User talk:TheAwesomeHwyh/Archive 2

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

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Article Bhima
Sorry, I thought I reverted the edit which was below. My intention was to revert the edit below it. But by mistake, I reverted wrong edit. Thanks for telling me. Once again sorry for unconstructive editing. Karna DV (talk) 08:46, 27 November 2019 (UTC) Karna DV (talk) 08:47, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Awarding a barnstar

 * Thank you so much! TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Making false accusations and investigations
Baseless claims made against me because I edited Info on Bart Sibrel. Apparently this person thinks I operate off multiple accounts which is false. CorruptVaccines (talk) 13:56, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Category:Yellowface in Film has been nominated for discussion
Category:Yellowface in Film, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Le Deluge (talk) 16:09, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019


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Harriet
You removed my edition of the Harriet film. I provided sources. A lot of what I discuss is covered elsewhere on wikipedia, as demonstrated by the links I pointed to--unless you actually have doubt as to whether or not there were black slave catchers(there weren't), or actually that Harriet's owner bought a slave and then fell in love with her (though not enough to free her or not buy her in the first place, which required her to escape in the first place), and need some sort of scholarly validation of these things... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.197.184.250 (talk) 17:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

DYK credit lines
Hi, please remember to copy the whole credit line for each hook promotion. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:31, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Ah!
Ah! Thanks for popping by. I'll finish prep 3 and then call it a day. Montanabw (talk) 18:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

I do not appreciate you.
You removed my VERY important "m" in the Plants vs zombies garden warfare thing. Note that this is me declaring war. You will hear from me probably never again but nonetheless you will be D E S T R O Y E D. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troopas7 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi! I just wanted to say thank you for reverting vandalism recently (beating me a lot of times), but I was just wondering why you don't typically leave warnings to the vandals past their first offense. Without doing so, it's hard to report the vandals to AIV since they never received a level 4 warning. — Chevvin 19:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean. I thought I did? TheAwesome  Hwyh  19:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Taking a quick look at your history, it looks like you're giving out level-1 warnings, but not anything past that. Maybe your Huggle settings got messed up somehow?  I'm not entirely sure, but I figured I'd let you know that for whatever reason the warnings aren't working properly. — Chevvin 19:59, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Huh. Weird. I'll look through my settings now. TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:01, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't see an option for it in Huggle's settings. TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:03, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I'm not all that familiar with how Huggle works so I can't really help you, but it just seems really strange that it would just stop after the first warning. — Chevvin 20:09, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I'm going to try to figure this out before I do any more anti-vandalism work. I will try to update you if I figure out what went wrong. TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:11, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It turns out someone else had this issue too. I think I fixed it by doing this. TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:19, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like it works! Glad I could help, and once again thanks for being so quick with your reverts. — Chevvin 20:26, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thanks! TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:28, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Removed change from Armed Forces of Bosnia and Hercegovina
I made one slight alteration to a wiki regarding Bosnia's Armed Forces. I changed the word "Army" to "Armed Forces" as this is the correct term per the Oxford Concise English Dictionary (a combined Armed Forces is never addressed as an Army. This is linguistically and grammatically incorrect as A combined Armed Forces is a nations whole Armed Forces, an Army is but a nations ground forces. It is also deeply insulting to address non-army service personnel as army members). As such, it does not need a citation. It is already part of the English language. As such, please put my correction back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.80.218 (talk) 21:42, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I was using a semi-automated tool to do anti-vandalism work and I must've accidentally reverted yours. I have put it back.  TheAwesome  Hwyh  21:48, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

The Birds

 * Haha, thanks! TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:14, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Bird sanctuary copy and pastes
Hi. Do you know what's going on with all these bird sanctuary copy and pastes and how did you find them? --kingboyk (talk) 01:55, 23 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi. It seems to be some sort of class project that keeps happening. I used this search. I would welcome any help- seeing the number I think it might take me an hour to tag them all! See also: the SPI report. TheAwesome  Hwyh  01:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Goodness. At least we don't have to worry about SPI - from the link you gave me:
 * > Finally, there's no way I can justify the time to run a check on this many accounts given the lack of damage being done. You're welcome to block any accounts you wish if you think it's warranted, but unless something changes, this should not be handled at SPI.
 * I'll get a few more deleted for you this evening but I'll be off to bed soon. If you find any accounts which need to be blocked, drop me a line.
 * Thanks for the quick and helpful reply! --kingboyk (talk) 02:04, 23 January 2020 (UTC) (edit conflict)
 * Maybe a bot should be set up to automatically tag pages with the word "Ranganathittu" in them for deletion. Though, there might be false positives, like this page! I think there might have been a WP:AN/I discussion but I'm currently too busy tagging all these pages for deletion to find it. TheAwesome  Hwyh  02:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagging isn't strictly necessary, really; you could just find a friendly admin to trawl through the list and delete them (that's not an offer ;)).
 * I've done a few more - the slow part is checking the user contribs to ensure that it's valid for U5. --kingboyk (talk) 02:22, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. But the problem is these pages keep coming in waves, so even with all this tagging I'm doing, if no one else tags/deletes these pages, by next year there might 400 more of them, maybe even more! Also, I'm currently looking for any other sanctuary names that might be edited like this, will update if I find any. TheAwesome  Hwyh  02:27, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I think I tagged them all. I still haven't found that other name, though. TheAwesome  Hwyh  02:53, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * You tagged one which listed some other sanctuary names but it's gone now ;) This one I have open now might help:

