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Hello MatthewVanitas, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules

• New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
• Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
• Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.

Editathons

• Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

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First of all thank you reviewing my article. Your comments have helped me a great deal to improve it. Now, that I have met all necessary standards I would like to ask you kindly to reconsider your decision. The person my article regards is a public figure that has received significant media coverage from more than five of Germany's biggest newspapers journals: Gala, Stern, Focus, Brigitte, Münchener Abendzeitung. They are independent and reliable sources. The articles consist of both interviews and unbiased portrayals of this person. My sources are not among the list of sources Wikipedia considers inadmissible like Facebook, IMDB, home pages etc. My article meets all the criteria that are expected of an article on a living person. More so than other articles about actors such as: Jonathan Elias Weiske, Josh Dylan or Karen Fukuhara. The actor Nicolo Pasetti is clearly a person of public interest. This is verifiable not just by the number of his professional credits but also by the vast amount of significant attention Pasetti has received from independent and trustworthy newspaper journals. A continued dismissal of this article is at this point not only unjustifiable but, more importantly, harmful to the very purpose of Wikipedia, which is to be a reliable and comprehensive encyclopedia.

P.S: If a newspaper article does not exist online, the only way for me to refence it, is to take a picture, upload it to Wikimedia Commons and then use that URL as a reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smiarro (talk • contribs) 07:50, 15 August 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-08-15T07:50:00.000Z","author":"Smiarro","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Smiarro-2018-08-15T07:50:00.000Z-There_is_a_biased_trend_of_unwarranted_rejection_of_my_article._PLEASE_HELP!_See","replies":[]}}-->

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-09-05T20:50:00.000Z","author":"Jamie Tubers","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jamie_Tubers-2018-09-05T20:50:00.000Z-AfroCine:_Join_us_for_the_Months_of_African_Cinema_in_October!","replies":[]}}-->

I'm confused. Do executions based on the open court judgment amount assassination? Especially, factional executions based on mere accusations at open court discussions. Also, the executions are done by legal executors of the government or the monarch. I'm talking about Vamsharaj Pande. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.34.104.213 (talk) 15:08, 7 September 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-09-07T15:08:00.000Z","author":"27.34.104.213","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-27.34.104.213-2018-09-07T15:08:00.000Z-political_murders","replies":[]}}-->

• Ktpdicamillo (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Sandbox 4-23-18 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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We would like to update an article and do not understand how to do this correctly. Should we use the sandbox for an article that was already published, or just edit the article, or use talk. We have tried the sandbox only to be told that the article already existed, we do not seem to be getting any feedback on talk.

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ansar al-Tawhid is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ansar al-Tawhid until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sheldybett (talk) 11:31, 28 September 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-09-28T11:31:00.000Z","author":"Sheldybett","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Sheldybett-2018-09-28T11:31:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Ansar_al-Tawhid_for_deletion","replies":[]}}-->

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Country Winners
• Diversity winner
• High quality contributors
• Gender-gap fillers
• Page improvers
• Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories 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. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-03T22:50:00.000Z","author":"Jamie Tubers","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jamie_Tubers-2018-10-03T22:50:00.000Z-Welcome_to_the_Months_of_African_Cinema!","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, MatthewVanitas. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Miyanda Katiwa".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. Sam Sailor 20:47, 5 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-05T20:47:00.000Z","author":"Sam Sailor","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Sam_Sailor-2018-10-05T20:47:00.000Z-Your_draft_article,_Draft:Miyanda_Katiwa","replies":[],"displayName":"Sam"}}-->

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Qalat (Baloch tribe) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qalat (Baloch tribe) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sitush (talk) 07:51, 7 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-07T07:51:00.000Z","author":"Sitush","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Sitush-2018-10-07T07:51:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Qalat_(Baloch_tribe)_for_deletion","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Matthew,

I am trying to resubmit this draft for a review, but I have not gotten a confirmation that it will be reviewed. May I kindly ask you to double check this for us?

