User talk:NorthBySouthBaranof/Archives/2017/February

New Page Review - newsletter No.2
Hello , We now have New Page Reviewers! Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October. The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work! It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to. Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten. This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody,  and
 * A HUGE backlog
 * Second set of eyes
 * Abuse
 * 1) this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting  in  a community ban.
 * 2) this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in  a community ban.
 * 3) This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election
Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

David Strausser
Hi NorthBySouthBaranof, I think you are misunderstanding the article or do not understand the significance of it. Not only is Strausser a semi-famous journalist in the tech industry, but he was also the first WHITE, non-Mexican, non-Latino, non-Hispanic Binational Advisor to the Mexican Government with an official title and was allowed to represent the country of Mexico to not only domestic (Mexican) press but also foreign (American) press. This was a historic move for race relations in Mexico as in Mexico, they are how the United States used to be 75 years ago and if you are not Mexican, you do not get high ranking government posts and you are not allowed to represent the country in the press. This is a historic individual for civil rights in Mexico and represents the change coming forth in Mexico for minorities. This is only one of the significant achievements that are worthy of Wikipedia. He is also the co-founder of TechChicas(.com), which is an award winning (by TechCrunch, Penn State University, and others) educational platform to educate women in poor Latino countries in technology. This was a first and was revolutionary. Journalist, Historic Figure in Civil Rights/Government Figure, and creator/founder of an award winning, life changing, educational platform (which is also a charity). Per this discussion and your instructions, I removed your "deletion" tag form the article. I would ask that we keep communicating on the issue prior to another tag being submitted as this individual more than meets the minimum standard to have a page included on Wikipedia. Thank you NorthBySouthBaranof. Dstrausser83 (talk) Talk • Work 22:43, 04 February 2017 (PST)
 * First of all, if you are, as your username suggests, the subject of this article, you should not be creating articles about yourself as that poses a clear conflict of interest. Secondly, while I am not doubting your personal accomplishments, the encyclopedia's standards for inclusion are available for your review at WP:BIO, and I do not believe that the article subject has, as required, received significant coverage from multiple published reliable sources. Brief mentions of the fact that the subject was someone else's publicist at one point or another do not meet the guideline for "significant coverage." Therefore, I have nominated the article for deletion through our standard processes, and you are welcome to make your case on the corresponding Articles for Deletion page. Please be aware that the Wikipedia editorial community is highly skeptical of autobiographies and does not look kindly on conflicts of interest. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 07:09, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Amonkhet) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Amonkhet, NorthBySouthBaranof!

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Boleyn (talk) 13:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Arbitration motion regarding GamerGate
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:07, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard


 * Though I don't think we've ever had any meaningful interaction, I have several times been accused of being you under an alternate name. Given that, I feel I have to say welcome back--and it seems obvious to me that termination of the ban is warranted.  Have a nice day. Dumuzid (talk) 21:14, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Gold Butte National Monument
Mifter (talk) 15:46, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections
Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3
Hello , Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed. We now have New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced. If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:35, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Still a MASSIVE backlog

Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is WikiThugs on Ahmad Mohamad Clock Incident. Neil N  talk to me 20:51, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I get the sense that I made a mistake not blocking the user immediately. At my defense, there was just so much text to go through... El_C 21:44, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries. We both tried to assume good faith for as long as possible, and probably longer. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 21:49, 27 February 2017 (UTC)