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EPH

Hello! I noticed you use EPH a lot and thought you'd be a good person to ask: are the EPH buttons showing up on request templates for you? Since last night they haven't been showing up for me. Not sure why or what to do. Any advice? EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 18:38, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

@EvergreenFir: - Haven't messed with SPERs lately, but I will take a look and let you know. --allthefoxes (Talk) 19:06, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
@EvergreenFir: - Yes, it seems to be broken. No buttons. --allthefoxes (Talk) 19:12, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Poop. Okay, thanks for confirming. I'll see if the script creator knows what's up. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 19:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Whack!

Please do not make my talk page your battleground

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

For attacking an editor who's only crime was [A] having his AfD actively interfered with by the author of the page nominated for deletion, [B] trying his best to clean up the mess and being actively interfered with in the process, and [C] telling the editor doing the interfering to clean it up himself. I refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram. --Guy Macon (talk) 09:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

User:Guy Macon is not telling the whole story. Guy falsely accused me of a COI. That didn't work. Then he nominated a page I created for deletion. QuackGuru (talk) 17:33, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
User:QuackGuru appears to be on a spree of creating and expanding articles about internal Wikipedia disputes that he is involved in. He created The Signpost (Wikipedia) while in the middle of repeatedly citing Heilman's op-ed that was published in The Signpost. He is the major author of Knowledge Engine (Wikimedia Foundation) (he expanded it from a stub), where his editing history shows a strong tendency to make the article support the POV that he has expressed on Jimbo's talk page and elsewhere, and User:QuackGuru/Reform of Wikipedia (moved to talkspace from article space against QuackGuru's strong objections) is all about internal Wikipedia disputes that QuackGuru has been involved in. Then there is his block log[1] and his many trips to ANI[2] In my opinion, Allthefoxes made a good-faith but misguided comment about me without taking a close look at my block log and QG's block log. A good-natured trout slap is more than sufficient for a highly productive editor in good standing like Allthefoxes. QG is trying to make a trouting more than it is. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:47, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

                  o     o
              _________ I am not amused. QuackGuru (talk) 22:12, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Undertale

Is rated very highly and deserve to be in the list of best video games ever. Do you have some sort of prejudice against it or something? Do not remove my edits, but correct them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.53.167.36 (talk) 04:11, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. I loved Undertale! However, everything on Wikipedia must be sourced, and Wikipedia is not a place for opinion. Thanks! --allthefoxes (Talk) 04:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Awesome Page B)

I love ur User page. 1 of my favorite animals is the red fox, 2. :) Ilovebeaniebabies8804! (talk) 14:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The No Spam Barnstar
Just because. Winterysteppe (talk) 03:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Josh Homme updates

Hello Allthefoxes,

I was hoping you could revert Josh Homme's equipment list back to how it was in 2014. With all of his guitars, pedals, amps and all. It is very helpful for a lot of people out there to reference this. I was trying to update the page to what Josh currently thinks about his thing. Please reference his interview @ 8:54 "Josh Homme - Guitar Moves - Episode 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDUHq2mJx0

He talkes about it there.

If you would like any help I have his equipment list from 2014.

Thanks much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.181.173 (talk) 19:02, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there! Youtube is not a reliable source, and in basically all cases, can't be used as a reference. See WP:RS. Thank you for understanding. --allthefoxes (Talk) 19:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Un-sectioned content

Hello Dear Allthefoxes I want to put on my school name and reference page on Wikipedia list of Pakistani schools plz help me.

Darbar ali (talk) 19:04, 4 March 2016 (UTC)Darbar Ali Darbar ali (talk) 19:04, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there. I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Are you wanting to write an article on your school? --allthefoxes (Talk) 19:05, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

article Muzeo de Vjetnamaj Virinoj[redakti]

I would like to make Esperanto-version of the article Vietnamese Women’s Museum [3], but I don't know how to do. Please help me do that.

