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November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello SunDawn:

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)

The Signpost: 6 November 2023
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Gavekal
Hi. I would like to seek your help in reviewing the article, Gavekal. Seems it got lost in NPP queue. Thanks  Imcdc  Contact  08:28, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

AFC for Tactical Assault Group
Thank you for your AFC review of Draft:Tactical Assault Group. Could you provide your specific concerns with the article? It appears to meet the criteria in WP:GNG, and is sourced like various other similar articles in mainspace. For example, another editor approved the creation of Battle of the Gods via AFC here in June—an article with fewer independent sources than Tactical Assault Group. Thank you. Airborne84 (talk) 18:04, 4 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello ! After re-examining the references provided I think the article could pass the notability requirement as while I didn't have access to the magazine, I think the magazine is independent enough from the gaming company. You are welcome to re-submit your draft. Have a good day! &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;    (contact)   00:11, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I asked for another review at the AfC Help Desk. Appreciate your time. Airborne84 (talk) 00:51, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news

Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Draft: LukasCzinger
Hi SunDawn. Thank you for taking the time to review my draft submission. The sources I have submitted including Forbes and Bloomberg are secondary and independent. Does this not meet the criteria? Several others are primary or interviews but those two are secondary. Concerning notability, he is the founder of these companies and singled out personally for his invention and contributions for example with the Forbes 30 under 30 award. His profile is similar to, for example, to Tim Ellis (engineer) and many others which are approved on Wikipedia. Thank you again for taking the time. All best Wikieditor7777 (talk) 21:35, 8 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello! In my opinion most of the references provided are discussing about the obviously notable company, but not covering him in-depth. The notability of the corporation is not automatically conferred to its founders/CEOs. Could you point out to an article that covered him in-depth instead of the company? Stating that article X is approved while Y is WP:WHATABOUT and should be avoided. Thank you and have a great day. &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;    (contact)   04:24, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you for the barnstar. It is greatly appreciated. &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;    (contact)   01:27, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2023
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Automated Article Creation Thank You Messages
I appreciate what you're trying to do with the automated article creation messages, but after receiving the exact same wording on at least three times in a row on my talk page it sort of has the opposite affect. It gives the same impersonal, robotic impression as a telemarketer. I know it's intended to encourage new editors, who probably don't create multiple new articles and thus wouldn't notice it, but for someone sees it multiple times it only reinforces the perception of Wikipedia as a cold, bureaucratic place.

Again, this is not meant to be negative, but just to provide a bit of feedback. If I had a suggestion, it would be that maybe you make your responses a little bit less formulaic – reference something specific to the article that is being referenced. Based on the last message I received, it seems that you vary the phrasing every month, and that is appreciated. Given the amount of pages you are reviewing, a personalized reply may be not possible. Either way, I appreciate the effort in trying to spread goodwill. –Noha307 (talk) 20:01, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your input. Have a nice day! &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;    (contact)   12:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 59
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 59, September – October 2023 
 * Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
 * Tech tip: Library access methods

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