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February 2019

Information icon Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Street Society, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 06:19, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

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HofCTonPT

Thank you so much for your input and suggestions. I rewrote those sentences you didn't like, and even added some new references. Thank you again! Jenhawk777 (talk) 04:08, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

GA review

I deeply appreciate your review of History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance and the changes you are making. You do know that you can make me do those right? It's saving me a lot of work, but I'm afraid it's making work for you. :-) Anything you post on that review page that you want changed, just tell me and I will make it so. Otherwise, just keep on as you are, whichever you prefer is fine with me. Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:13, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777: I am 100% ok with doing a small part of the work. I, due to a lack of knowledge of the subject as a whole, have kept myself to mostly edits that (hopefully) most Wikipedians could do. I am determined to further reward your hard work by doing a small part in getting the article all the way to featured status. You are doing so much already, I feel I can do some small part in this!
what a wonderful attitude! I am touched by this. Thank you. It is greatly appreciated. Jenhawk777 (talk) 04:10, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jenhawk777: Your hard work is greatly appreciated! HouseBlaster (talk) 16:48, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
I hope you got my pings that the copyright violations are backwards violations - someone else copied me - I did not copy them. The templates are posted on the talk page now. Jenhawk777 (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jenhawk777:Oh! That would explain it! Sorry for the confusion! HouseBlaster (talk) 14:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Nothing for you to apologize for. It's a good thing it was found and that you told me. If you hadn't found it, someone else would have and might not have given me the time to see what was going on before just deleting it. WP takes copy violations seriously and that's what the "patrollers" do when they find them. So actually I owe you a thanx. Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:25, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Sources needed for Days of the Year pages

Congratulations on your new privilege as pending changes reviewer.

I see you recently accepted a pending change to March 4 that did not include a direct source.

You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the edit notice on that page, the content guideline and/or the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide.

All new additions to the DOY pages without references are now being either reverted on-sight or in some cases where the patroller is especially motivated, immediately sourced. I've gone ahead and backed this edit out.

All the pages in the Days of the Year project have had pending changes protection turned on to prevent vandalism and further addition of entries without direct sources. As a pending changes patroller, it's not required but it sure would be helpful if you didn't accept additions to day of year pages where no direct source has been provided on that day of year page. The burden to provide sources for additions to these pages is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages.

Thank you and please keep up your good work! Toddst1 (talk) 01:37, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

@Toddst1: My mistake! I did a quick check on the actual article for the person in question, and was able to find a reliable source for his birthday. I will go back and add that, and thank you so much! HouseBlaster (talk) 01:50, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
No biggy. That's a pretty obscure issue. Thanks for your response and hard work! Toddst1 (talk) 05:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

do you mind

Will you stop changing my edits. It’s not a spelling error. Comedienne is the correct term for a female comedian 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 19:58, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

@2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A and 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A: Comedian is gender neutral. Please stop making large scale changes to wikipedia, without first reaching consensus to do so. HouseBlaster (talk) 20:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
If they are referred to as an actress surely comedienne would be more proper than comedian 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 20:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
@2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A: I am not disagreeing with you, however, you must reach consensus before doing so. HouseBlaster (talk) 20:04, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Doesn’t it make sense to call a lady a comedienne and an actress. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
@2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A: Did you read WP:CON? There is no point in continuing to discuss this if you have not. HouseBlaster (talk) 20:08, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

I have not 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 20:09, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

@2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A: Please do so. HouseBlaster (talk) 20:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
I will when I have time old chap 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 20:14, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
@2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A: If you have time to change all instances of "comedian" to "comedienne" when referring to a female person, I find it hard to believe that you do not have time to read the article on consensus. HouseBlaster (talk) 20:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
I’ll read it soon old chap 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:A96B:2AAF:DE38:383A (talk) 20:24, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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@Fastily:Thank you so much! If I may be allowed a pun, you certainly reviewed my application fastily! HouseBlastertalk 03:39, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

You seem to have accepted nationalist POV-pushing in Pisco

You seem to have accepted this edit on pisco. Was it a mistake or is there any justification for that? So far I can tell that the soft-protection of the article is not working. Mamayuco (talk) 04:34, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

