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Solo Riq
Looks like the creator of the article Solo Riq made the article after you denied the draft which is still up. Just wanted to point that out right now. (Found it as I moved the page as there was no page that the guy had it listed as and was unsure about notability and looked what linked there and saw the draft of it) Wgolf (talk) 04:50, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Solo Riq - still editing
Solo Riq - Please do not need delete I am still editing @Boothsift I have been working on this wikipedia page all day. I have reviewed several artist articles who have links that are no longer working. I am new on here and I will keep working on this Article. I would appreciate the fairness and time it takes to get theses articles correct. You have done thousands and are semi retired so please have some empathy for the time it gets to get this correct. I respect your editing skills and every article you have written, Please allow us this exception, it is an orphan and we are working on it. I would greatly appreciate it. Respectfully Doubleaa (talk) 05:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Doubleaa: I'm not semi-retired anymore :). Anyways, what I am saying is that instead of creating an article right away, you should continue with the AfC process. That is, constantly improving it as a draft. As you can see with Wgolf above, even if I did not do anything, other reviewers would have nominated it for deletion or moved it back to draft as it has been done before. I appreciate the hard work and determination, however you ignored my advice. You still cited a Wiki, musicbrainz and Facebook are not valid sources. You need more reliable sources. Without them, it might get rejected. Thank you--BoothSift 05:49, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
@Boothsift I need more time please do not delete my article, you can surely tell everyone to back off... They respect your time on here as well as your input. Please we will be adding the sources, I can point out several references people use face book that have articles. Lets not get so technical and open up a can of worms please, All of this is discretional. I feel like a wounded animal with a pack of wolves coming in for the kill. Please just give us the opportunity to get this done. We are not going to wait weeks, several people are experienced enough to go ahead and write this article and take the credit it for it and Im sure it will get accepted than. Thank you again respectfully, Please do not delete speedy deletion, etc.... Relax please.... Be fair....Doubleaa (talk) 05:56, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Doubleaa: It doesn't matter if they have Facebook. We don't and won't accept it. Sorry that you feel that way, but we have our own guidelines and I must go by them. I have no business telling other users to leave it alone, that would end up with both of us blocked. Like I said, you can improve it as a draft and then it might get accepted. Sorry--BoothSift 06:03, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Checking in on "Draft:Safety sign"
I wanted to check in how the conversation with User:AngusWOOF about Draft:Safety sign was going and if there's anything I could do to help or correct.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 05:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
- @The Navigators: I was busy recently and I had forgotten about this. I will talk with him when both of us has time, thank you. --BoothSift 05:58, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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NPR Newsletter No.18
Hello Boothsift,
- WMF at work on NPP Improvements
Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:
- Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
- Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.
- Reliable Sources for NPP
Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Amirmehdi joule
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- @Praxidicae: I am so confused right now. I did not make this article, yet it says I am the creator. In fact, I probably never even been on the article. --BoothSift 23:01, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
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Draft: Asian idol group producing industry
Hi, Boothsift. Thank you for comments. Actually, this article is more than idol group producing industry in Korea. This article contains its development in other Asian countries like China and Japan. I mean this industry originally starts from Korea but in the "production mode" and "development trend" part, it introduces more about this industry in other Asian countries. I think this article cannot be defined as a part of Korean idol. And this is an article for my assignment of a course at USYD, can you check it for me again. Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austinameo (talk • contribs) 08:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Boothsift,
I hope you are well. Thank you reviewing my article about "The Challenge (Charity)".
I'm disappointed that I was not able to write an article good enough to go live on wikipedia -specially considering it was my first attempt. I fund the subject "The Challenge" when doing some research about David Cameron's Big Society plan and ended up in Lord Wei page and National Citizen Service page which would benefit from having a direct link to the page I tried to create.
Would you be so kind to help me improve the article to the standards? I searched from plenty of independent source, having only made reference to the organisations website once in fourteen references.
Please let me know - I am determined in making this right.
Thank you in advance for your patience.
Kind Regards, Salvador Sinedrio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssinedrio (talk • contribs) 21:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Twinkle
How do I enable Twinkle? I took a quick scroll down Preferences, but I can't find it! (tried to ping you on my user talk page; it doesn't seem to work at all.) TitanSymphony (talk) 01:28, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- @TitanSymphony: It's Boothsift
. To enable Twinkle, I believe you have to go to gadgets. Also, your account must be autoconfirmed. --BoothSiftTalks 01:31, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Isn't it exciting that I'm autoconfirmed now? TitanSymphony (talk) 01:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- @TitanSymphony: I guess so. Why do you ask? --BoothSiftTalks 01:33, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- Because I get to use Twinkle, of course! Thanks! TitanSymphony (talk) 02:12, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- @TitanSymphony: I guess so. Why do you ask? --BoothSiftTalks 01:33, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Isn't it exciting that I'm autoconfirmed now? TitanSymphony (talk) 01:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019
Hello Boothsift,
- WMF at work on NPP Improvements
More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.
