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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
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Notability and credibility on sources
Hello! I was hoping to get your input on the page you recently put a tag on Ngô Ngọc Hưng. As per the suggestion I replaced several user-made content sites with news and media reporting websites (Such as pinkvilla, soompi, republic world, etc) and replaced a few links and such.
I see the issue with the other links, hopefully this edit has fixed some of the issues but I was wondering if there was more that I could do to further bulk up the article to remove the warning and secure it on wikipedia? I apologize if this is not something you normally advise on, I figured you may know since you added the template to it!
Thank you regardless, and Hopefully the article will be up to par! Jayb.rd98 (talk) Jayb.rd98 (talk) 07:21, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Jayb.rd98: Hello and thank you for the message. As per the suggestion, many of the sources that exist are generally unreliable like Twitter and YouTube. For Korean sites, you can refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Reliable sources to see a list that can and cannot be used as a source. Soompi is considered unreliable as per WP:KO/RS. KRtau16 (talk) 08:21, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
- I checked the talk page for the project korea and the discussions of soompi on the page seemed to agree that it was generally reliable as it simply translates other pages but the list was never changed. But to fit the letter of the law so to speak I simply linked the source article, since the translation was considered unreliable.
- For the youtube link, since it’s a link to the primary source, how would I replace it? Same with the twitter link, since it was simply a link to the media for the show that it referred to.Jayb.rd98 (talk) Jayb.rd98 (talk) 08:35, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Jayb.rd98: Soompi is useful if they provide their original source, use that source instead (that if the original source is reliable). Also, Republic World is unreliable; see WP:REPUBLICTV. For YouTube and Twitter, they are considered generally unreliable unless the accounts are verified and are subject-matter experts. It is advisable that you look for secondary sources that covered the YouTube videos you cited. KRtau16 (talk) 09:05, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
David Lambourne
Ko batin rabwa for the creation of Kiribati constitutional crisis: a great work that shows how you are able to contribute very well, bravo ! I think now we can create an article on the suspended puisne judge as the Kiribati Court of Appeal will hear his case next Friday. It will be very interesting to read the ruling of the Court. Arorae (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Arorae: Mauri and sorry for the late reply. Thank you for acknowledging my contributions. Really appreciate it. It is indeed a sad development about the crisis unfolding; we'll leave it to the Justice System to do its job.
- I am preparing for Semester 2 at the University of the South Pacific which will begin tomorrow (15 August 2022) which means I'll be rarely active on Wikipedia. Nevertheless, I'll contribute during my spare time and the weekends. Tekeraoi. KRtau16 (talk) 08:28, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- I will visit soon my son that studies at USP too and starts on Monday. Perhaps he knows you (he is I-Kiribati too). Don't worry, your contributions will stay and will be improved, even if you are busy most of the time.--Arorae (talk) 09:42, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- mauri / do you receive my mail?
- I have started David Lambourne. But there is a lot to improve it.--Arorae (talk) 01:40, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Arorae: Mauri. Yes I did received your mail. Apologies for not replying back. Anyways, thank you for creating the article. I'll try to help and improve it. Cheers. KRtau16 (talk) 01:44, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Arorae: many of the contents in this article are from the 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis. David Lambourne is notable as a result of a single event, therefore as per WP:PSEUDO: An article under the title of a person's name should substantially be a full and balanced biography of that person's public life. If the person is notable only in connection with a single event, and little or no other information is available to use in the writing of a balanced biography, that person should be covered in an article regarding the event, with the person's name as a redirect to the event article placing the information in context.
