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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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A kitten for you!

Great job guys!

Rkang101 (talk) 22:29, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

You guys are doing great too! :) Ongmianli (talk) 15:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

A KITTEN FOR YOU

Rkang101 (talk) 19:09, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Introducing myself

I work with the Wiki Education Foundation, and help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment. If there's anything I can do to help with your assignment (or, for that matter, any other aspect of Wikipedia) please feel free to drop me a note. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:17, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 22:46, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

@JMHamo: Thanks for letting me know! I have archived a version of this page under my username. The content will be modified and included under bipolar disorder in children in the near future. Thanks again! Ongmianli (talk) 15:02, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for letting me know about this, @Doc James:! I've left a comment on the discussion page, and will work to improve the page's notability. Ongmianli (talk) 21:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Assessment Invite

> Hello, @Smasongarrison:, thanks for helping to make edits on the ADHD Rating Scale page by asking for additional citations! I would love to have you on the page helping with edits! I saw from your userpage that you are a quant student. My team and I are working on building a set of Wikipedia pages on psychological assessments (see the full list here). If you're interested, your quant skills would be SO helpful! Let me know what you think! Ongmianli (talk) 16:17, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey @Ongmianli, I'd be happy to help out. I'm actually stronger on the measurement side than the modeling side, so you're in luck in that regard. What kind of things do you need help with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smasongarrison (talkcontribs) 18:02, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

@Smasongarrison: AWESOME! The team needs help with improving the quality of each page. Check out the to-do list for the ADHD Rating Scale here! It is essentially a Google doc that the team has set up. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. Also, it would be wonderful to email/speak to you about potentially collaborating on this, so that it helps meet your research goals too.

Let me know what you think! So excited! Ongmianli (talk) 17:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

@Ongmianli: Ok, I'll check out the google doc. I'll send you an email so we can start a dialogue there.

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Hi Ongmianli. I'm glad you've chosen to participate in our course, and hope you'll be able to make the "meeting" tomorrow.

I wanted to give you a little feedback on your additions to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire article, and some suggestions for further ways in which the article could be improved (provided that you're interested in going further with it). While there's nothing wrong with the quality of your additions, you should keep in mind that the target audience for a Wikipedia article is the general public, not specialists or even psychology undergrads (think of what a parent, whose child is about to take the questionnaire, might want to know). Tables are useful, but they can also be fairly daunting, especially for someone for whom this is all totally new and foreign. Think about what you can put into simple, straightforward prose. Say that first, and then maybe include the table to summarize what you've said already.

Think about linking. You use the term prosocial, which is something that is going to be unfamiliar to many readers. While it may not be convenient to spend time in the article explaining the term, a simple link to the prosocial behavior article (which you can format as [[prosocial behavior|prosocial]]) put an explanation just a click away for a reader.

Finally, much of the article (which pre-dates your additions) explains how to use and score the test. "How-to" sections are generally not supposed to be in Wikipedia articles. If you want to improve the article further you might consider removing those sections entirely, or transforming them into something that talks about "how" without taking a "how to" approach.

I'm glad you've chosen to work on that article. All the best. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:30, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Ongmianli, it was nice speaking with you today, and I look forward to working with you on future projects. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 16:09, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Woohoo! I had LOADS of fun talking with you - I am sure we will have loads to collaborate on! Ongmianli (talk) 19:09, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
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Would you be kind to create articles on Mental deprivation techniques (like Ganzfeld effect) and French Classification of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (CFTMEA). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.249.237.108 (talk) 21:09, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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The article Mary Fristad has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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@Reddogsix: Thanks so much, reddogsix! I have added a book citation. I'm working on the page in bits and pieces, and will add more citations. The lady is a legend in the research of bipolar disorder! Ongmianli (talk) 05:28, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Mary Fristad

Hi. Mary_Fristad#Professional roles and memberships triggered the plagiarism detector software, because it matches her faculty webpage word-for-word in parts. While there are only limited ways that you can phrase some of this, it would be worthwhile to re-write it. It's borderline, but it's likely to be a copyright violation. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:54, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ian (Wiki Ed): Thanks! I've reworded the language. You are right, it is difficult to rewrite... check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks so much!! Ongmianli (talk) 18:14, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Few questions

1) I didn't know that there were any classes at UNC that did editing. Very happy to see Tar Heels on Wikipedia (whether professors, alumni, students, or NC in general.)