@Mamayuco: I checked the source that was provided, and it stated that
United States shall recognize Pisco Chileno (Chilean Pisco), Pajarete, and Vino Asoleado, which is authorized in Chile to be produced only in Chile, as distinctive products of Chile. Accordingly, the United States shall not permit the sale of any product as Pisco Chileno (Chilean Pisco), Pajarete, or Vino Asoleado, unless it has been manufactured in Chile in accordance with the laws and regulations of Chile governing the manufacture of Pisco, Pajarete, and Vino Asoleado.
Thus, I accepted the edit, as Pisco is clearly made in Chile according to this source. I am unsure how this violates WP:NPOV. HouseBlastertalk 15:29, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
Peruvian nationalists have for 10+ years been around trying to distort or remove references to Chile from the article [1]. That is the reason it has a soft protection, but if more errors are done in accepting biased edits we will need to move on to harder forms of protection. Mamayuco (talk) 03:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
@Mamayuco: What the heck. When I accepted the edit I thought that the part about Chile was being added, not removed. 100% mea culpa, and sorry for any confusion this caused. As for pending changes protection, I would support an "upgrade" to semi-protection, as this does seem to be a frequent occurrence. HouseBlastertalk 04:06, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Saket Modi

I'm curious why you accepted this edit. This is a known COI and promotional editor (probably Saket himself) and has a history of making statements that are not supported by the given sources and overall manipulation of Wikipedia. Have you carefully verified the edit for these problems? This is exactly why the article is protected and requires edit verification. -- GreenC 15:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

@GreenC: As per WP:RPC,

It is not necessary for you to ensure compliance with the content policies on neutral point of view, verifiability and original research before accepting

While I normally check all of these policies, and did so for this edit, I have never checked every edit done by someone previously to check if they are a vandal or not. Simply vandalizing a different article does not make you ineligible to edit a different article constructively (otherwise, we would just ban/block them immediately). It appeared constructive, thus, I accepted it. HouseBlastertalk 15:40, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Wrong Tag?

Im sorry did I use an incorrect tag on my edit of the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Im new and don't know all the proper tagging procedures.Carter2tired2taco (talk) 19:26, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@Carter2tired2taco: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! First, normally you would place the {{helpme}} on your own talk page. There is not a policy or guideline that states you have to do so, but it is standard procedure. As for your question, are you referring to this edit? If so, that edit is perfectly allowed; you did not make a mistake! In fact, thank you for performing said edit! Once again, welcome to Wikipedia. HouseBlastertalk 22:21, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster: Thank you for responding. I will do to post {{helpme}} on my own talk page in the future. I am trying to learn and respect all the customs of this community. Thank you for reviewing my first real edit. I am glad it falls in line with the practices of this community and is a good first step into improving this vital resource. Carter2tired2taco (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

WP:COI

Hello, I have recently received an advertisement for a website known as Downtowndok which uses WP:IAR to circumvent WP:COI and create articles on behalf of companies - for a price. I was able to talk to them and details on some specific articles they have curated:

Is there any action I should take from here? HouseBlastertalk 18:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

You could make a report at WP:COIN although it would be hard to track down users. The Gerald Lyons article has some IPs that might be paid editors. 331dot (talk) 22:46, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Re: Germany national football team

Hello. The information about where the match takes place and its stadium as well is usually given into the report (example). We simply don't have to add more sources in those lines.--Island92 (talk) 14:41, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

@Island92: What report are you referring to? The example you gave was not a Wikipedia article. HouseBlastertalk 14:46, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
This report. Soon it will be updated with the name of both the stadium and venue because both of them have been confirmed here---Island92 (talk) 14:53, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
@Island92: What if we keep the inline citations until the information is added to said website, at which point they are to be removed? If the report serves as the citation for every venue in the article, we should probably have a citation until the report has the match listed. HouseBlastertalk 15:02, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
Unnecessary IMO. For example, we know that Liechtenstein vs. Germany will be played in St. Gallen, but the main report for this match has not been updated yet with the venue and stadium respectively. This information is being reported into that list of matches because of being confirmed by Germany Football Federation here.--Island92 (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
@Island92:I would say that it is necessary simply because there is not any reliable source currently cited in the article that states that fact, but at this point, it is totally your call. You seem to be knowledgable in the specific norms of these articles, and I trust your judgement. HouseBlastertalk 15:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. I've added this kind of info for years, before as IP, now as a register user.--Island92 (talk) 15:28, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Pending changes at List of Kendriya Vidyalayas

The requirement for inclusion in that list (or, potentially, in any such list about a large grouping) is that the relevant subject have an article on here, and ideally that it meets WP:GNG. Just so you know if you fall on it again. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:17, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cushitic peoples

Hello. I am proposing the deletion of the page Cushitic peoples for reasons found on its Talk page. You have contributed to this page in the past year. You may have an opinion on this matter. Pathawi (talk) 09:55, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Christian XXX

I am curious why you didn't accept the subtle changes that I proposed. He started in gay porn in 2003-2004 and did 11 movies. Since then 4500 scenes NOT in gay porn but in trans and straight porn. So his Wikipedia should more accurately reflect this shouldn't it?

