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Wally Schirra edits

Hey Balon. Hope my edits to Schirra's article are okay; the article is in a really good state for me to expand certain aspects of it so I have been working on that while it awaits GA. I would love for it to be ready for A-class review when it is done with GA. If you do not like my edits, feel free to revert.

One thing I am trying with the Schirra article is expanding out the awards section to include more information. I think it still keeps with summary style; a list of awards is really just too boring, and it is my least favorite section of the biographies. Hopefully you like it; if you do, I will likely try to do the same with John Glenn and other articles, and also work on his awards section further. Let me know if you do not like any particular edits and I will avoid them on his article. Thanks! Kees08 (Talk) 09:24, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kees08: I think you have done a good job with the awards and honors sections; I too dislike writing that section, as I don't know what to include and what not to include, and find it very repetitive as these guys have all won a bunch of awards. My only criticism that I will look in to rewriting (and downsizing) is the section about the placement of his aviator wings and astronaut wings. That sounds like an event that was likely a relative non-issue at the time, and was probably not much more than a discussion, but has been played up as a story since then to make it seem as if it was an argument between two admirals. Don't have any references to support this, but it makes me think there is some military embellishment here (not unlike my, and everyone elses', yearly performance reports). Could only imagine if they had e-mail back then for such a discussion! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good, if you do remove it maybe add it into the astronaut wings article itself. Kees08 (Talk) 19:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

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Apollo 15 covers

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@Wehwalt: Not sure how it happened, but it is definitely an error, as I haven't been on Wikipedia since I made my sing-off edit a week and change ago. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 00:56, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

I have seen it happen before. I forget the conditions to make it occur, but it is a known error with the bot (and the bot is going to be replaced...someday). Kees08 (Talk) 01:27, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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Hello. Help add caption for image article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you. Pv sindhu (talk) 01:47, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pv sindhu: Will do. To what picture are you referring? I'm only seeing the infobox picture. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 01:50, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Can you copy edit?.Pv sindhu (talk) 01:54, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pv sindhu: I made one minor correction, but there isn't much text. Are you planning on expanding the article? If you do, feel free to either tag me to copyedit/proofread, or submit the article Guild of Copy Editors, as I am not a copy editor. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 02:00, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks you very much.Pv sindhu (talk) 02:01, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

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Hello, Captain! I just joined the spaceflight project crew and am working on early automatic spacecraft. I just wanted to say hello and thank you for your service (in Wikipedia and the armed forces :) ) Neopeius (talk) 04:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

@Neopeius: Thanks for the cupcake! Glad to be of service; looking forward to seeing your edits on WP:SPACEFLIGHT! Happy editing! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 11:52, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

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Sorry about that! I had previously reviewed the guidance on section order; I was just thinking to put the reflist right above the categories and didn't check for the stub template above it. Thanks for catching my mistake! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:12, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hi, just wondering why you decided to remove the archive URL here. I'm aware the current URL works, and the New York Times is likely to keep URLs up for a while, but it doesn't hurt in general to archive URLs from news websites, because they tend to go inactive after some years. (Please ping when replying.) Airbornemihir (talk) 02:49, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

{{ping}Airbornemihir}} Hi! There was an error for the archive date under the references section "archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)," and I figured that I could remove the archive URL to eliminate the problem. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:29, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

About Christopher C. Lee

Hi my friend. thanks for your consideration. Mr Lee is one of the Top ranked photographers of San Francisco and has worked for many great companies and is well knows for a couple of his books. Although there isn't any news website citation for him but PPA (Professional Photographers Association) listed him as one of the professional photographers.

