User talk:Jmertel23

Draft Bawdie
Boadu Emma (talk) 08:55, 10 September 2022 (UTC) Thanks so much for your directions. Refrences added. Kindly review for me.

Soham Majumdar
Thank you for pulling up the issue of references. I have added references to the page, and removed the deletion template. (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 07:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Duncan Ronald Gordon Mackay
Thank you for your interest in this Scottish airforce officer. Please see the notes about notability [|here>>>] Shipsview (talk) 18:55, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Link rot
Hi, I have noticed you occasionally taking an interest in this topic.

There was some interference last week.

This week I am dropping you off a couple of "to do" items.

Hoping that is ok, 66.97.20.206 (talk) 20:07, 27 July 2019 (UTC).


 * European Medicines Agency
 * Brenda Marshall
 * Joe Cornish


 * Hi J. This ip has started this thread because they are unwilling to place the bare url tags at the top of the article. You can see the requests about this on the ips talk page and at this thread User talk:Derek R Bullamore. Proceed as you wish and thanks for your work here at the 'pedia. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 20:14, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I would be happy to address any bare urls that are appropriately tagged at the top of the article with the  template.  Thanks Jmertel23 (talk) 21:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S. Thanks . Jmertel23 (talk) 21:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You are welcome J. BTW I've been noticing your progress as you learn how to deal with these and I have to say good work on your part. Not that you need it but please feel free to ask if any questions come up. I may not be able to answer all of them but I might be able to point you in the right direction :-) Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 21:41, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! I'm definitely starting to feel more confident in addressing some of fixes that require a more manual process. I appreciate your offer and will definitely reach out if needed. Jmertel23 (talk) 21:49, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

I have removed your inappropriate remark from my user talk page. Please refrain from personally attacking / harassing any Wikipedia editors - it is especially bothersome to me that you would use this page as a vehicle to do so. Jmertel23 (talk) 21:17, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

William Martin Leggett
Hi, the draft article on William Martin Leggett referred to him by his forename as he was known in Canada by his birth surname Leggett, but subsequently in England and Australia (apart from a very brief period) by his adopted name Campbell. His Australian descendants are Campbells. Using "William" throughout skirts this difficulty. I've amended the article. Regards Cvening (talk) 23:10, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Miss USA 2019 delegates


A tag has been placed on Category:Miss USA 2019 delegates requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:02, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Gary Kielhofner
Hello. Thank you for your comments about links on the above page I initiated. I have reviewed the guidelines for links and appreciate your guidance. Ccxsen (talk) 23:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks! The page you've created is really quite good - just needed a couple things to bring it into alignment with the Manual of Style. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions going forward - and thank you for your work on expanding Wikipedia! Jmertel23 (talk) 10:19, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

"The Fellowship of the Rot"
Some link rot for your "enjoyment". 66.97.20.206 (talk) 19:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Scott Mosier
 * Ocotea bullata
 * Benjamin Busch
 * Canadian Country Music Association
 * Ten Days' Wonder (film)

Xinhua Subdistrict, Beijing
I saw on the template you have placed on this article's talk page that this article needs an infobox. On Chinese Wikipedia, the infobox template used is "中国乡级行政区." The problem is, that template doesn't seem to exist on English Wikipedia. Searching up "Template:中国乡级行政区" on Chinese Wikipedia, I am unable to translate it into English.

It boggles me just how different the different languages of Wikipedia are from each other. An article in one language might not exist in another, same for templates, and so on. Originally, before I even started editing Wikipedia, I thought that the language buttons on the left side just used software such as Google Translate to machine-translate the article, and that every article existed in the same certain set of languages. Fast forward to more recent times, when I first began to read Wikipedia in other languages when I saw the discrepancy.