@TonyBallioni: Our group has done a couple of edit-a-thons, a couple of WikiEdu classes! But we've been working a lot more recently in the Wikiversity space, as we are trying to disseminate information about evidence based assessment more broadly. :) Ongmianli (talk) 01:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

2) Re: your NPR request, you don't have much experience working in project space, and the notice above this gives me a bit of concern that you don't quite understand what the standards are for new content (especially that related to living people). Could you explain a bit more what you would be looking for when you were reviewing a new page? Thanks, TonyBallioni (talk) 00:53, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Ah - yes, the Mary Fristad article. I had barely hit "Publish" when the article was slapped with an AfD tag. Internet connection was bad, you see. :)
When reviewing pages, key things that I would be looking out for would be (a) is the article clearly self promotion or advertisement?; (b) is the article well-cited with secondary sources?; (c) any copyright violations (clearly taken from a website, plagiarism, etc). Those, to me, are clear red flags. Otherwise, if the user is active and willing to make edits to any errors, I prefer to assume good faith and work with the article creator. I err on the side on being inclusive! Ongmianli (talk) 01:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Ah, that's good. UNC has one of the best library systems in the country. Using it to help the Wikimedia movement is something I wish more people would do :) I've gone ahead and granted you the NPR flag. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
@TonyBallioni:: I know, right?! My advisor, @Eyoungstrom: started a student club at UNC last fall to get more people creating and editing articles on psychological science. I'll keep you updated on progress! We've done a whole bunch of stuff over on Wikiversity - check it out when you have some time. An example page is v:Evidence based assessment! A couple of years ago, I learnt (the hard way) what belongs, and what doesn't, on Wikpedia. Take care! Ongmianli (talk) 01:20, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!

The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.

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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Ongmianli,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.


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  • URGENT: Please consider helping get the huge backlog down to a manageable number of pages as soon as possible.
  • Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!
The NPP backlog at the end of the drive with the number of unreviewed articles by creation date. Red is older than 90 days, orange is between 90 and 30 days old, and green is younger than 30 days.

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
  • We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

  • We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
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Steve Purnick

Just a heads up on Steve Purnick -- I declined your speedy deletion request because there was in fact content. I'm not sure where you were going with that -- maybe the wrong deletion category?----Fabrictramp | talk to me 03:44, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Fabrictramp:: Yes, you were right! Must have been a missclick caused by going too fast. That article is unsourced, though...Ongmianli (talk) 20:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Stub tags

Please take care not to add {{stub}} to an article like Orthodena or Pacificreadium which already has a specific stub tag - it just wastes other editors' time. Thanks. PamD 10:29, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@PamD:: Thanks for the heads up! Take it easy! Ongmianli (talk) 20:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

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Ongmianli (talk) 18:52, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

This is awkward. I ended up creating the article instead of reviewing it. Ongmianli (talk) 18:55, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Courses Modules are being deprecated

Hello,

Your account is currently configured with an education program flag. This system (the Courses system) is being deprecated. As such, your account will soon be updated to remove these no longer supported flags. For details on the changes, and how to migrate to using the replacement system (the Programs and Events Dashboard) please see Wikipedia:Education noticeboard/Archive 18#NOTICE: EducationProgram extension is being deprecated.

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

  • ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

  • Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

  • While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

  • The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.

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NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

  • WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Deletion tags

  • Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:

  • A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons

  • There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Paid editing - new policy

  • Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

  • The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
  • Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English

  • A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.

News

  • Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
  • The next issue of The Signpost has been published. The newspaper is one of the best ways to stay up to date with news and new developments. between our newsletters.

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NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.

Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!

