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The WikiEagle - January 2022

The WikiEagle

The WikiProject Aviation Newsletter

Volume I — Issue 1
Aviation Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Outreach • The WikiEagle
Announcements After over a decade of silence, the WikiProject Aviation newsletter is making a comeback under the name The WikiEagle. This first issue was sent to all active members of the project and its sub-projects. If you wish to continue receiving The WikiEagle, you can add your username to the mailing list. For now the newsletter only covers general project news and is run by only one editor. If you wish to help or to become a columnist, please let us know. If you have an idea which you believe would improve the newsletter, please share it; suggestions are welcome and encouraged. On 16 December, an RfC was closed which determined theaerodrome.com to be an unreliable source. The website, which is cited over 1,500 articles, mainly on WWI aviation, as of the publishing of this issue. Luft46.com has been added to the list of problematic sources after this discussion. The Jim Lovell article was promoted to Featured Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Hawkeye7. The Raymond Hesselyn article was promoted to Good Article status on 4 December after being nominated by Zawed. The Supermarine Sea King article was promoted to Good Article status on 22 December after being nominated by Amitchell125. The William Hodgson (RAF officer) article was promoted to Good Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Zawed.
Members New Members KingAviationKid (Joined on 17 December) PatrickChiao (Joined on 22 December) Wp9097 (Joined on 16 December) Number of active members: 386. Total number of members: 921. Closed Discussions Featured Article assessment Jim Lovell (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021 Good Article assessment HAL Tejas (discussion) – Closed as not promoted on 30 December 2021 William Hodgson (RAF officer) (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021 Supermarine Sea King (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 22 December 2021 Raymond Hesselyn (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 4 December 2021 Deletion Timeline of Berlin Brandenburg Airport's construction (discussion) – Closed as delete and redirect on 30 December 2021 Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (discussion) – Closed as keep on 25 December 2021 Requested moves Akbarpur (Ambedkar Nagar) Airstrip → Akbarpur Airstrip (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021 1983 Avensa Douglas DC-9 crash → Avensa Flight 007 (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 035 (discussion) – Withdrawn on 28 December 2021	Article Statistics This data reflects values from DMY. Aviation pages by quality Quality Total FA 142 FL 15 A 56 GA 505 B 4,573 C 11,878 Start 15,082 Stub 18,754 List 2,539 Category 11,638 Disambig 653 File 2,713 Portal 629 Project 89 Redirect 1,518 Template 2,489 NA 66 Assessed 73,339 Unassessed 1 Total 73,340 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 251,804 Ω = 4.92
New/Ongoing Discussions Featured Article review D. B. Cooper (discussion) – Since 14 December 2021 A-class Article assessment Granville Gee Bee Model A (discussion) – Since 21 April 2020 List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (discussion) – Since 22 February 2010 Good Article assessment Romanian Air Corps (discussion) – Since 25 December 2021 Jean Batten (discussion) – Since 2 October 2021 Merger proposals List of astronauts by name → List of astronauts by year of selection (discussion) – Since 10 August 2021 List of cosmonauts → List of space travelers by nationality (discussion) – Since 10 August 2021 List of space travelers by name → List of space travelers by nationality (discussion) – Since 10 August 2021 Holidays Czech Airlines → Czech Airlines (discussion) – Since 23 June 2021 Bendix Aviation → Bendix Corporation (discussion) – Since 30 May 2021 Airport Movement Area Safety System → Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (discussion) – Since 29 May 2021 ASDE-X → Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (discussion) – Since 28 May 2021 Splitting proposals Family Airlines (discussion) – Since 23 November 2021 2021 Kabul airport attack (discussion) – Since 24 September 2021 List of military aircraft of the United States (discussion) – Since 16 August 2021 Braniff International Airways (discussion) – Since 8 September 2019 Deletion List of maiden voyages (discussion) – Since 29 December 2021 Requested moves Hot-air balloon → Hot air balloon (discussion) – Since 30 December 2021 Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 → Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 (discussion) – Since 28 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 150 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (discussion) – Since 28 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 (discussion) – Since 28 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 708 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708 (discussion) – Since 28 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 892 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 (discussion) – Since 28 December 2021 TWA Flight 800 → TWA Flight 800 (1996) (discussion) – Since 27 December 2021 Dynamic Airways Flight 405 → Dynamic International Airways Flight 405 (discussion) – Since 26 December 2021 CommutAir Flight 4281 → CommutAir Flight 4821 (discussion) – Since 25 December 2021 Thai Airways → Thai Airways International (discussion) – Since 13 December 2021 Thai Airways fleet → Thai Airways International fleet (discussion) – Since 13 December 2021 List of Thai Airways destinations → List of Thai Airways International destinations (discussion) – Since 13 December 2021 Did you know Ravish Malhotra (discussion) – Since 30 December 2021 Alexander Tahy (discussion) – Since 26 December 2021 Veronica Volkersz (discussion) – Since 6 December 2021 Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll (discussion) – Since 3 December 2021 On The Main Page Did you know... ... that the aerobatic demonstration aircraft used by SoloTürk is also used in military operations of the Turkish Air Force? (24 December)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