So What can I do for these issues?  MrInfo2012  Talk  06:52, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

@MrInfo2012: While I can respect Mr. Lee's photographic accomplishments, I'm not seeing any information that makes him seem particularly notable, as there's no mention of what he did when photographing for the large tech companies. The article reads like a bit of a promotion for Mr. Lee, and almost entirely without citations (as of this writing, clicking on the Snappr link and clicking "Show more" did not reveal Mr. Lee as one of the top photographers). I think that I may have been too heavy handed in nominating for speedy deletion, but I think the lack of sources about Mr. Lee should serve as an indication that he may not yet be notable to merit an article about him. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:45, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for your answer. But in Snappr you can see his name. His name there is Chris. L. I can count many page that they have the same reputaion as Christopher C. Lee and their page didn't remove at all. I know that Mr. Lee is not as famous as Ansel Adams, but writing a couple of book and working for great company is enough for mediocre fame. Unfortunately he doesn't have enough reference for providing multimedia services for companies such as Microsoft or Google. Although he has original footage of conferences, I think they're not suitable reference for Wiki. Let me know your opinion. Is this page deserves speedy deletion?  MrInfo2012  Talk  08:55, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

@MrInfo2012: I have made a post on Talk:Christopher C. Lee. I request that future discussions over his notability take place on that page vs. my user talk page, as it allows other interested parties to see it and take part in the discussion. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 14:18, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Calogero Marrone

Hi, I've seen you remark on my artycle about Calogero Marrone, due to lack of references. The fact is that the story of Marrone is not very known and they didn't write much about him, by the way the ANPI (Italian former partisans association) and the Yad Vashem are two more than relieable sources according to me. Charlie Foxtrot66 (talk)

@Charlie Foxtrot66: Hello. I am not crtiquing the references you used. The page itself lacks inline citations for numerous paragraphs. It's important to show from what source information was drawn throughout the page. Per Wikipedia:No original research, all of the information in the article needs to come from reliable sources, and cannot be uncited. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:19, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

I see, but these are the only reliable sources that I have, I can repeat them after any paragraph if is that what you mean. Charlie Foxtrot66 (talk)

Yes, there need to be inline citations; the references cannot just be mentioned at the end of the article. Please leave further comments/questions about this page at Talk:Calogero Marrone Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:11, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

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Featured article reviews

Hey there. I saw your in-depth GA reviews, and thought you might want to give Featured Article reviews a try. There are currently four space-related articles at WP:FAC, a couple that you have reviewed before and I think a couple that you have not. I worry a bit about reviewers getting burnt out reviewing spaceflight articles, and it never hurts to have more reviewers. So if you find time, swing by and try reviewing one. It is good prep if you want to write Featured Articles in the future! Kees08 (Talk) 06:45, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

I have been meaning to get over and begin working with the FAC reviews, as my eventual goal is to get some articles to FA status. I'm just trying to pay my reviewing dues for the year early so that I can get to the fun job of writing/editing. Unfortunately, I think my Gordon Cooper review will likely be my last for a few months, as I have some upcoming work/personal travel, and am not sure how much time I'll have for Wikipedia (not to mention I'll be stuck on my travel laptop vs. my dual monitor desktop/battle station). Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:18, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good. You can always do a partial review on FACs without supporting/opposing; I just make sure I say ahead of time if that is a possibility. Also, we now have enough active people we could have A-class reviews for WP:Spaceflight (I got the greenlight on it awhile ago, but lack of participation made it so I did not create the process). Good luck on your upcoming stuff! Do you think you will finish Slayton's article prior to your potential wikibreak? Kees08 (Talk) 20:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

My goal is to finish it this weekend. Unfortunately, I've found his article more difficult than the others that I've worked on. His book, while interesting, is all over the place, and despite him being an important figure in almost all Apollo-era astronaut biography, there's not a ton of information about his life. If I don't get it done while I'm at home, I can work on it while I'm working in Guam for a month. I'll just have a more unpredictable work schedule, so I won't want to commit to reviewing an article and then find myself with no time to edit. I'll likely not submit it for GA review until after I get back from that trip and my subsequent vacation. On another note, I'm really glad to see the A-class review becoming an option for WP:SPACEFLIGHT, as I think it looks goofy that the articles get submitted under other WikiProjects. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 05:15, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I agree on goofiness. A necessary evil for now. I wrote a lot of articles on Guamanian Olympians! There was a chance I was going to go there for work, so I thought it would be interesting to write about. If you do not finish Slayton's article, no worries, I can try to add information from other books as I can (if you do not finish in time). If you nominate it for GA I can help get it through as well. Would be neat to be able to submit the Mercury Seven featured topic soon. Kees08 (Talk) 05:41, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good man. For what it's worth, I'll double down on my efforts, since I am the weak link in the chain for getting the Mercury Seven up to featured topic. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:34, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Technically I am with the Grissom article if it makes you feel better... Kees08 (Talk) 03:53, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

