated is more than a year old, so I thought I would inform you of this in case you miss it. Sol Pacificus ( talk) 03:00, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I noted that the previous NDP articles has been userfy to your sandbox. May I know what is the reason for that? Thanks -- Xaiver0510 ( talk) 02:30, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
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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.
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.
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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Hello Lemongirl942,
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.
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.
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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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect BeritaSatu Medan and O Channel Medan. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 29#BeritaSatu Medan and O Channel Medan until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. ArdiPras95 ( talk) 04:33, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Lemongirl942,
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:52, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Lemongirl942,
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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1 | DannyS712 bot III ( talk) | 67,552 | Patrol Page Curation |
2 | Rosguill ( talk) | 63,821 | Patrol Page Curation |
3 | John B123 ( talk) | 21,697 | Patrol Page Curation |
4 | Onel5969 ( talk) | 19,879 | Patrol Page Curation |
5 | JTtheOG ( talk) | 12,901 | Patrol Page Curation |
6 | Mcampany ( talk) | 9,103 | Patrol Page Curation |
7 | DragonflySixtyseven ( talk) | 6,401 | Patrol Page Curation |
8 | Mccapra ( talk) | 4,918 | Patrol Page Curation |
9 | Hughesdarren ( talk) | 4,520 | Patrol Page Curation |
10 | Utopes ( talk) | 3,958 | Patrol Page Curation |
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
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Hello Lemongirl942,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
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 or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
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Hello Lemongirl942,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 807 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 855 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do 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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Hello Lemongirl942,
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).
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.
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.
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: 15668 articles, as of 20:00, 4 August 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.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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( t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Lemongirl942,
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.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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Hi Lemongirl942,
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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Hello Lemongirl942,
The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.
Reminders:
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello Lemongirl942,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.
Reminders:
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