But back to the point, what should I do in situations like this, where a template doesn't exist on a version of Wikipedia where it is required? Do I need to create it myself? I have minimal experience with templates, and so am cautious to create a new one. Or is there a place where I can request that others create templates? Any helpful output requested, thanks in advance. 𝕎𝕚𝕜𝕚𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝟡𝟡𝟙𝟡 (talk) 12:51, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi I would suggest using the infobox settlement template. Hope that helps! Jmertel23 (talk) 14:02, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi I added the infobox. However, I couldn't find any parameters for country (China), city (Beijing), or district (Tongzhou District). What shall I do? 𝕎𝕚𝕜𝕚𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝟡𝟡𝟙𝟡 (talk) 14:30, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ricardo Alcerro:Footballer


A tag has been placed on Ricardo Alcerro:Footballer requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. signed,Rosguill talk 11:25, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Xinhua Subdistrict, Beijing
You are invited to join the discussion at Xinhua Subdistrict, Beijing. 𝕎𝕚𝕜𝕚𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝟡𝟡𝟙𝟡 (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

FYI
Hello J. I hope you are well. You made a good call here about removing the stub tag. When you do that please take a moment to go to the talk page for the article and update the status on any wikiproject boxes that may be there. You can see how I did that for the article in question. It isn't a big deal if you forget this but I know that you like to be thorough. Thanks again for your work here and cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 18:20, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder! I use the Metadata gadget that shows me the assessment in the article header, and because the article was assessed as start-class in the WP Biography template, it showed that way in the header for me. This is a good reminder to check to ensure that all the WikiProjects are assessed the same. Thanks again! Jmertel23 (talk) 21:38, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. Yeah I noticed the talk page had both stub and start assessments. I can't remember if I've seen that before so that was a rare bit of confusion :-) Happy editing. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 21:44, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest
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Collaborating on Baptist Health's Wikipedia Article
Hello Jmertel23, I've been working on factual updates to the Baptist Health article, and I'd like to get another pair of eyes on it. I have a COI with Baptist Health, so I'm refraining from editing directly. I see you have helped my former colleague FacultiesIntact. What are your thoughts on the updates and collaborating to improve this article? Talk:Baptist Health I appreciate it.Chefmikesf (talk) 19:32, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser. -BigDwikitalk 23:57, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

Thank you!

--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your citation-filling help...
...at the Up (film series) article. Always appreciate the hard work your team does. Cheers. 2601:246:C700:9B0:7573:9C20:A653:9660 (talk) 04:20, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

...at the Life cycle assessment artcle. Kudos again. One favour to ask—when setting up the ReFill tool, click on the check boxes that provide the most full array of fields, especially the access-date field. A full access-date field is important to article quality in the long term, and sets a good example for follow-on editors. And having the other fields included in the markup of the citation, even if empty, is a convenience—because it provides a ready space to put something else in (author, title, etc.), when it is found. THANKS again for your help. All the more if you can use the more complete citation field options as we go on. Cheers. 2601:246:C700:9B0:14EF:786C:2299:AB67 (talk) 16:39, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

...at the Miguel de Cervantes article, too! 2601:246:C700:9B0:A57B:85B4:7889:AE7D (talk) 19:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback! I actually prefer not to use the access date field unless I personally verify the content - and I typically only verify the citation details in these cases. But I can definitely make sure to include it when I do verify the information! Jmertel23 (talk) 18:00, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, mate. Vis-a-vis including the access-date field, perhaps include it, and leave it blank (urging us all on to verify). Cheers. 2601:246:C700:9B0:A57B:85B4:7889:AE7D (talk) 19:57, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

...at the Hayley McLaughlin article, most recently. (I am going to stop now, knowing that there is little risk that you will think you are unappreciated. (Will still say this in the Edit summaries from time to time, but not much more cluttering of your Talk page.) Cheers, thanks again. 2601:246:C700:9B0:4400:20AC:B374:431B (talk) 15:12, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

HAVP article
Hello, I improved the Draft:Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique article. I you have the time to review the changes. Hervegirod (talk) 15:47, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for adding the references. I've moved the article back to mainspace.Jmertel23 (talk) 23:35, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Have a good day (or evening depending on where you live)! Hervegirod (talk) 22:43, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

