User talk:Synoman Barris/Archive 8

Moonbase
Sorry about that, I was just testing. You can revert back to normal.

Many Regards, Max — Preceding unsigned comment added by IMTPresidentMassey (talk • contribs) 12:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * We have a Sandbox for that. Cheers-- Megan B....  It’s all coming to me till the end of time  12:04, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Shem HaMeforash
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman (talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Answered on your talk page. Cheers -- Megan B....  It’s all coming to me till the end of time  14:54, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Shem HaMeforash
Please see the talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandor Newman (talk • contribs) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Answered on your talk page. Cheers -- Megan B....  It’s all coming to me till the end of time  14:54, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

History merge request
Go to Requests for history merge to request this through proper channels. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 08:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Jo Bamford
Hi, Thank you for taking a look at the Draft:Jo Bamford page I was working on. I appreciate the feedback :) I'm new at this and was wondering if you could give me some pointers on how to improve it? I know you're busy so any advice you can offer would be great. Thanks! --Eatthecrow (talk) 20:29, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Hello, when I reviewed this version of the draft, it didn't conform to our policy on MOS:WTW. Editor has rewritten the draft and it's seems okay now. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  08:59, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Babylon's Ashes revert
While I think the initial edit was grammatically poor, we don't have to cite plot sections; they are hammered out strictly through consensus. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 15:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Hello, thanks for noticing that and notifying me. Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  15:38, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Removed content
Hi there, Re the added content requiring a source. I am the source, I am an engineer who works on the vehicles in question and over time I have personally carried out the modifications that make up the added/edited content in the article. LRV1007 (talk) 18:44, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Tools
You used tools here to delete a good deal of text that in fact had refs, indicating that it did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Taylor&diff=1069259790&oldid=1069259760 --2603:7000:2143:8500:4988:58A5:565D:7845 (talk) 12:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Reply
I left you a reply on my talk page. Were you had left a message.2603:7000:2143:8500:65B2:D214:16B9:D0A8 (talk) 11:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has strict rules on BLP articles you cannot add any defamatory information without a citation as you did at the article. A glimpse at the article now shows that you've made your correction and included a citation. Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  11:50, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * There were a number of sentence with citations that you deleted. And that have not been restored. 2603:7000:2143:8500:4988:58A5:565D:7845 (talk) 12:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

The Copyright notice on the Zane Grey Theatre article.
I am sorry but the user who added that gave no valid reason to why a copyright notice should be there. It was merely an act of vandalism, seemingly, and should be reverted. What is supposed to be copyrighted and not covered by fair use? _ The Mummy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.0.73 (talk) 11:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Help with citing
Hi! I edited Chimy Ávila's page to include some info I thought was relevant. However, I have no idea how to add citations. https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/osasuna/confidencial/2019/10/06/el-chimy-peculiar-estilo-llevar-asi-pantalon-corto-666806-3366.html and https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/chimy-avila-caminos-oscuro-lleva-delincuencia-droga-trabajar_0_H1aVmlxdm.html were the sources I used. If you could point me to a formatting guide (if such a a thing exists; if not, something like that would be extremely helpful for editing), I could fix it, however, if it'd be easier to just do it yourself, be my guest. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:F91:B320:10DC:7714:F2D:21BD (talk) 16:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello I left a link at your talk page pointing to WP:CITE. It has all the information required to help in citing sources :). Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  17:42, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Grand Council of Bern
I think you made a mistake. I removed content on Grand Council of Bern, but adequately explained the reason. The last election was held in 2018, and the current composition is explained in the infobox on the top right corner. The summary and explanation in the "Composition" section is outdated and misleading. There is also a banner that calls for updates. No need for overpolicing. Thank you for your understanding. --95.237.77.50 (talk) 12:58, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that my edit summary was misleading, but before moving a whole paragraph you should leave a note at the talk page to see if there's opposition. If there's not,you can go ahead updating and fixing the contents . Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  13:06, 12 February 2022 (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.

Edelman Fossil Park Wikipedia Deletion
Hi,

I recently deleted the content of the Edelman Fossil Park Wikipedia page. I know this seems like a mistake, but my employer requested I remove the content so that it can be reviewed and edited offline before resubmitting. Is this okay? I'm not sure if there is another way to keep the content but turn off the page from the public until it is ready to go live?

