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A tag has been placed onUser:AppleBsTime, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done undersection G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use thesandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visitthe page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent withWikipedia's policies and guidelines.Yorkshiresoul (talk)13:36, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll apologise to for this, I mis-read this as a page instead of a user-page, I'm not trying to scare you off, sorryYorkshiresoul (talk)13:40, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (I reported this, and I misread it as being a page when in fact it is a user page, my apologies) --Yorkshiresoul (talk)13:40, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So, are you going to remove the tag, or do we now sit through the process of a speedy deletion debate? --AppleBsTime (talk)13:44, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that as I have challenged my own referral, nothing further will happen, except that I look a bit of a berkYorkshiresoul (talk)14:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Do you work for IGN, by any chance? -- AppleBsTime (talk) 13:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)"

No, I do not work for IGN. I'd like to guess that you thought I do because I seem to use most citations and refs related to IGN. That's just because I surf that site a lot and find most of my refs from there. --WonderBoy1998 (talk)15:12, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Back in 2006, I was just beginning to edit Wikipedia, and was actually not aware of the fact taht there were guidelines on how to edit. I learned that soon enough, and eventually became quite an expert on both, editing and guidelines. Now, in the actual case of Lecuona's birthdate, you'll see that there is a discrepancy between the lede and the opening paragraph, one stating August 6, the other August 7. To check which one would be correct, I checked the Spanish Wikipedia and gotthis. August 6, 1895, is still there, to date. Two of the sources are broken links now ( I can't remember what they said at the time), the third does not state a birthdate. However, in the Spanish Wikipedia, nobody ever challenged the date. I suggest you change it there, and add a source. I'm sorry if I made a mistake, but it's never too late to correct it. Cheers!Kraxler (talk)22:36, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This source (the first external link in the article) says "Ernesto Lecuona was born in Guanabacoa, Cuba, across the bay from Havana, on August 6, 1895, but for an unexplained reason he actually observed his birthday as August 7, 1896." which looks rather weird. One should try to find out what exactly that means.Kraxler (talk)21:35, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This obituary says he was 68, which places his birth in 1895.Kraxler (talk)21:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is from a book published in 2003.Kraxler (talk)21:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another source,his grave marker, gives the birthdate 07 August 1896. This is all very strange, and I do appreciate your responding! -AppleBsTime (talk)01:23, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield.We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The votingis held atm:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.

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You are welcome! I think that's a much better, less-confrontational name. -AppleBsTime (talk)20:49, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, again thank you!xinbenlv^{Talk,Remember to "ping" me}01:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An article you recently created,Cornelis Giles, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations fromreliable,independent sources.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is ofcentral importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft todraftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia'sgeneral notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.John B123 (talk)18:39, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@John B123: Happy to try to find some good sources -- I'm becoming an expert at that, it seems. The same article is in the French Wikipedia'smainspace -- do you plan to take action there, as well? The Netherlands Wikipedia version does have some additional sources, which I'll include here in English.AppleBsTime (talk)19:16, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I don't get involved in the fr wiki, not least because my written French is poor. Different language versions of the wiki all have their own rules, so what is acceptable on one may not be on another. Hope all goes well with adding the references. Regards --John B123 (talk)19:25, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@John B123: I was able to locate and use four different sources to enhance the article. I submitted to a review, but now see that there is up to a 2-month delay? That seems rather punishing for an article about a centuries-old navigator that can't possibly harm the Wikipedia corpus. -AppleBsTime (talk)20:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Whilst it's not an ideal situation, the AfC reviewers, who are all volunteers, are currently overwhelmed with submissions. --John B123 (talk)20:29, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

