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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019
Hello ,

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.
 * Backlog

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

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired, 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.
 * This month's refresher course

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.
 * Deletion tags

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.
 * Paid editing


 * 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.

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.
 * 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

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.

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Horton Barker
Thank you for the encouraging note in review of the stub I created for Horton Barker. I saw just the briefest clip of him in Festival and I was a goner. High on my article To-Do list is finding a picture that's out of copyright. I have also found some other sources I will use to fill in more detail, soon. I hope you enjoy listening to Horton Barker. So far I can't listen to more than a song or two at a time, as his singing hits me so hard and so poignantly. Thanks again.

Also, if this comment would be better published to my own User talk page, my apologies. The "talk" functions, policies, and practicies in Wikipedia are still not clear to me. Gcampbel (talk) 16:14, 10 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi Gcampbel and apologies on the delayed response. Glad you responded here because it will be great to reread your message the next time someone decides to leave me a less pleasant message!
 * I was so psyched to come across the article - I had never heard of him (and I listen to a ton of old music). I listened to his version of "Amazing Grace" and it totally killed me. He has such a powerful voice.  From what I read he also has an amazing story.
 * Let me know if you need any help in your continued editing adventures, but it seems to me that you've done a great job figuring Wikipedia out! Best, Julie JSFarman (talk) 00:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

WikiConference North America 2019
You are invited to WikiConference North America 2019 on November 8-11 in Boston. Deadline for Program Submissions and Scholarship Applications is September 20. Hope to see you there! --Rosiestep (talk) 00:44, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello Rosie! I am trying to figure it out today.  I want to be there!  xoxo JSFarman (talk) 14:41, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Mistake?
Hi there. Just alerting you to what happened when you made this edit. I presume that wasn't intentional? Cordless Larry (talk) 20:26, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello Cordless Larry! I'm seeing my commented related to the Alex Depledge deletion discussion. Maybe I'm having a cache issue?  Or maybe my vision is even worse than I think it is?  What are you seeing? (and thank you)! JSFarman (talk) 20:47, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * The edit also restored several sections that had been archived, and deleted several newer sections. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:53, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * AHA! Yes, def a mistake. I have no idea how that happened. I'll fix it!  Thanks for letting me know.  JSFarman (talk) 20:55, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Deletion pending for File:Bob Woolf 1990.jpeg
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Jack Babuscio
Hi JSFarman! Thank you for your comments and guidance. I'm not sure if this is how I should be responding (I hope so!). I've only been contributing to Wikipedia for three weeks, so I'm very new here. I added a few additional sources today via academic sources (databases, journals, etc.) and a book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ageshow (talk • contribs) 18:35, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello Ageshow! This is definitely the right place to be responding, and welcome!  You are doing amazingly well in navigating Wikipedia.
 * I started working on the article yesterday and then (as always) ran out of time/focus. Your sources are great, and more can be added.  I think that the lead needs to specify why he is in Wikipedia - something that indicates his influence in the definition of camp.  (It will need to come directly from a reliable source.)
 * Also, the BBC defines him as a queer film historian; I suspect that is how he described himself because the BBC doesn't generally take that kind of liberty.  I think that should also be in the lead, or the infobox.  But your call (although of course it can be changed by another editor).
 * I will go back to the article as soon as I'm able and hopefully we can move it into the article space.  Let me know if you have questions, and again, thank you!  So glad you're here.  I hope you stick around. JSFarman (talk) 16:29, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello ,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon. There are now 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. Admin 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. To opt-out of future mailings, you can remove yourself here MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Getting the queue to 0
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 * This month's refresher course
 * 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
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 * 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.
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Notice of subpage moved
Hello. This is a message to let you know that a subpage of your user page has been moved to User:JSFarman/sandbox/Melody Road (Neil Diamond album). This has been done since titles with consecutive apostrophes (for example,  or ' ) have been known to cause issues with wiki markup on pages if the page title is linked on other pages. Since the end of 2014, the creation of titles containing consecutive apostrophes has been restricted by Wikipedia's title creation blacklist. The page can now be found at User:JSFarman/sandbox/Melody Road (Neil Diamond album). Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding this. Thank you. Steel1943 (talk) 23:22, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

December events with WIR
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019


This year's Reviewer of the Year is. 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.
 * Reviewer of the Year

Special commendation again goes to who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to and  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.

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

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.
 * Redirect autopatrol

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.
 * Source Guide Discussion

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on 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. Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 16:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * This month's refresher course

Merry Christmas
  "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,  I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)  Chris Troutman  ( talk ) is wishing you a  Merry Christmas. This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove. Spread the cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message.


