User talk:Catmando999/Archive 5

Archive 3 Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6

Thank you for your message
Hello Catmando999, thank you for your review on HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. I have edited the page and it should be more factual and neutral now. Please let me know what you think and if there is any further improvement required.

Thanks! Scholarly 2016 (talk) 05:24, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Byron Good
Hi Catmando999, thank you for your review and comments on my entry on Byron Good. I am not sure how to correct the title and capitalize the G of 'good'. Can you please help me? Thank you! Also, would appreciate it if you clarify what section of the entry you feel needs references. The content is simply biographical, and sources (including Byron Good's own web page at Harvard and his biographical interview, etc.) are included on the page.

Thanks very much!

Engelisi (talk) 01:43, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, I've fixed the title by moving the article to a new page. It's true you have links to reliable websites, but it's important you have inline citations. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  01:48, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Duplicate CSD nomination
Huh, we seem to have tagged Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for speedy deletion at the same time --MorbidEntree (talk) 01:46, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Interesting, would you like me to get rid of mine? Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  01:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * If you feel like mine fits better, then yes. Otherwise we can talk about it and see which one we agree upon. --MorbidEntree (talk) 01:55, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I think I removed mine, but I'm not sure. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  01:57, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Nope, you got mine instead. I'll go ahead and switch them. --MorbidEntree (talk) 02:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

About Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
What are the issues - you say there are many — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssmit3971 (talk • contribs) 20:34, 24 May 2016
 * I moved this comment here as it was breaking templates with where Ssmit3971 put it. --MorbidEntree (talk) 03:41, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * You me I need to change the title but I try to but it wo t let me. My content it different — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssmit3971 (talk • contribs)
 * Please add comments as described in WP:TALK. Just adding them to the top of the page is called disruptive editing. --MorbidEntree (talk) 03:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  04:11, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing Bethlehem Steel (band)
Just wanted to share my appreciation--I've been away from WP for a few months. I forgot how easy it is to disappear in hours of delightful writing/editing. Anyway, thanks for the read! Hope you have a great day :D Amintly (talk) 04:20, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  04:21, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

noped (and an apology

 * What? Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  01:43, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I vandilised it? Whoops, that was accidental, if I did. Hell, I didn't even know I was vandilising. Apologies. Hullian111 (talk) 07:12, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * That's okay. Apology accepted. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  07:53, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Issuing level 1 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8))
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles, or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion debates, as you did with Grupamento de Unidade Escola - 9ª Brigada de Infantaria Motorizada. Otherwise, it may be difficult to create consensus. If you oppose the deletion of an article, please comment at the respective page instead. This is an automated message from a bot about, where you removed the deletion template from an article before the deletion discussion was complete. If this message is in error, please report it.—cyberbot I  Talk to my owner :Online 02:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

How2what4 (talk) 01:00, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
thanks for the note, I'm going to be focusing my energy into helping fill out other pages with photos I've taken. It seems my record of creating pages and having them deleted is a bit to high. I'm hoping by contributing in other ways that will help build a better standing within the wikipedia community. At a latter time I'll try my hand again at creating a page.

thanks for your review on Justin Renquist article but he is absolutely a notable political activist as the FOUNDER OF A POLITICAL PARTY and national grassroots political activist written about ALL OVER THE INTERNET including in mainstream and alternative media. So founder of a national political party are not NOTABLE in your view? I think you have biased and most likely pro Hillary Clinton political views or GOP to come to that conclusion. Please remove your recommendation for speedy deletion after fully REVIEWING and ehcking all the citations and sources to mainstream media like Alternet and REUTERS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaxmullins (talk • contribs) 02:01, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

CSD tagging
Please note that CSD A7 only applies to the listed article types (i.e. "a real person, individual animal(s), organization, web content or organized event...with the exception of educational institutions."). As an abstract came, Kaplansky's game would not fall any of the above, so it is not eligible for A7 speedy deletion. Thanks, Patar knight - chat/contributions 02:02, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  02:12, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Sports team, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:18, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, The Anti-Oedipus Papers, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:28, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Gudea Mică River, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:29, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Gudea Mare River, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:30, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Paltinu River (Gudea), and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Dizdit River, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Garagepunk66. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Pixar Films, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Garagepunk66 (talk) 05:32, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing The Garbage Monster from Outer Space, Catmando999.

Unfortunately Altamel has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

"A7 does not apply to books, so I declined your speedy deletion nomination. You are free to nominate this article for deletion under PROD or AfD as you see fit."

To reply, leave a comment on Altamel's talk page.


 * Oh, it's fine. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  01:52, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

additional problems
1,. for Egituysky datsan, you should have added the tag Expand Russian, with the Russian title--when the article has a corresponding one in another WP, you'll see it on the list at the left. If the article in the other language is better, which it usually will be for national subjects, the tag should be added

2. For a biographical article without any sources, you shlike Roger St-Denis, you should not just add the tag for unsourced, but either find at least one source yourself, or add the BLPPROD. I could not find a reliable source, so I added the prod.