@Aidanpryde69: I reverted your edits because they did not have a citation to a reliable source. Please feel free to re-add the information with a citation to a reliable source, and welcome to Wikipedia! HouseBlastertalk 02:18, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

oh sorry! I read this section in his own blog site entry in 2016 - [1] Maybe it had something to do with my short time in gay porn back in 2003-2004.  I only did 11 scenes and I did enjoy myself, but I was just not attracted to men and I was attracted to women and trans women.  Additionally straight porn really looks down on male performers who have done gay porn in the past.Aidanpryde69 (talk) 10:02, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

@Aidanpryde69: Hello again! Thank you for providing a source, and for working to make Wikipedia a better place with more knowledge. However, the source you provided does not appear to support the edits you have suggested to the article. Sorry for any confusion, and if you are able to find a source that explicitly supports your assertions, please feel free to re-add the information along with the citation! Once again, thank you! HouseBlastertalk 03:03, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

wait what? it LITERALLY says exactly what I edited. His wikipedia makes it appear that he is still a current gay porn actor, when his own blog site says the opposite. that he only did 11 gay porn scenes in 2003-2004 and since then has worked exclusively in straight and trans porn. Not sure how you missed that when I showed you his blog entry and what he said on the subject. Am I missing something? Aidanpryde69 (talk) 17:40, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

@Aidanpryde69: My mistake for not being clear enough - that specific edit was supported by the citation provided, and I will re-add that information along with the relevant citation. However, some of the other edits (for example, changing the number of times he appeared in erotica from 3,000 to 4,000) were not supported by the source. If you have a relevant citation to support that information, once again, please feel free to re-add it! HouseBlastertalk 03:41, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://cwians.typepad.com/christian_sings_the_blues/2016/08/im-getting-too-old-for-this.html

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Rachel Roy

She was honored by the UN in 2018 and co-wrote two books with her daughter Ava recently. This info is mentioned in the monsters and critics article you helped me with (much appreciated). Is it okay if I add this to her career section? How do I create a ref name so that already provided reference shows up again? Use the writer's surname (James)?

By the way, thanks for the welcome. 2600:1702:2A40:3E40:696B:C553:48A6:E317 (talk) 20:07, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@2600:1702:2A40:3E40:696B:C553:48A6:E317: You are welcome for the welcome! As for the information about the UN and the books written with Ava, please be bold and add it! To create a ref name to reuse a citation, there is a full explanation here. The short version is that the first time you use the citation, you write:
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Thank you for your hard work on Rachel Roy! HouseBlastertalk 20:32, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Ok, I boldly added to RR but my edits aren't showing up when I refresh, am I doing something wrong? Do edits on RR need approval? I know she was locked at one point. 2600:1702:2A40:3E40:696B:C553:48A6:E317 (talk) 00:08, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
@2600:1702:2A40:3E40:696B:C553:48A6:E317: Edits to Rachel Roy need approval from an admin or pending changes reviewer when performed by an unregistered or very new user. In the past, there were issues with the biography of living persons policy, one of the most serious policies here on Wikipedia. To prevent this, the page is under pending changes protection. Thank you for improving the article! HouseBlastertalk 00:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

No problem, I had been wanting to do so for a while now, but forgot until today. It's been fun. 2600:1702:2A40:3E40:696B:C553:48A6:E317 (talk) 01:53, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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@Valereee: I asked because I find motivation very important, both on- and off-wiki. I would much rather get this information in the candidate's own words. That being said, thank you for raising this with me, and if the consensus among editors is that such questions are inappropriate, I will gladly not ask them. HouseBlastertalk 18:58, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
It's not so much that it's necessarily inappropriate. It's that, as discussed in that essay, irrelevant questions are just not useful for voters, and they tend in general to make life more stressful for the candidate. So irrelevant questions -- that is, those that aren't actually going to be used in deciding whether to support or oppose the candidacy -- can make the questioner look clueless (or even ill-intentioned, though I don't think that's what's happening here.) valereee (talk) 19:06, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Article Bruno Pinchard

Hello I have left you a message on the first place where you talked to me : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pleoz

Since I could not see any answer of yours there, allow me to open a new section here. I am discovering wikipedia en, though I have been working for french wikipedia for some time now. Would it be possible to tell me what is the procedure after writing my article ? Is it really going to take 3 months or more to be published, or worse removed ?

