User talk:The-Pope/Archive 12

happy new year
good to see you still around JarrahTree 13:40, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

exposure
just noticed the new article - we have been rather productive this month - so hope you dont mind - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Western_Australia#Recently_created_articles - cheers JarrahTree 15:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Monika Kos and Watto in the same month... this is just like the 3pm slot on Telethon! Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 15:50, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello ,

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
 * Source Guide Discussion

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
 * Redirects


 * Discussions and Resources
 * There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
 * A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
 * A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
 * A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
 * Refresher

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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020
Hello ,

NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference. In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
 * Your help can make a difference
 * Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
 * Discussions and Resources
 * A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
 * Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
 * A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
 * Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.

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greetings
there may well be positive editing for wa things at some point - if you help by notifying - you could well gain fame !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Western_Australia#WikiClubWest_and_WA_Project_Editor_of_the_Month

its very biased towards new content as maintenance seems to be a very passe way to flood the place :)  - cheers

trust you are enjoying lock down and the heat JarrahTree 06:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


 * ahhh if only... we all could edit with a summary like that... JarrahTree 10:08, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Damian Barrett
Can we please have a legitimate discussion per WP:BRD around the content of the Damian Barrett page, instead of you just reverting with a generic handwave towards WP:UNDUE? Also, Rollback functions should only be used in cases of vandalism. Devonian Wombat (talk) 13:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I consider blatant violations of WP:BLP to be vandalism. Go start a Bigfooty thread if you want to write like that. The-Pope (talk) 14:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators Noticeboard/Incidents
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Devonian Wombat (talk) 21:12, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello ,



It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to and  who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to, , and who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
 * Year in review

has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
 * Reviewer of the Year

As a special recognition and thank you has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
 * NPP Technical Achievement Award

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Peter_O%27Brien_(filmmaker)
I'm not sure this person is notable. Please fix the issues or the page risks being deleted. Bearian (talk) 17:17, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure your comment is appropriate. this was my last edit to it, 10 years ago. Spamming every editor in the history with a blunt message isn't really the way to influence people to help out. The-Pope (talk) 08:56, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Apologies for bothering you. Bearian (talk) 20:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Please feel free to explain the importance of your pet subject...
Everything in Wikipedia was made up or discovered by someone at some point. The criteria under SCRABBLE is to indicate to me and everyone else why it is relevant to literally anyone except for a couple of pissants down at the pub in WA and what the notability is to Wikipedia at large. ILIKEIT is not a good enough reason. --120.22.186.12 (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you
Hello. I wanna thank you for reverting back to my edit in the article Jason Behrendorff. I also think that maybe Blue Square Thing undid my edit by mistake. But thank you for understanding that my edit was the correct one and thanks for reverting back to my edit. Thank you again. Chynapras (talk) 18:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

thank you
have a good weekend! thanks for keeping WA/Perth assessments updated! much appreciated. JarrahTree 07:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

re your edit summary - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:No_Mandatory_Vaccination_Party&diff=prev&oldid=1011678877&diffmode=source - yes - some projects have bottom importance! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_talk:Unassessed-Class_Astronomy_articles_of_Bottom-importance  like, wow... JarrahTree 07:54, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

the saturday/weekend worst - has a lift out of what some local club footie players have ended updoing (judges, etc...) - maybe you have already seen it/know about it... JarrahTree 05:13, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll try to look it up in the coming days when it appears on the free access via SLWA (you do know about that, don't you? Includes full text searching back to 2006!) The-Pope (talk) 06:37, 10 April 2021 (UTC)


 * very very inneresting - no I didnt know about that! Thank you and may the current weird weather bring you rain but not damage... JarrahTree 08:19, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
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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!

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Maurice Rioli Jr, as applies to Gary Ablett pages
Hi, just saw your move of Maurice Rioli Jr. to a title without the full stop. Noting that I took to the format from Gary Ablett Jr/Snr pages, are you able shift those two or else standardise and move Maurice back? Don't want an inconsistency to arise within the project. DustyNail (talk) 13:41, 9 August 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. 04:33, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Templates For Discussion - AFL Player Significant Statistics Templates
A new discussion has begun regarding the AFL Player Significant Statistics Templates. Please add your thoughts there. DiamondIIIXX (talk) 00:30, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Peter Rumney moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Peter Rumney, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  scope_creep Talk  16:37, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * User:scope_creep, please make sure you read the history and template the **article** creator, not the **redirect** creator. The-Pope (talk) 04:15, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * My mistake. Sorry about that.   scope_creep Talk  15:44, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Need a couple of days more
Have nearly finished all of the work that's needed before I can make the required adjustments to the various Fitzroy players' articles.

Also, just to let you know that one of the significant sources for information about that particular match -- a special article, at Boyles Football photos, specifically written from the most significant player's (i.e., the successful-Polly-Farmer-nullifier-on-the-day, Brian Clements) point of view — has been unavailable for more than four days.

