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Wikipedia and copyright
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Re: The Message you sent me
[edit]I got your message informing me of your block, and I can understand why you sounded quite angry. It might interest you to know that your account is actually not blocked for "promoting a brand" as you said, I believe its your ip that was caught in an autoblock. If you change your ISP (or network) you should no longer see blocking message. To remove the autoblock, you need to post your ip address here so that I can help you request the unblock, but if you can do it yourself then follow this format {{unblock|reason=Caught by an open proxy block but fixYourIPAdressHere is not an open proxy.}} HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Unblock request
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SuperSwift (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Caught by an open proxy block but 197.211.53.240 is not an open proxy.
Decline reason:
That's not the reason that IP address is blocked. It's blocked with the following notice: "Using Wikipedia for promotion or advertising purposes: All anon editing halted, UPE socks + ads on talk pages, too socks created, tpa revoked" Yamla (talk) 22:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
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Unblock request
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Request reason:
The previous disruptive edits by 197.211.53.240 were not made by SuperSwift.
Decline reason:
That range will remain blocked due to heavy abuse. Since you are editing today, it means that you do have some access and I see the explanation below.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 12:13, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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Let me add that the reason SuperSwift was able to edit yesternight was because he subscribed for MTN (another ISP) night plan which runs from 12 midnight till 4 am. He logged on this morning with his regular glo sim to find out that he is still blocked on the Globacom ip address, so the issue is still not resolved as glo is his main network provider, and this has really been affecting his editing on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HandsomeBoy (talk • contribs) 08:33, April 6, 2018 (UTC)
HandsomeBoy is right. I used a different network at night and was happy thinking that the block has been revoked only to go back to my usual network provider and found out that I'm still blocked. You can as well check NY contributions and you will discover I've not promoted anyone or any brandSuperSwift (talk) 23:27, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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There's nothing more I can do for you. Nothing in your email was private, so I suggest you post an unblock request here. Note that I am not the blocking admin. That's Berean Hunter (talk · contribs). --Yamla (talk) 14:58, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- While I do not disagree with the need to post his unblock request here. If the block revokes access to his talkpage, how then is he expected to post an unblock request here? But let me also add that I haven't communicated with him in days so I don't know the current situation of things regarding the block. HandsomeBoy (talk) 17:08, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- once again I still need a review of the unblock request. If my IP address is blocked, I think that you should review my contributions and decide if I am guilty of such offenses or the user previously assigned that IP. When I hear things like "heavy abuse", all I do is wonder as to what that phrase means. All I'm trying to do here is to edit and create articles relating to Nigeria as most of the articles are poorly written. I will categorically state it again that I have not and will not promote any brand or personality on wikipedia. ThanksSuperSwift (talk) 23:22, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Discussing one facet of the block, the reason why talkpage access is blocked across the range is because it was being abused by anons and accounts with spamming. See this example by 197.211.59.165. In the next example by 197.211.63.89, you can only partially see because it has been oversighted (removed) but you can see the edit summary to see that it was spam. The next examples have been completely oversighted including the edit summary so you won't be able to see anything except that the edits were oversighted:
- Talkpage access was initially blocked by another admin, Primefac on Jan. 9. He converted that to a hardblock on Jan. 27 but unblocked the range entirely about 12 hours later following this conversation. A complete unblock occurred presumably because the underlying CU block had expired.
- On Jan. 30, I picked up on 197.211.59.169 and blocked them. Only admins can see those deleted contribs but it is more spamming. I then ran a check and immediately recognized accounts that are undisclosed paid editors that sock. I spent about two hours evaluating that range and making blocks. The next day, an issue came up and I responded to the checkusers' mailing list mentioning account creation spurts, "...you see stretches of account creations that look suspect. They remain unblocked but I have a feeling they'll pop up later."
- There were no apparent problems for two months until I was asked about the block because of an editing event. I dropped the block temporarily and it was down for about three days before I restored it. The first example that I gave you by 197.211.59.165 occurred while the block was down, so yes the problems still exist.
- When making the decision to block that range, I weighed good edits from unblocked editors against bad edits from socks, spammers etc. The bad edits far outweighed the good edits. Many previous accounts that might have been viewed as collateral damage before were blocked.
- The range being blocked presumably has nothing to do with you or your contributions. Nonetheless, unblocking it would be unwise.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:56, 10 April 2018 (UTC)- Converted it from a hardblock to an anonblock after looking into the range today. You should be able to edit.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 18:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
- Converted it from a hardblock to an anonblock after looking into the range today. You should be able to edit.