FYI about attributing

When adding the {{copied}} template on talk pages when attributing, it should also be accompanied by a dummy edit to provide proper attribution for copied material. If you can recall any instances on pages where you didn't add a dummy edit, it would be greatly appreciated if you do so. Akbermamps 05:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Okay. To be honest I didn't really care about it when I made these edits two years ago, I'll remember that next time. MarioJump83! 12:39, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Severestorm28 20:28, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't want to give my time on this website again until I'm ready. MarioJump83! 12:40, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Tajikistan medical cases

Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Tajikistan medical cases has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nigej (talk) 08:13, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

The Military Barnstar

	Military Barnstar
	For creating Module:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map and Template:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map. Thank you very much!! LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 02:11, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

+1. --Firestar464 (talk) 04:14, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. MarioJump83! 23:31, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Discussion about your contribution to the Ukrainian map

Hello, I am a journalist for a French newspaper called Me Parisien and would like to know if we could chat by email or phone about the way you help mapping the Ukrainian-Russian war. This can obviously be anonymous. My email: valexandre @ leparisien.fr 213.152.9.2 (talk) 14:58, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Pings

Note that pings only work with a signature; see Template:Reply to, which states in its documentation "the notification will work successfully only if you sign your post in the same edit in which you use this template". You may have to redo some of your pings on WP:A/R/C. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)}  If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  07:25, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Okay. In doing so I'm trimming my section on A/R/C which seems messy. MarioJump83! 10:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user

Hi. Just checking if your entry at WP:AAU is still valid? It says you’re currently available, but your userpage suggests otherwise. Feel free to change or remove it completely until you’re free again. (PS:An admin like myself is always willing to revdel email addresses from your page history. Just let one of us know.) Nick Moyes (talk) 09:17, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm no longer available. Thanks for reminding, I'll change it soon. MarioJump83! 12:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi again. Thanks for your email. I believe I've dealt with the relevant details you asked about. Let me know if I've missed anything. Cheers Nick Moyes (talk) 13:06, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tropical Storms arbitration case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/WikiProject Tropical Storms. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/WikiProject Tropical Storms/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 13, 2022, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/WikiProject Tropical Storms/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 08:25, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

I don't think I would ever participate further in this case. Thank you. MarioJump83! 16:01, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

I will be involved through discussions only and not much else. MarioJump83! 15:42, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello MarioJump83,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 808 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 851 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.

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Sent 05:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello

This user requested deletion for my article is also spam requesting deletion for my Wikidata contributions and also now speedy deletion for my Wikimedia contributions (reason: requested deletion for wd item) which he himself requested yesterday. Where can I report this user and revert his actions? Thanks. --Palaangelino (talk) 03:09, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

@Palaangelino: You may want to go to WP:ANI. And do note that I would not want to be involved for now, as I am very busy. MarioJump83! 06:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

"Libyan Government" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Libyan Government and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 18#Libyan Government until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 07:19, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello MarioJump83,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

Backlog drive

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

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

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 11627 articles, as of 00:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

Reminders

• Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
• If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.
• If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
• To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

Notes

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:List of Australian region tropical lows

Hello, MarioJump83. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:List of Australian region tropical lows, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 02:12, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello MarioJump83,

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 MarioJump83,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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

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

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2022

• News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

• Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

• In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

• Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

• News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

• In focus: Thinking inside the box

• Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

• Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

• Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

• Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

• Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

• Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

• Essay: Delete the junk!

• Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

• Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement

Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

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!
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(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cyclone Dovi (2022) has been accepted

Cyclone Dovi (2022), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 21% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

— Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 15:34, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2022

• News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

• In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

• In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

• Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

• Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

• Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

• Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

• Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

• Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

• Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

• Featured content: Farm-fresh content

• Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

• CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

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Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia

Hi MarioJump83, I have removed most of the "Vanity plates" section per WP:CITE; it was uncited and contained information about private individuals, which also goes against WP:BLP. I've left the other uncited sections in the article but you definitely should either cite the content or remove it before nominating the article for GA status. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Agreed. There's a lot of citing work needed to get this over the top. MarioJump83 (talk) 06:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

• News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

• In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

• Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

• Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?

• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

• Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

• Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?

• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal

• From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

• News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

• In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

• Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

• Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

• Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

• Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

• Book review: Writing the Revolution

• Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

• Essay: The Six Million FP Man

• Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff

• Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

• Featured content: A great month for featured articles

• Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

• Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

• CommonsComix: Joker's trick

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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins

• In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more

• Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief

• Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"

• Essay: Mobile editing

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022

• Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes

• Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical

• Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?

• Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!

• CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello MarioJump83,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello MarioJump83,

New Page Review queue December 2022

Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Dispute resolution board

I've requested an arbitration regarding the Barbra Walters 2022 article dispute to the dispute resolution board https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#2022 Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 02:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

On second thought, I've decided to concede the dispute. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 02:45, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

You shouldn't have made the move. It was too heavy-handed. You want to include her to the list vehemently, and I personally wanted Barbara Walters in the list too, but it was not neccessary to bring this up to the DRN. MarioJump83 (talk) 02:55, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Murexia xenochromus

You accepted this version at AFC. Regrettably none of the references refer to the creature, which is a likely hoax. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murexia xenochromus

We all make mistakes, though this one shows lack of reference checking as a reviewer.

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:13, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I didn't really check the references regarding that AFC review, though at this point in time I would have reviewed references thoroughly. Thanks for the trout. Note that I am no longer an AFC reviewer and I am not intending to go for one again because I won't have much time to contribute into Wikipedia. MarioJump83 (talk) 00:22, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Sometimes we accept by feel. Thus has reminded me that feel is insufficient. Good call on the global lock request. They can always appeal if they are contrite. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 09:30, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

AN/I Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#FleurDeOdile Cross-wiki edit warring. Thank you. Noah^Talk 03:07, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Arbitration case

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#FleurDeOdile Off-wiki Canvassing & Cross-wiki Edit Warring and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted on most arbitration pages, please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.

Thanks, Noah^Talk 04:26, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry to bother you, but frankly I am surprised that such a free person like you would support a ban [1] by such a closed person[2]. Sorry for the trouble. 5.171.249.140 (talk) 09:06, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't know that. I'm going to recuse myself from further participation in that discussion. MarioJump83 (talk) 09:16, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, you are very kind. I wish you a splendid continuation. 5.171.249.140 (talk) 09:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Extra-Trop. barn.

Hello MarioJump83, I just wanted to let you know I made a new barnstar that is now consistent with WP:B2G guidlines, see Template:The Extra-Tropical Cyclone Barnstar, thanks. Jerium (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

FleurDeOdile Off-wiki Canvassing & Cross-wiki Edit Warring: Arbitration request declined

Hello MarioJump83,

The Arbitration Committee has declined the FleurDeOdile Off-wiki Canvassing & Cross-wiki Edit Warring case request, but the user has been blocked as a checkuser action.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:47, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi! I saw your adoption profile and am considering being adopted by you. I would like to know how this would work if I did as each person would have their own unique approach. Thanks!

About me:

You'll mostly find me editing Star Wars articles and reverting obvious vandalism, but I really want to contribute more to this community and would be willing to work with any articles/topics you have interest in. I mostly want to be adopted because I am often timid about making edits especially because often I am not sure about the specifics, but it can get really tricky trying to navigate the tons of essays and policies. I hope to gain a better understanding of such policies and rules. Thank you again for your time.I

:D Ashta Veyla (talk) 21:51, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Ashta Veyla Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not here for adopting like I do two years ago. I don't have time to do these things. I believe you may want to find someone who could adopt you instead. Good luck! MarioJump83 (talk) 00:35, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

It's alright, I'll find someone else, but you do seem like a really nice person. Thanks anyways. Ashta Veyla (talk) 00:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Thinking

