User talk:NorthBySouthBaranof/Archives/2018/May

Please read WP:BRD
You seem to be unfamiliar with how Wikipedia works. You used the edit summary "It's relevant to the article and you don't have consensus to remove it." here You can't repeatedly add something after others remove it with good cause. That is the opposite of WP:BRD. You have to have consensus to add controversial things. You need to remove the term "slaveowner" from the lead of the article on the University, as it has nothing whatsoever to do with the university, isn't a summary of the body of the article, and isn't any one of the most notable things about George Mason. Natureium (talk) 19:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The material has been in the article since May 5 and has only been removed by two anonymous IPs that disappeared into the aether without discussion. Two editors in good standing have replaced it. If you wish to open a discussion about removing it from the article, you're welcome to do so. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:06, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
I appreciate your rapid review and helpful edits! Activist (talk) 06:21, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018
Hello, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:
 * WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 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.

Deletion tags
 * Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:
 * A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons
 * There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Paid editing - new policy
 * Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines
 * The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
 * Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English News Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * 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, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.
 * Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
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