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You have new messages at <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Menchi" title="User talk:Menchi">Menchi's talk page</a>.<br/><span style="font-size: 88%; font-weight: normal;"> You can <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/User_talk:Blythwood" title="Special:EditPage/User talk:Blythwood">remove this notice</a> at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="New_Page_Patrol_newsletter_October_2022" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_Page_Patrol_newsletter_October_2022"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_Page_Patrol_newsletter_October_2022"></span>New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_Page_Patrol_newsletter_October_2022"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blythwood&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hello Blythwood, </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/120px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/180px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/240px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="486"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Coordination/2022_WMF_letter" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Coordination/2022 WMF letter">open letter</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-09-30/In_focus" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-09-30/In focus">current issue of <i>The Signpost</i></a>. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section. </p><p><b>Awards</b>: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MPGuy2824">MPGuy2824</a></span>), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_B123">John B123</a></span> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Awards" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Awards">Awards page</a>. Check out the new <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Awards#NPP_Hall_of_Fame" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Awards">Hall of Fame</a> also. </p><p><b>Software news</b>: <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Novem_Linguae">Novem Linguae</a></span> and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MPGuy2824">MPGuy2824</a></span> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_Curation/Suggested_improvements/Phab_tickets#Closed_tickets" title="Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements/Phab tickets">here</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Top_new_article_reviewers" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Top new article reviewers">reviewer report</a> has also been improved. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg/450px-2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg" decoding="async" width="450" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg/675px-2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg/900px-2022-10-16_NPP_backlog_chart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="963" data-file-height="502"/></a><figcaption>NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Suggestions</b>: </p> <ul><li>There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".</li> <li>Reminder: <i>an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more.</i> (from the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol#Care" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol">NPP tutorial</a>)</li> <li>Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.</li> <li>This <a href="/wiki/User:Lourdes/PageCuration" title="User:Lourdes/PageCuration">user script</a> puts a link to the feed in your top toolbar.</li></ul> <p><b>Backlog</b>:</p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif/80px-Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif" decoding="async" width="80" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif/120px-Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif/160px-Everlasting_Fireworks_looped.gif 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="345"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Backlog_drives/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/October 2022">October backlog drive</a> 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! </p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dt>Reminders</dt></dl> <ul><li>Newsletter feedback - please take this <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Newsletter" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Newsletter">short poll</a> about the newsletter.</li> <li>If you're interested in instant messaging and chat rooms, please join us on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://discordapp.com/invite/heF3xPu">New Page Patrol Discord</a>, where you can ask for help and live chat with other patrollers.</li> <li>Please add <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers">the project discussion page</a> to your watchlist.</li> <li>If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be a reviewer, please ask any admin to remove you from the group. If you want the tools back again, just ask at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">PERM</a>.</li> <li>To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter_list" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter list">here</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_January_2023" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_January_2023"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_January_2023"></span>New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_January_2023"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blythwood&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border:2px solid #90C0FF; background:#F0F0FF; width:99%; padding:4px"> <table style="float: right; border: 1px solid #BBB; background: #FFFFFF;"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hello Blythwood, </p> <table style="float: right;"> </table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg/400px-Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg/600px-Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg/800px-Npp_backlog_2022-Dec.jpg 2x" data-file-width="861" data-file-height="500"/></a><figcaption>New Page Review queue December 2022</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Backlog</dt></dl> <p>The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WaddlesJP13">WaddlesJP13</a></span> who led with 2084 points. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Backlog_drives/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/October 2022">this page</a> 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. </p> <dl><dt>2022 Awards</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/74px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png" decoding="async" width="74" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/111px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg/148px-New_page_reviewer_of_the_year_cup.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="486"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Onel5969">Onel5969</a></span> 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. <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosguill">Rosguill</a></span> led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Awards" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Awards">Awards page</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Awards#NPP_Hall_of_Fame" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Awards">Hall of Fame</a>. Congratulations everyone! </p><p><b>Minimum deletion time</b>: The previous <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPP">WP:NPP</a> guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLAR">WP:BLAR</a>). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the <a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">feed</a> are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.) </p><p><b>New draftify script</b>: 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 <a href="/wiki/Help:Unreviewed_new_page" title="Help:Unreviewed new page">explanation page</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js" title="Special:MyPage/common.js">common.js</a> or vector.js file from <code>User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js</code> to <code>User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js</code><b></b> </p><p><b>Redirects</b>: 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Redirects" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirects">this guide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol#Redirect_checklist" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol">this checklist</a>, and spend some time at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFD">WP:RFD</a>. </p><p><b>Discussions with the WMF</b> The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Coordination/2022_WMF_letter" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Coordination/2022 WMF letter">PageTriage open letter</a> 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 <a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/repo:mediawiki/extensions/PageTriage%2Bis:merged%2BNOT%2Bauthor:Libraryupgrader%2BNOT%2Bauthor:L10n-bot%2Bbefore:2022-12-31" class="extiw" title="gerrit:q/repo:mediawiki/extensions/PageTriage+is:merged+NOT+author:Libraryupgrader+NOT+author:L10n-bot+before:2022-12-31">dozens of patches</a> 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 <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Novem_Linguae">Novem Linguae</a></span> and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MPGuy2824">MPGuy2824</a></span> have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Growth_Team_features#Meeting_details" title="Wikipedia talk:Growth Team features">had a video conference</a> with the NPP coordinators to discuss <a href="/wiki/User:Novem_Linguae/Drafts/New_landing_page_proposal" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Novem Linguae/Drafts/New landing page proposal">revamping the landing pages</a> that new users see. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dt>Reminders</dt></dl> <ul><li>Newsletter feedback - please take this <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Newsletter" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Newsletter">short poll</a> about the newsletter.</li> <li>There is live chat with patrollers on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://discordapp.com/invite/heF3xPu">New Page Patrol Discord</a>.</li> <li>Please add <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers">the project discussion page</a> to your watchlist.</li> <li>If you no longer wish to be a reviewer, please ask any admin to remove you from the group. If you want the tools back again, just ask at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">PERM</a>.</li> <li>To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter_list" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter list">here</a>.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_June_2023" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_June_2023"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_June_2023"></span>New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_Pages_Patrol_newsletter_June_2023"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blythwood&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border:2px solid #90C0FF; background:#F0F0FF; width:99%; padding:4px"> <table style="float: right; border: 1px solid #BBB; background: #FFFFFF;"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hello Blythwood, </p> <table style="float: right;"> </table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg/400px-NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg/600px-NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg/800px-NPP_April-June_2023_backlog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="404"/></a><figcaption>New Page Review queue April to June 2023</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Backlog</b> </p><p><b>Redirect drive</b>: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with <b>23851</b> reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to <b>0</b> (momentarily). Congratulations to <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hey_man_im_josh">Hey man im josh</a></span> who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meena">Meena</a></span> and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Greyzxq">Greyzxq</a></span> with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Backlog_drives/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2023">this page</a> 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. </p><p><b>Redirect autopatrol</b>: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. 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