- The range being blocked presumably has nothing to do with you or your contributions. Nonetheless, unblocking it would be unwise.
- now I understand the gravity of the offense. Just some sick people misusing wikipedia. Thanks for everythingSuperSwift (talk) 19:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Are you from University of Ilorin?
[edit]Hi Swift, after seeing your well informed edit on the University of Ilorin article. I sought to ask if you are a part of the University in anyway. If so, I'm inviting you to check out Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ilorin. We are a club of Wikipedia editors and it will be so much fun. Do respond soon. Excel! Danidamiobi (talk) 15:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC) Danidamiobi (talk) 15:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
- No. I'm from the University of Ibadan fan club.SuperSwift (talk) 15:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Oh that's SuperSwift! I am so excited to link up. Sorry it took ages to reply. I did not get a notification because you had not mentioned me. Keep up the good work. Danidamiobi (talk) 06:59, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
- Oh, that's true. I forgot it was dropped on my talk page. Thanks Danidamiobi. We will make Nigerian contents great. SuperSwift (talk) 08:44, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Yeaaa, a quick tip. You may always mention, tag the user whose page you are leaving a message on. It notifies them. By the way, there is a WhatsApp group for young Wikipedians. I don't know if you'll love to join. It was initially designed for my school's club but its now open to more. I'll just drop it's description.
Team Typo: Wikipedia needs to be regularly cleaned up and trimmed of any unencyclopedic elements. You can help with that while improving your editing experience. Tasks and wikieducational links are posted here regularly as part of the editors training and follow up program.
What do you think? Danidamiobi (talk) 10:57, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
- cool Danidamiobi this is my whatsapp number. 07032291159 SuperSwift (talk) 11:07, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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July 2018 at Women in Red
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- Sphilbrick I'm even shocked at this. A new user who was being taught the basics of creation forgot to log me out before the creation of this article. I suggested to the user on creation of the page since it was among the suggested pages for creation on a wiki project. I will be more careful next time.SuperSwift (talk) 06:26, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
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- Thanks JSFarman SuperSwift (talk) 03:36, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
Please add your articles to wir lists
[edit]Hi, you've grown to be a fantastic and experienced editor. Whenever I look at your contributions, I feel very happy to have introduced you to editing WP and am even happier that you are enjoying the experience. Please try to initiate others (esp Nigerians) so we can be more fairly represented here. For the month of July, Wiki Loves Women are concentrating on women in Sub-Saharan Africa, of which Nigeria is obviously part of. Please any article of Nigerian women that you create this month should be added to this list. Thanks. HandsomeBoy (talk) 01:09, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for being an amazing mentor. I've added them on the wir category. I've created 5 articles for the wir project but only two have been reviewed. Still working on more. I've also introduced Barolove into the Nigerian family and he is actively editing and being guided. Have a nice day. SuperSwift (talk) 10:25, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- I'm honoured and happy to hear about Barolove. I just added Myma Belo-Osagie to the list too.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:06, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Just want to point out that I don't mean category, I mean the page itself. Under "New or upgraded articles" section.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:09, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- OK. Though the article for Myma Belo-Osagie and Yasmin Belo-Osagie have not been reviewed SuperSwift (talk) 19:26, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for being an amazing mentor. I've added them on the wir category. I've created 5 articles for the wir project but only two have been reviewed. Still working on more. I've also introduced Barolove into the Nigerian family and he is actively editing and being guided. Have a nice day. SuperSwift (talk) 10:25, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
August 2018 at Women in Red
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- Hello Ewitch51, I would love to take part but internet access is really an issue in my country. Have a nice day SuperSwift (talk) 21:13, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
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September 2018 at Women in Red
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- Thanks Ipigott. SuperSwift (talk) 08:34, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of SuperSwift/sandbox
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Accidental creation by a user. Duplicates Mary Njoku
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- Deletion approved by me. There was a major error Zackmann08. SuperSwift (talk) 16:22, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
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- thank you very much Swarm. I will use this privilege in great ways.SuperSwift (talk) 06:54, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
AfroCine: The Months of African Cinema Continues….
[edit]Greetings!