 * To you too! Hope to see you in 2020.  It has been too long.  Happy New Year! JSFarman (talk) 17:18, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Your recent review
Hi, I got a message that you reviewed by Wikipedia article Robert Lewis Byington. Thanks for doing this. I appreciate the time you guys spend on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could review a draft for me? It is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Elwood_Walter,_No._7. I have spend a lot of time updating this wiki page with more citations and linked to other pages, e.g. Pilot boat, Joseph Henderson (Pilot), etc. They suggested that I contact someone else to review the page since the review queue is so long. I thank you in advance, if you can review the "Elwood Walter, No. 7" page. Greg Henderson 21:25, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Greg. Thanks for the note and so sorry that you have been waiting for so long for the article to be reviewed.  (Also thanks for the Robert Lewis Byington article.)   I will do my best on the Elwood Walter article, but it is quite far out of my area of expertise, and it'll take me a while.  Thanks for all of your effort, it's clear that you have put a lot of time into the articles.  JSFarman (talk) 16:41, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

draft article (Jennifer Zilm) your review 20 October 2019
hi -- happy new year! I'm a bit slow getting to this draft submission. I've read the relevant materials on notability, but I don't understand why Zilm doesn't qualify, as she has substantial (not passing) references to her work in both The Walrus (significant monthly Canadian literary/public affairs magazine) and Canadian Literature (a well-known academic literary review). She was also shortlisted for a significant poetry national Canadian award (Pat Lowther Award). The Canadian Literature and Walrus articles won't show up through a regular Google search -- they will show up if a database search is done through a library. Do the sources/references have to show up through a Google search to count? It would be somewhat rare for even many well-known, established Canadian poets to appear in Publisher's Weekly. Thanks for your help! cheers, Ktrainor7 (talk) 20:45, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Ktrainor7 (talk) and happy new year to you too.
 * I find that it can be very difficult for poets (and writers in general) to meet the notability criteria, and it's frustrating. There aren't a lot of publications that cover poetry and meet Wikipedia's definition of a reliable source.  Fortunately references do not have to be online; just note the publication, name, writer, date of publication, etc.  Enough info so that the assertions of the article can be verified.  That said, I don't think being shortlisted for the Pat Lowther award goes to notability - the only shorlist slam dunks I can think of would be for the Pulitzer, National Book Award, Man Booker and the Nobel (although I am not sure if there is an official shortlist).  Can you add whatever else you can find, online or off?  I can re-review (or you can publish it directly). JSFarman (talk) 00:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Finis Conner
The facts simply do not support JSFarman's decline of this article. NY Times and Fortune Magazine articles qualify as significant independent coverage of Finis Conner by reliable secondary sources. His founding of three of the pioneering disk drive companies should more than qualify him as a subject for Wikipedia. We can replace the Wikifoundry references with RSs at which point the article should be acceptable. Tom94022 (talk) 08:11, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Good morning . For clarity's sake, at the time you submitted the draft, there were 13 references: Wikifoundry 3 times, a photo of Finis Conner, a press release serviced via Business Wire, the Conner website twice, two articles about the company (not the individual), and a Bloomberg "Are you a robot" landing page.  If you can replace the Wikifoundry references with reliable sources please do so.  However, with your new lede, I understand the basis of his notability, and another reviewer is likely to accept the article. JSFarman (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * FWIW the 1990 Fortune article referenced is almost all about Finis and his career at Shugart, Seagate and Conner Peripherals. The Bloomberg reference when corrected is also mainly about Conner.  Tom94022 (talk) 17:27, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Likewise the NY Times article is mostly about Finis. Tom94022 (talk) 07:10, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Also the Wikifoundry articles having been published by the Computer History Museum's Storage Special Interest Group are likely reliable sources. Tom94022 (talk) 07:10, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I added another New York Times ref and another Fortune ref as well as a Crain's ref about a company he founded in 2015. (Crains also wrote that Steve Jobs was his first customer: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/finis-conner) I resubmitted the article on your behalf, but couldn't accept it (through AfC) because a Finis Conner redirect is blocking a move to the mainspace. (I requested that the redirect be deleted).JSFarman (talk) 01:38, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your help - can I delete this section as no longer relevant? I could archive it but why bother in keeping it?  Yr recommendation?  Tom94022 (talk) 18:58, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * . My pleasure.  Thanks for writing the article (and your perseverance). I agree that it doesn't need to be here but I am going to move it to my talk page.  If only because it's evidence that AfC reviewers are truly interested in seeing worthy articles published!  Thank you again. JSFarman (talk) 20:53, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