@Kees08: Hey man, just wanted to give you an update. Unfortunately, I was tagged with some weekend duties, so my Wikipedia time has been sparse (beyond the few pictures that I uploaded this evening). I will almost certainly not get the Deke Slayton article finished this weekend; my apologies. I still intend to complete it while I'm in Guam, but progress will likely be slow and unsteady. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

No worries. I think the Grissom article will take me awhile, and there are plenty of other articles to work on in the meantime even if I finish it. I will save the Slayton article for you unless you feel at any point you cannot complete it. Also, I see you are starting to upload photos (nice pictures by the way). I could try to setup a meeting for you to take photos of the Guamanian Olympians if you are interested. It is a shame none of them have freely licensed images. Kees08 (Talk) 19:09, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Yep, I have every intention of finishing it; progress is just slower than I anticipated. Unfortunately, my schedule will be pretty packed and/or unpredictable while I'm in Guam (not to mention all of the fun that comes with sharing the rental vehicles in our off time), so I wouldn't want to make any firm plans. I've seen your articles about participation in the Olympics; do you work closely with national teams/attend the Olympics? I am hoping to go to the Tokyo Games next summer, as it's only a 3 hour flight from Okinawa. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 00:19, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

I have tried to work with them from time to time, but I believe language barriers are problematic. Sometimes I can get in touch with satellite builders or people who have interviewed the Olympians. Never been to any Olympic Games, but I am hoping to go to the LA Olympics. Would love to sneak in an international one between now and then, but life gets busy. Hopefully you can make the Tokyo Games, that should be a good one! Kees08 (Talk) 05:30, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Scott Kelly (astronaut)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Scott Kelly (astronaut) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Neopeius -- Neopeius (talk) 04:01, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
• Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
• MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
• Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
• Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
• Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

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Discord

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Scott Kelly

Hello, Balon!

Sorry for the delay, and I appreciate you giving me a kick. I was going to work on it this week, honest. :) I've been busy making presentations.

I've green-lit several aspects so far, but the prose is going to need some work; suggestions made at the article. After that's done, I'll check references (I understand you want everything done at once, but I'd rather not proof-read references while prose is still being rewritten, thanks for understanding.)

If you have any questions on what I've suggested, please don't hesitate to let me know. I am on the Spaceflight discord, so we can chat real-time! --Neopeius (talk) 04:20, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

I see you have gone through the revisions. I will get back to reviewing likely Tuesdat. Thanks! --Neopeius (talk) 23:28, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Scott Kelly (astronaut)

The article Scott Kelly (astronaut) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Scott Kelly (astronaut) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Neopeius -- Neopeius (talk) 11:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.17

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

News

• The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the {{rough translation}} tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.

Discussions of interest

• Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
• {{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
• A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
• There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.

Reminders

• NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.

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For Scott Kelly and your host of other astronaut articles

		The Glennstar
		You are hereby awarded with the Glennstar for conspicuous achievement in the field of crewed spaceflight for Scott Kelly (astronaut) and other efforts. Neopeius (talk) 22:38, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

SOLRAD 1

Hello, Captain!