Thank you very much,

--2A01:CB14:CD1:B100:462:37D9:AE3F:7F70 (talk) 16:43, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Pleoz: Hello! I am sorry for the late reply, I have been busy in real life over the past few days. Unfortunately, it really is going to take (at most) 3 months to get the article published. Once you submit a draft for review, a reviewer needs to ensure the article is notable, among other things. The flowchart used by reviewers can be found here. If they pass the article, they will move the article to the mainspace. I am not a reviewer, nor did I read the entire article, but I highly doubt it will be deleted. Does that clear things up? HouseBlastertalk 19:38, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes thank you. It does clear things up although I am a bit disappointed that it takes so long. It's quite strange I think this process but nevermind. Good luck on your way. --Pleoz (talk) 23:01, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

You're almost done

Keep up the good work, HB!! Don't let time constraints force you to hurry - take your time, learn the ins and outs, and don't be afraid to ask questions. What I've gleaned from your prior interactions is encouraging. Atsme 💬 📧 00:34, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Atsme! This is a long weekend for me, so I should be able to make significant progress in the course and give it the attention it requires. Once again, thank you for training me - I could not have asked for a more thoughtful and encouraging mentor. HouseBlastertalk 00:56, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
You are doing so well, and I'm so proud of you!! And you're nearing completion. Yay!! Great job, HB!! Atsme 💬 📧 20:15, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

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Wait a minute!

How did you revert my edit so quickly? How were you monitoring recent changes even though you did not look at some of my edits? --2601:205:C001:EA0:A16E:3E02:3571:EAB2 (talk) 19:40, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

I use a program called huggle to help patrol edits. It automatically shows edits that it thinks might be vandalism or else disruptive. In this case, I saw that you did not include a citation to a reliable source to support the change you made to the content. Please feel free to re-add the material with a citation to a reliable source. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to ask, and welcome to Wikipedia! HouseBlastertalk 19:49, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Your admin request

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 20:34, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

@PhilKnight: Thank you so much! I probably should have been more clear—would you be able to do the actual page itself, rather than the talk page? Sorry for the confusion; I definitely should have been specific... HouseBlastertalk 20:38, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for being so polite! I realized my mistake soon after posting. I have self reverted my change of the talk page content model. Unfortunately I get an error message when I try to change the user page as I am not an interface admin. Sorry. PhilKnight (talk) 20:46, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Whelp, looks like I am taking a trip to the interface admin noticeboard. Thanks for your help, and again, sorry for the confusion! HouseBlastertalk 21:14, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello HouseBlaster,

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:

{{NPP backlog}}

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
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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.

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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

American Bantam languages

You made some format changes to the American Bantam page. Do you know how to add on the Languages for links to American Bantam pages in other languages? Right now they are all attached to American Austin, which is technically not correct for some of the links, but not a big deal. But most of the language translations should be attached to American Bantam. I couldn't figure out how to move / Split this. See:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463449#sitelinks-wikipedia Charliep8 (talk) 04:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

@Charliep8: I happened to see that Rosguill answered this earlier. Let someone know if you have any additional questions, and happy editing! HouseBlastertalk 00:31, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I should have gotten back to you and let you know the problem had been solved. Thanks for the follow-up. Charliep8 (talk) 07:04, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Revdel request

Quick question on your revision deletion here: that seems to be pointing to a very different article about a different player. Additionally, "xwhos" is a scraper site that opten copies our content - for example, the page you linked to is a copy of Kok Jing Hong - it copied a later revision of the article that corrected typos in the original. Maybe you meant to link to something else as the original source? Kuru (talk) 18:48, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

