Jump to content

User talk:CAPTAIN RAJU/Archive 117

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archive 110Archive 115Archive 116Archive 117Archive 118Archive 119Archive 120

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello CAPTAIN RAJU,

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: 14112 articles, as of 06:00, 15 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.

Reminders
  • Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
  • If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, 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.
  • To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
Notes
  1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
  2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2022)

These flaming cocktails illustrate that some liquors can readily catch fire and burn.
Hello, CAPTAIN RAJU. The article for improvement of the week is:

Liquor

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Pork tenderloin • Bulletproofing


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 June 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikidata weekly summary #426

Women in Red in July 2022

Women in Red July 2022, Vol 8, Issue 7, Nos 214, 217, 234, 235


Online events:


See also:


Other ways to participate:

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Lajmmoore (talk) 15:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Tech News: 2022-26

20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Sahnil Bhatnagar

Respected Captain Raju, Namastey! I hope you are doing well. I know you are from India and you can only help me with this situation as other editors are not from India so they are not understanding the situation. I just created a page for Sahnil Bhatnagar (Actor) who is an Indian Television Actor. He has done couple of shows. I just need your support please. I am sure an Indian can only understand the feeling of another India. I just need your support. Thank you for your time Sir.

Please Take Care and have a nice day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sazam777 (talkcontribs) 20:43, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Sazam777: Your message is against our rule against canvassing. Reaching out to other editors to try to "win" some type of content dispute is wrong, as every discussion is decided on merit. Making such a nationalistic request is also corrosive to Wikipedia, as we all contribute regardless of national origin, religion, or political belief. Please do not encourage others to disregard the rules because you have no respect for us as an editing community. Chris Troutman (talk) 20:52, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Samet Yücel

Hi :) I noticed you warned some users about abusing multiple accounts. This link here might be insightful: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Samet Yücel. Their userpages are just blatant nonsense.. – NJD-DE (talk) 21:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
  • Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Saint Martyrs church

A better English translation would be "Holy Martyrs". Laurel Lodged (talk) 12:45, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  • Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2022)

Hello, CAPTAIN RAJU. The article for improvement of the week is:

Sexual abuse

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Liquor • Pork tenderloin


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikidata weekly summary #522

This Month in Education: June 2022

Tech News: 2022-27

19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2022

WikiProject Scouting | June 2022


Notes for June:

Other ways to participate:

--evrik (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2022)

Temperature map of the United States during the Great Blizzard of 1899
Hello, CAPTAIN RAJU. The article for improvement of the week is:

Great Blizzard of 1899

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Sexual abuse • Liquor


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions


This Month in GLAM: June 2022





Headlines
  • Albania report: CEE Spring 2022 in Albania and Kosovo
  • Argentina report: In the middle of new projects
  • Australia report: A celebration, a commitment, an edit-a-thon: Know My Name returns for 2022
  • Belgium report: Heritage and Wikimedian in Residence
  • Brazil report: FIRST WikiCon Brazil & Three States of GLAM
  • Croatia report: Network(ing) effect(s)
  • France report: French open content report promotion
  • Italy report: Opening and closing projects in June
  • Kosovo report: Edit-a-thon with Kino Lumbardhi; DokuTech; CEE Spring 2022 in Albania and Kosovo
  • New Zealand report: West Coast Wikipedian at Large and Auckland Museum updates
  • Poland report: Wikipedian in residence in the National Museum in Cracow; The next online meeting within the cycle of monthly editing GLAM meetings; Steps to communicate GLAM partnerships better and involve the Wikimedian community
  • Sweden report: 100 000 memories from the Nordic Museum; Report from the Swedish National Archives
  • Switzerland report: Diversity in GLAM Program
  • UK report: Featured images and cultural diversity
  • USA report: Fifty Women Sculptors; Juneteenth Edit-a-thon; Juneteenth Photobooths 2022; Wiknic June 2022; New York Botanical Garden June 2022; LGBT Pride Month
  • Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Structured data on Commons editing now possible with OpenRefine 3.6; file uploading with 3.7
  • Calendar: July's GLAM events
Read this edition in fullSingle-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Wikidata weekly summary #528

Thu July 14, 7-9pm: Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic
Beer garden at Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society.

You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC community at the beer garden of Queens's Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society, better known as "Bohemian Hall".

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

7:00 - 9:00 pm
(Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society / "Bohemian Hall", Astoria, Queens)

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:40, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-28

19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2022)

The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United States. Pictured above are four patrons and a flapper in 1921 awaiting the opening of the Krazy Kat Klub, a speakeasy.
Hello, CAPTAIN RAJU. The article for improvement of the week is:

Jazz Age

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Great Blizzard of 1899 • Sexual abuse


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikidata weekly summary #529

Tech News: 2022-29

22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter June 2022

Dear Wikimedian,

Hope you are doing well. As you know CIS-A2K updated the communities every month about their previous work through the Newsletter. This message is about June 2022 Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted events.

Conducted events

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscibe this newsletter, click here.

Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 12:23, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2022)

A retractable pen is a type of ink pen that has a spring-loaded ink cartridge which retracts and extends outside a protective housing.
Hello, CAPTAIN RAJU. The article for improvement of the week is:

Retractable pen

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Jazz Age • Great Blizzard of 1899


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikidata weekly summary #530

Tech News: 2022-30

19:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

July 27: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Aug in-person for Wikimania)

July 27, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
Welcome to Wikimedia New York City!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

If there's a project you'd like to share or a question you'd like answered, just let us know by adding it to the agenda or the talk page.

7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

P.S. next in-person August 12-14 Wiki World's Fair for Wikimania

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)