Would you be amenable to giving SOLRAD 1 a gander? It's got four supports and a neutral, and I believe it's as good as it needs to be for FAC. It just needs someone to push it over the edge. Can you help? :) --Neopeius (talk) 01:44, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@Neopeius: Sure, I'd be glad to give it a look over. Just a heads up, I'll be on vacation for the next few days and won't have a computer, so I won't be able to follow up on any comments until the end of the week. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:53, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Hopefully, between you and the other fellow who just left comments, that'll be enough. :) --Neopeius (talk) 13:50, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

RE Persian Medium Page:

This page should not be speedily deleted because... Persian Medium is a respected medium, motivational speaker & media personality. Like other psychic/mediums- John Edwards, Theresa Caputo and other mediums on Wikipedia, she is legit and a powerful media presence. She is also a very popular social media star. She has over 1.2 million followers on Instagram alone. She broadcasts to US licensed (FCC) radio stations weekly (from WZWK-LP in Greenville) and numerous other outlets. This page definitely should NOT be deleted. It would devalue Wikipedia's credibility. Please do more research and decide not to delete this page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markiemark123 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

@Markiemark123: While I understand that Persian Medium may be a successful businesswoman, that alone does not merit her having a dedicated Wikipedia page. A significant social media presence is not enough to claim notability. Per WP:NOTABILITY, "People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." Much f the article was uncited, and pointed only towards her numerous interviews. Claims of her success were vague and unsubstantiated, and there was a signficiant amount of uncited, editorialized information. I'm not sure which John Edwards to which you are referring, but Theresa Caputo is the host of a national television show, which is notable enough to merit an article about her. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:14, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

@Balon Greyjoy: Please chek again. There are interviews with national figures and she host three radio & television shows per week. FCC licensed broadcasters as well. She drew thousands to the New Life Expo in NYC & the Conscious Life Expo in LA. I strongly disagree with your assessment of her and wish you would visit some of the supporting links in that article.]] (talk)

WikiCup 2019 Reminder

Hi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you are a current participant in round 2 of this year's WikiCup! There are only a few days until the second round ends – if you haven't made you first submission for this round yet, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck!

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Dfgasser response to speedy deletion

With all due respect, you do not live in Puerto Rico. Soraya Sesto is a prominent citizen, active in business, philanthropic, educational and non-profit activities. She has a long and distinguished career and her work has had a positive impact on thousands of students who might not otherwise have opportunities to attend universities. Her presence in Puerto Rico is notable and her wiki entry doesn't warrant deletion. I have clearly stated my contractual relationship to her and the entry is balanced and accurate. --Dfgasser (talk) 15:17, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

@Dfgasser: I appreciate that she may be a prominent citizen in Puerto Rico, but the citations/information you provided did not demonstrate that. WP:BLP guidelines are especially strict, and the article has to demonstrate that the subject has sufficient notability. In Ms. Sesto's case, there was only one citation, and doing a Google search of her name didn't show any significant news coverage or information about her. Furthermore, the article, while extensive, did read like a promotion of her, especially in her personal life section. Please feel free to contest the deletion, but be prepared to demonstrate her notability through references. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 23:18, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted

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Your GA nomination of Deke Slayton

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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
• Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
• Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
• Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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For your sterling service in the furtherance of WP SPFLT

		The SPFLT Achievement Patch
		For your substantial contribution to WP: SPFLT. Neopeius (talk) 17:09, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

(where do you keep your awards anyway? :)

@Neopeius: I added a section on my user page. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 06:36, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Oh! Somehow I missed that. Welcome back. SOLRAD 1 should be good to go. Thank you for your help. :) --Neopeius (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Great job! But you know, I I have no idea what this thing is, and I don't see a wikilink for it anywhere... To encourage people to remember what WP:SPFLT is about, please consider adding one in the future, for the future. Thanks! Geekdiva (talk) 08:43, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

... OH. It's Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight! For the future, indeed! (I thought that initialism sounded future-y, but more like "speculative freakin' literature") —Geekdiva (talk) 08:48, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Noel Quiñones Emmy Awards