@Kuru: I think what happened here was Kok Jing Hong was copied to Lim Chong King (compare this version of Lim Chong King to the current version of Kok Jing Hong). Then xwhos scraped Kok King Hong, and then I saw a copyvio and requested revdel. I did not mean to link to a different page, and I will keep in mind that xwhos is a scraper site for the future! HouseBlastertalk 21:10, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Ah, that makes more sense now. No harm. Kuru (talk) 23:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

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NPP drive award

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This award is given to HouseBlaster for 54 reviews and 25 re-reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 08:56, 3 August 2022 (UTC)


NPP Drive Re-Review Award

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Awarded to HouseBlaster for re-reviewing 25 articles. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:23, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

yo test

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You have shown interest in post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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HouseBlastertalk 03:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello HouseBlaster,

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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NPP message

Hi HouseBlaster,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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Page Triage

I noticed that three pages which I redirected were all sent to Page Triage. Can you tell me more about this? I assume it's probably because I contested reversions of my edits. What triggers something being sent to PT? Is it a series of drastic edits? Does an editor have to request it? Is it "bad?" Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 04:46, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Just Another Cringy Username: It is not "bad" at all! There are three main reasons that a page gets sent to PT. Every new article is sent to PT, and new page reviewers have a button that sends an article back to PT (it is on the left of the screen under the "tools" category on Legacy Vector, the skin I use). Finally, any redirect that is converted into an article automatically sends the page back to PT. Even if the redirect is restored, it will remain in the PT queue until a reviewer marks it as reviewed. I believe that this is what occurred in your case. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know! HouseBlastertalk 18:40, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For your valiant efforts at at WikiProject History Merge and helping to repair cut-and-paste moves! DanCherek (talk) 01:51, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for doing the histmerges, User:DanCherek! HouseBlastertalk 11:42, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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(t · c) buidhe 21:16, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

"Made up"

Draft:Republic of Averna is not made up, it is a unregonized micronation. -- Averan Republic (talk) 23:41, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

@Averan Republic: To be notable on Wikipedia, a topic must have received significant independent coverage in reliable, secondary sources (for example, a detailed in The New York Times). There are only two sources I was able to find on the subject: a page on a public wiki and a Google Doc, neither of which are considered reliable sources. Therefore, the Republic of Averna does not meet our notability guidelines. HouseBlastertalk 23:51, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

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Kindergarten

I'm a little concerned that I'm already bludgeoning at that discussion, but FWIW I didn't find your story inappropriate. The reason it probably occurred to you was that you have an extremely vivid memory of having been left waiting in a situation within which you were already stressed. To me, that's a reasonable connection. :) Valereee (talk) 15:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

RfA

Hi. I've supported your RfC but I'm still curious why you think making an official cut-off time seems necessary. I started the first in-depth analysis of RfA at WP:RFA2011 and I've followed it all ever since. Plenty of admins have had a stressful RfA but no one has ventured such a suggestion. I thought for a moment the idea came from your own experience but I've looked, and I can't find a failed or successful RfA under 'HouseBlaster' . Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:39, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

@Kudpung: Hello! I want to start by saying thank you for all you have done for RfA, and even more for NPP. Both essential parts of the 'pedia. I have never run for (or considered running for) RfA myself. It actually comes from ScottishFinnishRadish's RfA and his Signpost interview. It would have helped him, and other RfA candidates have agreed. I took a guess that SFR would not want to go anywhere near RfA for the foreseeable future, given what he just went through. I considered talking to him first, but then I realized that I should just start the discussion. HouseBlastertalk 19:04, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this [2]. I remembered it the wrong way :( I was trying to avoid that. Clovermoss (talk) 01:29, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Clovermoss: Any time! If that was the worst thing you did yesterday, I bet it was a great day. No biggie. HouseBlastertalk 01:31, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Page review

I hate to be possibly ignorant, but why was my user page reviewed? Just confused and slightly worried. The Shamming Man has appeared. 01:16, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

@TheShammingMan: WP:NPR has a bit more information, but essentially some people go around and "patrol" new articles to ensure they are notable / not copyvios / etc., and tag them for any problems. You can see a flowchart of the process here. Normally patrolling is just for articles in the mainspace, but you can technically do it in any namespace. In other namespaces, "patrolling" a page just means that it is not a speedy deletion candidate. Your userpage is not a speedy deletion candidate, so I marked it as patrolled. Let me know if you have any other questions! HouseBlastertalk 01:26, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for clarifying that. I thought I did something wrong. The Shamming Man has appeared. 01:57, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
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