Without any explanation, each and every aspect of the the entire internet entity, Boyles Football photos, has been totally unavailable; and, given that there's no explanation for its absence, I'm uncertain of when this entirely invaluable resource will be restored. However, given this circumstance, I just wanted to let you know that, once I have completed all of the currently-do-able aspects of the required work (i.e., a stand-alone article about the match), I will set about making the adjustments to the various players' articles in the manner that you have suggested (and, at the same time, keep my eye out for the restoration of access to the currently unavailable Boyles web-site). FYI. . . Lindsay658 (talk) 04:10, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Please see the just-created 1963 Miracle Match. I will deal with the recommended adjustments to the various articles over the next few day, FYI. Lindsay658 (talk) 13:58, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * All finished with the 4o players as well. Thanks for your advice, explanation, and suggestions. Also, very puzzled about the very valuable Aussie Rules resource of "Boyles Football Photos" still not being available. Lindsay658 (talk) 22:21, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Lindsay, I haven't had a chance to review it yet though. In regards to Boyles, you can always try to use Wayback Machine to find old versions. They can still be acceptable as reliable sources. See . But I've asked Michael about it on Bigfooty, and he hopes to be back up and running this weekend. The-Pope (talk) 13:38, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your participation in the November 2021 New Pages Patrol drive
Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 16 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  12:49, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:South Coast AFL
Template:South Coast AFL has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:19, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Aussie Olympian at AfD
Hi - hope you are well. You might be interested in this AfD. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:51, 24 January 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.

Concern regarding Draft:Peter Rumney
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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) 05:01, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Peter Rumney


Hello, The-Pope. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Peter Rumney".

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! 04:10, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

What were you thinking?
Surely you're aware that WP:NAFL has been overturned and a single game no longer serves as absolute criteria for article creation? New articles have to meet at least the WP:SPORTBASIC standard of referencing, which this article clearly does not – built entirely off a couple of database references and a couple of WP:ROUTINE game coverage refs. Perhaps you're still suffering some sort of sugar coma after too many Easter eggs and hot cross buns? Aspirex (talk) 08:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

seems like I'm the only one trying to write an encyclopaedia today. The-Pope (talk) 12:28, 5 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.


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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:26, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs
Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. TartarTorte 16:16, 19 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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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Delete Lelo Sejean from Wikidata and Commons please
Dear The-Pope, Since you Afd’d the page of a non soccer player who never kicked a ball in his life, a low life named Lelo Sejean, a big time HOAX from Geelong who apparently “played in Paraguay” but in reality is a failure from Geelong, I’ve tried deleted his Wikidata and Wikicommons pages and photos but can’t do it on my own because someone Lelo most likely PAID is keeping him in the Wiki system. Could you delete it all for me and wipe Lelo’s name off of the face of the internet? Regards From a hater of that big time Charlie called Lelo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.185.197.131 (talk) 12:17, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, The-Pope!


Happy New Year! The-Pope, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

— Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 16:00, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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NBL is the company. The competition is the "NBL's competition".
I note you are a follower of Australian Football and, uncommonly, have been able to distinguish between the entities (AFL, WAFL, SANFL, TIAFA, South Fremantle AFC and other leagues, associations and clubs), the competitions and the sport of Australian Football.

The National Basketball League is a misnomer as it has never been a league of teams or clubs but just a single organization operating a competition. Basketball Australia in one of its entity forms (among bankruptcies and restructures) was the owner and operator of the NBL competition and spun the NBL off into as subsidiary company, National Basketball League Pty Ltd and then sold the majority of shares to Larry Kestelman. The name "National Basketball League" is a trading name of National Basketball League Pty Ltd, which means behind the name, is the company. A trading name such as 'Jack's plumbing' is not a separate thing but is just Jack, trading as 'Jack's plumbing'. "National Basketball League" and "NBL" are trademarks used by National Basketball League Pty Ltd which means behind the names is the company. There is no separate entity or thing called the National Basketball League. What you refer to is not the National Basketball League but the National Basketball League's competition. The NBL's competition is not the NBL. The competition should be referred to as the "NBL's competition". You would not refer to a school fete as the school. You would not refer to a swimming competition as Fremantle Pool. Regards,115.42.1.170 (talk) 23:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

One of your edit summaries referred to "common use" in reference to names but when that use is mistaken or otherwise incorrect, it shouldn't be utilized in Wikipedia to further mislead. We can't protect fools from themselves but Wikipedia and its editors shouldn't be misleading and deceiving. You're an Aussie Rules supporter. Many people mistakenly call Australian Football "AFL" but Wikipedia makes the correct distinction and does not mislead readers on some justification that it is "common use".

In your request for page protection, you claimed:
 * "editor has a very strange concept of what this article is about ... and thinks this article is about a company, and not a league."

but a league is a type of organization, so an article about the National Basketball League is about the organization, which is the company. The NBL's competition is not the NBL, its the "NBL's competition". Regards, 115.42.1.170 (talk) 11:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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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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2023 AFL debuts page.
Hey can you help me with the page. I want to add all the information in but it takes way too long to write or replace all the formatting for each player. For the debuts section could you please add a row for each player who has debuted from round 3 onwards with the round as well so I can go through and add all the data easily? Im asking you as you are the only other contributor on that page. Flipstatic Energy (talk) 10:24, 30 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've actually got a spreadsheet that helps semi-automagically fill in those tables. Just haven't had time to do it (too much sport to watch!) I'll try to update it soon. The-Pope (talk) 10:59, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok It just got too much for me to understand. I believe I have the team changes up to date but I dont have afl tables links or age of debut. Flipstatic Energy (talk) 11:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bother you but how do you find the age of debut for the second club players as that isnt on afl tables? Just wondering thats all. Flipstatic Energy (talk) 01:06, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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2023 debuts page
When is the page going to be updated just wondering Flipstatic Energy (talk) 12:40, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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Brian Vear
You created this stub seven years ago. Thought you might like to know that someone finally got around to taking it to a start stage. Rgds -( Sticks  66  ) 12:30, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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Patrick Voss
Hey I have a question and I am asking you since you made his page but I am certain Patrick Voss's goal was also the first kick in his AFL career. How do I find whether this is true or not. (When I looked at player stats in the app after his goal he said he had 1 kick and the goals was already at 1.0).

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