Thanks for any help you can provide, Rowan-earth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan-earth (talk • contribs) 20:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello please read WP:COI and make the relevant suggestions bon the talk page for comments or make an edit Request. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  21:02, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

My edit
Hey thanks megan i am new to editing on wikipedia the source is here this is in regards to the current russian-ukranian war

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60542877?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93%26Ukraine%20media%3A%20Nova%20Kakhovka%20has%20fallen%20to%20Russia%262022-02-27T06%3A19%3A35.454Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:e25b1c3a-4ade-42f2-a3a2-7b1396df8a11&pinned_post_asset_id=621b1674ec502b53cd47fe93&pinned_post_type=share via @BBCNews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.29.20 (talk) 09:12, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, when you edited the article you did not include the source for verifiability. You can re-add the text with an included citation. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  10:20, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion for E-Daakhil
Hi Synoman Barris. Thanks for your time and efforts for reviewing this article. I observe that you have placed a speedy deletion tag. As the article is informational for the aggrieved consumers as per Consumer Protection Act'2019, it is not written to promote any organisation or institution. The portal is created to facilitate for complaints in case of any fraudulent trade. Request you to kindly remove the tag. Gardenkur (talk) 07:53, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Request to become a student
Hello! I've been an active reader and IP editor for many years, and a few months ago I decided to create an account, something I should have done long ago. Anyways, I'm leaving you a message to ask if I can become a student of the Counter-Vandalism-Unit.? Leave a message on my talk page for a response. Thank you,Telefocus (talk) 21:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , Hello, thank you for your message and welcome to Wikipedia. I regret to inform you that I am not able to take you through CVUA as my student for the following reasons:

Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  07:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) You have not reached the minimum threshold of 200 mainspace edits
 * 2) Looking through your edits, your not involved in antivandalism work
 * 3) Youve some behavioural notices on your talk page which aren't solved yet
 * 4) Most, if not all of your edits are to your talkpage or Wikipedia namespace.


 * , I understand, I could have sworn the whole point of the Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy was to learn to spot and counter vandalism, which is why I am asking to be a student, so I can learn. I also read the page and it does not appear there are requirements to become a student of the CVU. Telefocus (talk) 16:04, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Leart Paqarada page edit
Hello,

I have made some edits voluntary to the page of Leart Paqarada but i received an notification that you removed all the changes.

I actually have changed his stats by updating them on the actual season. I just want to let you know that all the informations i put in the change are verified and you can find them in the official page of the Club and also on https://www.transfermarkt.de/. So, i think you have made a mistake.

Thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.22.51.147 (talk) 08:57, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Rukmini
Hey which part of Rukmini edit you removed? Actually I was editing a lot so I wanted to know which one? Shivanships (talk) 21:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

CVUA Request
Hey you seem to be the only instructor left that seems to be possibly available in a timezone that is close to mine I notice that it says you aren't accepting students but the other instructors say they forgot to update their thing or remove themselves from it so I am assuming you may have a spot. I wish to become a student in the CVUA to learn how to better handle vandalism on Wikipedia as it will be my primary focus in my time being here. I hope you will consider taking me on as a student and I hope you have a great day. Sky The Wolf (Talk) 14:43, 24 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Do however note that at this time I have 184 edits to the mainspace but am currently attempting to get that number to above 200 to prove that I have mastered the "principles of basic editing" according to the CVUA page. Sky The Wolf  (Talk) 14:48, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, thank you for taking interest in CvUA. Unfortunately, I may not have the time to take you through the course at this time due to some real life issues . Otherwise welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  14:56, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Are there any other instructor able to take on students at this time? Sky The Wolf  (Talk) 14:57, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Synoman Barris I just wanted to note you said you may not have time to take me through the course however it does not matter to me whether you take a while to respond I just was hoping to do the course no matter how long it takes so if you are able to do it on and off I would be grateful to still be a student and do the course regardless of the time it takes. So I hope that this may make you possibly reconsider. Sky The Wolf  (Talk) 15:03, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, per my comment I stated that at this moment am really don't have the time nor the capability. I am really sorry for the inconvinience. Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  13:13, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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It is just my own theory. Wrglahl LCD söz (talk) 18:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Mount Gambier move-note
Thanks for working on move-reqs. One nit in your tagging at Talk:Mount Gambier: the old move box says "from Mount Gambier to Mount Gambier" but the move was actually from "Mount Gambier, South Australia". I wonder if there is a bug in mCloser that it followed the redirect that previously existed? Of if because you did that script after the actual move it used "current name" rather than parsing the move-req? DMacks (talk) 15:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, thanks for the note. It seems that the script used the current name after my move as you've identified above. It's all fixed now. Cheers Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  16:00, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick-fix! DMacks (talk) 16:02, 7 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.