Your article Muzeo de Vjetnamaj Virinoj[redakti] Information icon Welcome, and thank you for contributing the page Muzeo de Vjetnamaj Virinoj to Wikipedia. While you have added the page to the English version of Wikipedia, the article is not in English. We invite you to translate it into English. It has been listed at Pages Needing Translation, but if it is not translated within two weeks, the article will be listed for deletion. Thank you. --allthefoxes (Talk) 17:17, 5 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phuong Mai (talk • contribs)

Islamic Development Bank - Criticism section

Hello, I'm adimyati123. Sorry to bother you. Related with editing for Islamic Development Bank, I have submitted request edit and I think it's neutral and in the point to put balance of neutral point of view to the whole section. As currently you are active with that wiki pages, do you mind if you can spend sometime to review it? Again sorry to bother you and Thanks a lot. Adimyati123 (talk) 09:13, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

I'll check it out when i can. --allthefoxes (Talk) 13:22, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
@Allthefoxes: Sorry to bother you again. I have updated the Request Edit Part, could you please approve it? Thanks a lot. Adimyati123 (talk) 20:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
@Adimyati123: - Hey, sorry about the wait. It looks better, but I would like another, more experienced editor, to give it the okay. Please be patient. --allthefoxes (Talk) 23:23, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
@Allthefoxes: Hi, any update regarding this update. Thanks a lot. Adimyati123 (talk) 19:14, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
@Allthefoxes: Hi, any update about this request? Adimyati123 (talk) 05:35, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
@Adimyati123: - Please be patient, Wikipedia has no deadline. --allthefoxes (Talk) 05:43, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
@Allthefoxes: Any news regarding this request edit? I know Wiki don't have any dateline but I will remain you once a while just in case you forgot it. Thanks. Adimyati123 (talk) 07:11, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Dear Sir my Page for D Grammar School is deleted..!

Dear Respectable Sir Allthefoxes kindly guide me about the deletion of my page Which I have created about D Grammar School larkano

Darbar ali (talk) 16:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Darbar AliDarbar ali (talk) 16:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Wentworth

You've said on the Wentworth page that season 4 begins on April 26. According to Foxtel it starts in May not sure on the date though. CLAPiper120714 (talk) 13:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there, got a link to that and the page? I might have missed something. --allthefoxes (Talk) 15:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

chris kluwe deletion

Hi. you said you deleted my edit of chris kluwe's page on the site. i'd like to know what i wrote and the specific reason it was deleted when you get a chance. more importantly what i wrote that got deleted, i might add. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.229.232.223 (talk) 01:02, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Hey there! Are you referring to this edit from back in January? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Kluwe&type=revision&diff=699214721&oldid=699214648 -- If so, I reverted it because everything on Wikipeida must adhere to a neutral point of view - Your own opinions on what gay marriage really has no weight, we need to be as neutral as possible. Bias in articles leads to a lot of bad things! And like it or not, gay marriage is definitely considered controversial. However..if something is important or not..thats a personal point of view! --allthefoxes (Talk) 09:37, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers

Hi Allthefoxes,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

User group: New Page Reviewr

Hello Allthefoxes.

Based on the patrols you made of new pages during a qualifying period in 2016, your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed.

New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

  • Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
  • You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
  • Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
  • Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:34, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Allthefoxes. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter

Hello Allthefoxes,
Breaking the back of the backlog
We now have 814 New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action.
Mid July to 01 Oct 2016

If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.

Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation.

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Article "Joelle Khoury" to review

Hello Allthefoxes! Could you please review the article "Joelle Khoury", so the template "New unreviewed article" can eventually be removed by the editor/reviewer? Thank you very much in advance, hoping you will have time for it. Lebmusic Lebmusic (talk) 08:06, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi there! I don't use Wikipedia too much, life things tend to pile up! If you wait patiently, a dedicated new page reviewer will take a better look than I can provide! Personally, I don't actually see many sources that actually show notability of the person. All the sources just show who she is, not why she belongs on Wikipedia. Improving that will be your first step. --allthefoxes (Talk) 14:55, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Article "Joelle Khoury" to review 2

Hello Allthefoxes. Thank you for your answer. Indeed... life things tend to pile up. I will so try to be patient for a reviewer. As for the notability issue, the article fully meets 3 of the 6 criteria for composers (or to be notable, it needs at least one of the six points of the criteria): 1. Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a notable composition. (the Opera, major work in the article) 2. Has written musical theatre of some sort (includes musicals, operas, etc.) that was performed in a notable theatre that had a reasonable run as such things are judged in their particular situation and time. (Opera and other concerts at Esterházy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria, by Kremerata Baltica (founded by Gidon Kremer in 1997) 6. Appears at reasonable length in standard reference books on his or her genre of music. (Thomas Burkhalter book, and a book for Lebanese composers - written in French).