Thank you in advance for all your help,

Aga — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piakicks (talk • contribs) 13:42, 8 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-08T13:42:00.000Z","author":"Piakicks","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Piakicks-2018-10-08T13:42:00.000Z-new_submission_on_the_draft:_Joan_Greenbaum","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, MatthewVanitas. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Midnight Riptide".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. JMHamo (talk) 20:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-08T20:02:00.000Z","author":"JMHamo","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-JMHamo-2018-10-08T20:02:00.000Z-Your_draft_article,_Draft:Midnight_Riptide","replies":[]}}-->

Greetings,

There is a newly created page Al Hayba, it needs potential publishing. If you can please check it out I would greatly appreciate it! LebaneseBebe (talk) 22:42, 13 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-13T22:42:00.000Z","author":"LebaneseBebe","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-LebaneseBebe-2018-10-13T22:42:00.000Z-New_Article","replies":["c-MatthewVanitas-2018-10-14T18:19:00.000Z-LebaneseBebe-2018-10-13T22:42:00.000Z"]}}-->

Hello @LebaneseBebe: someone else has already approved it. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:19, 14 October 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-10-14T18:19:00.000Z","author":"MatthewVanitas","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-MatthewVanitas-2018-10-14T18:19:00.000Z-LebaneseBebe-2018-10-13T22:42:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello MatthewVanitas, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018^[update], there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal

• There is currently an ongoing discussion regarding the drafting of a Community Wishlist Proposal for the purpose of requesting bug fixes and missing/useful features to be added to the New Page Feed and Curation Toolbar.
• Please join the conversation as we only have until 29 October to draft this proposal!

Project updates

• ORES predictions are now built-in to the feed. These automatically predict the class of an article as well as whether it may be spam, vandalism, or an attack page, and can be filtered by these criteria now allowing reviewers to better target articles that they prefer to review.
• There are now tools being tested to automatically detect copyright violations in the feed. This detector may not be accurate all the time, though, so it shouldn't be relied on 100% and will only start working on new revisions to pages, not older pages in the backlog.

New scripts

• User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel.js^(info) — A new script created for quickly placing {{copyvio-revdel}} on a page.

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Hello MatthewVanitas,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged DeveloperProgram.com for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

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• Moderndrama (talk · contribs)
  • User:Moderndrama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

. Please help me. I have rewritten page. I do not understand what I did wrong. I tried to edit it.

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The article List of trademarks featuring African Americans has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not a notable topic per WP:NOTESAL. Also seems to be an iteration of WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SITH (talk) 15:27, 14 November 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-11-14T15:27:00.000Z","author":"StraussInTheHouse","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-StraussInTheHouse-2018-11-14T15:27:00.000Z-Proposed_deletion_of_List_of_trademarks_featuring_African_Americans","replies":[],"displayName":"SITH"}}-->

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Hello MatthewVanitas,

Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW

• Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.

If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.

We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.

With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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Hi, I've nominated it for deletion. You can comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbari dialect. Cheers! – Uanfala (talk) 00:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-11-18T00:39:00.000Z","author":"Uanfala","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Uanfala-2018-11-18T00:39:00.000Z-Barbari_dialect","replies":[]}}-->

are you there ? its hard to find many of hard documented piece in wiki is lost just like that. how to get that intact ? i was looking for sjps for a reference, i found them removed just like that.

for instance user sitush is quite rude in that matter. the table i have documented was a result of a lot of research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almithra (talk • contribs) 13:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-11-18T13:23:00.000Z","author":"Almithra","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Almithra-2018-11-18T13:23:00.000Z-hi","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, MatthewVanitas. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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The article U S Mallya Indoor Stadium was created yesterday. I request you to please rate this article in its talk page and also categorize it based on WikiProject. Thank you.

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Hello MatthewVanitas,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.

Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Goalla. Since you had some involvement with the Goalla redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. CycloneYoris ^talk! 22:59, 15 December 2018 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-12-15T22:59:00.000Z","author":"CycloneYoris","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-CycloneYoris-2018-12-15T22:59:00.000Z-Goalla_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion","replies":[]}}-->

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of trademarks featuring African Americans is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of trademarks featuring African Americans until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SITH (talk) 11:31, 7 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-07T11:31:00.000Z","author":"StraussInTheHouse","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-StraussInTheHouse-2019-01-07T11:31:00.000Z-Nomination_of_List_of_trademarks_featuring_African_Americans_for_deletion","replies":[],"displayName":"SITH"}}-->

Welcome, and thank you for contributing the page Gaita transmontana to Wikipedia. While you have added the page to the English version of Wikipedia, the article is not in English. We invite you to translate it into English. It has been listed at Pages Needing Translation, but if it is not translated within two weeks, the article will be listed for deletion. Thank you. Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:35, 15 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-15T01:35:00.000Z","author":"Dthomsen8","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Dthomsen8-2019-01-15T01:35:00.000Z-Your_article_Gaita_transmontana","replies":["c-Dthomsen8-2019-01-15T01:41:00.000Z-Dthomsen8-2019-01-15T01:35:00.000Z"]}}-->

Part in English, and part not in English. Can you help us?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-15T01:41:00.000Z","author":"Dthomsen8","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Dthomsen8-2019-01-15T01:41:00.000Z-Dthomsen8-2019-01-15T01:35:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ontari. Since you had some involvement with the Ontari redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. : Bhunacat10 (talk), 23:44, 18 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-18T23:44:00.000Z","author":"Bhunacat10","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bhunacat10-2019-01-18T23:44:00.000Z-Ontari_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion","replies":[],"displayName":": Bhunacat10"}}-->

The new submitter of these biographies was another sockpuppet. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:22, 31 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-31T16:22:00.000Z","author":"Robert McClenon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Robert_McClenon-2019-01-31T16:22:00.000Z-Theni_Eswar","replies":[]}}-->

Good Morning, Please note that whenever a content is added for Makadi Heights page it is rejected can you please help to figure out what content shall be added in order to ensure it is not rejected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MAOHD (talk • contribs) 08:34, 11 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-11T08:34:00.000Z","author":"MAOHD","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MAOHD-2019-02-11T08:34:00.000Z-Makadi_Heights_is_rejected_usually","replies":[]}}-->

Sir please clean the false history of sambhaji maharaj on Wikipedia page. ChavanVV (talk) 03:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-18T03:22:00.000Z","author":"ChavanVV","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-ChavanVV-2019-02-18T03:22:00.000Z-Updated_Draft","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, MatthewVanitas. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Gawali".

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Hey. The Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabana_Grande,_Caracas has been vandalised by Jamez42. 100,000 characters have been deleted and several quotes/sources from relevant authors and academicians.

Please, I kindly ask you to review the article.

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@QuinteroP: Why did you write to 14 editors and didn't ping me? The edit was not vandalism, and you have already opened a peer review of the article. --Jamez42 (talk) 16:19, 13 March 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-03-13T16:19:00.000Z","author":"Jamez42","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Jamez42-2019-03-13T16:19:00.000Z-QuinteroP-2019-03-13T09:34:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hello MatthewVanitas,

News

• The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the {{rough translation}} tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.

Discussions of interest

• Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
• {{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
• A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
• There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.

Reminders

• NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.

NPP Tools Report

• Superlinks – allows you to check an article's history, logs, talk page, NPP flowchart (on unpatrolled pages) and more without navigating away from the article itself.
• copyvio-check – automatically checks the copyvio percentage of new pages in the background and displays this info with a link to the report in the 'info' panel of the Page curation toolbar.
• The NPP flowchart now has clickable hyperlinks.

Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nature therapy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nature therapy until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Hello, MatthewVanitas. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Anmol Roderiguez".

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Hello MatthewVanitas,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
• Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.

Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

Backlog drive coming soon

Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.

News

• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Discussions of interest

• A request for bot approval for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
• There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
• What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like

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Hello MatthewVanitas,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.

Notifying users

Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.

PERM

Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.

Other news

School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages.

Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication.

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