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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.


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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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Now that all of the mandatory warnings, explanations, and rules have been disclosed to you, let me end this on a positive note by welcoming you to the ACC team. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions, and I'll be more than happy to answer them and help you. Thanks again for your interest with participating in the account creation process, and I welcome you as a new member of the ACC team!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:38, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

enrollment
Hello, I would like to enroll as a trainee under you. In regards to Wikipedia counter vandalism. Uricdivine (talk) 21:42, 28 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.


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NPP message
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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.
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CVU student
Hi, I'm MarioFyreFlower, and I'd really love for you to reach me to become a member of the Wikipedia CVU! That would be great, the M@R10FYREFLOWER 19:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

New CVU student
Hello Synoman Barris, my name is Machibito and I would like to be part of the CVU Academy, I know how to use the Ultraviolet tool to reverse non-constructive edits and I have scrapped some edits with it, although I would like to learn more about how this tool works to avoid committing an error, a greeting. Machibito (¿A question?) 21:12, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

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

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Draft:Stephen Ogweno
Hi, I don't want to take much of your time, but just wanna know what exactly is missing from the draft when I have provided multiple independent and reliable Kenyan sources for the bio? For example, these sources give in-depth coverage of the subject:, , and. Thanks in advance. Insight 3 (talk) 04:59, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

IPBE
One year. Courtesy pings --  Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I see that you gave them IPBE for one year with zero reason logged. The original steward ticket does not explain the reason why they still need IPBE at this time so far after expiry. If they would like to email stewards again and ping me, I'd be happy to look. If you also want to email me too, that's fine. I just can't grant for absolutely zero reason. -- Amanda (she/her)  16:54, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello Amanda, I've sent an email Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  19:32, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Request on 09:46:23, 3 March 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Lydia Starr
Hello, I'm responding to your message this evening declining my Draft:Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein). I need some clarification on one thing you wrote. Also, I suspect that because of issues with the initial section of the draft, you overlooked the many solid citations in the subsequent sections of the draft that point to significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject and focus directly on her, not in passing. I believe the problem is that the initial section lacks these, and I ask you to reconsider by more closely reviewing the subsequent draft sections. The subject is notable because unlike anyone else, she is a popular practicing psychic as well as a well-published and awarded literary poet as well as a much-reviewed jazz singer. These latter two aspects of her professional work are referred to DIRECTLY, not in passing, in the citations in the two sections on her work as a poet and as a singer. All the citations in these two sections are significant, published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. But I think you may have overlooked this because the initial section of the draft about her work as a psychic lacks published material that can be cited and therefore does not have the same quality of citations. But under the section "Books and Publications," citations 9-11 note books authored by the subject that are published or about to be published by prominent literary publishers, including one university press. After this, citations 13-23 refer directly to prestigious literary journals and anthologies that have published the subject's poems. These are not passing references but examples of actual publications. I did not give a full citation for every single publication by listing volume, journal no., etc. (and I could if you recommend it), but these 13 citations are significant examples. The section also includes citation 12 which notes a prominent award from the National Endowment for the Arts in creative writing that was given to the subject. Few other honors are as great in American literature. The next section of the draft on "Jazz and Groove Singer and Spoken-Word Artist" also includes many citations of independent, reliable sources that focus directly on the subject; these verify her notability as a singer/spoken-word artist. Citations 24-40 are reviews that prominently focus on B (Bernstein)'s seven recordings, usually reviewing just her most recent recording but sometimes including recent related releases by others; still, these are direct, not passing, references to the subject, and a review of more than one musical artist at a time is customary in these journals. These include the most important jazz journals in the United States (Jazz Times, All About Jazz, L.A. Jazz Scene, etc.). Citations 41-43 give examples of her widespread radio play. Can you give another look at these two sections of the draft? I believe you will see that they meet the criteria for significant sources verifying the subject's notability as a literary poet and a singer/spoken-word artist, including the uniqueness of being both. As for her notability as a psychic, it's difficult to cite independent sources for this, but it would be inaccurate to leave out of the draft. Would it make more sense to move this section last or de-emphasize it? I agree that the references to workshops given by the subject are unfortunately less substantial, but the nature of this work leans against written references. Finally, I don't understand what you mean by "Too much primary sources." I don't mean to offend you, and I realize you are probably working quickly and using some shorthand, but grammatically "much" goes with a singular noun rather than a plural noun like "sources." Do you mean too much content from one primary source? Or too many different primary sources? Also, I don't know which primary source or sources you're referring to. In any case, I do see that the first section on her work as a psychic lacks the solid and numerous citations of the other sections of the draft. In summary, given what I've written above, I hope you'll see that it is simply not true to say that citations 9-45 at minimum, and a couple of the initial citations, are NOT reliable, independent, secondary sources showing the subject's notability. I believe that they are and you may have been misled by the initial summary section and the section on the subject's psychic practice. Could you reconsider? Or advise me of an editing path to move this forward to acceptance? Thank you so much, LS

