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The Signpost: 30 September 2019
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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2019)
Hello, Simon Adler.
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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019
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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2019)
_passes_through_the_Strait_of_Magellan,_1_July_1990_(6475056).jpg) The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) maneuvers around an island as it passes through the Strait of Magellan en route to Punte Arenas, Chile, on 1 July 1990, during exercise "Unitas XXXI", a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations.
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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2019)
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A beer for you!
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Are you alive ? if so, cheers about it. If not, cheers to the hope that you are having a blast in the heaven. DBigXrayᗙ 12:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC) |
- I have added {{nobots}} here to stop the bots from spamming here. --DBigXrayᗙ 13:12, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- And removed your name from Musikbots list here to avoid spamming of this page. --DBigXrayᗙ 16:36, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Saturday Zoo
On 28 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saturday Zoo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jonathan Ross in Saturday Zoo (1993) was described as "humour-resistant Teflon"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saturday Zoo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Saturday Zoo), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Congrats! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you Gerda that is very kind of you :) Simon Adler (talk) 15:51, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Precious
"dunno? revert if crap. seems to clarify a tad"
Thank you for your first article, Saturday Zoo, for talk on fish and chips, for work on "articles for improvement", for gnomish work, reviewing, mentoring, cooperation, for improving quality articles, for "you will have to get used to my sense of humour, which can be odd", - Simon, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Gerda my dear, I would rather have this honour than a thousand barnstars (not that I get any anyway), I know it is not lightly given. It really has made my grey autumn day brighter. Bless you. Simon Adler (talk) 15:56, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Congrats bro and well deserved. This calls for opening some bottles
--DBigXrayᗙ 16:01, 30 October 2018 (UTC) - (blushing) - DYK, Simon that you didn't get it just so far because I must have confused you with some other who had iron in a user name, and thought you got it long ago? - Someone told me that arendt (in Dutch) means adler (in German) which means eagle. We seem somehow connected in a zoo ;) - Happy soaring! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- A nice zoo, that only opens saturdays to give the inmates a relief from being stared at ha ha :)! I did not know Arendt meant eagle (Adler) in Dutch..this is very interesting. DBigXrayᗙ did you say beer? It's never too early for beer! That would have made a great advertising slogan in about 1950 when everything was good for you! Science! Progress and beer in cans! LOL. Thanks to all. Si. Simon Adler (talk) 16:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Special days call for special bottles. I hope you would agree cheers. --DBigXrayᗙ 16:36, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Ahh the bubbly! :) Simon Adler (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- How about more bubbles today: a year ago, you were recipient no. 2060 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda! Ha, is it a year already? I hope you are well my dear. It was and is a great honour! A precious one. I will be back soon. Simon Adler (talk) 21:19, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- How about more bubbles today: a year ago, you were recipient no. 2060 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ahh the bubbly! :) Simon Adler (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Special days call for special bottles. I hope you would agree cheers. --DBigXrayᗙ 16:36, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- A nice zoo, that only opens saturdays to give the inmates a relief from being stared at ha ha :)! I did not know Arendt meant eagle (Adler) in Dutch..this is very interesting. DBigXrayᗙ did you say beer? It's never too early for beer! That would have made a great advertising slogan in about 1950 when everything was good for you! Science! Progress and beer in cans! LOL. Thanks to all. Si. Simon Adler (talk) 16:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- Congrats bro and well deserved. This calls for opening some bottles
How are you doing?
