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The Signpost: 1 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.


 * Reminders
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 * If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.
 * If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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Question from Benykei on Genetics of migraine headaches (22:42, 7 August 2022)
Hello, how do I find pages that need to be created, I want to create a whole Wiki page on a topic, but don't know which. --Benykei (talk) 22:42, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Benykei. I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but here's a list of articles on genetics-related issues that are to be created: WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Skysmith's list of missing articles/Genetics. Hope I answered your question. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 00:08, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Wewemimimask (talk) 18:23, 9 August 2022 (UTC)how do I edit a page
I don't know how to edit a page please show meWewemimimask (talk) 18:23, 9 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Wewemimimask. You can find answers to lots of questions about editing pages here: FAQ/Editing. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 22:58, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from David Richard MR.BARELA J.R on Talk:Seven-headed serpent (17:18, 10 August 2022)
Hello I would like to know everything about the seven head serpent what is the weakness of the seven head serpent and did it go by Any Other Name --David Richard MR.BARELA J.R (talk) 17:18, 10 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @David Richard MR.BARELA J.R, that's not something with which I'm familiar. I suggest asking a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ancient Near East. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 23:02, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from Bai osman kanu on User:Bai osman kanu (07:28, 18 August 2022)
Hi Pls how can I add Wikipedia to search list on Google --Bai osman kanu (talk) 07:28, 18 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Bai osman kanu, my apologies, but I do not know anything about how Google indexes Wikipedia pages. I can help you if you wish to make contributions to Wikipedia. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 10:21, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP message
Hi ,

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.
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