User talk:Antiqueight/Archive 2022

January 2022 Women in Red
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February with Women in Red
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DYK for Linda Doyle
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 11 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi! Been a while, hope all's well. On the above article, I was wondering if you have any citation source I missed when expanding - I did not find one for year of birth and had to take it out (it was put back by an IP but removed again by a 3/4 million edit senior), and also lacked one for middle name. 1968 and Elizabeth are both well known in Trinity but is there maybe a reference in a published library record or Calendar entry? Anyway, nice to see it on the main page, and I have also nominated Eeva Leinonen, we'll see how that goes. SeoR (talk) 21:01, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:18, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you!!

March editathons
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IMOS
Hello Antiqueight. I came across a few articles that you've created recently. Good work. One thing that you may benefit from is taking a read of WP:IMOS, it is the MOS and style guide for Ireland and Northern Ireland related topics. One main piece is the decision not to use Co. as a shorthand for County as that's a very Irish thing and the majority of the world doesn't recognise what it means. Canterbury Tail talk 20:33, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I usually don't but I do forget from time to time and no, I'd not seen the discussion - never dawned on me others don't use it! So I appreciate the note, thanks  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 20:48, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, it's just a friendly heads up. Keep up the good editing. Canterbury Tail talk 21:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

This makes me happy every time, Thank you.  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 11:15, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

April Editathons from Women in Red
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A kitten for you!
You do fantastic work on Irish women, and lots of other things!!

Srsval (talk) 19:21, 24 April 2022 (UTC) 

@Srsval

May Women in Red events
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

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June events from Women in Red
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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.
 * Backlog status

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
 * Backlog drive

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
 * TIP – New school articles

There is a new template available,, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
 * Misc

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.


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Women in Red in July 2022
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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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Nomination of Marissa Lingen for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Marissa Lingen is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Marissa Lingen until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. PRAXIDICAE🌈 19:37, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in August 2022
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello ,

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
 * Backlog status

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.


 * Coordination: and  have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out.  will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.


 * Open letter to the WMF: The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.


 * TIP - Reviewing by subject: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.


 * New reviewers: The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.


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NPP message
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Proposed deletion of article on Sonya Kelly
Hi, I remembered that you had interested yourself in articles on women. As such would you be interested in engaging in the above discussion. You may need to google Sonya Kelly Wikipedia as it only recently went up.Aineireland (talk) 20:46, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in September 2022
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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Women in Red October 2022
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Arsinde's death date
Hi! I had a question about the dates mentioned in Arsinde - did she die in 970 (as the opening sentence, infobox and a category suggesst) or (as one sentence within the body of the page suggests) in 957? I think this ambiguity was present when you wrote the page, and wondered whether you could recall where the different dates had come from. Thanks for all the fantastic content you add - much appreciated by me. Dsp13 (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)


 * @Dsp13 I'll look into it - I don't remember. It could have even been a typo or something. Thanks for flagging it.   &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 16:52, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello , Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to ), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: and  have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved. Suggestions:
 * There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
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Backlog: Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!


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Women in Red November 2022
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A barnstar for you!
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Help with Tamara Gustavson updates
Hi. Since you’re a member of Women in Red, and interested in improving articles about notable women. I was hoping you could take a look at some edits I suggested to improve the article about Tamara Gustavson, which have been partially reviewed. I’ve declared a COI. The suggested edits are on top of the Talk page: Talk:Tamara Gustavson. Thanks in advance.Wiki64gus (talk) 20:39, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red December 2022
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