It's been a long time since I've seen you around. Hope you're ok and will swing back sometime. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:19, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- I hope the same Yngvadottir. Been missing him for a long time now. Hope he is doing great in real life and would get back to say a quick Hi sometime. --DBigXrayᗙ 16:36, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi there Yngvadottir (talk) and DBigXrayᗙ ! Well that's very kind of you friends. All ok. I just got a bit tired of the aggressive atmosphere on the boards, and politics. I should have said that I was taking a wikibreak. (Is it still called that? lol). Yeah i'm not going. Will probably get round to my usual bumbling what passes for contributions crap very soon. Keep well peeps and thanks for the visit. Si. Simon Adler (talk) 17:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Wow, that was fast, I am just so glad that this lucky bastard is alive and kicking. It is good to hear back from you Simon. Perhaps you should unwatch ANI and other drama boards when you return. They are evergreen although I rarely visit them these days.Your friends are still as good as they were before you left them, so that is a plus. Yes, but yours qualifies as a long wikibreak. I have added a template announcing the same for friends and foes. Hope you will be able to return back to active editing soon as you expected. cheers. --DBigXrayᗙ 17:40, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks bro! Simon Adler (talk) 17:56, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oh good :-) Probably wise, but I can't seem to retire even though the WMF takes whatever I do as an implicit endorsement. Hope to see you around when you feel like it :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 18:20, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Probably not even on a wikibreak now Yngvadottir as I am now looking at watchlists and catching up on the Fram issue. Oh dear. Simon Adler (talk) 18:35, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- you can find a quick summary here in the next thread. Later on Fram was unblocked, ran for rfa2 and withdrew due to opposes. Don't read sad stuff too much. --DBigXrayᗙ 18:48, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Don't waste time reading that sad chapter. He's unbanned and doing fine article work. I voted for him for admin, and thought arbitration should have reverted the desysop out of process, but ... don't waste time ;) - As always for Halloween, I think of those lost, driven away ... and stay in defiance ;) - Reformation would be so nice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Good to see you slightly even, ever so carefully, just possibly a bit, back, Simon. Boris and Jacob say hello. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:32, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- you can find a quick summary here in the next thread. Later on Fram was unblocked, ran for rfa2 and withdrew due to opposes. Don't read sad stuff too much. --DBigXrayᗙ 18:48, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Probably not even on a wikibreak now Yngvadottir as I am now looking at watchlists and catching up on the Fram issue. Oh dear. Simon Adler (talk) 18:35, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Wow, that was fast, I am just so glad that this lucky bastard is alive and kicking. It is good to hear back from you Simon. Perhaps you should unwatch ANI and other drama boards when you return. They are evergreen although I rarely visit them these days.Your friends are still as good as they were before you left them, so that is a plus. Yes, but yours qualifies as a long wikibreak. I have added a template announcing the same for friends and foes. Hope you will be able to return back to active editing soon as you expected. cheers. --DBigXrayᗙ 17:40, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi there Yngvadottir (talk) and DBigXrayᗙ ! Well that's very kind of you friends. All ok. I just got a bit tired of the aggressive atmosphere on the boards, and politics. I should have said that I was taking a wikibreak. (Is it still called that? lol). Yeah i'm not going. Will probably get round to my usual bumbling what passes for contributions crap very soon. Keep well peeps and thanks for the visit. Si. Simon Adler (talk) 17:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 October 2019
- In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
- Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
- Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
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- Arbitration report: October actions
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- Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content rare on English Wikipedia
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New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello Simon Adler,
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
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
- Second set of eyes
- Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
- Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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Hello?
Simon!! Ok - you've been gone long enough. You are missed. Atsme Talk 📧 14:04, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hey Atsme Talk 📧! I am here, just paddling in the shallows at the moment. Nice to see little has changed ha ha. Election fever beginning to grip the population, what Arbcom fun! Hope you are good, missed you. Si. Simon Adler (talk) 03:37, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 36
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- #1Lib1Ref January 2020
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The Signpost: 29 November 2019
- From the editor: Put on your birthday best
- News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?
- In the media: You say you want a revolution
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases
- Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
- Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things
- Gallery: Winter and holidays
- Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
- Essay: Adminitis
- From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
It’s that time of year!
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Time To Spread A Little
HappyHolidayCheer!! |
I decorated a special kind of Christmas tree
in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about this digitized version: *it doesn't need water *won't catch fire *and batteries aren't required. |
Have a very Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukkah‼️
and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉 |
Cheers
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Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry
No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well SA. MarnetteD|Talk 22:37, 16 December 2019 (UTC) |
The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
- 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.
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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
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
- This month's refresher course
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Io Saturnalia!
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| Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC) |
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas Simon Adler |
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Hi Simon Adler, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas |
Season's Greetings
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FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
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Happy New Year, Simon Adler!
Simon Adler,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010Talk 00:19, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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The Signpost: 27 January 2020
- From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
- News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
- Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
- Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019
- News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
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- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
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Books & Bytes – Issue 37
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Books & Bytes
Issue 37, November – December 2019
- #1Lib1Ref
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon
Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Simon Adler,
- 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.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7095 Low – 4991 High – 7095
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March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
The Signpost: 1 March 2020
- From the editor: The ball is in your court
- News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
- Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
- Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?
- Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed
- Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman
- In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019
- From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?
- Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark
- Gallery: Feel the love
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
- Humour: The Wilhelm scream
The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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The Signpost: 29 March 2020
- From the editors: The bad and the good
- News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
- Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
- In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
- Discussion report: Rethinking draft space
- Arbitration report: Unfinished business
- In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
- Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
- From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
- Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world
- Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia
- News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time
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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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The Signpost: 26 April 2020
- News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
- In the media: Coronavirus, again and again
- Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
- Featured content: Featured content returns
- Arbitration report: Two difficult cases
- Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night
- Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias
- Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together
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I hate to raise the point, but....
Some while ago, you made some comment[[1]] on Channel Dash, where the infobox labels this as a "German victory". Despite citing many sources to an editor with a substantial interest in this article, I seem to be making no success in presenting the same view as you did. If you wished to comment again on the discussion, that would be welcome.ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 21:10, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hello ThoughtIdRetired. Your username is rather apt for my present position on WP. I had forgotten about my post, I see it has developed into a useful thread (dumping ground) for this problem which has still not been resolved fully. The guidance on Infobox military conflict states "The term used is for the "immediate" outcome of the "subject" conflict and should reflect what the sources say". Here we have a problem. It is self-evident that the 'immediate' outcome of the operation is that the heavy units got through, albeit battered. However the second part of the guidance I do not believe is satisfied. The sources do not reflect an overwhelming consensus of a clear cut German victory as far as I can see, and I have been following the talk over there. Instead many follow the more nuanced path of the longer term historical overview.
The guidance goes on to say " In cases where the standard terms DO NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE OUTCOME, a link or note should be made to the section of the article where the result is discussed in detail (such as "See the Aftermath section")". Again we are in a dilemma. We can only be guided by a RS consensus, and it would seem that again, these pesky Historians have not read WP guidelines, and insist on using concepts which embrace longer-term historical outcomes, such as a tactical victory but a strategic defeat, or the like. Therefore we could say the 'Standard terms do not accurately describe the outcome as seen through the works of the majority of the RS'
There are solutions though. Again, as per guidance "In cases where the standard terms do not accurately describe the outcome, a link or note should be made to the section of the article where the result is discussed in detail (such as "See the Aftermath section"). Such a note can also be used in conjunction with the standard terms.." This is obviously permissible. Again, from the guidance: "Information summarized in an infobox should follow the general guidance for writing a lead section. It should not "make claims" or present material not covered by the article." In my opinion, the 'German victory' parameter is making claims which is not overwhelmingly borne out in mainspace RS deployed. Certainly the British media and public opinion saw it as an abject humiliation, but an immediate emotional perception is not a clear cut military defeat. Remember that this was happening at almost the same time as the Fall of Singapore. Now that was a defeat, and RS clearly and unambiguously reflect that.
I would suggest we just leave 'German victory' out. "Omit this parameter altogether rather than engage in speculation about which side won or by how much". Remember the parameter is OPTIONAL. I would suggest the sources are too focused on longer term outcomes (as history should obviously be) to get a clear message on the immediate outcome as WP demands. Alternatively we leave it in, with 'see aftermath' which makes it abundantly clear that sources disagree on the scope of the victory (or it's ultimate strategic failure).