BIRDS SANCTURIES IN KARNATAKA

I, Meena K, ASST. TEACHER,GHS SHESHAGIRIHALLI, BIDADI HOBLI, RAMANAGARA TQ AND DIST. search Birds Sanctuaries in wiki pedia, and found many bird sanctuaries in Karnataka. They are Ranganatittu Bird sanctuaries,which in Mandya disrict, Mandagadde Bird sanctuaries, an island, 30 km from shivamoga Gudavi Bird sanctuaries, Soraba Taluk, Sagara sub division, Attiveri Bird Sanctuaries Mundadodu Taluk, Uttaka Kannada district, Bankapura Peacock Sanctuaries, Haveri district, Adiochunchanagiri, Jonal Bird Sanctuaris ,Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuariesat shira tq. tumkur dist. and Magadi Bird Sanctuaries. are the well known bird sanctuaries in Karnataka Among all, Rangana tittu Bird sanctuaries is the best.

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, also known as Pakshi Kashi of Karnataka, is a bird sanctuary in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka in India. It is the largest bird sanctuary in the state, only 40 acres in area, and comprises six islets on the banks of the Kaveri river.
 * --kingboyk (talk) 03:02, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * That first batch is all gone now - User:Fastily lived up to their name and zapped what was left while I was writing to you :). --kingboyk (talk) 03:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC) (e/c)
 * Success! I already found one. TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:05, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This also seems to find one, but with a lot of false positives. TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yet another. TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:17, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * There's also this one, but it seems very rare for the articles to pop up there. TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:20, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Bankapura Peacock also brings up results. TheAwesome  Hwyh  03:24, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I managed to find another. This is getting to be almost comical. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:42, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This also brings up more. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:49, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * A HUGE amount can be found with this search. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:52, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * More with this. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Woah. It's been a few days and I decided to just search for "bird sanctuary". Some false positives, but there's hundreds more of the articles. Wow. TheAwesome  Hwyh  13:50, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * There was also an earlier discussion a few months back on my userpage. That's where I got the search to find them. There might also be others, I remember some of them using a different bird sanctuary but I can't find that. TheAwesome  Hwyh  02:01, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion
Hello again. When you encounter promotional edits in userspace where the username matches the name of the entity being promoted, can you please tag as G11 rather than U5? That makes my job a little easier as I don't have to clear the deletion reason box and then select G11. You might also want to report the username to WP:UAA, although a good admin ought to catch the username when they process the CSD.

(I'm referring to User:Mindsmediaads and User:SalechaHomes/sandbox; both pages have been deleted and the users blocked). Cheers! --kingboyk (talk) 18:04, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Playsaurus
I created a new draft article titled Playsaurus, and have been Google searching info about it. Would you be willing to take a look and find some sources so my article doesn't die? Thanks, King  of  Scorpions  19:09, 28 January 2020 (UTC)


 * It's not really my role to find sources for you. I can help you learn how to find sources on your own, but I'm not going to just do that work for you. TheAwesome  Hwyh  15:34, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I have a question
When I look at your edits, I notice that most have a "TW" next to them. What does that mean? Any insight appreciated, King  of  Scorpions  21:26, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * It means Twinkle, a popular tool that helps people make edits. I usually use it to tag articles for speedy deletion. TheAwesome  Hwyh  01:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Monty Python
I do not have a Wikipedia a/c.

Here's the actual footage:-https://www.huntleyarchives.com/preview.asp?image=1005679&itemw=4&itemf=0002&itemstep=1&itemx=43

It is NOT on the Norwegian Blu-Ray.

