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I'm confused by the redirect you created at Brother Sister (film). Why does it have 2 names listed in addition to the redirect target? Also, the film doesn't seem to be notable at all...would someone A. really be looking for it and B. be satisfied with the redirect to Helen Slayton-Hughes which makes no mention of the film in the article? only (talk) 15:38, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've raised this with you before. Why do you keep moving articles to disambiguated titles than leaving the original title as a redirect to that disambiguated title? What does that achieve? If you have a better target for the original title, fair enough, redirect it somewhere else, but please either do the whole thing or just leave them be. Cases in point just from today: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Please either do something sensible with these, and the others you've moved, or move them back. --Michig (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Apology for this edit which I cannot explain (which is scary to me obviously). I can't see how best to fix it. (Please feel free to just remove this comment if you do). Andrewa (talk) 15:02, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's okay. Seriously though, there are four reasons for not locking ones edits immediately - one is allowing a pause for others to revert, the second is time for the what links here on templates to catch up, the third is WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, the fourth is toilet breaks. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi In ictu oculi. I must say how staggeringly impressive is you User page. A stunning list. If you would permit me, I could fix 15 DAB page links for you - unless of course you have left them like that deliberately! Kind regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:01, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well I used to keep track of the articles I made. And keep track of changes. But as they've got more random I stopped. No, I don't deliberately link anything to a dab, it has never occurred to me to check the page for dab links. Surprising how many Polish composers have cyclists added now with the same name. :) Thank you. Done it. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:06, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You have previously said in December of last year that you would stop editing redirects I created. Less than a month later, it appears this no longer stands. I will get an administrator involved again if you cannot stop this. You said you would, so do it. Don't move this discussion to my talk page. If you want to reply, reply here. If you remove it, then I will take that as an acknowledgement that you have seen it and agree to stop. Ss11221:05, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
S112, this is in no way personal, I have not been picking your redirects, I have simply been correcting misdirects in A-I order, I didn't stop to check who created the mislinks, they surely can't all be ones you made? Take an example I see you've put Courtship (song) pointing at Bjork when there are four songs listed at Courtship (disambiguation). With respect perhaps you should consider WP:OWN. If that doesn't apply to articles, then it certainly doesn't apply to misdirects pointing to the wrong article. But if you insist any misdirect you make must stay then I'll pause. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:10, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Again I am not repointing your misdirects I've just corrected about a dozen misdirects in A-I order. In a couple of cases I noticed it was yours and left it. But surely the rest aren't all yours are they? (note that I haven't corrected Courtship (song) to point to the dab page). In ictu oculi (talk) 21:16, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say they were all "mine". I believe the only ones I did revert or take issue with were ones I created, aside from Hang on Me, which is not one I created but was still on my watchlist from when I moved it recently. Ss11221:18, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm looking at them, seems at least a third of them were in fact yours. I am very sorry but I assure you that there was no targetting involved, as I said I was simply following alphabetical order. Can I suggest something; perhaps if you feel this strongly that particular (song) should redirect to a particular artist or album, then maybe you should create an article on the song? But it's only a suggestion. I will try and check to avoid your redirects where possible. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:22, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Much appreciated. It was my request that protected the page from the 'born in Uruguay' crowd, and I've watched it off and on for years. Have some pasta! Tapered (talk) 08:46, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Are you aware of what happened with Tony1? See his Talk page User talk:Tony1. An admin totally misinterpreted something Tony had written to be a legal threat, and, before verifying, immediately put him on indefinite block! Tony was so incensed he quit! Terrible. --В²C☎00:52, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You recently moved MilkandCookies →MilkandCookies (website) with no explanation, and you left the non-disambiguated pagename as a redirect with no actual content. Are you planning to write a primary-topic article or DAB page among multiple meanings? Your action appears to have reversed a previous pagemove that was based on some talkpage discussion (Talk:MilkandCookies (website)#Requested move). Could you please leave a note on the talkpage about your plans, and maybe wait for others to chime in before pressing to far ahead? DMacks (talk) 04:21, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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I didn't say I "own" them. I have never said that. You're bringing that policy up as an excuse now to renege on the fact that you said you would leave redirects I created alone to avoid conflicts. You haven't done that. It doesn't matter what the reason is, and "it's a stopgap" doesn't make any sense. Request the move at WP:RM/TR or don't touch it. And perhaps you should start checking to avoid future messages like this or warnings from admins. Ss11211:42, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