Lydia Starr (talk) 09:46, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, the reason I declined your draft was due to the presence of many primary sources, I would advice you to remove the sources such as Facebook, not use her self written blogs to cite sections. After you've corrected the mistakes with the references I advice you to resubmit the article once again for another reviewer to take a look. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  11:39, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Great! Thank you, that's very helpful. Will do. -- LS Lydia Starr (talk) 00:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Noratelimit right
Something to be aware of as a global rollbacker involved in ACC: Per Global rights policy, Global rollbackers may use the rollback, suppressredirect, markbotedits, and noratelimit functions on the English Wikipedia only in the context of counter-vandalism efforts. Since normal people are only allowed to create 6 accounts per day, and the only reason you can create more is the global rollbacker flag, per policy you are required to create no more than 6 accounts per day until you get  some way other than through global rollbacker status (such as by becoming an account creator). * Pppery * it has begun... 17:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
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Draft:Captain Miller (film)
You had previously declined it, saying it didn't meet WP:NFILM. Now does it? Kailash29792 (talk)  04:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, I reviewed this version of the draft, at that state and from my source search I couldn't confirm that the film had begun principal photography, therefore declined it per NFF. While there is improvement in the current draft (the author has given a source to confirm principal photography has began), it seems to be bombarded with alot of sources many of which are unreliable/or have questionable reliability i.e Times of India. Still needs a cleanup IMO. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  07:01, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The Times of India comes between no consensus and generally unreliable per WP:TOI. But it seems acceptable for non-government purposes as this is a film article. Either way, it shouldn't be an obstacle to getting the article to mainspace. Given that Captain Miller (film) is currently a redlink, I could easily move it. But I prefer to play fair. Kailash29792 (talk)  14:14, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Per this discussion, it should be reliable for non-controversial topics. That should allow its usage here since the film is not controversial (yet). Kailash29792 (talk)  14:18, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Closed Requested Move at Chinese Communist Party
(Edited due to an issue with the original post. Mobile Wikipedia certainly has its bugs. Designated Management (talk) 15:40, 12 May 2023 (UTC))

Hi Megan, I'm unsure why you closed the RM at Chinese Communist Party. My understanding is that the function of the thread is to investigate whether a consensus can be established on moving the page, and that the discussion is to be closed either when one is established or when it becomes clear one cannot be established.

While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd articulated the case for movi While it is certainly true that a consensus had not been established at the point of your closure, the discussion was still active; the most recent a comment against the move occured at 3AM 12/05 (this morning), and a response was given at 7AM (by me). I'd also note that I'd had some success justfying the move to an editor who previously had not found the move justified. As such, it seems reasonable that a consensus could have been reached in the course of the discussion.

Please let me know if there is anything I am missing regarding policy here, as I am relatively new to editing Wikipedia. However, if I've got the general gist of the procedures right, I'd appreciate it if you could reopen the RM.

Kind regards, Designated Management (talk) 15:37, 12 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, RM are usually open for seven days unless relisted if consensus is not reached. When I read through the RM, it was obvious to me that there was a consensus and it was not  to move since valid points were given by the editors opposing that  was relevant to policy. I think this is better suited for a WP:MR since am unsure whether to reopen the discussion while I believe it shall lead to the same result. Cheers  Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  17:00, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

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I have noticed that my article has been deleted again. Several versions have been created, and with each subsequent one, I have improved the article to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. Previously, there was a version of the article with fewer references, but they were of high quality. It was rejected because it did not meet the notability criterion. I created another version that included the previous references and added new references found on the internet. This version was also rejected. As I mentioned before on my profile, this entry is a project for my studies, and I have no affiliation with the company. It is crucial for me to add it to Wikipedia as it will contribute to a higher grade. Please provide specific information on which part of the article needs improvement, which references to remove/add, and any other steps I should take to successfully get this article on Wikipedia.