This is from Season 3. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:598E:7C00:E8FA:2660:AF7F:592F (talk) 02:09, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

NPOV articles
It was mentioned in the Teahouse that you can direct us to a list of NPOV articles. Do you have a link?--Quisqualis (talk) 01:28, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah. That was referring to a quick custom search I made. It's not actually geared towards non-NPOV articles, but rather promotional articles created by people with a COI.  TheAwesome  Hwyh  01:30, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It does have a lot of false positives though, be careful! TheAwesome  Hwyh  01:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

your question on my talk page
I answered your question about the deletion methods here. Let me know what you thought of my answer... King of  Scorpions  21:50, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

your sandbox page
I noticed the article you're making in your sandbox here. It looks pretty good! Do you plan to publish it as an article someday? Also, is the "Ping" feature not working? I thought I replied to you on my talk page... Weird... King of  Scorpions  18:35, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm going to publish it soon. I've been busy in real life lately so I haven't been able to reply. I'll try to reply to what you have on your talk page later. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I just published it. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:53, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. I'm busy sometimes, too... King  of  Scorpions  19:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Will you be available to mentor me today? I sorta want to learn some new stuff about Wikipedia... King  of  Scorpions  18:26, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hah. You left this message just as I was looking at your contributions. Sure! TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:28, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

mentorship
I looked at your contribs and you seem to be active as of 17:07 UTC. Are you available to mentor me today? I want to learn more about anti-vandalism... King of  Scorpions   (my talk)  17:08, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, in a little while. There's a lot of vandalism going on right now and I'm trying to help revert it.  TheAwesome  Hwyh  17:10, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * OK King of   Scorpions   (my talk)  17:11, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
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DYK for Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

When you come back...
... would you be willing to continue mentoring me? Thanks, King   of   Scorpions  01:04, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I never left, I thought you were the one taking a break! TheAwesome  Hwyh  06:14, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I guess it was kind of me. There were a few days that I was available, but you hadn't edited for a couple days, so I thought you were busy or something... Also, congratulations on 10K edits! King   of   Scorpions  16:36, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:39, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Save Our Seas
I would like to confirm that I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for my editing on Save Our Seas Foundation article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aikaterini.Klimogianni (talk • contribs) 21:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Kudos for mentoring
Just wanted to drop you a thanks - mentoring is probably the most effective means of keeping promising individual editors with the site, but it's a lot of work so I wanted to let you know at least one (two, counting KOS!) appreciated your efforts Nosebagbear (talk) 10:53, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

page move
Just wanted to let you know that everything mentorship-related was moved here. It really was taking up room on my talk, so I moved it with some prompting from ... King  of   Scorpions  16:39, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

American Banjo Museum
Hi,

I spent some time working over the citation needed tags in American Banjo Museum. I'm not fully done, but am for the moment. I am sending you this to see if my ref’s meet the tag removal on thise points. ThanksJacqke (talk) 22:41, 1 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I couldn't say, I don't know much about banjo's (or kazoos). My main concern with the article is most of it isn't even focused on the museum; but on the history of banjos themselves. A lot of that should be removed or moved to other articles. TheAwesome  Hwyh  23:51, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with that. Unfortunately, the banjo article has nothing ready to link to. Probably a large chunk of what I’ve just writer should be dropped into the history section there, and I can focus in the instruments. I appreciate you’re having glanced at the article. Jacqke (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Appreciation
The user: User:King_of_Scorpions has been blocked as a sock and I just wanted you to know that I noticed your efforts with helping a supposedly 'new' user with your mentorship. They asked for help on my talk page (now removed) and I too find this turn of events to be very disappointing. So yeah, just wanted to thank you for your contributions on Wikipedia and the time you spent trying with a 'new' user. Best wishes! -&#61;Troop&#61;- (talk) 11:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd just like to echo the above. I'm sure, like me, you guessed he was a sock, but it's hard without concrete proof as there's always a chance it's a genuine new editor. Please don't let it put you off mentoring other new editors. Keep up the good work. Giano    (talk) 15:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow... I honestly didn't suspect that. They were "learning" very fast but it was always in areas I had mentioned to them so I thought they were just like, reading a lot or something... I feel pretty stupid for not suspecting something was fishy, but I guess I was so excited to be helping out someone I just didn't stop to think about it, or something... Is there a WP:SPI page on them? I couldn't find one. TheAwesome  Hwyh  17:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Don’t you dare “feel pretty stupid.” It’s only cynical old curmudgeons like me who struggle to accept that anyone is ever that refreshingly keen, nice and polite. He’s the stupid one because he got caught. Giano    (talk) 20:44, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks Giano. TheAwesome  Hwyh  21:17, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't want to say anything in case I was wrong (and I hoped I was), but there was a reason I watchlisted his/her page (that's I how noticed the mentorship thread here). It happened to me with User:Chergles, like ten years ago.  Disappointing.  You always want to assume good faith, but WP:DUCK is a thing, too.  Like Giano and Trooper1005 said, your work is appreciated. Useight (talk) 18:36, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Recently welcomed KoS, saw they was blocked, also saw you were mentoring him and wanted to echo the above sentiments: Thanks for your work. Puddleglum  2.0 (How's my driving?) 20:27, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * +1 to the above. I noticed the mentorship at the Guy Macon RfA a while back. The two of you looked like a wholesome pair from what I could see; shame they ended up as a sock. You did a great job with the mentorship you did provide. Cheers, Utopes (talk / cont) 18:47, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Utopes. TheAwesome  Hwyh  19:46, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Quick question.
How do you edit what your sign posts look like. I want things to look like this Ocelot Creeper  ( ta lk ) not what it currently is. OcelotCreeper (talk) 20:30, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You can learn how to do that at this link. TheAwesome  Hwyh  20:32, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Quick question.
I know that there is an April Fools section on WP:AFD, but is there also an April Fools section for WP:RFD? Ocelot Creeper ( ta lk ) 02:19, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

