User talk:Pichpich/Archive-2022

Rename categories

Please see my proposal to speedily rename subcategories of Category:Enforced disappearances by country e.g. Category:Forced disappearances in Argentina to Category:Enforced disappearances in Argentina to align with the parent category per C2C. Hugo999 (talk) 04:18, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Cybersecurty

I see you restored the cybersecurity article yo be redirecred to computer security, but I would like to insisto that cybesecurity is more than computer security, including people, processes, laws, regulations, training, education, etc. To protect not just computers but the infrastructure, processes, products and services depending on computers, and I general ICT (Information and communication technology).

An example of this is water supply or oil extraction and distribution. Cybersecurity considers nor just the protection of the related systems, but the focuses on the availability of the service, not the ICT service but the physical service.

So following your coment to have a separate article, would you agree to use the content I suggested, complement it for it to be an stand alone article as then delete the redirect to computer security ? 187.178.82.214 (talk) 14:01, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

February 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia invites everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, but one or more redirects you created, such as with Wipeout (season 5), have been considered disruptive and/or malicious, and have been reverted or deleted. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Edit war over redirect. ItzAviqn (talk) 15:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria (July–December 2021)

Hello, Pichpich,

When you move an article from main space to Draft space, it would be helpful if you tagged the original page for speedy deletion, CSD R2. Twinkle is a helpful tool to tag pages for deletion, I'm not sure if you use it. But once you tag the page for deletion, it will show up in CSD categories and a patrolling admin will see it and be able to take care of it. Many thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:41, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. I do use Twinkle extensively but I forgot to request the speedy deletion of the redirect. I should probably use the script everyone else is using to move articles to the Draft space. Pichpich (talk) 17:08, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Alestorm songs

A tag has been placed on Category:Alestorm songs 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:09, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Ripleys Believe it or Not pinball.jpg

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Vasyugan Swamp

Hello. Are you sure it is OK now? I am a bit confused what happened recently? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:10, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

I firmly believe that Vasyugan Swamp is the correct title for this article. Note in particular that Wikipedias in other languages use some variant of Swamp to describe the region rather than peatland. If you want to change the title, you will need to initiate a move request (see details here) and make your case. Also, please avoid copying the entire content of the page only to paste it into the article with your preferred title as this breaks attribution. Pichpich (talk) 19:51, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

As you can see from the history I earlier merged the swamp article into the peatland article. But if you or 176.59.174.45 want it to be titled swamp I am not going to argue. I was just letting you know so that you could check that no info has been lost by the way that 176.59.174.45 has done it. Chidgk1 (talk) 08:16, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

"2010– in anthropology" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 2010– in anthropology and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 4#2010– in anthropology until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:01, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1913 in British Somaliland

A tag has been placed on Category:1913 in British Somaliland 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:05, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1910s in British Somaliland

A tag has been placed on Category:1910s in British Somaliland 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia Ambassador Program courses, 2011 Q4

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia Ambassador Program courses, 2011 Q4 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:35, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Pichpich,

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 809 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 861 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.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Pichpich,

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 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.

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

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

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: 15077 articles, as of 02:00, 28 April 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.

Reminders

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
On 1 July, 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. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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(t · c) buidhe 20:26, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Musi language

Why did you keep redirecting verifiable article to the article that are not even related? Musi language (Miling Musai/Basé Musi) is different than Palembang language (Kecek Palembang/Baso Palembang), you can read and go to all bibliography references before pushing your own baseless ego. (Harper Ken (talk) 22:02, 1 July 2022 (UTC))

Family Guy...guy?

I'm about to file an SPI given they have a lot of overlap with this guy. PRAXIDICAE🌈 22:57, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

They're also editing logged out on 79.168.165.197 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) that IP here and xwiki. PRAXIDICAE🌈 23:00, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, he seems to fit the pattern. Have you filed the SPI request? Pichpich (talk) 20:26, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:American breaststroke swimmers

A tag has been placed on Category:American breaststroke swimmers 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:31, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:American medley swimmers

A tag has been placed on Category:American medley swimmers 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:31, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Pichpich,

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.

Coordination

MB and Novem 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 at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. 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 updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers

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

Reminders

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NPP Award

		The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award
		For over 360 article reviews during 2021. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP message

Hi Pichpich,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the 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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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Field hockey at the Maccabiah Games

A tag has been placed on Category:Field hockey at the Maccabiah Games 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:22, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Field hockey competitions in Israel

A tag has been placed on Category:Field hockey competitions in Israel 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:22, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Field hockey in Israel

A tag has been placed on Category:Field hockey in Israel 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:03, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2020

		The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award
		For over 2,000 article reviews during 2020. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:29, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2020. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are just getting caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Confederation of Autia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Confederation of Autia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Confederation of Autia until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Thryduulf (talk) 15:59, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For nominating the ridiculous "sons of landlords" category for deletion Sides-Daren? (talk) 20:45, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Gee, thanks. Although I'm not sure why I'm getting an admin barnstar despite not being an admin! :-) Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 21:17, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2019

		The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award
		For over 1,000 article reviews during 2019. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2019. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are almost caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 3

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Metro-1, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Metro 2033.

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Board of Trustees election

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 04:01, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2018

		The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award
		For over 1,000 article reviews during 2018. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:08, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2018. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We have just caught up with giving out deserved barnstars. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:08, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Note about recent redirection of articles

Hey! I noticed that you had turned Princess Connect! Re:Dive (season 1) and Princess Connect! Re:Dive (season 2) into redirects. Please keep in mind that sometimes, the main article which these are split off of may rely on these seperate pages for their content. Don't worry - I've transferred the relevant content over to the main article, just keep this in mind incase you do it again. Thanks. Aidan9382 _(talk) 07:58, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

New Page Patrol | October 2022 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 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) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Discord invite

Hey there. Congrats on being on the backlog drive leaderboard already. Off to a great start! If you want to hang out with other NPPs, consider joining us on the NPP Discord. Discord is live chat software that can be really fun. If not no worries. Thanks and see you around :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 10:26, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Books about Palau

A tag has been placed on Category:Books about Palau 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Balloon (1982 film)

HI. Have you finished reviewing Balloon (1982 film) yet? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Kudpung. Actually, I never tried to review the article from the NPP standpoint. I just added categories to the articles (which is another thing I do around here!) Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 20:53, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi. My humble apologies. It wasn't you, it was someone else in the diff before yours. Two days later and they're apparently still reviewing it! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:51, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Pichpich,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

Suggestions:

• There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
• Reminder: 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. (from the NPP tutorial)
• 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.
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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

Reminders

• Newsletter feedback - please take this short poll about the newsletter.
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Early end of the backlog drive

A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

Great work everyone! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Mockler-Ferryman

Thank you!

NPP Backlog Drive Awards

		Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		This award is given to Pichpich for collecting more than 200 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:50, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

		Asymmetric Epicyclic Gears Award
		This award is given to Pichpich for collecting more than 50 points per week doing reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:53, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Ratones Paranoicos albums

A tag has been placed on Category:Ratones Paranoicos albums 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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:February 2023 sports events in South Africa

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:February 2023 events in South Africa

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Polyphia albums

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Merry Christmas!

	Merry Christmas, Pichpich
	Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you and yours nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 20:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Best wishes to you. Pichpich (talk) 15:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Christmas

	Merry Christmas, Pichpich
	or whatever else you may celebrate at this time of year. Thank you for all your work on Wikipedia throughout the year and may 2023 prove to be a happy and successful year for you and your family Josey Wales Parley 20:07, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Josey! Happy holidays to you. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 22:35, 22 December 2022 (UTC)