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 * DraftCleaner fixes formatting of new articles.
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 * User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages adds a button to highlight all unreferenced paragraphs in reds, and can even do it automatically.
 * Still hate Vector 2022's floating TOC? User:Phlsph7/UnfoldedNumberedTOC(Vector2022) might make you give it a try.
 * Quite a bit of pages at Special:WantedCategories either exist now or got removed. User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/hideUnwantedCategories automatically hides those.
 * User:SuperHamster's Tools/View it! generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizing Structured Data on Commons. Images can then be added as needed.
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 * /HeaderIcons takes away the Vector 2022 user dropdown and replaces it with all of the icons within, top level, right next to the Watchlist. One less click away! There's also an alternate version that uses text links instead of icons.
 * ...and any more, all available at WP:US/L.

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 * Making user scripts load faster by SD0001 is this month's featured script, which caches userscripts every day to eliminate the overhead caused by force-downloading the newest version of scripts every time you open a Wikipedia page. Despite being released in April 2021, our best script scouters have failed to locate it due to its omission from the US of L. For security reasons, the script only supports loading JavaScript pages.

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After earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
 * Aaron Liu has created What redirects here from Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere; their fork includes support for every MediaWiki wiki, corrected link positions, an access key, and some rudimentary translation.
 * Ahecht has created a fork of SiBr4/TemplateSearch, which adds the "TP:" shortcut for "Template:" in the search box, and updated it to be compatible with Vector 2022.
 * AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast is a much faster fork of the classic goToTop script that also adds compatibility for Minerva and Vector 2022.
 * Mesidast/Tidy citations is a fork of Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations is a fork of Waldyrious/formatcitations. It configurably harmonizes whitespace and cleans up parameters in citation templates, descriptive edit summary included.



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Unfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
 * Many of our favorite scripts such as Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and Bradv/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
 * Elominius/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
 * To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
 * We want...
 * ...a mark-as-read button and watchlist notices support for Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
 * ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to TheJJJunk/ARA
 * ...a fix/fork of DannyS712/SectionRemover to make it work

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 * A simple script to second or archive proposed deletions
 * A script to auto-expand V22 ToC sections like this demo
 * A WP:3O response tool that can automatically remove the relevant request from the 3O dashboard
 * A byte filter to be split from Nux/LongTableFilters
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests

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 * DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks add links to the "warn" and "disallow" messages in edit filters.
 * Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script adds an option to use Web2Cit (which WP:ProveIt also uses) instead of Citoid to generate citations in the Visual Editor.
 * Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm stops you from accidentally submitting anything due to pressing enter while in the smaller box, and works on almost anything... except the InputBox element itself, used in subscription lists and the Signpost Crossword! Oh, the humanity!
 * CopyVio detector, Adiutor.pngǵu/Adiutor (pictured) provides a nice, integrated interface to do some twinkley tasks such as copyvio detection, CSD tagging, and viewing the most recent diff.
 * Eejit43's redirect-helper script demo.png43 has quite the aesthetically pleasing scripts, all made in TypeScript.
 * /afcrc-helper is a replacement for the unmaintained Enterprisey/AFCRHS and processes Redirects for Creation and Categories for Creation requests.
 * /ajax-undo stops the "undo" button from taking you to another page while providing a text box to provide a reason for the revert.
 * /redirect-helper (pictured) adds a much better interface for editing and redirects, including categorization, for which valid categories are dictated by /redirect-helper.json.
 * /rmtr-helper helps process technical requested moves without being able to actually move them.
 * User Info Popup screenshot 1.jpg2/UserInfoPopup (pictured) adds a flyout after the watchlist star on userspace pages that displays the common information you might use about a user.
 * Jeeputer/editCounter, under userspace, adds a portlet link to count your edits by namespace, put them in a table, and put that table in a hardcoded subpage, all in the background.
 * Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks converts all section links to use the § sign, which are known to be preferred over the ugly # by 99% of the devils I've met.
 * Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable highlights phrases commonly used in spammed and POV'd paragraphs.
 * FormattedEditRequest-in-work.pngDungKhongDinhDanh/FormattedEditRequest (pictured) generates a wikitext-formatted diff view of any changes you've made that you can copy and paste anywhere.
 * PrimeHunter/Category source.js adds portlet links to tell you where a category for an article comes from and supports those from template transclusions.
 * Qwerfjkl/massCFD creates mass WP:CfD nominations.
 * Rublov/refspace highlights footnote spacing errors in red.
 * Sophivorus's MiniEdit adds some nice, li'l buttons next to paragraphs to edit their wikitext with a minimal interface.