February with Women in Red
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Please don't copy and paste text to new titles
I'm having to clean up a few messes you made with Wynter Gordon/Diana Gordon (singer) and related articles. Please do not move articles by copy and pasting the text, because the edit history is lost in the process. —C.Fred (talk) 14:15, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi and thank you! I did not think that one through - another learning experience (which I really should have figured out).   Thank you thank you thank you - that was a ton of cleanup. JSFarman (talk) 16:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Ron Stone Photograph and Release
Hi JS -

Thanks so much for your kind effort to assist. I'm copying and pasting the photographers release and uploading the headshot of Ron Stone to be included on his Wikipedia page, which is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Stone_(music_industry_executive)

I uploaded the image, but don't see it appearing here. Thanks so much for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardstellar (talk • contribs) 12:11, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, in order to use the photo the photographer needs to sign off on the complete release and send it to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. You can find it here:  Declaration of consent for all enquiries. Also - for future ref - you don't want to leave personal email addresses on talk pages! JSFarman (talk) 17:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Sounds of Liberation
Do you think that this draft should be accepted? If so, I will move the redirect; please let me know whether you want help. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Robert and thanks for asking - I would appreciate your help with the redirect. The draft should be accepted; they meet notability, although more refs can still be added.  (They're just a grind to find - mostly from offline sources such as books and old newspapers and magazines.)  Thanks again! JSFarman (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello ,

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.
 * Source Guide Discussion

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.
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 * 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.

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.
 * Refresher

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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 14 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, Gerda Arendt. Thank you times five. That you noticed my work made such a huge difference for me on Wikipedia early on -- it made me feel connected to the community, and it is one of the reasons I stuck around.  JSFarman (talk) 21:57, 15 April 2019 (UTC)


 * ... now 6 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:21, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Covered bridges in Connecticut
Thanks for moving my article into the main article space, but I actually had intended to do more work on it before publication. No problem, though, I will continue to work on it there. fixing the title of my article, which I thought I had created in user space. However, it should technically be titled, "List of covered bridges in Connecticut" to follow the naming convention of corresponding articles for other states. If you could move it to that name without creating a link having the current name, that would be great. Waz8:T-C-E 19:39, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Waz8:T-C - Sorry about that! It was actually already in the main space - I will move it back to draft (where you can change the name as well).  Thanks for writing the article; I'm a New Englander and I love those bridges!  JSFarman (talk) 21:03, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will continue to work on it there then move it to the main article space with the appropriate name. I've always been fascinated by bridges, especially the covered ones. There are quite a few pictures of them in my bridge gallery. Waz8:T-C-E 22:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Edif/Comment on Samora Smallwood article
Hello, Thank you for the comments on my draft article Samora Smallwood. I am attempting to edit it and I'm very new at this. Can you tell me what you mean by 'remove the links in the body of the article.' Samdal35ton (talk) 04:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Link to article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Samora_Smallwood

Thank you,

Karen

Samdal35ton (talk) 04:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Karen (talk) and thanks for persevering!
 * Links within the articles should only lead to other Wikipedia articles - those are Wikilinks. For example, the wikicode for my user page is Julie Farman, not Julie Farman, which renders as Julie Farman, not Julie Farman  If an article exists on Wikipedia, you can Wikilink it, but if there's no article, it should just appear in plain text.  The only time users should be taken off Wikipedia is via references and through the external links that are included at the end of most articles.   Hope that helps, and feel free to ping me if you need more help!  JSFarman (talk) 17:36, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Partial revert
Please note that I reverted your addition of a date of birth to Cara Buono as the date has been disputed (see the related discussions on the article talk page) and you didn't provide the reliable sources required for a date to be included as required by policy. Could you advise which source you used for the date? Thank you, -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:32, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I just checked out the talk page and the history and I'm cracking up. I thought it was such an innocuous edit!  (I used Playbill as it is generally reliable.)
 * I want to expand the article but I won't add a DoB when I do -- I just tried to find a solid reference and as far as I can tell nothing ironclad exists. (Is the DoB controversy what the article is semi-protected?) JSFarman (talk) 02:22, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It is indeed. If a date of birth is missing from an article, always best to check the talk page. There's generally something there that will explain the absence of a date.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 02:26, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

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Request for Review
Hello, John, I had created a wikipedia draft and submitted it. Its has not been reviewed for almost 3 months. Please could you help and review the draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Adeeb_Ahamed. Thank you very much. (Kuruvillac (talk) 14:47, 17 August 2020 (UTC))

Draft:Cheryl_Hsieh
Hello JSFarman, I've modified the draft page according to your advice. Please let me know if it's ok now. Thank you so much for your time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Cheryl_HsiehNepotismTW (talk) 13:30, 29 August 2020 (UTC)