Thank you very much for signing up to participate in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 200 articles created in over seven (7) languages! The figures soars to up to a thousand, if Wikidata entries are included. Furthermore, there have been about 5 in-person gatherings of Wikipedians in different countries across the world to create articles about African(a) cinema!
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
- Article suggestions can be found here. You can also add to this list.
- Some notable reliable sources for African cinema can be found here. Again, this list needs expansion.
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- Please remember to list articles you have created or improved in the Article Achievements section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked.
Thank you once again for being part of this global event!
Kind regards.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Ways to improve Chinny Onwugbenu
[edit]Thanks for creating Chinny Onwugbenu.
A New Page Patroller Rosguill just tagged the page as having some issues to fix, and wrote this note for you:
The article's subject's strongest claim to notability is that they have won an award for a film they produced (per WP:ANYBIO), but they may not meet WP:GNG despite this. To further establish the subject's notability, provide more citations to significant coverage (more than a mere-mention of their name) in independent, reliable sources.
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- thanks Rosguill. That's an issue beyond us in Nigeria. Media coverage on notable topics is a major issue. There are many more sources of information on Chinny Onwugbenu but not covered on reliable media. I have many more notable topics to create but I'm having same issues with media coverage. Her production of Lionheart which was acquired by Netflix prompted me to creating an article about her despite the fact that she has won a reputable award. I will keep searching for reliable sources.SuperSwift (talk) 10:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Lady 'O' Mary
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Lady 'O' Mary".
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- thank you JMHamo. Haven't found reliable secondary reference sources so I think it should be deleted.SuperSwift (talk) 06:31, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
- @SuperSwift: If you no longer intend to work on this Draft, could you please blank it and nominate it for deletion under G7. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 19:37, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
- thank you JMHamo. Haven't found reliable secondary reference sources so I think it should be deleted.SuperSwift (talk) 06:31, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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Re: New Money (film)
[edit]Hello SuperSwift I have added projects Nigeria, Film, to your article. You may wish to join them, check their to-do, and meet new people with interest in these topics. Cheers, --Gryllida (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
January 2019 at Women in Red
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Greetings!
The Months of African Cinema Global Edit-a-thon was concluded on 30 November 2018, and we've had amazing results. Over 570 articles were created across 8 language-Wikipedias. 7 in-person gatherings of Wikipedians were organized across different parts of the world.
All our winners have been recognized and you can check the complete list here.
For a pilot event, all our expectations were surpassed and we have you to thank for that. Thank you so much for being part of this global event! Thank you for helping to fix African content gaps on Wikipedia! We hope to see more of your participation in future AfroCine events and activities. Please remember to signup on the main WikiProject participants page, in order to get updated with these activities.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
February 2019 at Women in Red
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Aize Obayan’s death
[edit]Hello, I noticed you edited the Aize Obayan wiki page an hour ago, and the page now states that she died today. I also notice it didn’t state any cause of death or any reliable citation to where the information was gotten. I would like to know if you were responsible for this edit, if yes, please can you confirm the credibility of this info. David Ayoola (talk) 16:17, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
- Will do so. Actually no media outlet has carried the news and I know I will have to get citations to prove it. I will revert the changes until a reliable platform that can be referenced puts up the news. SuperSwift (talk) 19:02, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Autopatrolled granted
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Hi SuperSwift, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 01:26, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Beeblebrox. I really appreciate. SuperSwift (talk) 06:00, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
March 2019 at Women in Red
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[edit]Hello there, I was just wondering about your very recent edits with the Wale Babalakin article. I know almost nothing about the subject of the article, but I did see that there was a LOT of blanking of large amounts of material. Just wondering what was wrong with those sections. GreyPage (talk) 23:49, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hello GreyPage The article was more of an advertisement. Those involved in creating the article have little or no understanding of NPOV and I sense there's a COI. SuperSwift (talk) 23:53, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks for the clarification! GreyPage (talk) 23:55, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
- Welcome GreyPage. SuperSwift (talk) 23:57, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
RE:2019 Nigerian general election
[edit]You should add sources for contents like this. I should have reverted, but said to bring to you attention first.