I think Keith-264 made an excellent show in adding these competing voices to the intro and analysis sections after I raised the point. But I think the info box should be either updated or the parameter removed as above. You are quite at liberty to copy and paste any of the above to the talk page. These are just my thoughts. Simon Adler (talk) 01:33, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
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HI Simon, nice to see you around before I dive under my blanket again when the ACE is over. BTW, I just borrowed something from your user page. I think it's rather cool under the circumstances 😎 Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:02, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi there Chris, it's great to hear from you. I just returned to WP, hoping that things had improved. In the last hour I have rather joltingly discovered that they had not. Repellent. I am glad that you enjoyed the little visual joke. Think I originally 'borrowed' it from DBigXRay many moons ago. It sums everything up in around 5 seconds, even down to the peanut gallery. It would be too crass to ask you to re-think your retirement, but 'don't be a stranger' as some mushy 1940's movie would have said. Your colleague Simon Adler (talk) 03:18, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- Earlier this year the new Arbcom went on a rampant course of destruction like an angry mob carrying pitchforks, tar, and feathers. Each time they came past an admin's house they cut of his or her head and stuck it on a pike in the village square. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- As I am reading.. It may be that Wikipedia needs a Zola moment. Simon Simon Adler (talk) 03:56, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- Earlier this year the new Arbcom went on a rampant course of destruction like an angry mob carrying pitchforks, tar, and feathers. Each time they came past an admin's house they cut of his or her head and stuck it on a pike in the village square. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
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- Bless you Gerda Arendt! I do hope all is well with you and yours, and that life is treating you kindly. Liebe, Simon Adler
- Thank you, Simon, see my talk, two birthdays to be celebrated, but also deaths to be remembered, - healthy myself, - how about you? --Gerda Arendt )(talk) 08:14, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- It was kind of you to honour them Gerda, but you are the best of souls. Too many dead this year love. I am OK, and have been spending many weeks this summer and autumn outdoors, in a tent. The woods and the animals have been a great comfort. So I am back for a little editing! I'm glad you are well my dear. Simon Adler (talk) 02:09, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, Simon, see my talk, two birthdays to be celebrated, but also deaths to be remembered, - healthy myself, - how about you? --Gerda Arendt )(talk) 08:14, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
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- Thank you, blushing a bit, outdoors sounds good, - see where I was yesterday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- look for bright memories --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- Always Gerda, for what other memories are worth visiting? The others, once processed for worth of experience should be deleted! Maybe the bittersweet ones should be kept in a separate file, for they can be of use. I am sorry my dear I have not got back to you sooner. I have been walking the length of a friend of mine, a placid little character with much charm and a good soul. Only a few kilometers but the different seasons always bring out a new side to it's personality. I hope you are well Liebe. Simon. Simon Adler (talk) 02:16, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
- Lovely, and you have good company. Did you see "in loving memory" on my talk? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
- I still have yesterday's good top story to offer, - and a little below is my vision for 2020. - Did you know the ultimate guide to arbitration? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:40, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- Your capacity for sustained, hard work of the highest quality just keeps astounding me more and more. You just get better Gerda and everyone knows this. I am very proud of your blue diamond Liebe, the only honour that I have ever received here that is precious. The Britten/Brecht article is fascinating, the way you theme things is supremely apt. The vision for 2020 has some eternal needs to make this place 'liveable', but who would have thought our present in January. It seems like almost another world now. I just want it all to go.. Ha, SBHB! I do miss Raymond. I was always a lot in awe of him, but he tolerated me well in our too few encounters. His title always made and makes me smile. Superb! May he rest easy. Your visits are always a delight and an honour Gerda. Bless you. Simon Adler (talk) 00:09, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
- Blushing. - I came with music instead of turkey, today's DYK: to be sung "happily" - SBHB, - did you know that I first met him in the most depressing event here? ... and he resolved it with the line I have in my edit summary? ... so he got the blue stone the first in the style I still use now - but then not until Thanksgiving? ... and then he told me not to blush on 1 November and died on 14 November. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- Your capacity for sustained, hard work of the highest quality just keeps astounding me more and more. You just get better Gerda and everyone knows this. I am very proud of your blue diamond Liebe, the only honour that I have ever received here that is precious. The Britten/Brecht article is fascinating, the way you theme things is supremely apt. The vision for 2020 has some eternal needs to make this place 'liveable', but who would have thought our present in January. It seems like almost another world now. I just want it all to go.. Ha, SBHB! I do miss Raymond. I was always a lot in awe of him, but he tolerated me well in our too few encounters. His title always made and makes me smile. Superb! May he rest easy. Your visits are always a delight and an honour Gerda. Bless you. Simon Adler (talk) 00:09, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
- Always Gerda, for what other memories are worth visiting? The others, once processed for worth of experience should be deleted! Maybe the bittersweet ones should be kept in a separate file, for they can be of use. I am sorry my dear I have not got back to you sooner. I have been walking the length of a friend of mine, a placid little character with much charm and a good soul. Only a few kilometers but the different seasons always bring out a new side to it's personality. I hope you are well Liebe. Simon. Simon Adler (talk) 02:16, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
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- 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.