One way or the other page history needs to be preserved when articles are blanked, as you want to do it yourself, that is fine by me, and I have left you a message at Talk:You Are the Reason (Calum Scott) suggesting that you use a G6 to fix the problem. All the best. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's not the main issue and you know it, so stop deflecting. Leave redirects I created alone and we wouldn't be in this position in the first place. Ss11211:56, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Again, you are not the only editor who does this. But you are the only one who gets sensitive if they are fixed. Can you at least make an effort that when you blank an article you preserve page history at a more appropriate location and fix resulting dab issues? There's no urgency to do this since it's fair enough to allow other editors some time - even a couple of months - to revert. But sooner or later if nothing happens then the page history should be preserved and the title treated with normal disambiguation you blanked the article 26 Nov, that is 2 months ago. Look I also leave things for a few weeks to allow editors to revert, but sooner or later they need clearing up. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What are you talking about? I'm actually confused. There was no article at that time at the namespace "You Are the Reason". I blanked the page for failing WP:NSONGS. I don't know what else you mean that I "needed" to do. It was fine where it was at the time. I couldn't move it to You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) at the time, because that already existed, as you know. I think you're honestly trying to tell me to remember every single redirect I've created and go back and see if that's also the title of another song in the entirety of music history, so disambiguate it and create a dab page (which takes time to research and do). Nobody is forced to create a dab page for the other number of possibilities there is. I only do it when I think it's obvious. However, I try to be a bit more aware now to avoid you coming along thinking it's your duty to clean up or "housekeep" on Wikipedia/to avoid you moving the page, but that was November 2017. You hadn't made a big deal to me of saying I should do it then. Ss11212:14, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, well I'm sorry to be confusing. Just to stick to this example. clearly You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) was non notable, it shouldn't have been created, you were right to blank and redirect to the bio. That cleans up 90% of the problem. What it doesn't do however is restore the original situation where a reader could put in "You Are the Reason" and end up with the search results leading them to Air Supply etc etc. Personally I'm of the view that having moved You Are the Reason page history out of the way to You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) redirect, the remaining You Are the Reason would be better off deleted, using a CSD7, but there some admins who simply won't do that, which then forces creation of a dab page at the baseline. Does that make sense? In ictu oculi (talk) 12:21, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well as I just said in one of my edits to my above message, nobody should be forced to create a dab page for the amount of other possibilities there may be. It's nice and helpful if they do, but it's not required by WP policy. I had no reason to in November 2017 because I didn't know any user would have an issue with it then. That would not have even been on my mind. Ss11212:24, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hey I'm not forcing you, some of them are not worth it. But I just can't help noticing that some of these generic titles are squatting over other songs - that Tremaine song was a another example. You (again) were right to blank and redirect it, but that still left a 1946 jazz standard that it was usurping. It's just one of those things - a certain number of non-notable articles (be they songs, anime, books, you name it) once deleted then need repointing to the other more historical items. A similar problem with those editors who when a new 2018 album comes out believe they need to redirect every song on their new album to their new article, even if half a dozen other artists have used the title before. I've seen you correct editors who do that, so on this we appear to agree. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:30, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My issue with the D.M.Z. album. You've already decided to create a redirect and point all instances of the former link to the latter before consensus has been reached on the move. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fixing broken links will need to be done either way. Sorry but the onus is on yourself to provide evidence that DMZ with dots never occurs except for this Christian album. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:05, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I saw that some pointed to D.M.Z. (album), while others correctly pointed to D.M.Z. I'm not sure why you decided to create a redirect to point back to the album and fix the bad linking (that you created) by pointing to your redirect. It's all poor editing. The fact that the album title has a built-in disambiguation is reason enough to not need another page with your preferred spelling. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:08, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi IIO. Since you appear to be good at finding topics on such short notice, if you get time, can you help list things that may be known as either "Chapter Ten" or "Chapter 10" at Chapter Ten? It was originally a redirect to a Kendrick Lamar album but it seemed like too generic a title to remain that way. Thanks! Ss11214:11, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks, it clears up 4 howlers, but it's still a classical example of a local consensus. You were right to fix the guideline, though it doesn't surprise me it was rejected. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:19, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The more we can take care of using the existing guideline before raising the question widely (WP:VPP), the better. If we can show that a majority of VG articles already use (video game series), it'll be an argument to make it more consistent. -- Netoholic@19:07, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. If you want to follow-up on your idea of switching the two primary title criteria I think you have good reasoning to do so. Either a "bold" change or a talk-page discussion may end with that idea being adopted. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a bit wary of initiating a discussion on that. But I believe it makes sense to state the long term serious encyclopaedic view first and the page-counting view second. I will keep on eye on the next discussion there. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:07, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I just wanted to say that I apologize for moving the Comico page (American publisher) without having a discussion about it before hand. I did not mean to cause any trouble. I thought that because that company is now defunct and the NHN's Comico is currently around and much bigger that it made sense to select that as the default Comico. I don't usually move pages without having a discussion first but I personally thought that it wasn't a big deal which is why I went ahead with the move by myself. I will delete the current move discussion on Comico (Korea) and start a move discussion on the U.S. version. Sorry for the mess and the confusion. I did not mean any malice from it. AquilaXIII (talk) 03:50, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you've read my message here. Have you read my explaination in that discussion too? I've written it to clarify your doubts about that name (and also Italian language) so I hope it'd be helpful to you, and since you went to that discussion one hour after it was opened I deduce it's an argument you're interested in. 151.48.215.96 (talk) 11:23, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for moving Baselga di Piné! Why didn't you do the same for Ruffré-Mendola? You disagreed to move Dolcé because "the correction should start on the it.wp": well, in it.wikipedia they've corrected the spelling of Ruffré-Mendola, exactly as for Baselga di Piné. Could you move also this page please? I hope that you didn't change your mind because of that article in a local newspaper... In others articles of the same newspaper you read "Ruffré-Mendola" ([15]) but they aren't sufficient as sources anyway. Rather, have a look at one of the main daily national newspapers in Italy, La Stampa: (you have to google the text between Qs: Qsite:lastampa.it "ruffrè mendola" -"ruffré mendola"Q AND Qsite:lastampa.it "ruffré mendola" -"ruffrè mendola"Q) over 655 results for Ruffré-Mendola versus...0 (yes, Z-E-R-O) for Ruffrè-Mendola (because if you open the only 2 results that you see you'll read in both pages "Ruffre'-Mendola" with apotrophe). And even Google Maps spells it "Ruffré"... Besides this, the noted overmentioned DOP and DiPI and, overall, the article in the Italian wiki which was already moved. I don't see which reason there may be not to move this page after moving Piné... 151.48.215.96 (talk) 19:39, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In ictu oculi, just as info, this user is an LTA and has been blocked several times for socking, include multiple global locks by Meta. -- ferret (talk) 16:40, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Any ideas for where these should link or if they can be turned into dabs? I'm sure there's stuff out there under the same or similar names, other than as just redirects to Azealia Banks' "upcoming project" created by Another Believer. Thanks. Ss11203:41, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The version with only Max was a result of a misunderstanding ;) - I still think "Cencic" is what he now uses, and what you find in programs, bios and the press. Shouldn't we follow? Last word in the review: "Hingehen!" Go see! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Probably best to discuss on the page. What he uses in German press is really not the issue until he takes Austrian nationality. That's his decision not ours. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:57, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Because so many people are anti-Croatian probably. A lot of East Europeans remove on their English or German personal websites. We don't. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:05, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I see that you've been valiantly trying to protect lots of British terms from being gobbled up and spit out as American-centric primaries. You deserve an honor of some kind, from the Crown if need be. In the meantime, would you mind if I made a bold move of Big Ben to Ben Cartwrght? (dibs on that for April Fools Day/Easter) Randy Kryn (talk) 15:46, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not so much English but Indian sir, as the main form of English by speakers, if it were just the little Brexit island t'wouldn't matter. But also more encyclopaedic usage to entertainment usage. Another foible. :) In ictu oculi (talk) 15:59, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
True. Then an award by a Rajah as well. That's a good point though, from encyclopaedic to entertainment usage might do well as a point in favor of not moving something. I will do that Big Ben to Ben Cartwright RM on April 1, maybe I'll work up a good case with stats beforehand (it will make the point of recent RM's switching to American usage). I don't say hi much, but have enjoyed your RM's and RM comments, as well as other sightings throughout watch-list travels. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:21, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Darn, an RM can't be used for an April Fools Day joke because the template notice spills over into visible reader space. Would have been a good one too. Happy holidays to you. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Okay, it seems like the term is most commonly used when referencing the album – so I'm going to move the album back to Transatlanticism and add a hatnote. [[User:Conifer|<span style="color:forestgreen;font-
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I commented on this in the Season pass requested move, but do you think the redirect you made for winter sports is worthwhile? I'm skeptical, myself - seems to fall afoul of WP:RFD#DELETE "target article contains virtually no information on the subject." Season ticket doesn't currently talk about the likes of seasonal lift passes for a ski resort, and more generally, I don't think it ever will - it's just not a very interesting subject, with little written on it. Would you be willing to reconsider that redirect's creation and {{Db-author}} it? SnowFire (talk) 22:16, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Would you be able to revise your opinion, please? The moe. page should be moved, per Wikipedia's rules (MOS). The band's name is moe., and it is listed in all lowercase letters with the period. It also follows the same rules as bill bissett, danah boyd, k.d. lang, and the example article of deadmau5. Should we instead focus on moving those people to "capitalized" articles? 208.44.170.115 (talk) 17:52, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, and well done for starting the article on Wasfi Kani. I have for the time being removed your claim that she was married to Stephen Tumim as I think it is incorrect and I can see no evidence for it at the article you cite. I know WP is not itself an RS but the Tumim article doesn't help in this direction either; finally, his Guardian obit supports the idea that he remained married to Winifred, not Wasfi. Hope this helps, best wishes DBaK (talk) 10:08, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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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.