- Regards,
Mahveotm (talk) 10:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)_
- Thanks Marv, already working on it. SuperSwift (talk) 11:40, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Stronger than Pain
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Stronger than Pain".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Dolotta (talk) 11:45, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
April editathons at Women in Red
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Your draft article, Draft:Stella Ugboma
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Stella Ugboma".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 03:43, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
April 2019
[edit] Hello, I'm TJRC. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, University of Benin (Nigeria), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. TJRC (talk) 19:25, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- Please do not use "Undid revision" edit summaries when you are not undoing the edit you refer to. My edit was to remove unsourced material. The edit you mischaracterized as "undoing" was not an undo at all; it was adding material with a source as should have been the case from the beginning. TJRC (talk) 17:07, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- Oh that's true TJRC. Sorry about that. SuperSwift (talk) 19:59, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks!
TJRC (talk) 21:28, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks!
- Oh that's true TJRC. Sorry about that. SuperSwift (talk) 19:59, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
May you join this month's editathons from WiR!
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Event coordinator granted
[edit]After reviewing your request for the "eventcoordinator" permission, I have temporarily enabled the flag on your account until 2019-07-08. Keep in mind these things:
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- Thanks Kevin. SuperSwift (talk) 21:22, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
June events with WIR
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Your draft article, Draft:N-Power
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "N-Power".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CptViraj (📧) 08:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Bella Disu
[edit]Hi. Thanks for your message. I would suggest that you create the proposed article in draft space. When it has been reviewed and accepted at AfC, an admin will move it to article space and remove the protection. Deb (talk) 11:55, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
- Good idea. Thanks Deb. SuperSwift (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
July events from Women in Red!
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J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport
[edit]I see you made this edit. Unfortunately a previous edit was a cut and paste move so I had to restore the redirect. The article is at JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport, it looked like the better title, if you want to restore the tag. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:29, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Lassana N'Diaye
[edit]Please can you confirm why you approved this AFC, when it fails both WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL? I will now be nominating for deletion. GiantSnowman 15:00, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hello Snowman, I think he qualifies for WP:GNG because he received enough media attention after his silver boot at the FIFA U-17 tournament but since he is yet to play for the senior team, then he fails for WP:NFOOTBALL. I wouldn't contest the deletion. Have a nice day. SuperSwift (talk) 15:12, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks alot for the article move if I may put it that way. Let me look for some time to see that I add some more information so it can be upgraded or ranked better — Preceding unsigned comment added by AKibombo (talk • contribs) 12:26, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
- You're welcome AKibombo. Keep making wikipedia better and always remember to sign whenever you comment on a talk page by clicking SIGN YOUR POSTS ON TALK PAGES below the cooment box or type the characters yourself. SuperSwift (talk) 15:45, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
August 2019 at Women in Red
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thanks for your help
[edit]it was helpfully helpful Tollydad (talk) 12:37, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Sir, you're tall!
[edit]I mean you're really tall. Just joking; it's practice, right? Tobi Samuel424 (talk) 12:38, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hahahaha. Funny Tobi. You know how to contact me if you have any challenges. Cheers to being a wikipedian. SuperSwift (talk) 12:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Very well sir. I'll be asking a few questions soon. Thank you. Tobi Samuel424 (talk) 16:16, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- No p. I'll always be here to answer your questions Tobi. SuperSwift (talk) 22:06, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
thanks for your help
[edit]it was helpfully helpful but too helpful Tollydad (talk) 12:51, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Lol. I'm glad you had a good time learning Tola. Keep up the good work. SuperSwift (talk) 12:58, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Amandine Marshall
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Amandine Marshall".
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Lapablo (talk) 22:17, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
- I published it! Nice work Victuallers (talk) 11:15, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Victuallers. Thanks for working so hard to bridge the gender gap. I'll still work harder myself to make sure more women are given their required visibility. SuperSwift (talk) 08:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
September 2019 at Women in Red
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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019
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Hello SuperSwift,
- 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.
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October Events from Women in Red
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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!
