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| == New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022 == | |||
| == Can Haz Cheezburger == | |||
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| Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The ] finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the ]. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section. | |||
| '''Awards''': Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to {{Noping|MPGuy2824}}), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to {{no ping|John B123}} for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the ]. Check out the new ] also. | |||
| <font style="font-family:script;font-size:16px;vertical-align:top;position:relative;top:-13px;">↢ ]] ↣</font> haz givn u ]! Cheezburgrs promot ] and hoapfuly thiz one haz made yore day bettr. Spreadd teh WikiLovez by givin sumone else Cheezburgr, whethr it be sumeone youz hav had disagreementz with in teh past or a gud frend. Hapy munchins! <br /> | |||
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| ''Thanks for the resolution for ]. It was far more elegant and fair than what I had thought of.<br><br>Also, thank you for being one of the reasonable voices in the GG article. I know this wikiluvz is late, but hope you'll still accept it :).'' | |||
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| == New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023 == | |||
| Spredd teh goudnesz of Cheezburgerz to all ] buddiez by addin {{tls|Cheezburgr}} to their talk paj with friendly messuj to all. | |||
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| The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to {{noping|WaddlesJP13}} who led with 2084 points. See ] for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day. | |||
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| The mere presence of my name on the article or its talk page will cause a riot online, even if it's just making a minor correction, so could you fix the fact that there's nothing bolded in the article's lede?—] (]) 06:00, 19 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| Also I just found an extraneous apostrophe later in the article: <blockquote>Alyssa Rosenberg of ''The Washington Post''' said that some</blockquote>—] (]) 06:26, 19 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| '''Redirects''': Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see ], ], and spend some time at ]. | |||
| And an extra space before the <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag at the end of that same sentence.—] (]) 06:28, 19 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| '''Discussions with the WMF''' The ] signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted ] in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as {{noping|Novem Linguae}} and {{noping|MPGuy2824}} have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also ] with the NPP coordinators to discuss ] that new users see. | |||
| "The Colbert Report" also isn't italicized.—] (]) 06:39, 19 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| ANd now with a mention of "Depression Quest" is not italicized.—] (]) 06:40, 19 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| Amanda Marcotte's one article on the page is both citation 12 and 92 for some reason.—] (]) 10:24, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| Why go to all this effort when your edits will certainly be undone once you're topic banned? | |||
| :I think you're going to be sadly disappointed if you expect me to be topic-banned. ] (]) 21:02, 20 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| :Er, no, I'm not. I made a substantial edit and you are the one who reverted it. The revert-war began with you. ] (]) 20:30, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Um -- note that the edit you reverted was by me on 14 December -- so you did indeed "revert." Try again -- and self-revert and oben ] asking that you DISCUSS your reverts. Cheers. ] (]) 20:32, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I did not revert your edit, as the diffs clearly show. I simply worked from it to rewrite and expand our coverage of the issue. The claim was indeed false, as per the sources I added. It's not merely "confusion," it's active misidentification. Your edits, on the other hand, have been mere stale reverts which removed extensive additions of highly-reliable sourcing which notes the array of commentators who criticized Breitbart for the massively-incorrect story. ] (]) 20:36, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::When dealing with ''two people with the same name'', the exact same problem hits ''all'' news outlets including NYT etc. You seem to wish to promote that this was ''deliberate misidentification'' by crazy political hatchet men - which is ''not'' supported by reliable sources. Clue: "Colbert Report" is reliable for ''nothing at all''. ] (]) 20:50, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::A "correction" which debunks and renders false ''the entire premise of the story'' is not a mere correction, it's an admission that you completely fucked up in every possible way — as even ''The Daily Caller'' was willing to admit. . And no, ''The Colbert Report'' is a perfectly-usable source for citing Stephen Colbert's opinion, which on this issue has received significant secondary recognition. ] (]) 20:54, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::(ec)As noted - it happens all the time - even to the NYT. That you feel that '''you must make an example of crazy political hatchet men who "fucked up"''' in your opinion is ''not'' how Misplaced Pages works. And we CANNOT USE THE COLBERT REPORT AS A RELIABLE SOURCE (shouting deliberate). The claim is in regard to specific living persons (writer of the article) thus must be a strong reliable source for fact. Your position would be if someone said "''Breitbart is Hitler reincarnated''" that you would ''support'' that quote in an article. Clear enough? ] (]) 21:01, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Breitbart is not a living person, it's a media corporation. I'll make sure the article is clear on that point. ] (]) 21:02, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Clearly the term "craven political hatchet men" refers to the author of the original article -- who happens to be alive. Cheers -- ] applies to all identifiable specific individuals, and the fact that the article is about a website does not remove it from being subject to the policy ] "''Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Misplaced Pages page."'' ] (]) 21:07, 21 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| There's questionable and unreliable sources anywhere (including MuuMuse, guitarsweepstakes.com). Can you remove and keep an eye that who may doing the same pattern. ] (]) 05:41, 22 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Yeah, agreed, that's a pretty bad source and effectively promotional, too. I'll take a look, thanks. ] (]) 05:44, 22 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 18 December 2024
New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello NorthBySouthBaranof,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
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Backlog:
Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello NorthBySouthBaranof,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js
Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.
Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello NorthBySouthBaranof,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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