Hi MarioJump83. Since you mentored me a couple of years ago, and you helped me get Owen to a GA, I think you might want to hear this. I've been thinking of appealing my ban, and I was hoping if you could give me some feedback on both the request itself, whether I should do it, and how I should act going forward. Thanks. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 10:33, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

@Chicdat: I'm not sure if I could trust you on a full return to Wikipedia: spaces with messages like First, please see WP:Don't template the regulars; I have 20,000 edits and you should have given me a personal message. Second, I understand in hindsight that my edit wasn't very good, and I won't do it again., which doesn't sound very pleasant for someone who wants to come back to general WP space (this is something I would have seen in the ANI or other noticeboards). But for the last 3 months it appears that you have been taking a very risk-free approach and no longer editing daily, so it's okay if you want to go ahead. Regarding on how you would act in the near future, the safest bet would be continuing what you would do in the last 3 months. That's what I could say, and personally I would recommend asking other people like Hurricanehink before going full ahead by sending unban requests via admins. If you want to go now, especially by making a request yourself, please be careful! Thanks, MarioJump83 (talk) 11:22, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice. After how everything went last time, I thought it might be better if I got a bit of firm support for unbanning before making my request. So I guess that I should wait some time and maybe work on some articles before doing anything else. 🐔 Chicdat  ^{Bawk to me!} 11:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2023 South Korean floods

On 17 July 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2023 South Korean floods, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 22:22, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Charles III requested move discussion

There is a new requested move discussion in progress for the Charles III article. Since you participated in the previous discussion, I thought you might like to know about this one. Cheers. Rreagan007 (talk) 06:26, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Other British monarch requested move discussions currently taking place

Since you recently participated in the Charles III requested move discussion, I thought you might like to know that there are two other discussions currently going on about other British monarch article titles here and here. Cheers. Rreagan007 (talk) 22:18, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

I haven't yet given my opinion for Elizabeth II, but I would have opposed this. MarioJump83 (talk) 07:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki . Cast your votes vote here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2023. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:56, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello.

I am the guy whose old accounts are in WP:LTA/BW. I regret sockpuppeting, vandalising and meeting Piotr, he's now known for spreading misinformation and being delusional. It's a fact that that story (and stuff) from July 2020 in Polish was completely fictional and that the "Bedriczwaleta" account was solely there for the purpose of being an extended-confirmed user in an attempt to increase my chances to get admin in Wikipedia. I don't understand Polish and whilst I shouldn't talk about my personal life, I don't even have Polish descendants (I said this because in WP:LTA/BW I'm mentioned as "Polish-Argentine"). I have completely changed since late 2022. I admit my wrongdoings. TheOneSome1 (talk) 19:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

That's a good thing you are finally willing to clean start, but you shouldn't have talked to me first after creating your account. You are probably going to get in trouble because of this if someone other than me discovered the link to your previous accounts, given your previous behavior. This is not like a decade ago, or two decades even, when the tech isn't as advanced as today. MarioJump83 (talk) 22:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@MarioJump83: My bad. I had the opportunity to send you a private message but I ignored it. TheOneSome1 (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

You absolutely shouldn't have confessed to me when you are planning for a clean start, and I mean absolutely don't. I am sorry but you are going to be GLocked. MarioJump83 (talk) 03:40, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi looking to be adopted

Im looking to be adopted. I’m glad you say you’re kind and honest. I’m looking for help specifically with a dispute resolution regarding inclusion/exclusion of content. There is an experienced and very intimidating person making extremely arbitrary decisions in my view.

please contact me!

Chico1112 (talk) 06:54, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't think I have time to do this. MarioJump83 (talk) 07:37, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the response! Take care Chico1112 (talk) 08:07, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi! I'm looking to be adopted

Hi! How is your day going? Good? Uhm.. If you have the time, I would like to be adopted, I'm inexperienced and I need help on a lot of stuff. If you get this, respond by pinging me. It's getting late for me and I am going to sleep now, I probs won't respond until tomorrow. Thank you and have a Good Night! User:RadioactiveradioWX 04:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have zero interest for mentoring at this time. MarioJump83 (talk) 13:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Besides, this person is blocked. Sorry for just intruding on your talk page, but I also came here looking for adoption so would you mind removing your name from "currently accepting adoptees" in the adopt-a-user program? Much appreciated :D. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 02:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll remove it soon. I wanted to adopt some editors to help them along the way, but due to life circumstances I had to step away. MarioJump83 (talk) 04:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)