[edit]Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
- Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
- Diversity winner
- Gender-gap fillers
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Nigeria Football Federation Logo
[edit]Hello my fellow Nigeria, I want to ask for your help in adding the Nigerian football logo to the info box of the super eagles, super falcons and co. I have uploaded the image twice but it as been deleted both times I am still new on Wikipedia so I looked for someone more experience than I am to do it. I think it is important because Nigeria is probably the only soccer team on English Wikipedia that doesn't have a logo on their page. Also if you have the time I would like you to also add the logo of Enyimba and Nigeria national rugby union team on the page's infobox. I got the Nigerian Logo from this website https://www.pngfind.com/mpng/imhiiob_nigeria-football-federation-nigeria-national-football-nigeria-football/. I would appreciate if you can answer my request, thanks.OmoYoruba45 (talk) 03:28, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hello OmoYoruba45, you have to understand the copyright laws before uploading images on Wikipedia. Since you are new, just go through basic editing for now and get a hang of it. Happy editing. SuperSwift (talk) 07:22, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
October 2019
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Your addition to Onyeche Tifase has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. 💵Money💵emoji💵Talk💸Help out at CCI! 15:34, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
November 2019 at Women in Red
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New Page Review newsletter November 2019
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
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 812 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
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Thank you very much for participating in The Months of African Cinema Global Edit-a-thon which was concluded on 30 November 2019. We are happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation approved to award tokens for our winners during this edition of the contest. These prizes would be given in the form of vouchers (primarily Amazon gift cards, but we can work with other possible options in your country) and would be distributed in this manner:
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
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- 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.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 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
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January 2020 at Women in Red
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Your draft article, Draft:Electronic Waste Management in Nigeria
[edit]Hello, SuperSwift. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Electronic Waste Management in Nigeria".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:32, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
February with Women in Red
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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
- 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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March 2020 at Women in Red
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Nomination of Nelson Olanipekun for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nelson Olanipekun is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelson Olanipekun until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. MistyGraceWhite (talk) 16:41, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Temi Olajide for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Temi Olajide until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Nomination of Jane Egerton-Idehen for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jane Egerton-Idehen until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Nomination of Onyeche Tifase for deletion
[edit]A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Onyeche Tifase is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Onyeche Tifase until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. MistyGraceWhite (talk) 16:52, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Awele Elumelu for deletion
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June 2020 at Women in Red
[edit]June 2020, Volume 6, Issue 6, Numbers 150, 151, 167, 168, 169
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To end on a positive note, the backlog has dropped below 1,500, so thanks for all of the hard work some of you have been putting into the AfC process!
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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
- Your help can make a difference
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.
- Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
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.
- Discussions and Resources
- A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
- Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
- A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
- Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.
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July 2020 at Women in Red
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More about our new programming:[edit]BLT: Bacon + Lettuce + Tomato: BLT has always sought to provide a space for communion, affirmation, and discourse and has been the reason for our roundtable series’. We recognize the extraordinary need for community spaces and see value in conversation as a space for catharsis and movement, of communication and resource. Meet virtual neighbors! Bring a bag brunch to your computer, take that short commute to your couch. Noon EST. Sunday Artist Series on IG Live: Artists are central to all facets of BLT. As exhibitions and freelance work are canceled due to the virus, what we can do to support the continuation of the archive we depend on is ask and compensate artists as they share and commune with us through a series of online “talks”. Noon, EST. Find them on IG Live @blacklunchtable. Topic Focus and Online Edit-a-thons: Join us for online Wikipedia editing and assistance. Help record history as it unfolds by updating related Wikipedia articles, editing know-how is not necessary. In addition to regular editing together, Topic Focus sessions we will feature experts on WikiEDU, editing on mobile devices, Wikidata, and Spanish language editing. All skill levels are welcome! Noon, EST. Feel free to reach out to us for help at any time. See you soon! |
Hello SuperSwift, nice meeting you here. I hope that I can get any of your contact details. Please do drop it here and I pick up from there. Thanks. Mrniger (talk) 10:59, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
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October editathons from Women in Red
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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
[edit]Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap fillers - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
[edit]Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap filler - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol December Newsletter
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
- Year in review
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 |
- Reviewer of the Year
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.
- NPP Technical Achievement Award
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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We recently started an initiative WP:WOSO-NG to improve articles related to women's football / soccer in Nigeria. Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 15:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
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Join Gubernatorial Elections in Nigeria Contest
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The contest will encourage and motivate experienced and new Wikipedia editors to create articles on gubernatorial elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted gubernatorial elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this contest will seek to specifically solve this problem.
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AfroCine: 2020 Months of African Cinema Contest Winners
[edit]Greetings!
Thank you very much for participating in The 2020 Months of African Cinema Global Contest which was concluded on 30 November 2020. The contest was able exceed all expectations, with the creation of over 3,200 articles written in 19 languages. This places the contest firmly as one of the most successful article writing contest on Wikipedia.
A big thank you to you and every single person who created articles during the period of the contest for making this happen!