If you have an opinion
Regarding the AfD discussion, of this article that you've edited. plese feel free and stop in and express it. Cheers. 67.167.8.141 (talk) 05:14, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted
Hi Jmertel23. Your account has been added to the " " user group. Please check back at WP:PERM in case your user right is time limited or probationary. This user group allows you to review new pages through the Curation system and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or nominate them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is vital to maintaining the integrity of the encylopedia. If you have not already done so, you must read the tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the deletion policy. If you need any help or want to discuss the process, you are welcome to use the new page reviewer talk page. In addition, please remember: The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you also may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In cases of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, or long-term inactivity, the right may be withdrawn at administrator discretion. signed,Rosguill talk 21:48, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
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Tamer Mohsen moved to draftspace‬
Hi Jmertel123, Can you please clarify you need sources/citations to which part(s) of the article exactly? Because for example, his filomography is linked to the imdb pages of each series/film. So what else exactly can be more effective? Also, I have many sources but in Arabic language. Will they be accepted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angiemsk (talk • contribs) 15:12, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I would be happy to clarify. The issue is that the sources used on the page are not reliable - please see WP:CITEIMDB. Similarly, please see WP:CIRC regarding using other wiki articles as sources. It is importance to show that the subject of the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guidelines. It is fine to use non-English sources, as long as they meet the criteria described in WP:GNG. Hope that helps! Jmertel23 (talk) 15:43, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick responses
66.97.20.206 (talk) 21:28, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your flag, have another look
Appreciate you calling out our page and wanting to bring it into compliance. Please have another look at Draft:Katie_Bishop and let us know if this can be moved out of draft please. Kindly Nysky1 (talk) 18:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Seven Nations (Bible)
Hi, why was this article draftified within minutes of its creation? Don't you give people time to develop their articles? Yoninah (talk) 00:41, 3 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Agreed. In the meantime I have lodged a complaint with an experienced Admin . See User talk:DGG for a listing of my complaints against and requesting reversal of this very hasty and misinformed decision. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 01:24, 3 February 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm not treating this as a complaint, but just as a request to fix the problem.  I've revised it a little to show the sources in the usual manner, and accepted it. I would advise against AfD, for there are probably a few hundred secondary sources, though most will be in languages I am unable work with.  DGG ( talk ) 02:21, 3 February 2020 (UTC)


 * In response to both you comments here and on IZAK's and DGG's talk pages: I apologize that my action appeared to you as a violation of WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. That was most certainly not my intention. I never doubted that the topic met WP:GNG, but Wikipedia is built upon verifiability of claims. By moving the article to draftspace, my intent was to provide you with time/space to develop the article into one that appropriately verified the included information without the threat of deletion. I never said that you would need to wait 6 months to move it back to mainspace - in fact, I encourage moves back to mainspace once the core citations have been added, so that others can more easily help to grow the article. Jmertel23 (talk) 12:12, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Nikon D780
Will you please explain why you passed the above draft, which I've subsequently draftified? One independent source of low quality is nowhere near sufficient to show GNG. John from Idegon (talk) 01:00, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Because even so much as a quick google search shows many reviews of the product. It easily passes WP:GNG. I do see that is has since been moved back to mainspace. I typically only move articles to draftspace when they are either completely unsourced or have nothing but IMDb, social media, etc. as their only listed references, but when there are likely more sources available. Articles that truly don't pass WP:GNG shouldn't be moved to draftspace - they should be marked for deletion. Jmertel23 (talk) 12:12, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * This is NPP, not AfD. It doesn't matter whether the subject is notable. The article as you are reviewing it needs to show it. If the subject is notable but the article doesn't show it, then it should be draftified. We make a product. You don't put a car that is missing a hood on the showroom floor. If you aren't comfortable with draftifying, please at least just pass it over and look later. Passing articles that do not show notability is not the way to go. John from Idegon (talk) 23:20, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, please disregard, he is trolling me and has now apparently expanded his trolling to anyone who even tangentially supported me. WP:EDITING, which is official policy here, is quite clear on the behaviors expected from editors and John is failing that here in spades. WP:STUB is still active and in use, and the article at present has more than met the criteria for being kept as a stub to be expanded. Thank you, by the way, for your contribution when you fixed the placement of refs, I'd forgotten about WP:REFPUNCT. —Locke Cole • t • c 00:19, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Need an idea
Hi, as a new page reviewer, you might be aware of 'deleting a redirect'. An admin has moved Lekhraj Bhakri to Draft:Lekhraj Bhakri. I also asked him for a reason (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JJMC89#Deletion_reason?) but my reply went unanswered. Will you please elaborate the reason? If there is any changes or citations needed, i will add them too. Thanks TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 17:10, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Draft Acceptance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mohammed_Suhail_Chinya_Salimpasha
Hi Jmertel23: I've drafted an article on this young achiever, I wanted you to have a look on it :) quantumdots-x 06:37, 7 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quantumdots-X (talk • contribs)

