User talk:Kges1901/2019/November

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
 * Coordinator
 * 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
 * Second set of eyes
 * 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.
 * Arbitration Committee
 * Community Wish list

ACR of Arthur Blackburn
Hi Kges1901.

I noticed you closing the ACR for this. I had spotted it earlier, but had thought that "Please wait 24 hours after a review is listed here before closing it to allow time for last-minute reviews." in the instructions above applied. Have I got the wrong end of the stick? Or were you a bit enthusiastic?

Cheers

Gog the Mild (talk) 12:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I've noticed that, but sometimes I do jump the gun. Kges1901 (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * In recent years, those instructions have generally been seen as redundant. In the early days of the project, ACRs could be very cursory. These days, they are usually comprehensive, and few editors bother to offer a fourth content review unless there is an abstain or oppose. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:33, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * In which case, would it be appropriate to remove the instruction? Gog the Mild (talk) 22:38, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, but perhaps we should discuss it on the coord talk page first, just to ensure that my view reflects the consensus. I think that as long as the closing admin checks there are three content reviews, and image and source reviews, it is unnecessary. Occasionally an editor lists an ACR that isn't quite ready, but that it a separate issue. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:42, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS O'Flaherty
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article USS O'Flaherty you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 20:40, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:44, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of USS O'Flaherty
The article USS O'Flaherty you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:USS O'Flaherty for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Surprise, surprise, surprise!
I got to Chickamauga the other day. I uploaded my photos to the commons category "Viniard Field (Chickamauga Battlefield)". The ones for the 21st Illinois are:


 * file:Viniard Field monuments, Viniard Field, Chickamauga Battlefield (10).jpg

through


 * file:Viniard Field monuments, Viniard Field, Chickamauga Battlefield (22).jpg

except #15.

We drove past it, so lost some time. We got there just about sunset. You can tell that I was walking in, photographing every one, until I got to the 21st. The main side of it faces east, so I was shooting into the Sun. There are some artifacts of that. These photos are JPEGs straight out of the camera. If you choose one for the article, I can work on it and improve it. I think #20 is best, but choose the one you like. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Many thanks and happy Thanksgiving! I've selected #20 for the article as the color seems more natural than #10. Kges1901 (talk) 00:42, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, shooting into the Sun affects that. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:20, 30 November 2019 (UTC)