- There should be a full and biography life of David Lambourne such as his detailed tenure as Judge in Kiribati or others. If you could provide sources of his biography life, I would be happy to help (since I'm not really familiar with Lambourne). Ko rabwa and I hope you understand. KRtau16 (talk) 02:31, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- I am not familiar too. And there is no resume or CV of David Lambourne online, as also any general info about his life. It took me a lot just to find from which part of Australia he was and when he arrived in Kiribati as People's Lawyer (1995), 27 years ago. But of course, you are right, all the info is centered on the last 5 years, when he became a puisne judge (2018). In the career of judge, only the last functions are really relevant, not when he was only a magistrate. I also think that you have a very strict vision of SINGLEEVENT. First of all, it is not a single event, as his wife became essential to political life of Kiribati when she was appointed ambassador, then when she decided to leave Taneti's party in 2019, and because this judicial crisis started when he was stranded in Australia in 2020, just a few months before the election of his wife. So it is not only a single event but related events that you cannot comprehend without the whole picture of the crisis who started with Taiwan/China switch. There is a very interesting article but written in French. "Aux Kiribati, la crise constitutionnelle bat des records d’absurdité"--Arorae (talk) 12:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- The link is here: [1]. With Google Translation you could have an idea of its content.--Arorae (talk) 13:00, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- Here is the intro translated by me: "In the Republic of Kiribati, the president's vindictiveness against the leader of the opposition is leading the country into a constitutional crisis. The Kiribati Islands, a parliamentary republic grouping three equatorial archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean, independent from the United Kingdom since 1979, are sinking into a constitutional crisis worthy of the great hours of Monty Python. It has reached the stage where the separation of powers is no longer respected by its president and where the highest court in the country, the High Court of Justice (which fulfills both the roles of Supreme Court and Constitutional Council, to quote equivalents certainly approximate but better known in our latitudes) is disappearing, literally. If you love stories of betrayal, denial, revenge, and abuse of power, then here's a tale you should enjoy." (I underlined some words).--Arorae (talk) 13:04, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Arorae: Mauri. I initially thought that the 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis was a single event. Thank you for clarifying on that. Nevertheless, about the article in French, it is indeed interesting that the constitutional crisis dates back to the Taiwan/China switch. I hope there are more reliable sources out there about Lambourne's biography though. I understand how hard and frustrating it can be to look for such sources. KRtau16 (talk) 00:56, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
- Statement by the OB (Office of te Beretitenti) published before the sitting of Kiribati Court of Appeal on Friday 19 August 2022, another breach in the Separation of powers: "Ana kaotioti ami Tautaeka imatan te Boowi ni Manga Tang ibukin ana keti David Lambourne are e ongoraeaki n te bong aio Kanimabong 19 n Aokati 2022."
- @Arorae: Mauri. I initially thought that the 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis was a single event. Thank you for clarifying on that. Nevertheless, about the article in French, it is indeed interesting that the constitutional crisis dates back to the Taiwan/China switch. I hope there are more reliable sources out there about Lambourne's biography though. I understand how hard and frustrating it can be to look for such sources. KRtau16 (talk) 00:56, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
- Here is the intro translated by me: "In the Republic of Kiribati, the president's vindictiveness against the leader of the opposition is leading the country into a constitutional crisis. The Kiribati Islands, a parliamentary republic grouping three equatorial archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean, independent from the United Kingdom since 1979, are sinking into a constitutional crisis worthy of the great hours of Monty Python. It has reached the stage where the separation of powers is no longer respected by its president and where the highest court in the country, the High Court of Justice (which fulfills both the roles of Supreme Court and Constitutional Council, to quote equivalents certainly approximate but better known in our latitudes) is disappearing, literally. If you love stories of betrayal, denial, revenge, and abuse of power, then here's a tale you should enjoy." (I underlined some words).--Arorae (talk) 13:04, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- (Bairiki, Tarawa Kanimabong, 19 n Aokati 2022)
"Government position on the Motion by David Lambourne before the Court of Appeal sitting on Friday 19th August 2022."
"The Government of Kiribati jealously guards the independence of the judiciary and is consistent with the principle that “no one is above the law, especially the judiciary."
"The Government believes that David Lambourne as a former judge and as an officer of the court, betrayed his Oath of office and the honest men and women of the honorable judiciary when he created a scheme to violate both Kiribati’s Constitution and to raid her national treasury by demanding to be paid-for-life as an illegal judge-for-life, a position alien to the Constitution and every nation within the Commonwealth, including the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand." [false: in many Commonwealth states, there are lifetime judges]
"David made it clear that when he was appointed in 2018 that he was “aware that all previous appointments to the High Court had been for a fixed term” he went on to further admit that “those fixed term appointments were for both Kiribati citizens and foreigners appointed as Kiribati Judges. David’s continued insistence to have a life-time contract has no basis and is an unconstitutional attempt to profit by getting paid and supported for life from the Government of Kiribati public funds."