Proposed deletion of 2020 Western Canada cold wave


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reFill
Hi, I notice you use reFill. This is a useful tool but sometimes introduces errors, most frequently inserting the unsupported parameter "|deadurl=y" instead of "|url-status=dead", such as here. I would ask you to preview your edits and resolve any issues before submitting. Thanks. --John B123 (talk) 12:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Jadsom Silva merge
Hi, Jmertel23. You tagged Jadsom Silva for merge, but, I think, you forgot to create the discussion.--SirEdimon (talk) 23:41, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Brazos TV Unreliable Sources
Greetings,

I noticed that you marked the Wikipedia page for Brazos TV as having unreliable sources. The sources listed are the FCC, the station's official website(s), the station's official Facebook page(s), and a link to the RabbitEars page for the station(s). Can you please let me know which source is unreliable, so that it can be fixed? Thanks! PlnOTA (talk) 03:28, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Your 9 January article deletion proposal
...of the Draft:AKKA Technologies article was without any substantive basis, my colleague. One wonders if you took the time to do any check, independently, to see if the company was notable (as opposed to judging it based on its minimal text, in the stub). No, AKKA Technologies is a French-based multinational that employed more than 20K and posted revenues of >1.6 billion $US in 2017-2018, and it has purchased companies in the U.S. recently.

If you need persuasion, go to the French wikipedia article, copy the first three lines, paste it into a Google search, and when the search result appears, click on the link to Translate this page—as I have done for you here. The issue with the article is not the notability, it is that it was only a stub, and poorly sourced. The rich non-company sourcing at the French article can be tapped to start, and thereafter, the business literature in the US can be used to finish building the foundation. Once again, the issue here is not notability; it is—not speaking of you, here, but of the state of things in the relevant Wikiprojects—ignorance at Wikipedia of international business in general, and of multinationals based outside the US, in particular. [ a former prof ] 2601:246:C700:19D:1D3B:4DA7:3920:BBAB (talk) 06:28, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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Hafez poems
Hi Jmertel23. You were kind enough to improve the categories on some articles I wrote on Persian poems recently. There are now six articles on poems by Hafez, namely:
 * Shirazi Turk
 * Sīne mālāmāl
 * Mazra'-ē sabz-e falak
 * Goftā borūn šodī
 * Zolf-'āšofte
 * Dūš dīdam ke malā'ek

Do you think there could be a category called "Hafez poems" or "Poems by Hafez" (in addition to Persian poems)? Kanjuzi (talk) 18:52, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

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Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2015 disestablishments in Vermont


A tag has been placed on Category:2015 disestablishments in Vermont requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Stub tags
You recently removed a template I should not have put on an article. Thanks for doing so -- I fear I may have a few others to remove now that I know not to put the generic expansion encouragement temp on already specifically categorized stubs. Thanks again, Jasphetamine (talk) 01:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

CEF
Thanks for your comments. I was glad that I finally had some time to contribute to Wikipedia and fill gaps on research topics I am familiar with. But am now so discouraged that I am close to giving up contributing. I am a university employee and wrote about a large 13-year collaborative research effort I have been involved with on the managing side. Only someone who is familiar with this issue can cover it well. Why should that be a conflict of interest? I included published references to support almost every sentence. I appreciate that the first version was too long. The topic deals with very complex and broad collaborative research and cannot be split into several articles. So I have been working to reduce the size and structure the structure the text better. However, there is no point for me to continue this work if you delete my article due to conflict of interest. Please advise. Cef-mc1 (talk) 14:06, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing references on VT coronavirus page
Thank you for fixing the references on 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Vermont, particularly for the ones for articles with multiple authors. For speed, I have been simply using the "cite news" option on the "Templates" menu in the default editor, and that template pop-up does not provide an option for multiple authors. I appreciate seeing how to do it now with "last2", "first2", etc. Thanks - Dyork (talk) 16:23, 23 March 2020 (UTC) (and greetings from elsewhere in Vermont)

