Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-04-24/News and notes

New WMF Board selection process

 * For more on the latest stage of what seems to me the progressive disenfranchisement of the volunteer community see the ongoing thread on Wikimedia-l. --Andreas JN 466 21:45, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Backlog

 * Could the problem with the page move backlog be a lack of motivated admins? We hit a new annual low of 449 earlier this month, by the way . ☆ Bri (talk) 22:05, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * RMs are one of the many backlogs that don't need an admin to fix! Most of these moves don't even need page mover permissions to carry out. I used to work a lot in that area and maybe I need to get back to it. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  03:38, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The answer to the question "why has this backlog skyrocketed recently?" is usually "one extremely prolific volunteer burned out, has less free time or moved onto a different backlog". In the case of RM specifically, I would hazard a guess that it's multiple volunteers deciding to spend less time in the area because of how much energy it takes to make good closes in complex cases, and then deal with the fallout by somebody who is self-righteously furious (however you close it). — Bilorv ( talk ) 09:04, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Agree with Bilorv above. While buidhe is correct that non-admins can close RMs, doing so can be a pain without some kind of page mover permissions. Asking WP:RMT (technical move requests) for help on a couple of moves works—asking for more feels awkward. That said, shoutout to the attentive watchers of WP:RMT. You folks rock. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 14:07, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Speaking only for myself, I find the process at RM to be about as stimulating as an isolation tank. I don't know if there's a way to make it more engaging, but between the discussions being all over the place instead of an obvious location, the tedium of having to close the discussions (which isn't as technically easy as an AfD or similar), the utter triviality of even the most contentious ones, and the minefields it's all too easy to walk into (who knew that -, –, —, ~, and ^ could get people to foam at the mouth for years at a time?), I can't force myself to even try. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:01, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Does a requested-move-bot exist? Would that help make the process smoother for both nominators and closers? Ganesha811 (talk) 00:14, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

URFA/2020
Thanks for adding information about the working group's report. I have a correction to the Signpost's reporting: the article says, "In total 245 featured articles (FAs) were delisted during this period," However, the 245 delisted FAs are the number of articles delisted since the working group's creation. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 13:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks, corrected. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 16:57, 27 April 2022 (UTC)