AppleBsTime, you do have an alternative path forward here. The AfC process is entirely volutury and you are absolutely not required to use it. If you feel confident enough that the draft has now been sufficiently improved to be ready for mainspace, you can simply move the page there yourself, using the "move" button at the top of the page. You'd need to edit the draft to remove the AfC tag first. Draftification of new articles, of the kind that John B123 performed here, is allowed as a part of New Page Patrol, but the process is reversible and it also can be contested. I do recommend that if you move the page to mainspace without it going through AfC, you add to the move summary something like "The page has been sufficiently improved for moving to mainspace; if there are still concerns regarding notability, please list the article for AfD". Of course, if you prefer, you could also wait 2-3 months for the AfC process to work itself through.Nsk92 (talk)21:13, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cornelis Giles, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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@DGG: A long overdue 'thank you' for approving that submission of mine. I hope I didn't come across as too impatient on the process (see directly above).AppleBsTime (talk)01:35, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

it's we who should need to apologize. I am very much aware that the process is slow and unpredictable, but it used to be even worse-- it is much faster than it was 2 years ago. DGG ( talk)06:17, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DGG: Maybe I should consider volunteering for the AfC team that reviews and approves (or rejects with recommendations) all of the backlogged content! -AppleBsTime (talk)20:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you not see my edit summary? A little patience would be helpful. -AppleBsTime (talk)21:41, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with moving back into article space, well done to you both for updating. You did a copy and paste move which isn't ideal as the history is lost. Ideally I'd think it would be best to move to the Draft back?Glen (talk)15:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah all good see you're onto it.Glen (talk)15:21, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I definitely botched that -- this was my first "draftify, then rather quickly un-draftify" experience. I placed a request to merge History on the article, though -- hopefully someone smarter than me will accommodate that fix? -AppleBsTime (talk)15:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

AppleBsTime, no issues. I have to admit it's not something I've done before either! I'm on mobile at the moment so will take a look when back on PC if another admin hasn't beaten me to it. Thanks again.Glen (talk)15:25, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if this is "wrong thinking" or not, but it feels to me that experienced editors should generally avoid theWP:AFC process altogether, except to volunteer as reviewers of the work of less-experienced users. The backlog is long enough, without adding more serviceable articles to the mix. I wish the Draftify tool had an ability for the experienced user to choose whether or not to suggest AFC to the original author. -AppleBsTime (talk)15:33, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need any help msg me. Thnx.Cudderizbak (talk)04:26, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you participated on Wikipedia for one day. We'll have to make progress without your help, it seems. -AppleBsTime (talk)14:42, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I fixed that. Thank you, DPL bot. -AppleBsTime (talk)12:33, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.

There are currently706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

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• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template{{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to{{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

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Hello AppleBsTime,

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 thetalk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

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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.

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Hello AppleBsTime,

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 newdiscussion 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).

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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 highunreviewed pages backlog: 15506 articles, as of 04:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC), according toDatBot

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Hello AppleBsTime,

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 coordinatorsBuidhe andZippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations toDr vulpes who led with 880 points. Seethis 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 theother 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at leastone a day.

Coordination

MB andNovem 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 atSuggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign ithere. 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 updatedsorted topic list.

New reviewers

TheNPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-readtutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated pagehere.

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Hi AppleBsTime,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to seethe 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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New Page Patrol |October 2022 backlog drive
On 1 October, aone-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive. Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Sign up here!
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(t ·c)buidhe21:16, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AppleBsTime,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. Theopen 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 thecurrent issue ofThe Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks toMPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went toJohn 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 theAwards page. Check out the newHall of Fame also.

Software news:Novem Linguae andMPGuy2824 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 recentlyhere. Thereviewer 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 theOctober 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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Hello AppleBsTime,

Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations toWaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. Seethis 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 theAwards page and theHall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previousWP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification andWP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in thefeed 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, friendlyexplanation 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 yourcommon.js or vector.js file fromUser:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js toUser: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, seethis guide,this checklist, and spend some time atWP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF ThePageTriage 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 submitteddozens 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 asNovem Linguae andMPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team alsohad a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discussrevamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Tobeortobebetter (talk)15:48, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome -- I have responded. -AppleBsTime (talk)17:00, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol |May 2023 Backlog Drive
On 1 May, aone-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of redirects patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive. Article patrolling is not part of the drive. Sign up here! There is a possibility that the drive may not run if there are <20 registered participants. Participants will be notified if this is the case.
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Hello, AppleBsTime. Wewelcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or thingsyou have written about on Wikipedia, you may have aconflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See theconflict of interest guideline andFAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.SmartSE (talk)13:34, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To expand upon this, a reliable source (Private Eye (magazine)) has made an allegation about you which seems to center onmetadata which was present on the files you uploaded tohttps://ufile.io/f/9zbwn. Unfortunately those files are now only available with a subscription, so I can't check whether the allegations are true. To avoid any chance ofWP:OUTING, I won't repeat what was published, but I will email you a copy and request that you respond one way or the other as to whether you have a conflict of interest with respects to GISAID and if the answer is no, please explain how you obtained the documents. Thank youSmartSE (talk)13:42, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looking into this further I see that you statedhereNobody knows who posted the documents but everyone can see when each file was uploaded e.g.File created: 02/03/2023, 18:44:48, coincidentally(!) just three hours beforeyou first linked to them.SmartSE (talk)14:30, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Andhere back in December 2021, you introduced the unsourced claim into the article that GISAID was the first to publish the COVID-19 genome, whichSciencereports is being pushed by GISAID but is considered by others as rewriting history.SmartSE (talk)15:12, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AppleBsTime,

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to0 (momentarily). Congratulations toHey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed byMeena andGreyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. Seethis 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 themhere.

WMF work on PageTriage: TheWMF Moderator Tools team, consisting ofSam,Jason andSusana, and also some patches fromJon, has been hard at workupdating 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-inbeta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite ofSpecial:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details atWT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are nowautomatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply atWT:AFCP like was required previously). To install theAFC helper script, visitSpecial:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visitSpecial: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 atWP: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 thatdraftspace 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 ownSNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists isWP: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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Hello AppleBsTime,

TheNew Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visitingSpecial:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.

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New Page Patrol |October 2023 Backlog Drive
On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Articles will earn 3x as many points compared to redirects. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk)09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AppleBsTime,

Backlog update:At the time of this message, there are11,300 articles and15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

October backlog elimination drive:A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You cansign up here.

PageTriage code upgrades:Upgrades to thePageTriage code, initiated by theNPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by theWMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be foundhere. As part of this work, theSpecial:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeedhere - it will replace the current version soon.

Notability tip:Professors can meetWP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find theirGoogle Scholar orScopus profile and take a look at theirh-index and number of citations. As avery rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index oftwenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.

Reviewing tip:If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers useDiscord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk)16:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AppleBsTime:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding amonth longBacklog Drive!
The goal of this drive is toreduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may findCategory:AfC pending submissions by age orother categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 2000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help!MediaWiki message delivery (talk)13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Patrol |January 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 January 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk)02:09, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AppleBsTime,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations toSchminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations toJTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in theMay backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar.Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see theAwards page and theHall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: TheWMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developersdeployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and thengave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work toSpecial:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, whowrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updatedNPP Browser tool.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk)16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol |May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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New pages patrol |September 2024 Backlog Drive
On 1 September 2024, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each article review will earn 1 point, and each redirect review will earn 0.2 points. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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January 2025 Backlog Drive |New pages patrol
On 1 January 2025, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin in hopes of addressing the growing backlog. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Each article review will earn 1 point, while each redirect review will earn 0.2 points. Streak awards will be given out based on consistently hitting point thresholds for each week of the drive. Barnstars will also be granted forre-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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May 2025 Backlog Drive |New pages patrol
On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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September 2025 Backlog Drive |New pages patrol
On 1 September 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part?Sign up here.
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January–February 2026 Backlog Drive|New pages patrol
New Pages Patrol is hosting a one-time, two-month experimental backlog drive aimed at reducing the backlog. This will be a combo drive: both articles and redirects will earn points. The drive will run from 1 January to 28 February 2026. The drive is divided into two phases. Participants may take part in either phase or across both phases, depending on availability. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled during the drive. Two-month drive-exclusive barnstars will be awarded to eligible participants. Each article review earns 1 point, while each redirect review earns 0.2 points. Streak awards will be granted based on consistently meeting weekly point thresholds. Barnstars will also be awarded forre-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Interested in participating?Sign up here.
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