The Signpost
The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.
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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.
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Hi, I've just deleted The Cathedral (Honchar novel), a page you created yesterday, as a copyright violation. Please don't copy text without attribution (if attribution is sufficient) or without thoroughly rewriting it (if the text is not released under a license where attribution is enough). You were warned about this by Diannaa in Februari 2017 and in August 2017, so you may consider this a final warning. Fram (talk) 08:43, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Fram: You're right. I was intending to rewrite those two sentences from the author article to the book, but got distracted and forgot. My apologies. Are we good? Would you object if I start the book article again? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:14, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No, no reason why the book couldn't have an article (or why you couldn't write it), I presume it is notable (haven't really checked it, but the censure thing seemed to point to clear notability). Fram (talk) 09:19, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tal Vez (Marta Sánchez song) 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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Well there are other long scale works recorded, and there are other operas. When I created Columbus (Egk) I should have just had it as (Egk) not (opera), and now the Herzogenberg recording is coming out I think it's time to rectify that. Plus the Herzogenberg although an oratorio is technically labelled a choral cantata. So composer names work better. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:23, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree, because most people will not know these composers, but rather know what to expect when reading opera or oratorio. Or we would have Siegfried (Wagner) as the article title but don't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not create, maintain or restore hoaxes on Wikipedia, as you did at Tal Vez (Marta Sánchez song). If you are interested in how accurate Wikipedia is, a more constructive test method would be to try to find inaccurate statements that are already in Wikipedia—and then to correct them if possible. Please do not disrupt Wikipedia. Continued disruption will be met with blocks or other sanctions. Feel free to take a look at the five pillars of Wikipedia to learn more about this project and how you can contribute constructively. Thank you. Fram (talk) 11:22, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Your replies at the AfD and actions to save the article do not indicate any "good faith filing" but a desire to keep incorrect information at all costs. When information is challenged, and you are not trying to protect a hoax, you don't oppose deletion based on "what Spanish-language 90's chart books did you consult?" when you have not consulted any yourself, nor on Wikipedia mirrors / self-published sites like Prezi, not on other languages versions of Wikipedia. You don't dismiss reliable evidence which directly contradicts your info (like the Billboard source, or discogs). Your actions show a very worrying attitude which is not compatible with editing Wikipedia. Fram (talk) 11:40, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I hope anyone looking at that AfD will see me responding to your initial post in good faith, and then fully retreating, capitulating, and saying God bless you again in good faith. Please have a nice day. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:45, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Your definition of "good faith" is opposing the deletion and asking whether I have consulted sources which you, the creator of the article, obviously never consulted in the first place, and have not provided since? That's not good faith, that's attacking the person actually uncovering the incorrect information you added, adding in your "oppose" a Spanish line which supposedly supports your position ("Un segundo sencillo, "Tal Vez", fue provisto por Thomas Anders") but which seems to come literally out of nowhere, and to the article an unreliable source to do the same. What exactly in all this is a good faith response to my initial post? You didn't address the actual concerns at all, only posted a very defensive "oppose". When you oppose the deletion of unverifiable and apparently wrong contents, then it is no longer a mistake but the defense of your own hoax. Fram (talk) 11:55, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello In ictu oculi, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.
Project news
The New Page Feed now has a new "Articles for Creation" option which will show drafts instead of articles in the feed, this shouldn't impact NPP activities and is part of the WMF's AfC Improvement Project.
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
Articles that have been created in contravention of our paid-editing-requirements or written from a blatant NPOV perspective, or by authors with a clear COI might also be draftified at discretion.
The best tool for draftification is User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js(info). Kindly adapt the text in the dialogue-pop-up as necessary (the default can also be changed like this). Note that if you do not have the Page Mover userright, the redirect from main will be automatically tagged as CSD R2, but in some cases it might be better to make this a redirect to a different page instead.
