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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Death in Faizabad
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Shahbuddin Ibn Taymiyyah moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Shahbuddin Ibn Taymiyyah, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (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's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. DMySon 10:49, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Shahbuddin Ibn Taymiyyah
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Your submission at Articles for creation: C J Werleman (November 28)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Death in Faizabad
A tag has been placed on Category:Death in Faizabad requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.
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Pending changes reviewer granted
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Nomination of Ahmed Kamal (scientist) for deletion
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I have sent you a note about a page you started
Hello, Ulubatli Hasan
Thank you for creating Abdullah Ropari.
User:TheAafi, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:
What was the subject "notable for"? There is no claim of significance. The subject's qualifications mentioned in the lead make a case of WP:NOTINHERITED. Though the sourced provided are good, but it lacks Verifiability. Please expand the article. Thank you.
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|TheAafi}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~ .
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─ The Aafī (talk) 08:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- @TheAafi: Thanks, I'll be expanding it soon.... Hasan (talk) 08:55, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- Ulubatli Hasan, Although you write good, I've few advises:
- Try to avoid using a bunch of inline citations for a single statement. You article Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti - is best example of Citation overkill.
- Try to avoid wikilinking common words.
- Try to avoid using honorifics like Allama/Maulana.
- Try to write everything in the Biography section, and in sections below it (which we commonly refer as "the body" of article.
- Try to summarize the whole article in the lede and don't add any citations there, because all this is already referenced in the body.
- Overciting also makes editing of the article difficult.
- Anyways, I appreciate your contributions but I felt to tell you this. Have a look at Zafeeruddin Miftahi, Muhammad Adil Khan. Thank you! ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:55, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- @TheAafi:, Thanks.. Actually I was not aware of WP:MOSISLAM. Sometimes when I translate from Urdu wikipedia or from any book then I had translated whole sentence including title Molana or Allama but now I may avoid them writing. If the question is about Citation overkill then it's because I try to verify the identity or actual name that's why that is overcited. Hasan (talk) 00:41, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Ulubatli Hasan, Although you write good, I've few advises:
A belated welcome!
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A kitten for you!
Thanks for citing a better source for Rajiv_Kapoor. I think NDTV is a good source. :)
Tatupiplu'talk 06:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Tatupiplu: Happy to know you liked that cite... Actually after seeing the dispute/neutrality of times group I changed that. I had to enjoy times group but they have changed their standard. Hasan (talk) 06:04, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Ulubatli Hasan, Can you tell me about the dispute of Times Group? I'm not aware of it. Tatupiplu'talk 06:12, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
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হ্যালো, (Hello)
I noticed from your user page that you are interested in Bangladeshi food. I have some Bakarkhani for you, a flavour of Dhakai sweetmeat. Hope you'll enjoy. Happy editing. :) AdiBhai (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Meghmollar2017:, Thanks for your Bakarkhani I loved it.. Hasan (talk) 21:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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| Dear Ulubatli Hasan, thank you for your wonderful contributions to WikiProject India-related articles, especially your recent edits to the Urdu article. Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, AnupamTalk 03:11, 30 August 2020 (UTC) |
Requesting article expansion help
Greetings
Requesting you to visit articles Islamic advice literature and Draft:Aurats (word) and please do expand them if find yourself interested.
Thanks and warm regards
Please make an article request
Please make an article Bikram malati for Wikipedia MahankGjkm (talk) 23:05, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- Hi MahankGjkm, that page has been deleted multiple time (3 times) and if you contact any admin then it would be easier for you to create that page. Plus, I don't have any knowledge about the subject.. Thanks, Hasan (talk) 23:16, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Create an biographical living person article
Please you create Bikram malati Page Wiki biographical living person — Preceding unsigned comment added by MahankGjkm (talk • contribs) 11:26, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
Please create biographical living person article
Bikram malati film director make an article for biographical living person This for knowledge google please
Most searched celebrity on Google
He is YouTuber director actor She this knowledge graph about Bikram malati (https://g.co/kgs/muXweV) filmography Please search on google
- Krodh (2019)
Web series YouTube
Please search on google
- Bikram malati untold story
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Concern regarding Draft:C J Werleman
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New page reviewer granted
Hi Ulubatli Hasan. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group. Please check back at WP:PERM in case your user right is time limited or probationary. This user group allows you to review new pages through the Curation system and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or nominate them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is vital to maintaining the integrity of the encyclopedia. If you have not already done so, you must read the tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the deletion policy. If you need any help or want to discuss the process, you are welcome to use the new page reviewer talk page. In addition, please remember:
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Autobiography tag at Marisa Liz
Hello. I would like to remove the {{autobiography}} tag at the Marisa Liz article. I do not feel it applies. Most of the information was taken from the WP-pt site, lists non-pov details about the singer's career, and was translated by me from the Portuguese. I have since added several sources. Please inform me if you have any objections to my wish to remove the tag. Thank you, Londonjackbooks (talk) 11:21, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Londonjackbooks, remove it if you have improved the article. Thanks Hasan (talk) 12:55, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello, please do not delete page James C. Nave. I have just started it and am still working on it, but didn't want to lose what I'd done as I now have to take a break. Please give me today to finish it! I am learning how to add sources. Thanks. Allegrahuston (talk) 16:39, 12 July 2021 (UTC)Allegra Huston
- Hi, please use your sandbox. It'll be better to write articles then publish it. Thanks, Hasan (talk) 16:42, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Crowsworn
Hello Ulubatli Hasan, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Crowsworn, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:47, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
New page reviewer granted
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Please remove anik aziz page deletion tag
This is an article by a politician. He committed suicide in 2016. His father is a Member of Parliament. I have created the article with complete resafance. Please delete your delete tag. I need some time for this edit Xdbhaiii (talk) 01:53, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Xdbhaiii, I'd like to mention that he was not a politician and being the son of MP or MLA doesn't make anyone notable. I googled but didn't find sources about his suicide or about notability. You had given limited sources and I think, that were not reliable. I leave it to admins to decide whether he should be on wikipedia or not. Please use your sandbox to make such edits and publish it when it becomes enough. Thanks- Hasan (talk) 02:00, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of 2021 Dainik Bhaskar IT Raids
Hello, Ulubatli Hasan
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged 2021 Dainik Bhaskar IT Raids for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons. For more details please see the notice on the article.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
Hello Ulubatli Hasan,
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.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
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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Requesting some article expansion help
Greetings,
Requesting you to visit articles Draft:Aurats (word) and Islamic advice literature and help expand the articles if you find topics interested in.