Nancie Rideout Cleanup Reorganize
Thank you for adding this template to the page I created. I have made some modifications to try and comply with the layout guidelines. Could you give me some feedback? Thank you :) Luzz (talk) 20:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2002 disestablishments in Vermont


A tag has been placed on Category:2002 disestablishments in Vermont requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital
Hi Jmertel23, I made significant changes to a page you left a multiple issues tag on. I hope you could take a look and approve my changes and the subsequent removal of the tag. I should also mention I looked for notable events to expand the article, found nothing which isnt routine coverage. best, Pratat (talk) 16:42, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks good - thank you so much for doing that! Jmertel23 (talk) 10:16, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for contributing to the article about Alisa Mahdich! :)

Independence1989 (talk) 10:05, 8 June 2020 (UTC) 

Lanzalonga moved to draftspace
would not be enough to tag it as a translation from a different language wikipedia article ?

btw someone commented that lanzalonga is not english, so now "katana" should be deleted from the english language wiki because it's japanese ? "glaive" also isn't english, it's from french

btw in Tudor english Lanzalonga was written in english language directly from the original italian as "Lanza Longa" or also translated as "Long Spear" - I do not care for which version of the name should be used on wiki, they are all the same

https://www.hroarr.com/manuals/fiore/omsg_lanza.pdf

for details on pole weapons, sorry it's a quitely long article

http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/tag/GIALDE/

The Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (Italian for "Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as Treccani for its developer Giovanni Treccani or Enciclopedia Italiana, is an Italian-language encyclopaedia. The publication Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout The Ages regards it as one of the greatest encyclopaedias along with the Encyclopædia Britannica and others.[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treccani

from a blog

https://tophat.games/blog/the-militia-of-medieval-communes

Shields and spears were no longer in the hands of a single soldier: the spear was now held with both hands, having stretched out to 13 feet or more, becoming a weapon called "lanzalonga" (literally, “long spear”). The shield also became larger, rising up to 6 feet, wider and capable of fixing itself to the ground.


 * These are fine references. If you could add them to the article, it would be fine to move back to mainspace. Jmertel23 (talk) 14:48, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Atif Tauqeer
Hello Jmertel23. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Atif Tauqeer, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The few sources indictate that he's a published journalist in a major medio outlet, so I think that's enough for A7. Needs to go to AFD. Thank you. Ged UK  15:04, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020
Hello ,

NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference. In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
 * Your help can make a difference
 * Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
 * Discussions and Resources
 * A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
 * Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
 * A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
 * Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.

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Hello, how are you? can you review this page Draft:Ali AL-Suleiman and you can move it to the article and thank you https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/עלי_מחמוד_סולימאן you can see his page on Hebrew wiki it was accepted, and it has Turkish independent sources - --Turki bin Faisal (talk) 17:17, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Francis Boakye Agyen destub
Hi, I added more information to the article on Francis Boakye Agen the stub template can be removed. Could you please review the article for confirmation that it is no longer a stub? I'm a bit new to Wikipedia editing and would appreciate your opinion. Thanks.Naa2Darkoa (talk) 22:12, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for adding more specific tags
Thanks for adding specific tags. I still struggle with finding the best ones. I always try to add more specific ones when I find them, but sometimes I had to resort to the generic ones. Would appreciate some tips when you have some time. — Infogapp1 (talk) 21:09, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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Solar Foods
As an editor of Solar Foods please go and read its talk page:. Thank you! Jjanhone (talk) 12:28, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya)


A tag has been placed on Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya), requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  18:08, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya)


The article Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:13, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello ,



It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to and  who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to, , and who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
 * Year in review

has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
 * Reviewer of the Year

As a special recognition and thank you has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
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Thank you!
Thank you for reviewing my first wikipedia page, I made. First timer so It helps alot

