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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021

 
 
New Page Review queue 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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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 currently 706 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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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

 
 
New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello GloryRoad66,

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 818 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 859 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.

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

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New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello GloryRoad66,

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

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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: 11504 articles, as of 14:00, 9 May 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.

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  1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
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New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello GloryRoad66,

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.

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Talk:Australian record companies in the 60s

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Some eight years ago, you said, "When I get a spare moment, I want to go in here and get this article properly sourced." I've provided some sources for you to follow-up on your promise. BTW, I've taken over 12 years to deliver on some of my own promises, so no rush...shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:00, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

shaidar cuebiyar, I just noticed your message. Thanks. I've been in a crunch with my work schedule, so sadly I haven't been doing enough with Wiki. But yes, when I can get some time I'd very much like to work on the piece. I was thinking that maybe during Christmas or summer would be a good time. I'm still very interested. Incidentally, it's great hearing from you. I hope that you're doing well! Garagepunk66 (talk) 03:01, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
All doing well. Mostly working at Australian music articles. Look after yourself... keep safe.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:53, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Will do! Garagepunk66 (talk) 04:14, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Australian music publications of the 60s

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The article Australian music publications of the 60s has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Largely unsourced essay that appears to be entirely about the history of Go-Set, which already has a full article. There is nothing to merge, and it would not make sense as the title of a Redirect.

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Garagepunk66 – you'll have to get on to this quickly. Start with this site. I also advise use of Trove's search engine. I'm unavailable to provide further help at the moment. All the best.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 10:29, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
I've dePRODed it, added some additional content on Everybody's and added some refs. However, more needs to be done but I'm busy elsewhere.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:35, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

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Dear GloryRoad66/Archive 12,

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Thanks. Sorry, if I'm a little late in responding, but I'd be delighted to join! GloryRoad66 (talk) 02:17, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

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Welcome to QAI, and thank you for the proposals for a userbox. More later, I'm traveling. Nice to meet you. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Great meeting you too!GloryRoad66 (talk) 16:42, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
Here is a userbox I came up with:
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But I'm sure that someone will design a better one. GloryRoad66 (talk) 05:28, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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rock music

Thank you for quality articles around rock music such as Evil (band) in 2013, The Shags (Connecticut band) and The Bojax in 2015, and Andy Johns discography recently, for reviewing, for service from 2012, for "I've left a few tire tracks in a couple of places" - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Wow, thanks! What a surprise!. That is a beautiful sapphire, by the way. I promise to keep doing my best to make Wikipedia a better place. GloryRoad66 (talk) 18:58, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks, I'd be happy to. GloryRoad66 (talk) 02:22, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

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I just posted my last edit and saw that you'd thanked me, for a moment I was confused how you managed that so quickly. If my edits ever bother just let me know, and I'll leave the article alone for awhile. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 19:52, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

I don't mind at all. I much appreciate your technical knowledge and help with the article. GloryRoad66 (talk) 19:58, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi User:GloryRoad66,

I created the page for the Powhatan Hotel in Galveston and used Howard Barnstone as my primary source for the article. Now I realize that Barnstone is completely confused about the story of the property, so much so that COMMONNAME leads to a bad name space. It was not originally a hotel and was only a hotel for a small piece of its history. I know many editors take pride in the work here and I made a hash out of it. I requested Speedy Deletion. I will recreate the article in a different name space after I have the story straight. With regrets, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 21:49, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for your conscientiousness and dedication, Oldsanfelipe2. I look forward to reading the new article. Good luck! GloryRoad66 (talk) 02:13, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Glyn Johns

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On 19 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Glyn Johns, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Glyn Johns (pictured) was the recording engineer for Led Zeppelin's debut album, the Beatles' Get Back Sessions, and the Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Glyn Johns. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Glyn Johns), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

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  Hook update
Your hook reached 13,323 views (1,110.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2023 – nice work!

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Interesting! GloryRoad66 (talk) 18:04, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Garage rock taskforce members

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A tag has been placed on Category:Garage rock taskforce members indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 05:37, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Liz, I just went to the edit space on the category page and noticed that the Speedy Delete tag was removed. Does that mean that the category is no longer up for deletion? The reason I created the category is because I had just created a proper member userbox done on a proper main space template. The template for the old userbox was located on a user's sandbox, rather than in the proper main space. So, as a consequence, it unlikely that any of the members who are on the taskforce will appear on the category page as they should—most of them are still displaying the old userbox on their user pages. However, all of those users are on the task force right now—so the therefore seven day policy may not apply. It is not unusual for a taskforce to have a category, so that is why I created one. For these reasons (right now) I oppose deletion, unless someone can give me a better set of reasons to change my mind. GloryRoad66 (talk) 18:02, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
Here is the new userbox:
 This user is a member of the WikiProject Rock music/Garage rock taskforce.
You will notice in its link to the taskforce, you will see the list of editors who are members. GloryRoad66 (talk) 18:07, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

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The article Glyn Johns you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Glyn Johns for comments about the article, and Talk:Glyn Johns/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Binksternet -- Binksternet (talk) 20:41, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Binksternet, I nominated the Glyn Johns article for DYK (Template:Did you know nominations/Glyn Johns), but it disappeared from the nomination page. I wanted to have a chance to address the reviewer's concerns, but the nomination just disappeared. Maybe they put it they put it into the queue, but no one told me whether it passed or failed DYK. I'll admit——I haven't done DYK in years, so the whole thing vexes me. But, I was wondering if you might know someone I could talk to, maybe a coordinator at DYK? Thanks, GloryRoad66 (talk) 01:45, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
Binksternet, I just got a message from someone (I left a message on the talk page at DYK) that said it is approved. So, I guess it'll go through. Thanks, GloryRoad66 (talk) 01:56, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
Glad everything is working. Binksternet (talk) 04:17, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks so much. I just had to get used to the DYK process. Good luck! GloryRoad66 (talk) 17:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for you kind July Greeting and update with the DYK. GloryRoad66 (talk) 20:08, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
So just in two days, and pictured! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Awesome! GloryRoad66 (talk) 20:57, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Only I was wrong, forgot that we run two sets per day at present. Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:50, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
Very nice! GloryRoad66 (talk) 01:55, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
Today Jahrhundertring, ten years old ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
Interesting! GloryRoad66 (talk) 02:10, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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