As promised, I have done some research. I need your advice. I contacted Karla MacDonald, the Executive Director of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)Suncoast Chapter. The NATAS is the organization that awards the Emmy. She told me that Noel, along with Juan Augustin Márquez, won the 2011 Regional Documentary - Topical Emmy for "Los 17". In 2012, Juan Augustin Marquez and Casa Grande Interactive (the company owned by Noel Quiñones and Soraya Sesto) were awarded an Emmy for the same category, Documentary - Topical. Karla MacDonald explained that NATAS Suncoast Chapter suffered a loss of web data and that is why there are only links to winners from 2013 and beyond. She can provide an official letter confirming the awards but how could that be used to support the statement? I would like your advice on how to proceed. Thank you. --Dfgasser (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@Dfgasser: I copied your comment to, and replied to it, on Talk:Noel Quiñones, so that it's available for any other editors of the article. Thanks for getting back with the info! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Gooooood fences, gooooood neighbors!

You did great work with boundary setting on the AWB rights request page! I was really impressed with your recounting of your past history with the tool.

I don't have anything to do with the tool, and in fact was contemplating putting a request in for myself, but I wanted at least one person to compliment you on your forthrightness and earnestness no matter what happens to your request. Personally, earnestness is my favorite virtue! Thanks again!

Geekdiva (talk) 08:29, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

hi, you're invited to an RfC discussion regarding Bruno Bettelheim article

As a past contributor, you're invited to a Request for Comment (RfC) discussion on the article's lead sentence. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 02:07, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bruno_Bettelheim#rfc_7DDF8CC

NPR Newsletter No.18

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
• Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.

Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

Backlog drive coming soon

Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.

News

• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Discussions of interest

• A request for bot approval for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
• There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
• What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like

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B2B eCommerce

I noticed that you added a tag to B2B e-commerce I've only been a minor editor on that page, but I will do what I can to make it better. In particular, what sections need more citations? Any guidance you can provide will make it easier and faster for me to help bring this page up to snuff. Thanks --Not Wilkins (talk) 15:17, 17 May 2019 (UTC)Not WilkinsNot Wilkins (talk) 15:17, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

@Not Wilkins: The article lacks inline citations, as they are only used in a few spots. A general rule of thumb is that no paragraph should end without some sort of inline citation to state where the information has come, and inline citations should be used throughout it as well if multiple sources are used. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 01:16, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

SOLRAD 2

Hello! Solrad 2 has gone through the ringer, and I've made all suggested revisions. Could you check to see if I've fixed the article to your satisfaction? Your check is the final step before FA approval.

Thanks!

——Neopeius (talk) 13:40, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Whoops! This totally slipped my mind in the past few weeks. Getting to it now! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 03:49, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

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About J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat

The subject of the article has reached out to me on other wikis that he is uncomfortable about the information on his biography, and he would like information removed. Our talk pages on WikiHow have more details on the situation. https://www.wikihow.com/User_talk:Andritolion https://www.wikihow.com/User_talk:J.-Christopher-Kovats-Bernat,-PhD

I have instructed the subject to contact info-en-q@wikimedia.org for help removing information he finds uncomfortable, but action has not yet been taken to permanently remove his information from Wikipedia. I just thought I should inform you that he has reached out to me about his concerns and I recommend that the paragraphs remain removed until dealed with appropriately. andritolion (talk) 02:29, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Very well. I saw nothing on the talk page, and none of the removed material was defamatory, and quite a bit of it was properly referenced, so I felt that it shouldn't be unilaterally removed. However, Mr. Kovats-Bernat clearly feels strongly about having his information removed if he has pursued it through these avenues, and I will respect his wishes. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 02:33, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Wait, will you revert it, or shall I? andritolion (talk) 02:45, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Whoops! Thought you had already re-reverted it by the time that you posted on my talk page, and I didn't check! I'll do it. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Alrightie. Thanks. andritolion (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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Comrade

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Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

I award you the honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR for your diligent work in reviewing the Yuri Gagarin article. GA reviewers do not get enough credit and I do not want to let this moment pass without recognizing your contribution to this project. Your meticulous review will greatly benefit the more than 1 MILLION!!! people that visit the article each year. THANK YOU! --- Coffeeandcrumbs 08:08, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Straight quotation marks