3. For a short article such as Strategius Musonianus. I don't see why sections would help. I've removed your tag.

When new articles are reviewed, mistakes can either let inappropriate articles into WP, or, even worse, discourage a new contributor who needs to be encouraged. I therefore  am going to ask that you stop reviewing new articles for a while. You need to first read carefully and understand all the details of WP:CSD and WP:Deletion policy, and to get some substantial experience correcting problems that other people have noticed. DGG ( talk ) 04:47, 3 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Okay sorry. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  07:46, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Murder of Sheree Beasley 25th anniversary
The 25th anniversary of the Murder of Sheree Beasley is less than two weeks away. The Herald Sun has said it will devote extensive coverage and The Age is expected to follow suit. I'm looking for someone to give Beasley's wikipedia article some love and care. Can you be that person?

I'll see what I can do, but I am going on a holiday around that time. Also, I have very little experience on the subject but when the sources of which you speak roll out I'll try and help. Catmando999  Check out his talk page!  02:37, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Tabletop NSW - incorrect disambiguation?
Hi sorry to leave an anon message, but notice you added a message to the pages for Tabletop, New South Wales and Table Top, New South Wales stating that they should not be confused with each other, however the rest of the content on those pages indicates that they're the same place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.246.36.73 (talk) 01:01, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * They are different places. One is a suburb and one is a town. Catmando999   Check out his talk page!  21:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

New Challenge for Oceania and Australia
Hi, WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter
Hello ,


 * Breaking the back of the backlog

We now have 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. 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.

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.
 * Second set of eyes

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. Sent to all New Page Reviewers. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:15, 26 November 2016 (UTC) .
 * Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

File:A drawn red face that looks evil.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:A drawn red face that looks evil.jpg, has been listed at Files for discussion. Please see the to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Jon Kolbert (talk) 23:44, 28 November 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))

New Page Review - newsletter #2
Hello ,


 * 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

Sent to all New Page Reviewers. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC) .
 * Improve the tools: Vote here.
 * Reduce your review load: Vote here

Voting for the Military history WikiProject Historian and Newcomer of the Year is ending soon!
Time is running out to voting for the Military Historian and Newcomer of the year! If you have not yet cast a vote, please consider doing so soon. The voting will end on 31 December at 23:59 UTC, with the presentation of the awards to the winners and runners up to occur on 1 January 2017. For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

This message was sent as a courtesy reminder to all active members of the Military History WikiProject.

New Page Review - newsletter No.2
Hello , We now have 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. 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. 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. This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody,  and
 * A HUGE backlog
 * Second set of eyes
 * Abuse
 * 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. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing A New Song (album), Catmando999.

Unfortunately Mduvekot has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

"Articles on related subjects, all written Consumingfire1by have been previously deleted as unsourced and failing GNG."

To reply, leave a comment on Mduvekot's talk page.

Mduvekot (talk) 04:18, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletion
I declined your speedy deletion of Lakshipur because it contains both content and context. Please be familiar with the policy; an infobox is content and provides enough context to identify the subject of the article. Appable (talk | contributions) 18:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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 , 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. We now have 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. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:35, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Still a MASSIVE backlog

March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Fair Use in Australia discussion
As an Australian Wikipedian, your opinion is sought on a proposal to advocate for the introduction of Fair Use into Australian copyright law. The discussion is taking place at the Australian Wikipedians' notice board, please read the proposal and comment there. MediaWiki message delivery MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:07, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

This message has been automatically sent to all users in Category:Australian Wikipedians. If you do not wish to receive further messages like this, please either remove your user page from this category, or add yourself to Category:Opted-out of message delivery

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
Hello ,

Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just reviews, the  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. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:42, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology 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.
 * 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 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:
 * User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js adds a link to the new pages feed and page curation toolbar to your top toolbar on Wikipedia
 * User:The Earwig/copyvios.js adds a link in your side toolbox that will run the current page through

General project update:
 * Following discussion at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers, New pages patrol/Noticeboard has been marked as historical. Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers is currently the most active central discussion forum for the New Page Patrol project. To keep up to date on the most recent discussions you can add it to your watchlist or visit it periodically.

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

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology update: General project update: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 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.
 * has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.
 * 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.

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology update: General project update: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 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!
 * 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: 
 * 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.

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology update: General project update: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:47, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * The Article Wizard has been updated and simplified to match the layout style of the new user landing page. If you have not yet seen it, take a look.
 * 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.

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Outreach and Invitations:
 * 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!
 * 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: . 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: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. —  TonyBallioni (talk) 20:27, 12 December 2017 (UTC) 
 * 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.

User group for Military Historians
Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive
Hello, 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.

If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. — TonyBallioni (talk) 20:24, 30 December 2017 (UTC)