Please note that we have now concluded the review of all submitted articles, and winners have now been listed on the relevant page. We'd still be contacting everyone who has won something separately to send over their prizes. Thank you very much once again! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:45, 03 April 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Knightshield Services
[edit]If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
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April 2021
[edit] Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
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If you want to recreate this, please do so in Draft space, not in article space. Deb (talk) 08:00, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks Deb. Article not created by me. The user would be reported/cautioned when figured out. SuperSwift (talk) 05:53, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
April 2021
[edit]Hello SuperSwift. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Knightshield Services, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.
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Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:SuperSwift. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=SuperSwift|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Celestina007 (talk) 14:57, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'm only seeing this today. Firstly, I did not create the article. Someone, probably one of my recruits used one of my accounts (I feel I forgot to log out of his/her device). I have gained too much experience with the movement to ruin it by creating an article for a non-notable company (I did my search and found it to be a trivial company). I organised a training recently and my device was made available for the training purpose. I assure you I'd get to know who created the article and report their accounts accordingly. Thanks Celestina007 for noticing this. SuperSwift (talk) 05:50, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- I recommend you immediately change your password, and please, in future, don't allow anyone else to use your Wikipedia account. It could easily result in you being blocked. Deb (talk) 08:30, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'm only seeing this today. Firstly, I did not create the article. Someone, probably one of my recruits used one of my accounts (I feel I forgot to log out of his/her device). I have gained too much experience with the movement to ruin it by creating an article for a non-notable company (I did my search and found it to be a trivial company). I organised a training recently and my device was made available for the training purpose. I assure you I'd get to know who created the article and report their accounts accordingly. Thanks Celestina007 for noticing this. SuperSwift (talk) 05:50, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
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Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata moved to draftspace
[edit]An article you recently created, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 01:47, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Celestina007 what is the matter with you. Is it that you don't understand general notability guideline? There is a lot of reliable, independent sources in that article. Why would you even say it was paid editing. When I created this article, it was well written and FYI, this article was created two years ago so don't say it is an article I recently created. What you should do is revert the changes made if you feel it's vandalism instead of trying to disrupt the good work people are doing. SuperSwift (talk) 04:09, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata moved to draftspace
[edit]An article you recently created, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, is not suitable as written to remain published. There appears to be either a WP:UPE or WP:COI issue. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where it can remain while you address the UPE/COI concern. When you have made the necessary steps regarding COI/UPE, and the article meets WP:GNG and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Do not re-add to mainspace yourself. Onel5969 TT me 13:12, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi there. Just so you are aware, the UPE is not directed at you, but since you created the article, there has been a lot of work done by UPE editor(s). I did not see that you had objected to its draftification, so I'll move it back to mainspace and remove the UPE contributions. Onel5969 TT me 13:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you Onel5969. SuperSwift (talk) 13:33, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata
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A tag has been placed on Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.
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On UPE
[edit]Whilst I largely remain unimpressed with some articles you have created I don’t think anyone was accusing directly of UPE. I do however concerns about you holding the NPR perm as I do not deem you competent enough to hold that right. one15969 just moved the article in question back to draft and moved it back to main based on your objection. Celestina007 (talk) 18:41, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Celestina007, in case you don't know me, you can ask of me from the Wikimedia community in Nigeria. I have trained and recruited many individuals that you have successfully frustrated out of Wikipedia. Is everyone a paid editor to you? You are disrupting the work of people trying to close the gap on Nigerian contents. I have been a judge in events beyond Wikimedia Nigeria. I have trained multiple journalists from East Africa, I have trained students both in the University of Ibadan and the Ekiti State University. That I created an article and someone edited it does not make me a paid editor. Stop spoiling the image of Nigerians. I have had enough from you. Get out of my talk page. SuperSwift (talk) 19:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Why didn’t you just mention that you coach students? It would have solved a lot problems, in any case now I know this, I see no reason why we can’t work together. I also do not see the point of the ANI as I told you the UPE tag wasn’t intended for you. If I saw a new editor already familiar with our markup, you could have just told me, “Cele I taught them” and that would have solved the problem. Celestina007 (talk) 01:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- Celestina007, in case you don't know me, you can ask of me from the Wikimedia community in Nigeria. I have trained and recruited many individuals that you have successfully frustrated out of Wikipedia. Is everyone a paid editor to you? You are disrupting the work of people trying to close the gap on Nigerian contents. I have been a judge in events beyond Wikimedia Nigeria. I have trained multiple journalists from East Africa, I have trained students both in the University of Ibadan and the Ekiti State University. That I created an article and someone edited it does not make me a paid editor. Stop spoiling the image of Nigerians. I have had enough from you. Get out of my talk page. SuperSwift (talk) 19:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Having seen a range of articles deal with Nigeria and other African countries, I've noticed that Nigeria is fortunate in having the most extensive coverage, due to the good work of both of you (and your students, and the other editors from there). It would make life easier for me and other admins checking these articles if the major participants cooperated. DGG ( talk ) 17:07, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
You wrote: "UPE is a criminal offense at least in the United States."