"The Government of Kiribati had made many attempts and will continue to correct this fraudulent scheme by David including the now suspended CJ’s biased judgments in 2021 in support of David’s efforts to illegally secure a life-time appointment as Judge in Kiribati."
"This is a clear last chance by the Judiciary to restore law and order in Kiribati, and the Government of Kiribati entrusts the Court of Appeal to see this case in a balance way and cease any attempt to alter the constitutional power sharing in Kiribati by reducing the Executive’s powers. The Court must correct itself if the rule of law is to deliver impartial justice as a predicate for meritocracy and democracy and stop the continued attempt to use court orders as a weapon to deny natural justice to the people of Kiribati." (OB).
As says the French newspaper, "betrayal, denial, revenge, and abuse of power". OB statement is very dangerous. I kananokawaki.--Arorae (talk) 02:06, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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Gilbertese project
Hi! I've seen in your user page that you speak Gilbertese. I would like to ask you whether you could possible help out developing the Wikipedia in that language. --Caro de Segeda (talk) 07:24, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Caro de Segeda: Yes I do speak Gilbertese but with a Banaban dialect practiced by most from Rabi Island, Fiji. I only know the basics i.e words used in everyday conversations, however I'm totally lost with the big words. We hardly use em anyways :-) KRtau16 (talk) 08:12, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- I see. Would it be possible for you to translate simple sentences about everyday life items like food or clothes? Maybe from the Simple English Wikipedia? Caro de Segeda (talk) 08:15, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Caro de Segeda: Surely can help with that. I'll see what I can do. KRtau16 (talk) 08:26, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks :) Caro de Segeda (talk) 09:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Caro de Segeda: Surely can help with that. I'll see what I can do. KRtau16 (talk) 08:26, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- I see. Would it be possible for you to translate simple sentences about everyday life items like food or clothes? Maybe from the Simple English Wikipedia? Caro de Segeda (talk) 08:15, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
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- Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping
- Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022
- News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation
- Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again
- From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two
- Humour: The law of hats
- Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme
The Signpost: 8 May 2023
- News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
- In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
- Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions
- Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
- Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
- News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
Oseania Wikimedia
Mālo te ma'uli, I am working on the Uvean version of wikipedia and I was wondering if you would be interested in an Oseania Wikimedia group? Ofa atu Lea.fakauvea (talk) 08:50, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 May 2023
- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
- Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
- Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
- Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
The Signpost: 5 June 2023
- News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea
- Featured content: Poetry under pressure
- Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye
New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello KRtau16,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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The Signpost: 19 June 2023
- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
- Featured content: Content, featured
- Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics
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The Signpost: 3 July 2023
- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Incensed
- Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
The Signpost: 17 July 2023
- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
- Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
- Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
- Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
The Signpost: 1 August 2023
- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
- In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
- Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Request
Hello there! Are you familiar with WikiProject Oceania's 10,000 Challenge? It is basically where we add Oceania related articles that we have improved. I was wanting to add the 2022 Fijian general election article to the list, and I wanted to ask if I could credit you in addition to myself since the overwhelming majority of expansion came from us. Cheers — N Panama 84534 21:54, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
- @N Panama 84534: Sure no problem go ahead. Thanks for the heads up. KRtau16 (talk) 22:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
- News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
- Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
- Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing
- Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
- Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
- Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
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The Signpost: 16 September 2023
- In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
- Obituary: Nosebagbear
- Featured content: Catching up
- Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
New pages patrol newsletter
Hello KRtau16,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
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The Signpost: 3 October 2023
- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
- Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
- Featured content: By your logic,
- Poetry: "The Sight"
The Signpost: 23 October 2023
- News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
- In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
- Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
- Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
- Traffic report: The calm and the storm
- News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
November Articles for creation backlog drive
Hello KRtau16:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
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The Signpost: 6 November 2023
- Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
- In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
- Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk
- WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023
- News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia
- Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
- Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.
- Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare
The Signpost: 20 November 2023
- In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
- News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
- Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
- Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
- Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships
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