Thanks and warm regards
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 05:53, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thank you for your efforts!
Mira Tageldin (talk) 09:51, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
Rollback
Hi Ulubatli Hasan. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when using rollback:
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November 2021 backlog drive
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Not really "vanished"
Pertaining to this change that you made, a courtesy vanishing, the person is still editing—they did not vanish. I think they should be unvanished. If they only wanted to change their name, that would be the next step. Binksternet (talk) 00:31, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for reviewing the Birbanki page. Cheers. - Chandan Guha (talk) 06:07, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Reverting Akash Ambani edit of mine
Akash Ambani is an eminent person and Head of Strategy and a member of the Executive Committee at Reliance Jio. Each and every detail of his bio has been validated with proper reference. Just redirecting his Wikipedia page to his fathers page Mukesh Ambani is insufficient. Mainakchatterjee.tech (talk) 07:06, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Mainakchatterjee.tech, again I reverted your edit. I was just restoring the previous version. Here is explanation. Thanks.. Hasan (talk) 07:18, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Muslim Mirror
HI. I hope you are fine. You recently edited MuslimMirror.com article which needs some improvements further. Can you find some time. Penandpencil2021 (talk) 06:40, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Penandpencil2021, thanks for contacting me regarding the updation the MuslimMirror.com page. Years ago, I'd heard the name of MuslimMirror but I don't think that have enough news coverage till day. Hasan (talk) 12:39, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
Article review
Hi Ulubatli Hasan Merry Christmas, Could you please review it Draft:Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii. What's more changes required in it. Thanks, eagerly wait for your response. --C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 08:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Ulubatli Hasan,
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 815 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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Request
Sir grammar wise "भारतीय जनता पार्टी" 's correct nastaleeq writing is "بھارتییَ جنتا پارٹی" জাবিরটটক (talk) 18:19, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
- Where did you find بھارتییَ جنتا پارٹی? I tried to find out on the Google but failed to find a single reference that says بھارتییَ جنتا پارٹی. It's بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی. Some ref for بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی, please see Gov website independent BBC DW Urdu News Sahar TV TRT Samaa TV Hum News Daily Jang Al Arabia ETV. You can google for better results. Hasan (talk) 15:32, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Ulubatli Hasan,
- 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
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: 15012 articles, as of 10:00, 1 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.
- Reminders
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
- If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing
{{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page. - If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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- Notes
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Edit Request Tool changes
Hello, I just made some significant changes to User:Terasail/Edit Request Tool. Since you have the tool active, I am informing you of this since it may affect you. To open the tool you will now have to click the "respond" button. The tool will load a similar interface as before. There is now a live preview of the response. These changes might have introduced some bugs so if you have any concerns / suggestions or run into problems please leave a note at User talk:Terasail/Edit Request Tool Thanks, Terasail[✉️] 15:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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Books & Bytes – Issue 51
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022
- New library partners
- SAGE Journals
- Elsevier ScienceDirect
- University of Chicago Press
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:46, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello Ulubatli Hasan,
- 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
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
- If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing
{{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page. - If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
- To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
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NPP Award
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NPP message
Hi Ulubatli Hasan,
- 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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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Books & Bytes – Issue 52
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022
- New instant-access collections:
- SpringerLink and Springer Nature
- Project MUSE
- Taylor & Francis
- ASHA
- Loeb
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:21, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello Ulubatli Hasan,
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.
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.
- If you're interested in instant messaging and chat rooms, please join us on the New Page Patrol Discord, where you can ask for help and live chat with other patrollers.
- Please add the project discussion page to your watchlist.
- If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be a reviewer, please ask any admin to remove you from the group. If you want the tools back again, just ask at PERM.
- To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
Books & Bytes – Issue 53
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 53, September – October 2022
- New collections:
- Edward Elgar
- E-Yearbook
- Corriere della Serra
- Wikilala
- Collections moved to Library Bundle:
- Ancestry
- New feature: Outage notification
- Spotlight: Collections indexed in EDS
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)