Please explain how you reached this conclusion. Fabrickator (talk) 07:09, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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Question about African Cinema Global Contest deadline
[edit]Hello SuperSwift! Seeing as you are one of the contest's juries, I thought you'd be the right person to ask.
Will the contest end when the target of 1000 created articles is reached, or at the end of this month?
Thanks for your time! Moonswimmer Mooonswimmer
- Mooonswimmer The contest will end on the last day of November. Our target last year was 1000 articles, yet we had more than 3000 articles on November 31st 2020. All articles created (in October and November) irrespective of their count number is eligible to win prizes.HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:36, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! Another question: what exactly qualifies as an "African Cinema" article? For example, I just made Ladies' Turn, which was suggested in the list of articles to be made. The film follows events in Senegal, but the film's director is Russian-French. Would the article be considered or not? Moonswimmer Mooonswimmer
- Mooonswimmer, it qualifies as it falls under "African diapora". That's why even our article suggestion page have articles from UK, US, Brazil, etc. There must be real African element to the article, which is clearly seen in Ladies Turn. Will have been eligible for AMAA best diaspora feature. Our About page reads: The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean..HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:13, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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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 812 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 848 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.
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
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Hello SuperSwift,
- Backlog status
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).
- Backlog drive
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.
- TIP – New school articles
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.
- Misc
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: 15692 articles, as of 00:01, 29 December 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.
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
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- Backlog status
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.
- Coordination
- MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.
- Open letter to the WMF
- The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.
- TIP - Reviewing by subject
- Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
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Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
[edit]Hello SuperSwift,
- 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.
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Copyright violations: Final warning; removal of AP & NPR
[edit]Hi, SuperSwift. It's never pleasant to leave a message like this. I've looked through some of your recently-created pages and I'm seeing a pattern of repeat copyright infringement—something you've been warned for at least three times in the past. In particular I see:
- At User:SuperSwift/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), you had two sections about Boma Goodhead that were mostly copied from [1]—an issue shared by 2 of your colleagues; see User:Tetrazini.Akoth (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) and User:OnyecheSalami/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- At Nigerian one-hundred-naira note (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Nigerian two-hundred-naira note (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), you copied a paragraph, with only slight rewording, from [2] (comparisons [3] [4])
- Perhaps most dramaatically, User:SuperSwift/sandbox3 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is a straight-up copy-paste of [5]
All of these sources appear to be all-rights-reserved. I am going to leave the latter 3 examples up briefly so that you have a chance to look at them, but will be removing the violations once you respond.
You have three previous warnings for copyright violations: University of Benin Teaching Hospital (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), Draft:Lekki Wives · ( talk | logs | links | watch ) · [revisions], and Onyeche Tifase (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Given this history (even assuming good faith about your claim that Lekki Wives was an account mixup), I have no choice but to issue you a final warning for copyright violations. Please familiarize yourself thoroughly with Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Copyright violations before continuing to edit. I have revoked your autopatrolled and new page reviewer permissions, as a strong understanding of copyright is required for these roles; you are welcome to re-apply for the rights at any time. Finally, I will be raising this matter at WP:CCI to make sure any further past violations are addressed.