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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 |
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The birthday display! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Ach, Gerda you are one of the great creative powerhouses of WP! You are loved for your energy and love of sharing and more, with those with whom you share. Mein liebe and friend. May G-d give you strength and love always. Your friend Simon Simon Adler (talk) 03:57, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, blushing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:21, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
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That's appreciated User:Ealdgyth! Simon Adler (talk) 16:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
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| Seasons greetings. Hope you and yours are safe and well during this rather bleak period, though I think we will get through it. Best Ceoil (talk) 02:29, 28 December 2020 (UTC) |
- As you have somehow baiting me into calling you, in an edit summary, an unreconstructed bollix, I challenge you to an an/i. Gentleman to gentleman. Ceoil (talk) 03:48, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- It will amuse the crowd. We all need a laff. Title. 'Bollox baiting edit summary help needed' Simon Adler (talk) 03:58, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- xxx zzz Ceoil (talk) 04:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Jesus you are a worthy adversary. That was exciting stuff there man. Ceoil (talk) 05:05, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- KL was quite right. The feckers take these things too literally. Big Brother meets Father Ted. No sense of humour. Sorry mate. You reverted a fraction before I did. You can't be too careful. Now thats creepy on here. Si Simon Adler (talk) 05:16, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- It will amuse the crowd. We all need a laff. Title. 'Bollox baiting edit summary help needed' Simon Adler (talk) 03:58, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- [2] Ceoil (talk) 05:39, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- As a final stab and because you mentioned Fr Ted, and because it's KL's favorite scene from the series...[3] Ceoil (talk) 05:44, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- "God I love being a priest". 'Sexy wife' all the albums have superb stream of madness lyrics! Noice! If that attempt to make feckers laff and reflect (I was being ironic about values) had 'backfired' I would have taken full responsibility. Maybe it would have gone all the way up to to ARMCRUMB. WP v Humour. Night! Simon Adler (talk) 06:07, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, are you sure your not Irish. Noice! seems like a perfect piss take of a south side Dublin fucker. Ceoil (talk) 11:36, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- "God I love being a priest". 'Sexy wife' all the albums have superb stream of madness lyrics! Noice! If that attempt to make feckers laff and reflect (I was being ironic about values) had 'backfired' I would have taken full responsibility. Maybe it would have gone all the way up to to ARMCRUMB. WP v Humour. Night! Simon Adler (talk) 06:07, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- As a final stab and because you mentioned Fr Ted, and because it's KL's favorite scene from the series...[3] Ceoil (talk) 05:44, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
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- Cheers Davey and the same to you mate! Let's just motor on and not look back now. May you and yours be happy and healthy. From Si. Simon Adler (talk) 01:23, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
- You're welcome mate, Exactly 2020 really isn't a year to remember!, New Year New Chapter!, Many thanks and I wish you and yours a safe, happy and healthy new year, All the best for 2021 mate, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 11:26, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, January 2021
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Books & Bytes - Issue 42
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- Thank you Gerda! I am sorry I did not reply to you earlier, I took a day off from my computer. I think you understand love.. Black Death. It is on a knife edge here, although thank G for the great minds that have created the vaccines. My partner sings in the Kingston Orpheus Choir which there should be an article on. Your commitment and imaginative contributions are beyond words Leibe. Simon xx Simon Adler (talk) 03:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, and never a deadline for thanks ;) - Today I'm proud of a pic I took. The choir has a wonderful image on the commons, and Hallelujah on YouTube (will listen! - can't right now), but an article was deleted for lack of RS, and don't find anything of substance at a glance. If you have sources, we can write that article! - Little German lesson: the German word for love is "Liebe" (while "Leib" is body), but in German, you can't use it stand-alone as a greeting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hello Gerda! Well you could teach me German :). I know many German words from Yiddish which is a thousand year old fusion of Hebrew and I believe Old High German. But I do not know the grammar of modern German. But the words are familiar from family use that I picked up as a kinder. All my family left to the U.S and Britain three centuries ago. Mostly from the Austro Hungarian Empire. I think that article could be re-introduced for community consideration. It had royal patronage when it was set up, and has done good work since 1944. Liebe, Simon :) Simon Adler (talk) 05:54, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! ... today Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda. My friends mother has been ill with the virus and she has been very stressed. Thankfully she has now improving due to the vaccine she got about 12 days before but it has been a worrying time. I have not been on WP for a week plus, so forgive me. Liebe, Simon Simon Adler (talk) 03:02, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! ... today Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hello Gerda! Well you could teach me German :). I know many German words from Yiddish which is a thousand year old fusion of Hebrew and I believe Old High German. But I do not know the grammar of modern German. But the words are familiar from family use that I picked up as a kinder. All my family left to the U.S and Britain three centuries ago. Mostly from the Austro Hungarian Empire. I think that article could be re-introduced for community consideration. It had royal patronage when it was set up, and has done good work since 1944. Liebe, Simon :) Simon Adler (talk) 05:54, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, and never a deadline for thanks ;) - Today I'm proud of a pic I took. The choir has a wonderful image on the commons, and Hallelujah on YouTube (will listen! - can't right now), but an article was deleted for lack of RS, and don't find anything of substance at a glance. If you have sources, we can write that article! - Little German lesson: the German word for love is "Liebe" (while "Leib" is body), but in German, you can't use it stand-alone as a greeting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021
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The Signpost: 28 February 2021
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Books & Bytes – Issue 42
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Issue 42, January – February 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIX, March 2021
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The Signpost: 28 March 2021
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021
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The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
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- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
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The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
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Books & Bytes – Issue 43
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Issue 43, March – April 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021
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The Signpost: 27 June 2021
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Books & Bytes – Issue 45
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Issue 45, May – June 2021
- Library design improvements continue
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIII, July 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIV, August 2021
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The Signpost: 29 August 2021
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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
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Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