April 2020
Hello. I noticed that you attempted to file a deletion discussion on the article Goolge but did not complete the process. Please note that, when listing an article for deletion, a discussion page needs to be made for other users to discuss whether to keep or delete the article. This is typically done by following the steps listed here. Thank you. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 06:22, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Can you write a page for me
Hi, I’m trying to write an article for J Grange a famous rapper but it won’t let me. Please could you Dothis for me Gg 1963 (talk) 16:53, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * No. The pages you have been writing have been promotional and I have thus tagged them for deletion. Are you J Grange or being paid by them? TheAwesome  Hwyh  16:55, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Category:Film soundtracks by genre has been nominated for deletion
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Sandbox
How do I make a sandbox? The Lord of Falafel (talk) 19:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * At the top right corner of Wikipedia, to the right of the "Log out" and "Contributions" buttons, you should see a link that says "Sandbox". Click on that. TheAwesome  Hwyh  17:15, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Prep 7
Hi, I don't know if you noticed, but we're running a person image in the previous set, Prep 6. When a new set opens up, please move this and choose something else. (We try to vary the image hooks among people/buildings/plants/paintings/graphs, etc.) Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:23, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. I'm going to work on prep area two now, seeing as prep area one uses a image about a typeface, I'll try to use a photo of a person in prep two, so that it's not two photos of inanimate objects in a row. TheAwesome  Hwyh  16:49, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Prep 2
Hi, please try not to put U.S. hooks side by side. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:47, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Where did I do that? TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:48, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, you just moved it to the quirky! Sorry I was quick on the draw. Keep going! Best, Yoninah (talk) 18:49, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay! I thought you were talking about when I moved it to the quirky. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:50, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, I finished the prep. Does it look good to you? TheAwesome  Hwyh  19:17, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes! Yoninah (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi again, I was thinking of promoting some hooks. Are you working on both Prep 4 and Prep 5 right now? Yoninah (talk) 13:10, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep! If you want, I can stop working on prep 4 so that you can do it.  TheAwesome  Hwyh  13:11, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks, I will. BTW could you promote Template:Did you know nominations/Carlshof Institutions to the reserved slot in Prep 3? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. TheAwesome  Hwyh  13:15, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but the ALT0b was the one that was approved. Sorry I didn't strike the rest. Yoninah (talk) 13:17, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry, fixed. TheAwesome  Hwyh  13:18, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Tagging of User:Smenehkebedesekela/sandbox
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on User:Smenehkebedesekela/sandbox. I do not think that User:Smenehkebedesekela/sandbox fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because This seems to be an attempt to solicit collaboration on Wikipedia articles, along with the approved "brief biographical information" mentioned in user pages, and so is not "unrelated to Wikipedia's purposes". If you wish, you may try using the simple proposed deletion (PROD) process, or the full articles for deletion (AfD) process, instead, if this was an article, or another proces such as MfD or XfD as appropriate. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 16:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC) .

RE
Not just a probable COI now. Latest post from that IP claims to be from Wiffle ball company's law firm. Meters (talk) 21:17, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Talkback
--WesternAtlanticCentral (talk) 13:54, 3 November 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

Six Month Queue Data: Today – 2262 Low – 2232 High – 10271

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Orphaned non-free image File:MySims Agents DS box art.jpg
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You have been pruned from a list
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article for Improvement
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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)