User talk:Sulfurboy/Archive 28

Draft:Ila Fiete
Hello, this draft should be deleted, there is an article Ila Fiete already. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 16:04, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Maria Vittoria Cusumano


Hello, Sulfurboy. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Maria Vittoria Cusumano".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 22:49, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Reminder about my resubmission of Draft:Sanusi Mohammed Ohiare
Hello, I wish to remind you of my appeal of your approval of my resubmission of Draft:Sanusi Mohammed Ohiare which you declined to on the 23rd February 2020 on the basis on minimum standard inline citations and citing sources using footnotes. I took interest in the draft when I came across the subject in my quest to publish notable Nigerians on Wikipedia. I have made your recommended adjustments and wish to request your approval to move the draft to article space. Thanks for your guidance. Bibihans (talk) 16:45, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Bibians U|Bibihans

Concern regarding Draft:The Law of Nature (1916 film)
Hello, Sulfurboy. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:The Law of Nature (1916 film), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:02, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Argentina at the 2022 Winter Olympics
I was wondering if you could help me move this article into mainspace, it belongs (a nation confirmed as having qualified athletes for the Olympics) but the creator did not know what they were doing, and did not source it, so I understand why it was moved to Draft.18abruce (talk) 22:12, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
 Hello :

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

The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

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

There is currently a backlog of over articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject Articles for Creation at 21:54, 7 July 2021 (UTC). If you do not wish to recieve future notification, please remove your name from the mailing list.

Karolina Zmarlak
I was recently hired to work on Draft:Karolina_Zmarlak. I am not associated with the prior editor(s) that were suspected of COI. I have completely rewritten the page and Paid Editing has been disclosed. Let me know if you can re-review this. Alice Jason (talk) 18:14, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks
For your help on the Saul Holiff article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.87.55.226 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Page of a survivor from WTC7 "not notable"?
And especially when him and his family disappeared?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LO5V2CJpzI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clark_(September_11_attacks) > Example page of a survivor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.230.169.61 (talk • contribs) 14:30, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Karina Flores Biography
Hi Sulfurboy, Hi Sulfurboy, I genuinely believe that the article is compliant now as I made an extensive research and I applied the required missing elements to the draft Draft:Karina Flores you suggested. I really appreciated your comments so I could improve my editing knowledge. Could you verify the draft again or any further suggestions is really appreciated, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LovingOperaForever (talk • contribs) 02:36, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Resubmitting Draft:Sanusi Mohammed Ohiare
I wish to appreciate your notification of the correction in the references and have made appropriate corrections and resubmitted the draft for your further addition or deduction.Bibihans (talk) 19:39, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, Am Ajna Aju from Kerala, India Thanks for contributing to my first ever article on wikipedia, its been 3-4 four months you have last edited the article, but yet it is not published,, can you help me out with the article..? article - Draft:Vidhya Vinod — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajna Hamza (talk • contribs) 16:21, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey
This is me checking up on you and hoping you and yours are in good health. Stay safe old friend. Celestina007 (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Hope all is well
I remember I once checked up on (I think, during the early days of the world pandemic) I hope work isn’t stressing you too much. I hope this message meets in you in good health and peace. Celestina007 (talk) 22:17, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah I see now that asides then, I even messaged you on the 9th of last month to check up on you. Please do remain safe Sulfurboy. Celestina007 (talk) 22:21, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Sulfurboy, I have lost some people during Covid, and I am glad you are back, please be safe, you have nearly a decade doing this, and I would love for you to help me establish a page on Leon Derrick Youngblood SR, he has major articles with George Varga Pop Music Critic San Diego Union-Tribune Newspaper and was noted as a Music Maverick by the newspaper, in addition to partnering with Beyonce's father on the best sellers Destiny Child the Untold Story and also contributing as a narrator, in addition to getting recording artist Stephen Wesley his first recording contract with Sony, to getting his son LEON ROCCSTAR YOUNGBLOOD JR who is one of the biggest music producers in the United States, I don't have one percent of what you have but when someone works as hard as this man he deserves his place in our world he makes life better for others, Youngblood SR, also put together Maya Angelou's final project, I know why the caged bird sings, these are very important accomplishments to their communities, I KNOW YOU CAN DESTROY ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FORMULATE THINGS BUT I AM ASKING FOR HELP AND YOU SEEM TO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY YOUR PEERS FOR DOING JUST THAT HELPING PEOPLE MUSIC SUCCESS AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH I AM TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MINE