Anyways, thank you very much for your reply and good day. Lebmusic 213.175.160.29 (talk) 07:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

World Bowls

Hi thanks for the feedback, the template is only missing the colour of the medal and then it will be fixed. The medals are decided tonight and tomorrow. I will find a third source as suggested. Many thanks.Racingmanager (talk) 19:26, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

NPP

You are making too many mistakes at New Page Patrol, and disrupting a major editathon that was advertised on national news. If I see another article you tag as CSD that is declined this evening, I may have to block you to prevent further disruption. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:04, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

ACK --allthefoxes (Talk) 20:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

NPP

The discussion on Iridescent's talk page is less about you than about the serious predicament the New Page control system finds itself in. At the end of the day, you have neither been blocked, nor topic banned from NPP, nor lost your right to review pages. You've been lucky, and Ritchie333 has said all that needs to be said above. What would be appreciated right now, is your support to get us us better tools by voting for them at Community Wishlist Survey now before it is too late and continuing to help reduce the huge backlog. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:25, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter #2

Hello Allthefoxes,
Please help reduce the New Page backlog

This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.

Getting the tools we need

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO VOTE

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Merry Christmas!

Hello Allthefoxes: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 16:28, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
Thank you --allthefoxes (Talk) 16:28, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Allthefoxes!

Happy New Year!

Allthefoxes,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Class455 (talk | stand clear of the doors!) 17:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Shabnam Hashmi

Hi Allthefoxes -- Sorry if I offended you. With the discretionary deletion reasons I look more at the potential of an article than what's on the page. A Google news search suggests Hashmi easily passes the basic notability requirements and so it's worth putting in some effort to address the article's problems. As I'm sure you are aware the encyclopedia has a deficit of articles about women, and particularly non-white women, so I try to put more effort into substandard articles on such subjects. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 20:21, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I understand, you made the correct choice, frustration can happen to everyone, myself included. --allthefoxes (Talk) 21:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Espresso Addict (talk · contribs) - Ultimately, something I struggled with, and why I took a break from editing, was how the community views things and how I view things. I love this site, I love working on it, but ultimately, it can be difficult to balance on this, in some cases. I understand the communities position and you upheld it correctly, and am sorry for causing the extra work and disruption. While I think this was the wakeup call I needed to realize that this kind of work is probably not for me, I will keep this in mind for the future. Dramallamaing aside, thank you for your contributions, and I am sorry again. --allthefoxes (Talk) 21:14, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
No worries, Allthefoxes. I admit I find it intensively frustrating how low quality most of the articles we get from editathons are -- though I suppose I mainly see the ones that get nominated for deletion, rather than the success stories. Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 01:37, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Allthefoxes, where would you like me to add the subject. Yes this is my first Wikipedia page... I'm trying to add as much applicable content as possible. As you can see we give back to the OpenSource community and work with many peering exchanges in the UK for the greater good of the internet... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasbibb (talk • contribs) 13:15, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello Allthefoxes,
A HUGE backlog

We now have 814 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

Hitting 17,000 soon

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

  1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
  2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
  3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello Allthefoxes,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 814 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

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Merger discussion for Yarsanism

An article that you have been involved in editing—Yarsanism —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. MiguelMadeira (talk) 23:08, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

--MiguelMadeira (talk) 23:08, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Hey foxes

i sincerely wish that you end your own life — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.5.241.153 (talk) 16:46, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

friends

Can we be friends? Onefudge (talk) 19:09, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Tentatively back

Hello. I'm graduated, not dying, and once again have a stable job. I'm excited to be editing again. Apologies to any minor mistakes as I get used to things once more. Thank you for your understanding. ----allthefoxes (Talk) 15:01, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Very glad to hear it GABgab 19:51, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

A good editor

You are a good editor you inspired me to edit Onefudge (talk) 19:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Glad to hear that! ----allthefoxes (Talk) 20:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Ungir Piratar