I thank you for your edit to William Farrar (settler). Question. Where on the English keyboard can I find straight quotation marks. All I have on mine are the set to the left of the ENTER key. ThanksOldperson (talk) 15:06, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Oldperson How does it appear when you type when editing Wikipedia? Most web browsers default to straight quotes, regardless of the input key from your keyboard. I suspect most of the curly quotes are when things are copied from other websites/Word documents that use curly quotes. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 15:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. The problem apparently is Word. I often prepare lengthy edits in Word, even citation links. Then copy and paste, rather than try to keep a window open and do it in real time. Interesting that Word is not compatible with WP in that regardOldperson (talk) 22:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Rollback granted

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• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! TonyBallioni (talk) 05:33, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For your diligence for the Manual of Style. Trillfendi (talk) 20:14, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@Trillfendi: Thanks! Glad to know my overnight shifts spent on JWB didn't go unnoticed! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:31, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

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Invite to RfC (Request for Comment) regarding Reagan article about Iran-Contra

Hi,

You're invited to an RfC on the question of, "Within the section on the Iran-Contra affair, should we include the aspect of drug trafficking on the part of some Nicaraguan Contras?"

Talk:Ronald_Reagan#rfc_85A761C

Thanks,

FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 15:54, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Tutankhamun GA review

Hi Balon Greyjoy, I'm currently on vacation and won't be able to reply to your comments in a timely manner. I will return back to full force in about 7 days. Cheers! NightBag10 (talk) 23:26, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Elliot See

If you find time, Elliot See's A-class review could use one more reviewer. No worries if you are otherwise busy. Thanks either way! Kees08 (Talk) 06:44, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Just finished my review. Nice work on the article! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:49, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
• Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
• SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
• Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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On the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells and the announcement of its restoration

Last month (June 20), it was announced that the Baker Hotel, in Mineral Wells, Texas, was going to undergo a renovation and restoration for a re-opening within three years. Upon this, a day after the announcement, Jnsgober added some content and facts to the Baker Hotel article to reflect it. Shortly after this, you (Balon Greyjoy) erased from the article virtually everything related to the restoration announcement, saying that it was "original research". I will have you know that I posted about the upcoming restoration on the Baker Hotel's talk page, and a couple of days after this (June 23), another user (Redmustang03) re-inserted the info about the Baker Hotel restoration announcement, though on a smaller scale than Jnsgober's additions), and a few days later (June 27), I took the liberty of improving/expanding that info and adding a source, so it would less likely to be reverted or removed completely. Jim856796 (talk) 23:57, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jim856796: I removed the text as original research, as it was uncited information about the future of the hotel. I appreciate your effort in putting properly cited information in the article, and am glad that the properly cited restoration information is now in the article. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 01:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

July 20, 2019

Hi, it's been another three days. I added text about Manetho and Tut's alternate name "King Rathotis" (see names section). NightBag10 ^(talk) 12:10, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Deke Slayton

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New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.

Notifying users

Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.

PERM

Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.

Other news

School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages.

Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication.

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Aug-2019 reference to NAVY service by Joe Foss included in Joe Robbie background description. Get THIS right! Joe Foss, ALWAYS, has CMOH with his printed name as the U.S. MARINES Air Ace of WWII. Jhinker (talk) 20:21, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

GA review reminder

Hi Balon Greyjoy, this is just a friendly reminder that I've responded to your updated comments on the Tutankhamun GA review page. I'm currently stuck on the other identities in the lead section comment, I'll try to think of a solution and respond to you ASAP. Cheers! NightBag10 ^(talk) 00:28, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Balon Greyjoy: you seem to be inactive for the last 3 days, which is an odd thing to do for someone who is in the 5000 most active Wikipedians. Anyway, I'm just here to tell you that I finished editing Tutankhamun, and I'm pretty positive that I've fixed all the concerns. If you gould give it a look, that'd be great. Thanks, NightBag10 ^(talk) 11:43, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Balon Greyjoy has an inconsistent schedule, but I am sure he will get back to you as soon as he is able. Good work on the article so far! Kees08 (Talk) 16:48, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

@Kees08: Thanks for responding, I realize that now, although he was quite active at the start of the review. Thanks again, NightBag10 ^(talk) 22:17, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Would like to add "second" opinion.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:57, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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Million Award

It was pointed out that Tutankhamun is indeed an article that receives over one million pageviews per year as a Level 4 Vital Article. Thanks for contributing towards raising this articles rating!

