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TheWikiWizard - July 2022

Hey, Nerd1a4i! Here is the July 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!

Humour

  • It's less than 6 months till Christmas (I think...)
  • Start making the Christmas list! Never too early, or late for those who think Dec 26 is Dec 25 haha
  • If I had a dollar for every word I typed, the world would run out of money ;)

Wiki(p/m)edia News

  • The Japanese Wikipedia now uses the new vector skin! For those who speak Japanese or just want to take a look, check it out!
  • There is a conversation event that you can check out. More details on the link.
  • A meeting had taken place in regards to Interface of MediaWiki. More information of that meeting can be found here.

Editor's Notes

  • Please note that due to me being busy/at times not much to report on Wiki(p/m)edia some issues of this newsletter may be skipped. Don't worry I haven't forgotten about it!
  • Sometimes during the delivery of the issue, the mass message extension sends it twice for some reason. Please note I only send them once and not twice. I apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
  • Remember that the Wikimedia Foundation also hosts other wikis too! So if you want to see what other wikis there are, give it a try! You might find something you like!


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See you in the next issue! Have a great summer! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

 
New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Nerd1a4i,

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.

Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP message

 

Hi Nerd1a4i,

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.

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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

New Page Patrol | October 2022 backlog drive
 
  • On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive.
  • Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
  • Sign up here!
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 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard- September 2022

Hey, Nerd1a4i! Here is the September 2022 Issue for the TheWikiWizard in October! We apologize for the delay.

Humor

  • It's time for Christmas, summer is coming to an end
  • What are you giving Santa for Chirstmas? (He told me to for you to leave more cookies and the Halloween Candy)
  • Halloween, give out money instead :P

Wiki(p/m)edia News

  • A discussion in regards to the new vector skin on EN Wikipedia had taken place, you can find it here
  • The Foundation Elections occurred learn more here
  • Quite a few successful RFA's took place, some include Z1720, and Dan Cherek! Congrats to all the successful RFA's!

Editor's Notes

  • Thanks for your patience as we are late with issues, you can join us if you want to help out!
  • Please note that sometimes the system may deliver this twice to you, but I only send it once
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See you in the next issue! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 00:14, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

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