SportingFlyer

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	For that beautiful How to AfD 101..!! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

John Tran

Hi, do you think you would vote to delete the page John Tran if you saw it in an AfD? I asked on another editor's talk page weeks ago with no response. I ask only because I am unsure if it meets WP:NPOL #2 and I'd rather avoid another Paul Richards if possible. AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 17:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

I just took a quick glance and I'm not sure. There looks to be more on Richards. SportingFlyer T·C 17:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Political candidates

I agree with you, but it can be a futile task to debate the long term notability of a political candidate in the middle of election season in the US. It may be better to wait until the election is in the rear view mirror to discuss notability and in the meantime, patrol the article for policy violations. - Enos733 (talk) 04:42, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Closure review for the RfC on lists of airlines and destinations

I wanted to be honest with you regarding the RfC closure review in January and say that yes, I had noticed the discussion that you and others were having on A. B.'s talk page. I'm sorry for plotting against your plan to challenge the close. I had spoken to A. B. about this on their talk page and should've contacted you, too. Sunnya343 (talk) 21:23, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Wide Right II draft

I believe the Chiefs going on to win the Super Bowl shows an “lasting impact” that could justify the page. 131.247.224.203 (talk) 20:14, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Where is Kate? for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Where is Kate? 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/Where is Kate? (3rd nomination) 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.

IgnatiusofLondon (he/him • ☎️) 11:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello SportingFlyer,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

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

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

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

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

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

AfD closure

I wanted to let you know that I was thinking of going to DRV regarding the closure of the AfD on lists of airline destinations, though I'd be arguing for Delete all. Sunnya343 (talk) 02:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I should've asked, would you be interested in starting a review instead? Sunnya343 (talk) 04:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@Sunnya343: I thought Liz made an excellent and well-reasoned close given the circumstances, and am less adamant about keeping all of this information than I am about the information on airport pages, so feel free to proceed however you see fit. SportingFlyer T·C 05:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

OK, I have posted a request for deletion review. Sunnya343 (talk) 18:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

• Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
• Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
• Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
• Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
• Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
• Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
• Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
• Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of United Airlines Flight 1175 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article United Airlines Flight 1175 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/United Airlines Flight 1175 (3rd nomination) 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.

Dfadden (talk) 05:20, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for May 25

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Ballina.

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"Sangerpedia" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Sangerpedia has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 31 § Sangerpedia until a consensus is reached. (Notification being sent to all who participated in the DRV.) Cheers, Daniel (talk) 21:00, 31 May 2024 (UTC)