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Happy New Year 2021!

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Abishe (talk) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! It's the last day of 2024 and tomorrow will be 2025. Hope the coming year brings pleasures for you. Have a prosperous, enjoyable and a productive 2025. This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
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  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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Views/Day Quality Title Tagged with…
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Thulas Nxesi (talk) Add sources
22 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Joe Phaahla (talk) Add sources
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Linda Moss (talk) Add sources
193 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (talk) Add sources
2,867 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Johannesburg (talk) Add sources
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Nkosinathi Dlamini (talk) Add sources
23 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Atmospheric correction (talk) Cleanup
144 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Land reform in South Africa (talk) Cleanup
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Dragon (remote sensing) (talk) Cleanup
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (talk) Expand
60 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Pest-exclusion fence (talk) Expand
2,033 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: GA Carbohydrate (talk) Expand
839 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Local government (talk) Unencyclopaedic
336 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Federal Parliament of Nepal (talk) Unencyclopaedic
50 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Giyani (talk) Unencyclopaedic
48 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Seafloor mapping (talk) Merge
160 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Black Economic Empowerment (talk) Merge
190 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start Wave propagation (talk) Merge
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Nicola Masini (talk) Wikify
51 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B Electro-optical MASINT (talk) Wikify
1,516 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C United National Party (talk) Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Garreth Bloor (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Sophie Masite (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Siwela Sonke (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Francois Rodgers (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Naresh Joshi (talk) Stub
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Senzo Mchunu (talk) Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Ntobeko Boyce (talk) Stub
11 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Vasco da Gama (council speaker) (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Khume Ramulifho (talk) Stub

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January 2022 with Women in Red

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Happy New Year from Women in Red Jan 2022, Vol 8, Issue 1, Nos 214, 216, 217, 218, 219


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The Signpost: 28 December 2021

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Happy New Year, Lefcentreright!

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Happy New Year!

Lefcentreright,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 15:30, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Wiki MOS says Citations should be Title case

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I am working with a new computer and I lost many of my Wiki bookmarks so I can't quickly quote chapter and verse. To paraphrase - Regardless of original, even if all CAPS, citation s/b in title case. Please let me know if I am incorrect in my understanding of policy. Thank you bobdog54 (talk) 19:56, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bobdog54: You are correct... sorry for reverting you, it was a mistake on my part. LefcentrerightDiscuss 20:29, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh, May this be the biggest thing that happens to us this year. Have a Happy and Safe 2022! bobdog54 (talk) 20:35, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

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South African Discord

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Interested in joining the South African Wikipedia Discord?



If you are interested in a joining, please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/South Africa/Discord for more Infomation or click the button below

Everyone in Southern Africa is Welcome, for any technical issues or questions about Discord, Please ask User:TapticInfo on his talk page

Join Server

Hi Lefcentreright, I would like to invite you to the Wikimedia South Africa Discord Server.

Discord allows instant text, voice and video communication and is used for all the South Africa Wikipedians monthly meetups.

See Wikipedia:Meetup/South Africa, the next one is on 26 February 2022 at 10:00am SAST Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_15

TapticInfo (talk) 10:14, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

February with Women in Red

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Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

WP:AFC Helper News

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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.

  • 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.

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)[reply]

March editathons

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Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

The Signpost: 27 February 2022

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April Editathons from Women in Red

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Women in Red Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 4, Nos 214, 217, 226, 227, 228


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

The Signpost: 27 March 2022

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

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May Women in Red events

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Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

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New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Lefcentreright,

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 805 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 851 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 {{subst:NPR invite}} 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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Sent 05:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mpho Moerane

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On 26 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mpho Moerane, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 08:01, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 May 2022

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June events from Women in Red

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Women in Red June 2022, Vol 8, Issue 6, Nos 214, 217, 227, 231, 232, 233


Online events:


Other ways to participate:

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 09:21, 31 May 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

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New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Lefcentreright,

Backlog status

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[a] at the end of May.

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.[b]

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).

Backlog drive

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.

TIP – New school articles

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.

Misc

There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 13044 articles, as of 16:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

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.

Reminders
  • Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
  • If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} 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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Notes
  1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
  2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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Happy First Edit Day!

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

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Women in Red in July 2022

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Women in Red July 2022, Vol 8, Issue 7, Nos 214, 217, 234, 235


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--Lajmmoore (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
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You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kenny Motsamai

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On 22 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kenny Motsamai, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kenny Motsamai. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kenny Motsamai), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:38, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Marlene van Staden

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On 22 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marlene van Staden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South African mayor Marlene van Staden was re-elected through a coin toss? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marlene van Staden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marlene van Staden), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM  15:52, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red August 2022

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Women in Red August 2022, Vol 8, Issue 8, Nos 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, 239


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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

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NPP drive award

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The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This award is given to Lefcentreright for 15 reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:17, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Zippybonzo.  Lefcentreright  Discuss  13:13, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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48 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Cabinet of Nelson Mandela (talk) Add sources
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23 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo (talk) Add sources
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84 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Paul Roos Gymnasium (talk) Cleanup
51 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Division bell (talk) Cleanup
1,462 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (talk) Expand
107 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (talk) Expand
132 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C 2009 South African general election (talk) Expand
569 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Eastern Cape (talk) Unencyclopaedic
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Parvata Kingdom (talk) Unencyclopaedic
114 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Lenasia (talk) Unencyclopaedic
235 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C District Six (talk) Merge
36 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Farmgate (scandal) (talk) Merge
24 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Undergrowth (talk) Merge
20 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B 2019 Kano State gubernatorial election (talk) Wikify
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Godfrey Ngwenya (talk) Wikify
187 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Communist Party of Brazil (talk) Wikify
6 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Renaldo Gouws (talk) Orphan
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Jeremy Vearey (talk) Orphan
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start Bheki Sibiya (talk) Orphan
65 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Senzo Mchunu (talk) Stub
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Ntobeko Boyce (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Sibusiso Mdabe (talk) Stub
201 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Vrishaketu (talk) Stub
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

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New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Lefcentreright,

Backlog status

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 Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

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
MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 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.
Reminders
  • Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
  • If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} 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.
  • To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

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NPP message

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Hi Lefcentreright,

Invitation

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.

To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Frank Mdlalose (talk) Add sources
1,497 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Security clearance (talk) Add sources
32 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Joe Phaahla (talk) Add sources
34 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Layered intrusion (talk) Add sources
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start 2008 South African municipal by-elections (talk) Add sources
62 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C National Freedom Party (talk) Add sources
22 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth (talk) Cleanup
163 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (talk) Cleanup
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Eunice High School (talk) Cleanup
97 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Congress of the People (South African political party) (talk) Expand
1,246 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Double jeopardy (talk) Expand
70 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Telephone numbers in Zimbabwe (talk) Expand
888 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Incense (talk) Unencyclopaedic
627 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B White Zimbabweans (talk) Unencyclopaedic
180 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tzaneen (talk) Unencyclopaedic
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NPP Award for 2020

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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

For over 100 article reviews during 2020. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:07, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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NPP Award for 2019

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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

For over 100 article reviews during 2019. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:54, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Women in Red in September 2022

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Women in Red September 2022, Vol 8, Issue 9, Nos 214, 217, 240, 241


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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

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Board of Trustees election

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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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New Page Patrol | October 2022 backlog drive
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Women in Red October 2022

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Women in Red October 2022, Vol 8, Issue 10, Nos 214, 217, 242, 243, 244


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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

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Precious anniversary

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Precious
Three years!

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Women in Red November 2022

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Women in Red November 2022, Vol 8, Issue 11, Nos 214, 217, 245, 246, 247


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