Phillypaboy123 (talk) 14:49, 24 January 2021 (UTC) 
 * My pleasure! Let me know if you have any questions about any of the edits I made! Jmertel23 (talk) 16:41, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

You "Speedy Deleted" one of my Pages.
I am more than happy to review and revise my page to meet all Wikipedia Guidelines, however, I do not have access to it anymore. Please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcfmagic (talk • contribs) 13:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that you can request to retrieve the content via this page: WP:REFUND. Jmertel23 (talk) 23:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Category:Buildings and structures in in Belvidere, Vermont has been nominated for discussion
Category:Buildings and structures in in Belvidere, Vermont has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Regards, SONIC 678 17:41, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Gillian Conoley
I am wondering if I could ask your help in updating Gillian Conoley's page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Conoley I started to update it but I am new to editing and don't always know what counts as verification. I added her most recent book of poetry but there are more. I saw that you are helping with the gender gap on Wikipedia. Mailperson (talk) 00:23, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Randy Jaye article
What exactly needs to be edited, added or deleted on the Randy Jaye article?

Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy-J (talk • contribs) 02:36, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Zoos established in 2018


A tag has been placed on Category:Zoos established in 2018 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 15:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Buildings and structures in Vershire, Vermont


A tag has been placed on Category:Buildings and structures in Vershire, Vermont requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Can you please approve/restore a page you moved to draft?
Hello, I'm SiberianCat. On 7 January 2020, you moved a page I had created, Asterix and Obelix: The Silk Road to Draft: Asterix and Obelix: The Silk Road because the film had not yet commenced shooting (WP:NFF). After delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, shooting is now underway in France (commenced on 12 April 2021). Can you please restore/approve/un-draft the page, as the film is no longer in pre-production. Or can I simply approve the page myself? I submitted the page for review, resulting in an automated template response advising me to wait up to 5 months. By the way, the English title of the film has been changed to Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (in case you're wondering why the title is now different). Thank you. SiberianCat (talk) 01:27, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello, SiberianCat again, just wondering if you have the time and inclination to respond to my above inquiry. If not, can you please suggest someone else to approach? Thank you. SiberianCat (talk) 09:36, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Iymen Chehade|Iymen Chehade: Category Tags
I have updated categories for Iymen Chehade and removed the tag. Thank you! TsunamiPrincess (talk) 17:09, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

WIR nom!

 * All those small edits improving other articles is a great contribution. Victuallers (talk) 16:44, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

About adding the Use mdy dates template to articles
Please do not add the Use mdy dates template without taking account of WP:CITEVAR and WP:CITESTYLE – if you are going to continue to do this, you are going to need to start using the cs1-dates parameter of the template (see template docs) at many articles so that you don't just change the ref date style at the article in violation of WP:RETAIN. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:09, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note that this didn't seem to be an issue for perhaps most of the articles to which you added the template – either the "simple" version of the template matched the established date ref style at the article, or the article had a hodgepodge of ref date format styles (and thus didn't have an "established" format style). But it was definitely an issue for some that already had an established ref date format style that the Use mdy dates template will "override" unless the cs1-dates parameter is used. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:58, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Custis Lee
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 13 June 2021 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Jelica Vazzaz improvement recommendations
Thank you so much for the technical improvements you made to the Jelica Vazzazz article. The categories you added to this article will come in handy when adding them to other similar articles I am working on and/or considering putting up. I put together that extremely simple stub so that it would actually be up online on Wikipedia as a motivation to keep doing more work on it, rather than just sitting on the material and coding that I have been collating and putting together, so yes, as per your recommendations, I plan on adding at least somewhat substantively (a couple of paragraphs?) to this article over the next few days. Vazazz seems to be a pretty important sportsfigure whose international reputation hasn't yet become commensurate with her actual contributions. QuakerIlK (talk) 13:34, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Mainchi Cultural prizes improvements
thank you for the suggestions and edits ... I added the a link to the article under 4.29	Japanese literature section of List of literary awards ...  I will be continuing to research other awardees ... this is somewhat complicated by sparseness of English language discussion of Japanese literature and poetry prize winners. Hoping folks with Japanese language skills get involved. Thank you again. Emoritz2017 (talk) 23:29, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

"Sweetener" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Sweetener. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 26 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. UserTwoSix (talk) 17:40, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Small Help
Sir thankyou for your contribution for adding a category in this wikipedia page Masturi, Chhattisgarh but sir this page is not searchable in google why? an you tell me the answer Brij Kishore Sharma (talk) 05:26, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
Hello ,

Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.

Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our  Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but  there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.

At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.

There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

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 or its software. Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:31, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

COI Reported
Jmertel23, I appreciate your concern here. I have self-reported the COI so there is a track record at the time of article creation (in addition to your statement). The article is written using primary sources and should act as a good seed for future growth by the rest of the scientific community. Let me know, or edit, any statements if you see bias. Prof. Muller has over a decade of highly visible work which is not yet captured by this article, but can be extended immediately if necessary.

I am working to increase visibility of world renowned scientists on Wikipedia---famed scientists in physics and engineering are currently under-represented.

Hovden (talk) 19:04 PM, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Seoul Metro 5000 series
This page is ready for mainspace. Why do you feel free to move to draftspace? Don't move to draftspace! --Hajoon0102 (talk) 23:08, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It needs references, and then it will be good to go! Jmertel23 (talk) 00:16, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your participation in the November 2021 New Pages Patrol drive
Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 81 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  12:33, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Jmertel23!


Happy New Year! Jmertel23, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Abishe (talk) 12:41, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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"Gold Leasing" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Gold Leasing and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 1 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. NotReallySoroka (talk) 18:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

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.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do 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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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.


 * Reminders
 * Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
 * 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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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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
 * Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
 * 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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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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NPP Award for 2020
Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2020. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are just getting caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:51, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Nomination of Jeeveshu Ahluwalia for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Articles for deletion/Jeeveshu Ahluwalia until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 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.

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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive is on!
You are receiving this message because you signed up to participate in the drive, but have not yet reviewed any pages in October. We would love to see you over at the backlog drive! Buidhe 10:49, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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".
 * Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
 * Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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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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Early end of the backlog drive
A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

Great work everyone! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination of Henry Douglas Shawcross for deletion == A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Henry Douglas Shawcross 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/Henry Douglas Shawcross 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. Banks Irk (talk) 20:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC) ==

afd Banks Irk (talk) 20:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Jmertel23!


Happy New Year! Jmertel23, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello , The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day. won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
 * Backlog
 * 2022 Awards

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from  to  '''

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as and  have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.


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please update short description on top of article
short description must be updated on top of article. see layout. visually it does not change anything, however it plays an important role in search results. <_> jindam, vani (talk) 04:38, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation project to improve PageTriage
Hi, as an active New Page Patroller, I wanted to make sure you were aware of an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation project to improve the PageTriage extension. We recently published results of user interviews, and have some findings that we would value patrollers' opinions on. If you haven't yet, please consider adding the project page to your watchlist to stay up to date with our progress! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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ReferenceExpander
Just a friendly heads-up in case you weren't already aware, since it's installed on your common.js: Careless use of ReferenceExpander has caused serious problems. It's currently at MFD, and a large cleanup project is underway to repair the citations damaged by the script. I and several other users have !voted that the script be deleted or disabled, and I wouldn't recommend using it at all unless you thoroughly check every reference it modifies against the previous revision. If you're interested in a more detailed explanation of the script's issues, has provided an excellent summary at the MFD. — SamX &#91;talk · contribs&#93; 05:08, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello , Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by  and  with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of, and also some patches from , has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

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Hello , The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Luxembourgian pharmacists


A tag has been placed on Category:Luxembourgian pharmacists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 21:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Malagasy pharmacists


A tag has been placed on Category:Malagasy pharmacists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 21:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Inbal Dance Theater
I received an email notification that you changed https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inbal_Dance_Theater&redirect=no. The redirect appeared automatically after I changed Theater to Theatre. In what way did you change it? Mcljlm (talk) 19:31, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
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New pages patrol newsletter
Hello ,

Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.

PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.

Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.

Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:South African genealogists


A tag has been placed on Category:South African genealogists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 05:50, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello Jmertel23:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!

The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
Hello ,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)