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Books & Bytes – Issue 46
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Issue 46, July – August 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXV, September 2021
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The Signpost: 26 September 2021
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The Signpost: 31 October 2021
- From the editor: Different stories, same place
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- Thank you Gerda! That is very kind and thoughtful. I do hope you are well. Simon Simon Adler (talk) 02:13, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
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To answer your question above: I put on my talk what's on my thought - best watch ;) - In November, I can offer some reading, - three feast days in a row, reformation followed by All Saints' and All Souls. On All Saints, we sang in choir in a mass - a 2021 first - and rehearsed (with the other group) for the next such thing next Sunday. All Souls is the birthday of the subject of my first article who will play a major concert on 14 November. Yesterday we "celebrated" the first DYK for which LouisAlain laid the base in a German sandbox. Today: another one from the recent deaths, but I just woke up, not styled yet. Back to the first line. How are you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 47
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Issue 47, September – October 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, November 2021
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The Signpost: 30 January 2022
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Books & Bytes – Issue 48
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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Books & Bytes – Issue 49
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- In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
- Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
- Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
- Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
- Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
- Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
- Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
- From the archives: Burn, baby burn
- Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
- Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja
- On the bright side: The bright side of news
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022
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The Signpost: 24 April 2022
- News and notes: Double trouble
- In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
- Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
- Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
- Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March
- Interview: On a war and a map
- Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
- Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
- News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
- Humour: Really huge message boxes
- From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Simon Adler,
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.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022
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The Signpost: 29 May 2022
- From the team: A changing of the guard
- News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections
- Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
- In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
- Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
- Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
- Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
- Featured content: Featured content of April
- Interview: Wikipedia's pride
- Serendipity: Those thieving image farms
- Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed
- Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows
- News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced
- News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?
- From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia
- Humour: A new crossword
Books & Bytes – Issue 50
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
- New library partner - SPIE
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Simon Adler,
- 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: 15580 articles, as of 00:00, 28 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}}
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- To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
- Notes
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The Signpost: 26 June 2022
- News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
- In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
- Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
- Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
- Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
- Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
- Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022
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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022
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The Signpost: 1 August 2022
- From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
- News and notes: Information considered harmful
- In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
- Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
- Community view: Youth culture and notability
- Opinion: Criminals among us
- Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
- Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
- Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
- Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
- Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
- On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
- Essay: How to research an image
- Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
- Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
- Gallery: A backstage pass
- From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
Books & Bytes – Issue 51
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Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022
- New library partners
- SAGE Journals
- Elsevier ScienceDirect
- University of Chicago Press
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello Simon Adler,
- 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.
- 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.
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NPP message
Hi Simon Adler,
- 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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The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 August 2022
- News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
- Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
- In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
- Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
- News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
- In focus: Thinking inside the box
- Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
- Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
- Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
- Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
- Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
- Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
- Essay: Delete the junk!
- Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Correction to previous election announcement
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, September 2022
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Books & Bytes – Issue 52
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Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022
- New instant-access collections:
- SpringerLink and Springer Nature
- Project MUSE
- Taylor & Francis
- ASHA
- Loeb
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
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The Signpost: 30 September 2022
- News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
- In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements
- Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
- Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News
- Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs
- Featured content: Farm-fresh content
- CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022
The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, October 2022
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The Signpost: 31 October 2022
- From the team: A new goose on the roost
- News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
- Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove
- Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com
- Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?
- Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal
The Bugle: Issue CXCIX, November 2022
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