Hello Allthefoxes. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Ungir Piratar, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Being part of a notable entity indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI#CORP, WP:CCSI#ORG). Thank you. SoWhy 20:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you --allthefoxes (Talk) 20:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

No header provided by messager

Could you explain why my Datto post was deleted? Should a company be publicly-traded to have an article on Wikipedia? Are there no private companies that have articles? I don't understand. My article is purely informational, no advertising. My article will link with others to show an overall picture of the high-tech economy. Allthefoxes, I am all about open source and non-profits. Please explain your actions... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nazarilla (talk • contribs) 23:30, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Nazarilla! You should first read WP:Notability to better understand why your page isn't ready for wikipedia yet! --allthefoxes (Talk) 23:41, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

Hello Allthefoxes,

Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 814 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

But do remember: Rather than speed, quality and depth of patrolling and the use of correct CSD criteria are essential to good reviewing. Do not over-tag. Make use of the message feature to let the creator know about your maintenance tags. See the tutorial again HERE. Get help HERE.

Stay up to date with recent new page developments and have your say, read THIS PAGE.

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San Diego Gay Men's Chorus

Hello, I am trying to update a very out of date and confusing page "Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego." I tried making changes as you may have seen, but apparently I didn't do it correctly. Sorry!

I am the Executive Director of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus and would welcome any help or advice on how we can correct the name of our group and update information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.65.146.236 (talk) 01:36, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 18,511 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
  • Some editors are committing to work specifically on patrolling new pages on 15 July. If you have not reviewed new pages in a while, this might be a good time to be involved. Please remember that quality of patrolling is more important than quantity, that the speedy deletion criteria should be followed strictly, and that ovetagging for minor issues should be avoided.

Technology update:

  • Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements
  • The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:

General project update:

If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.

Technology update:

  • Rentier has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.

General project update:

  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
  • Please remember to focus on the quality of review: correct tagging of articles and not tagbombing are important. Searching for potential copyright violations is also important, and it can be aided by Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which can be added to your toolbar for ease of use with this user script.
  • To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 14304 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
  • Currently there are 532 pages in the backlog that were created by non-autoconfirmed users before WP:ACTRIAL. The NPP project is undertaking a drive to clear these pages from the backlog before they hit the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing a few today!

Technology update:

  • The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: T175225

General project update:

  • On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
  • Before clicking on a reference or external link while reviewing a page, please be careful that the site looks trustworthy. If you have a question about the safety of clicking on a link, it is better not to click on it.
  • To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 12,878 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
  • We have successfully cleared the backlog of pages created by non-confirmed accounts before ACTRIAL. Thank you to everyone who participated in that drive.

Technology update:

  • Primefac has created a script that will assist in requesting revision deletion for copyright violations that are often found in new pages. For more information see User:Primefac/revdel.

General project update:

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 12713 pages. Please consider reviewing even just a few pages each day! If everyone helps out, it will really put a dent in the backlog.
  • Currently the backlog stretches back to March and some pages in the backlog have passed the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing some of them!

Outreach and Invitations:

  • If you know other editors with a good understanding of Wikipedia policy, invite them to join NPP by dropping the invitation template on their talk page with: {{subst:NPR invite}}. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.

New Year New Page Review Drive

  • A backlog drive is planned for the start of the year, beginning on January 1st and running until the end of the month. Unique prizes will be given in tiers for both the total number of reviews made, as well as the longest 'streak' maintained.
  • Note: quality reviewing is extremely important, please do not sacrifice quality for quantity.

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL has resulted in a significant increase in the quality of new submissions, with noticeably fewer CSD, PROD, and BLPPROD candidates in the new page feed. However, the majority of the backlog still dates back to before ACTRIAL started, so consider reviewing articles from the middle or back of the backlog.
  • The NPP Browser can help you quickly find articles with topics that you prefer to review from within the backlog.
  • To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

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New Years new page backlog drive

Hello Allthefoxes, 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.

Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:

  • The total number of reviews completed for the month.
  • The minimum weekly total maintained for all four weeks of the backlog drive.

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.

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello Allthefoxes, 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.
  • Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello Allthefoxes, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
See also

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 Allthefoxes, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
See also

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 Allthefoxes, 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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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

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

Hello Allthefoxes, 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 Allthefoxes, 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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