Leon Derrick Youngblood SR
Leon Derrick Youngblood Sr, born Nov 27, 1963, from Newark, New Jersey, Youngblood is a music manager, managed Tommy Redding, who was the main recording artist on the 'I Apologize" album with Ginuwine as the main artist, it reached number 50 on the Billboard charts. Leon also managed his son music producer Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood JR, setting him up with publishing deals with Primary Wave, and Chris Lighty. Youngblood partnered with Beyonce's father Dr. Mathew Knowles and helped collaborate on the book "Destiny Child The Untold Story" in which he was a narrator. Leon Youngblood Sr is also credited with getting Recording artist "Stephen Wesley" his first recording contract. Leon Youngblood is also listed as the number 38 business executive on Ranker for AT&T. Leon Derrick Youngblood SR also co-wrote the song on Chris Brown's INDIGO album "Troubled Waters" the album reached number one on the Billboard top 200 charts. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8518882/chris-brown-indigo-number-1-billboard-200-chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wesley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Apologize_(album) Youngblood also worked closely with music icon Chris Lightly of Violator Records, Youngblood got his son music producer Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood JR, signed to Violator his first major deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violator_(company) Leon Derrick Youngblood SR, is a narrator on the book "Destiny Child The Untold Story" along with Dr. Mathew Knowles. https://www.amazon.com/Destinys-Child-The-Untold-Story/dp/B08BB2G6PRSharonmoonlover (talk) 23:00, 6 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. 04:32, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest. Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
 * The template db-afc-move has been created - this template is similar to db-move when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Concern regarding Draft:Bangladesh Railway Class 6000
Hello, Sulfurboy. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Bangladesh Railway Class 6000, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 05:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Bangladesh Railway Class 6000


Hello, Sulfurboy. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Bangladesh Railway Class 6000".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 06:09, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

You have been pruned from a list
Hi Sulfurboy! You're receiving this notification because you were previously listed on the AFC's participants list, but you haven't made any edits to the English Wikipedia in over 6 months. Because of your inactivity, you have been removed from the list. If you would like to regain access to the AFCH script, you can do so at any time by visiting WT:AFCP. Thank you for your work at AFC, and if you start editing Wikipedia again we hope you will rejoin us. Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) &#124; Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. &#124; Sent at 18:01, 9 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.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Request to Review Article: Changes Made Based on Feedback
Hello Sulfurboy, can I request you to please review my submission? I've made certain changes based on the feedback you provided earlier. Thank you for your time.

Here's the link to the submission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Zakir_Hossain_Akanda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mregulations (talk • contribs) 13:31, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:26, 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.
 * To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

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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.
 * Invitation

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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) 03:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed
Hello Sulfurboy! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! &mdash; MusikBot II  talk  17:22, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

==Discussion at Talk:List of Jewish states and dynasties § Did attempts to change POV in this list go too far & make it more biased?== You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Jewish states and dynasties § Did attempts to change POV in this list go too far & make it more biased?. Peaceray (talk) 00:07, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Help with a new page?
Hello Sulfurboy,

I wanted to reach out to see if you could help me once again with getting a new page ready for publish.

This is what we are working with. Short but solid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Gray_Leadbetter Manderson619 (talk) 05:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Deletion review for Air Milford
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Air Milford. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ThumperOP (talk) 08:52, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol needs your help!
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.

Reminders:
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Sent by using  at 06:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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.

Reminders:
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus
Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:46, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello Sulfurboy:

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) 13:25, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:John Max
Hello, Sulfurboy. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:John Max, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:07, 20 March 2024 (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.

Reminders:
 * You can access live chat with patrollers on the New Pages Patrol Discord.
 * Consider adding the project discussion page to your watchlist.
 * To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

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