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Removal of Dheeraj pateriya page
Hello,
This page legit. You can google and see all the news links.
Also I m still adding links to the page. Cjtrik (talk) 06:17, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Cjtrik: Hi, not everything that is is legit is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia, as seen here: WP:Notability. Also, in the future please add links before you submit your article or another reviewer might perform the same actions. Now, simply submit the article to WP:AfC and wait for a response from a reviewer. --BoothSiftTalks 06:22, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
@boothsift, I'm sorry. This is my first page. I will keep it mind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjtrik (talk • contribs) 08:24, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Rejection of Dimethyl Propionic Acid article
I am not quite sure what is happening here. There is a long page with references etc and context in German. So I saw no point continuing the article - I thought why not just get it translated from German. Anyway, if that is not possible, I will make MASSIVE improvements in the article, provide context, inline cite etc.
I hope this makes sense
GRALISTAIR (talk) 15:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Request on 22:02:03, 24 July 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by 20poundclub
- 20poundclub (talk · contribs)
Hi Boothsift,
Can you please elaborate in regard to what you mean by "you need better sources"?
I have followed other wikipedia pages and their style in an effort to match the requirements so I'm not sure what I'm missing.
Cheers
20poundclub (talk) 22:02, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- @20poundclub: maybe take a look at Wikipedia:Good articles/Media and drama#Other television series, 2010s debuts to see what sort of sources those articles use. Let us know what you find! MPS1992 (talk) 22:15, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, checking in on the conversation between you and @AngusWOOF: about the Draft:Safety sign article. (Previous conversations about this:Original conversation with AngusWOOF, Nov. 2018, Boothsift conversation, March 2019)--The Navigators (talk) 19:23, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- @The Navigators: I was busy before, I will attempt to communicate with him right now. --BoothSiftTalks 00:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
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Request on 10:30:57, 2 August 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by Psukrainets
- Psukrainets (talk · contribs)
I'm hoping that I might get some help with specific places in which the article doesn't comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, since I modelled it closely on existing Wikipedia articles for other similar organisations (Sundance Film Festival/Institute, Tribeca Film Festival/Institude/New York Asian Film Festival) & made sure to use various independent sources.
Hi! Thanks so much for taking the time to review the "Luang Prabang Film Festival" article I sent in for submission. I'm wondering if you'd be able to point to concrete places in which you feel like it reads like an advertisement/doesn't follow Wikipedia guidelines? I modelled it closely on existing Wikipedia articles for other film festivals and NGOs, and made sure to use independent outside sources (Wall Street Journal, TIME, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, etc.). I only used internal information as references for factual information, so I'm not exactly sure what the issue is, but hoping to find out so that I can correct it!
Psukrainets (talk) 10:30, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Willi Tokarev
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New message from DBigXray
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ITN recognition for Paul Findley
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Review request
Hi Boothsift, I hope you are doing well. Could you please review my newly created article Jane Landers when you get a chance?
Thank you.
New message from DBigXray
Message added 06:01, 26 August 2019 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Thank you for your feedback
I think I fixed my mistake in how I was referencing on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Digital_Engineering
Does it look better? Does that close the action item?
I made more improvements (of course) and was hoping if you had time you could give me your thoughts again.
As always thank you for your time that you share. NPS-UF EDU (talk) 20:56, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019
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Your draft article, Draft:Subregions of Caldas Department
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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.
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- @UnitedStatesian: I believe that I did not create this-- BoothSift 01:16, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello Boothsift,
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
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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.
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- 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.
- Arbitration Committee
The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.
- Community Wish list
There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion.
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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
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.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 06:01, 27 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
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
Could you please review a new article?
Hi Boothsift, I hope all is well with you this season. If you get a chance, could you review an article I've created, Knabb Turpentine? Thanks for all your work reviewing. Carlstak (talk) 07:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
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
- Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
- From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Boothsift,
- 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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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 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
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
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
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors
The Signpost: 31 May 2020
- From the editor: Meltdown May?
- News and notes: 2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
- Discussion report: WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
- Featured content: Weathering the storm
- Arbitration report: Board member likely to receive editing restriction
- Traffic report: Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
- Gallery: Wildlife photos by the book
- News from the WMF: WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
- Recent research: Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020
- Community view: Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
- WikiProject report: Revitalizing good articles
- On the bright side: 500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020
Hello Boothsift,
- Your help can make a difference
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
- Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
- Discussions and Resources
- A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
- Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
- A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
- Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 10271 Low – 4991 High – 10271
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