The Page Mover userright can be useful for New Page Reviewers; occasionally page swapping is needed during NPR activities, and it helps avoid excessive R2 nominations which must be processed by admins. Note that the Page Mover userright has higher requirements than the NPR userright, and is generally given to users active at Requested Moves. Only reviewers who are very experienced and are also very active reviewers are likely to be granted it solely for NPP activities.
List of other useful scripts for New Page Reviewing
Twinkle provides a lot of the same functionality as the page curation tools, and some reviewers prefer to use the Twinkle tools for some/all tasks. It can be activated simply in the gadgets section of 'preferences'. There are also a lot of options available at the Twinkle preferences panel after you install the gadget.
In terms of other gadgets for NPR, HotCat is worth turning on. It allows you to easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions.
MoreMenu also adds a bunch of very useful links for diagnosing and fixing page issues.
User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js(info): Installing scripts doesn't have to be complicated. Go to your common.js and copy importScript( 'User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js' ); into an empty line, now you can install all other scripts with the click of a button from the script page! (Note you need to be at the ".js" page for the script for the install button to appear, not the information page)
User:TheJosh/Scripts/NewPagePatrol.js(info): Creates a scrolling new pages list at the left side of the page. You can change the number of pages shown by adding the following to the next line on your common.js page (immediately after the line importing this script): npp_num_pages=20; (Recommended 20, but you can use any number from 1 to 50).
User:Primefac/revdel.js(info): Is requesting revdel complicated and time consuming? This script helps simplify the process. Just have the Copyvio source URL and go to the history page and collect your diff IDs and you can drop them into the script Popups and it will create a revdel request for you.
User:Evad37/rater.js(info): A fantastic tool for adding WikiProject templates to article talk pages. If you add: rater_autostartNamespaces = 0; to the next line on your common.js, the prompt will pop up automatically if a page has no Wikiproject templates on the talk page (note: this can be a bit annoying if you review redirects or dab pages commonly).
A tag has been placed on Template:WikiProject Senegal requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.
If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{substituted}}</noinclude>).
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:49, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
A tag has been placed on Template:WikiProject Mali requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Gambia
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Hi, I went to create an article for Johannes Bünderlin, but it seems that you started an article back in 2011 and it is locked in your sandbox. Can you create the article so I can add biographical information to it, based on "Spiritual Reformers in the 16th and 17th Centuries" by Rufus M. Jones. I have the material all written up, just needs to be added to the article. thanks - Epinoia (talk) 03:13, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Performers (band) 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. —Anne Delong (talk) 02:08, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.
Hello In ictu oculi, 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.
The article will be discussed at the article Talk page until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. However, do not remove the merge notice from the top of the article. Mathglot (talk) 01:32, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominations of The Morning (song) and The One (GOOD Music song) for being merged
These two songs both charted, therefore they meet WP:NSONG, so there is no need for you to nominate the articles for being merged. I know neither reached the Billboard Hot 100, but if a song reached the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and/or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, that shows notability too and do not write Bubbling Under Hot 100 positions as if the Hot 100 extends past 100 like you tried to because that is not correct formatting. --Kyle Peake (talk) 08:55, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.
Hello In ictu oculi,
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.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deep Inside (disambiguation) 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, In ictu oculi. 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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This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001reviews), Semmendinger (8,440reviews), PRehse (8,092reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016reviews), and Elmidae (3,615reviews). Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only sevenmonths, 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.
The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640holders 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 3December 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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A long time ago you and I briefly had some interactions involving diacritic marks for names with origins in languages other than English (e.g. here). I recently came across this discussion; I don't understand the NZ-specific context that serves the backdrop, but a lot of the arguments there sound familiar (and bad), and I thought you might be interested. --JBL (talk) 03:06, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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You moved The Dogs to The Dogs (US hip-hop band) yesterday ([16]), but with no explanation why. I can understand that you may have seen this as not the primary topic for The Dogs (adding an edit summary always helps), but:
The entry at The Dog for this band needed updating
You left disambiguation hatnotes on The Dogs (US hip-hop band), which would be redundant once The Dogs redirects to the disambiguation page
Article links to The Dogs needed updating to point to The Dogs (US hip-hop band) instead (but not all of them as some relate to other bands)
I have (I think) dealt with all of these, but in future if you could add an explanation of page moves and tidy up afterwards it would be appreciated. Thanks. --Michig (talk) 20:59, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. SITH(talk)18:46, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]