Edit-listings

 * Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks adds more and customizable links next to users in page history, logs, watchlist, recent changes, etc.
 * Firefly/more-block-info optimizes the display of rangeblocks in contribution pages. Doesn't work outside the English locale of any wiki, unfortunately.
 * Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs adds the edit filters that an edit tripped (if any) to a user's contributions page.
 * Nardog/ExamineMore makes it so the paging at Special:AbuseFilter/examine actually works, pending a fix to.
 * NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader makes paging links (e.g. older 50, 500, newest) load without refreshing and makes you realize how slow your internet actually is.

Appearance-ricing

 * Ahecht/RedirectID adds the redirect target to all redirects. For all the WP:NAVPOPS haters. (Do these exist?)
 * Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal: Remember the "strike blocked usernames" gadget? Now you can use a red, dotted line to highlight rangeblocks and global locks!
 * GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink replaces the [ ] link with 💬, which is some sort of rainy cloud I guess?
 * En.WP VPP Screen Shot 2024-01-13 with custom CSS.pngey/common (pictured) has some styles to overhaul your Vector 2022 experience. It reduces padding everywhere, and makes the top bar animation faster.
 * Aaron Liu/V22 is a fork that narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and restores the old page-link color for links that don't go outside the current wiki.
 * Nardog: SmartDiff is a spiritual successor to Enterprisey/fancy-diffs. It makes the page title part of links in diffs clickable, along with template and parser function calls. Unnamed parameters can be configured per template to also be linked. All links are styled based on the normal CSS classes of rendered links.
 * Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC (Vector 2022) reinserts the inline table of contents to pages under Vector 2022.
 * For the paranoid: Rublov/anonymize replaces your username at the top of the screen with the generic "User page" text. Remember, it is your duty to persuade everyone that editing is an honor.
 * Sideswipe9th/Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu moves the Page Tools menu to the left and makes it float along with the table of contents.
 * Sm8ps/SectionEditing makes pressing Tab toggle the visibility of the tiny [ ] links next to section headings.. Not a great name, eh?
 * The wub/tocExpandAll adds a button on top of the floating ToC to expand or collapse subheadings.

Permissions required!

 * Ahecht/potd-helper: A script to post the picture of the day. A powerful upgrade for your mop.
 * Selective Rollback dialog.pngniez
 * /AjaxBlock provides a dialog box for easy input of reasons while blocking users.
 * /Selective Rollback (pictured) provides a dialog box to customize rollback edit summaries and does them without reloading the page. Seriously, why doesn't MediaWiki already do this?
 * Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter automates (nearly) all the work needed to post a DYK hook.

QOL shortcuts

 * BrandonXLF/SVGEditor lets you edit any file that is an SVG, straight from the file page.
 * DanCherek/UAABotRemover adds a portlet link to enable a removal shortcut of faulty reports from Usernames for administrator attention.
 * DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage helps you destroy webhost-ers' hopes and dreams with a user-friendly dialog box.
 * ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js adds a "link" button right after the "reply" button while the WMF struggles to reach feature parity with Convenient Discussions.
 * Isaacl/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard does exactly what you'd think it does, but in Wikitext.
 * FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus adds a shortcut at the top to edit your /Status subpage while providing a pre-made template.
 * Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole: What a mouthful! Yet all it does (no offense) is add another button on top of the Lua module debug console.
 * Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink adds a link to metawiki:Special:GlobalWatchlist next to the normal watchlist.
 * Nardog
 * PasteToCommons adds a paste handler to upload the pasted image to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Unpipe tries to detect violations of WP:NOPIPE and fix them as much as possible.
 * Ohconfucius/tometricunits automatically adds unit conversions of imperial units in brackets after their uses per MOS:UNITS.
 * Suntooooth
 * /flickrsearch adds a portlet link to search for uploadable flickr images about the subject.
 * /randomincategory adds a portlet link when on Category pages to go to a random page in the current category.
 * Vghfr/EasyTemplates adds a portlet link to automatically insert some of the most common inline fix templates.

Yes, we're just doing 'em as we go now. Thanks for reading through this looong issue, if you did! I'm sure this'll send a record for the longest issue ev-ah. You may need to wait even longer for the last issue, as our reserve of old-y and goodie scripts have ran out... We encourage you to try and do some of the requests or improvement tasks. See you in Summer, hopefully!

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Discuss this issue MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 1 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!

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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.

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