  • As a final push, we have decided to run a backlog elimination drive from the 20th to the 30th of June.
  • Reviewers who review at least 50 articles or redirects will receive a Special Edition NPP Barnstar: Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar. Those who review 100, 250, 500, or 1000 pages will also receive tiered awards: 100 review coin, 250 review coin, 500 review coin, 1000 review certificate.
  • Please do not be hasty, take your time and fully review each page. It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing.

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HGAPS Questions

Ask away! Please use a numbered list. Ongmianli (talk) 21:03, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Quick FYI

Hi Ongmianli,

After tagging the lack of page numbers in the ADHD Rating Scale article, I left a note at Talk:ADHD Rating Scale explaining an extremely easy way to add them. Since {{Page numbers needed}} doesn't provide for a link to a talk page section, I thought you might want to make sure the students editing that article see it. —Shelley V. Adamsblame
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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. (Purge)

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules
  • New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
  • Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
  • Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.
Editathons
  • Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.
The Signpost
  • The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.

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NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
  • Articles that have been created in contravention of our paid-editing-requirements or written from a blatant NPOV perspective, or by authors with a clear COI might also be draftified at discretion.
  • The best tool for draftification is User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js(info). Kindly adapt the text in the dialogue-pop-up as necessary (the default can also be changed like this). Note that if you do not have the Page Mover userright, the redirect from main will be automatically tagged as CSD R2, but in some cases it might be better to make this a redirect to a different page instead.
  • The Page Mover userright can be useful for New Page Reviewers; occasionally page swapping is needed during NPR activities, and it helps avoid excessive R2 nominations which must be processed by admins. Note that the Page Mover userright has higher requirements than the NPR userright, and is generally given to users active at Requested Moves. Only reviewers who are very experienced and are also very active reviewers are likely to be granted it solely for NPP activities.
List of other useful scripts for New Page Reviewing

  • Twinkle provides a lot of the same functionality as the page curation tools, and some reviewers prefer to use the Twinkle tools for some/all tasks. It can be activated simply in the gadgets section of 'preferences'. There are also a lot of options available at the Twinkle preferences panel after you install the gadget.
  • In terms of other gadgets for NPR, HotCat is worth turning on. It allows you to easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions.
  • MoreMenu also adds a bunch of very useful links for diagnosing and fixing page issues.
  • User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js(info): Installing scripts doesn't have to be complicated. Go to your common.js and copy importScript( 'User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js' ); into an empty line, now you can install all other scripts with the click of a button from the script page! (Note you need to be at the ".js" page for the script for the install button to appear, not the information page)
  • User:TheJosh/Scripts/NewPagePatrol.js(info): Creates a scrolling new pages list at the left side of the page. You can change the number of pages shown by adding the following to the next line on your common.js page (immediately after the line importing this script): npp_num_pages=20; (Recommended 20, but you can use any number from 1 to 50).
  • User:Primefac/revdel.js(info): Is requesting revdel complicated and time consuming? This script helps simplify the process. Just have the Copyvio source URL and go to the history page and collect your diff IDs and you can drop them into the script Popups and it will create a revdel request for you.
  • User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js(info): Creates a "Page Curation" link to Special:NewPagesFeed up near your sandbox link.
  • User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/deletionFinder.js: Creates links next to the title of each page which show up if it has been previously deleted or nominated for deletion.
  • User:Evad37/rater.js(info): A fantastic tool for adding WikiProject templates to article talk pages. If you add: rater_autostartNamespaces = 0; to the next line on your common.js, the prompt will pop up automatically if a page has no Wikiproject templates on the talk page (note: this can be a bit annoying if you review redirects or dab pages commonly).

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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Ongmianli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal
Project updates
  • ORES predictions are now built-in to the feed. These automatically predict the class of an article as well as whether it may be spam, vandalism, or an attack page, and can be filtered by these criteria now allowing reviewers to better target articles that they prefer to review.
  • There are now tools being tested to automatically detect copyright violations in the feed. This detector may not be accurate all the time, though, so it shouldn't be relied on 100% and will only start working on new revisions to pages, not older pages in the backlog.
New scripts

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