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Tutankhamun to Good Article status.

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 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.

Coordinator

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.

This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

Deletion tags

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.

Paid editing

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion

• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
• Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.

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, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.

Tools

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log.

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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
3. Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
4. Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
5. SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
6. Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
7. Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
8. HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 808 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
Want to join? Consider adding the NPP Pledge userbox.
Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.

Coordinator

Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.

This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

Tools

• It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
• It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.

Reviewer Feedback

Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.

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, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
• Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.

Arbitration Committee

The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.

Community Wish list

There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion.

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New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
5	DannyS712 (talk)	4,866	Patrol Page Curation
6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

Redirect autopatrol

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.

Source Guide Discussion

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.

This month's refresher course

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.

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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Astronauts

Miss your contributions to astronauts and hope to see you back at some point! Kees08 (Talk) 15:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kees08: Appreciate the note of support! My apologies for my unexplained absence! Life has gotten pretty busy (in a great way), but I didn't prioritize Wikipedia and fell out of the habit. Excited to be getting back to it! I'll probably not be as active as I once was, but I'm looking at getting back to it! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 22:51, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Of course, real life always takes priority. I have been a bit busy myself lately. Thinking of working on any particular astronauts or still planning on the Space Shuttle articles? Kees08 (Talk) 13:06, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

It's been so long, so I haven't given it a ton of thought! I was thinking I'll jump back into Space Shuttle articles, but I still have my embarrassingly large stack of astronaut biographies to read! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:34, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Well if you are up for suggestions on astronauts, I have been working on the Apollo 13 astronaut biographies since the 50th anniversary is coming up. Lovell's is still in really rough shape. Otherwise, I thought you had expressed interest in John Young, which would be a great help to complete the Next Nine featured topic. The Space Shuttle articles also need work though, so your help there, or on any other astronaut articles would be greatly appreciated! I find it easier to have a couple of projects going simultaneously in case I get writer's block on an article, but whatever works best for you. Kees08 (Talk) 20:18, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

I would like to put some work on Jim Lovell's page, but I'm struggling to find good resources. I haven't read Rocket Men yet, but I found Apollo 13, while a great book, to not give a ton of backstory on Lovell's life (granted, it's been a few years), and Apollo 8 also didn't do much backstory for him. I'll plan to tackle his page at some point, but I think that may be more cleanup than adding a ton of content! Apologies in advance for the slow pace on my part; I'm going through a career change (my choice, thankfully) within the next few months! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

Hello Balon Greyjoy,

Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

Redirects

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.

Discussions and Resources

• There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
• A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
• A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
• A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Refresher

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.

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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
• Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
• Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
• CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
• The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Correcting filenames

Re: your edits here, you broke two files that used curly apostrophes and quotations marks in the filenames when you changed them to straight marks. I don't know if you can preview when using that script, but if not, you need to visually check each page to see if there are any broken files and fix them. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 05:59, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

BilCat Thanks for letting me know. I have been intentionally skipping corrections for file names to avoid breaking links, but must have missed that one. My apologies; thanks for catching my mistake. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:08, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Space Shuttle

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Space Shuttle you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 21:40, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

John Young (astronaut) scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the John Young (astronaut) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 21, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 21, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:06, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak: As the picture for the Apollo 16 TFA has changed from the picture of John Young saluting on the Moon, may I change the Young photo to that one? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 18:40, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Feel free, I just used the one in the TFAR blurb, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:58, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious

One year!

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article "about the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle-era astronaut, John Young"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)