Sincerely, -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 22:24, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- I have explained to you and don't know what to say anymore. IT IS ON MY SANDBOX (which is my playground) and the article will never be published. I only used it to demonstrate how Wikipedia works to newbies. If you are truly fair, you would discover that the article on University of Benin Teaching Hospital was my first ever article on Wikipedia. As for the Naira notes, what you call copyvio is basically security features (tell me how I would write security thread, portrait, denominational letterings on a currency bill. Do the same on the dollar bills articles). You can't just go around revoking rights because you have the bureaucratic power to do so. It is totally unfair for you to pick my first-ever article and a very old one to conclude on a pattern; totally unfair. Wikipedia is not my life. All I do these days is help people get on Wikipedia and train them on MoS, COI, NPOV, and even copyright vio. Maybe I'll send a link to you on how I specifically told the new editors during the training on copyright violations. As for the rights revoked, I WON'T BEG YOU TO REINSTATE THEM, NEVER; but I'll let you use your conscience to do the right thing. Thanks, but no thanks. SuperSwift (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- (Courtesy @Tamzin: as I'm not sure how reporting works for adding to a watchlist); CopyVio is unacceptable even in userspace; for certain, there is larger leeway than would be expected in article space, but copy-pastes and long-term CopyVio are unacceptable. As far as your "first article" goes, it is not even two months old; steep learning curve of Wikipedia aside, that is certainly close enough to justify calling it a pattern. As a neutral third party (indeed, Tamzin and I have never interacted that I am aware of) and Copyright Clerk, I endorse the move to strip rights that require a high knowledge of copyright and acceptable usage. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 07:31, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- SuperSwift, to add to what Iazyges has said: Yes, it would be unfair to come down on you only for your first article. However, it is one of seven page I cited above. As to the naira note articles: Yes, there are some situations where copying is permissible because all the facts involved are very basic and anybody would use the same wording—for instance, a list of criminal offenses someone was charged with, or what materials a building is made of. (The reasoning behind this is that facts cannot be copyrighted in the U.S., and so an expression of facts involving little to no creative decisions does not meet the threshold of originality.) So that might cover at least the latter half of
features which can be recognized by touch and visibility are the raised print, the security thread, and the watermark
. However, I do not think that applies to phrasing likedenominational numerals on the obverse and reverse of the notes are embossed. The raised prints provide tactility, while the security thread
andare visible under ultraviolet light; for example, the serial number on each banknote is black, but turns green under
. And then, just to emphasize what Iazyges said, you are not allowed to copy-paste material to your userspace in violation of the source's copyright. That is a hard line, and if you do it again I will have to block you. Note that WP:G12 applies everywhere on Wikipedia. Finally, you don't need to "beg" me to restore your permissions. You are welcome to appeal my action to Wikipedia:Administrative action review or the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard; or—if you don't want to challenge my action but think it is no longer necessary—you can request re-grants of the permissions at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions at any time. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 18:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC) - let me make it clear to you guys that government documents are public domain in Nigeria of which the website cited (Cental Bank of Nigeria website) is a government entity and thus is not protected by copyright laws. SuperSwift (talk) 09:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Could you please point to a source supporting that statement? What I'm seeing is
The Central Bank of Nigeria (hereafter called CBN) holds the copyright to www.cenbank.org / www.cbn.gov.ng and the contents thereof unless otherwise expressly stated.
I see that they do allow reuse under terms similar to CC-BY-ND, but such content is not suitable under foundation:Terms of use § 7. Licensing of Content point c, requiringtext [that] is available under terms that are compatible with the CC BY-SA 3.0 license
; WP:CC BY-SA 3.0 saysYou may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits
, so we cannot use any text that prohibits derivative works. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 21:32, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Could you please point to a source supporting that statement? What I'm seeing is
- Thanks for the explanation. Although the first sentence in the third paragraph states "It is permitted to copy material from this Internet address - either electronically or in paper form - provided that CBN is stated expressly as the source." SuperSwift (talk) 10:19, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- The next sentence to that is It is however, not permitted to amend or distort the contents of the materials., which marks the license as being CC-Non Derivative, which Wikipedia cannot accept. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 16:14, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Just to butt in unwanted, to me the simplest course is not to copy paste anything into Wikipedia. Copypasting is not encyclopedia building. It's using other peoples creative works instead of creating your own.
- -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- The next sentence to that is It is however, not permitted to amend or distort the contents of the materials., which marks the license as being CC-Non Derivative, which Wikipedia cannot accept. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 16:14, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- I didn't copy-paste except for the edit on my sandbox which was for educational purpose. As for the articles on the Nigerian naira, it was not copy paste. key words might have appeared multiple times that it looks like copy paste. Rights have been removed and I am okay with that. I will like this to end here. Many thanks all. Have a wonderful day SuperSwift (talk) 16:50, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Boma Goodhead (Nigerian politician) has been accepted
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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 102.89.22.186. This block has stopped me from improving contents on Wikipedia, as ell as creating new articles.
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Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
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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.
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