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Speedy deletion nomination of Duchessa SA

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Hi,

I re-edited to conform better with the guidelines. Would be happy to hear your thoughts on how to better create new pages for growing brands.

Review of Rathaus (Freiburg im Breisgau)

Hey Jake,

thank you for reviewing our article! We translated the German article in the course of a project at our university which is called "translating Wikipedia". As we are quite new to working with Wikipedia, I'm asking myself what to review an article actually means. Do you have any suggestions or anything that we can improve on? After all, did you like it? :)

Best TeIemachos (talk) 10:21, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi TeIemachos and welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy your experience here. Your contribution to improve Wikipedia with new articles is highly appreciated - especially when done as part of a school or university project. To answer your question: Wikipedia runs several processes run by volunteer editors to ensure the quality of articles. New Page Patrol is one of them and it's designed as first line of defence against spam, vandalism, hoaxes, defamatory contents, but also to guide new editors or editors with less experience through Wikipedia's policies and standards. When patrolling new articles, I initially look at formal elements, such as: is the topic real, are there copyright issues, does the subject meet standards for general notability or special notability in the subject area. If it passes, I check if it is properly sourced with suitable references that establish notability. Finally, I look at if the contents is balanced and written from a neutral point of view, without being promotional. This is especially true when dealing with articles about products, companies or biographies. If you are interested, there is an article that talks at length about Wikipedia:New pages patrol.
I think the article is well written and contains good references. It's a worthy addition! Two points I'd like to raise: (1) The external links seem more like references. I would expect only a few links, such as to a page of the Freiburg city government and/or a historical society. I am wondering if the links to the Badische Seiten are actually more like references? If so, it would make sense to add them as inline reference in the main body. (2) The lead section seems a bit unfocussed. Somehow when I read "Rathaus" I would expect a description of a building, such as Hôtel de Ville, Paris. In Germany, people often use "Rathaus" to mean then entire city administration. The article may as well be renamed to "Stadtverwaltung Freiburg" if I just read the lead. However, this may be a unique local situation given there are multiple town halls and I would take the lead from the local experts :). I would ask the question: what would local people expect when they say "Ich muss morgen ins Rathaus"?
One point to note is that translating articles from German Wikipedia to English Wikipedia may not be quite as straight forward. Policies differ between different language versions, especially when dealing with notability, how to reference and which references are required, but also style guides. Something that is notable on German WP may not be notable on EN WP.
Lastly, did you know you can register your university project. Pls check this article and consider registering your project if not already done. Sometimes editing efforts can raise the impression of being coordinated which raises concerns such as sockpuppetry. Registering your projects ensures everything is above the line.
If you have any questions, pls feel free to reach out. I'm happy to help! Happy holidays!! pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your quick response. Your comment was really helpful to get to know Wikipedia a little bit better. For example, I wasn't quite familiar with the term "sockpuppetry" in Wikipedian context.
We've had a discussion in our course regarding the title of the page and on whether renaming it to "Town Hall (Freiburg im Breisgau)" or something like "Rathaus (Freiburg im Breisgau Town Hall). We initially named it "Rathaus (Freiburg im Breisgau" since parallel texts/articles, such as Rathaus Schöneberg or Rathaus, Vienna did it the same way. Additionally, the article rather aims to describe the architectural nature of Freiburg's town hall and does not deal too heavily with actual city administration.
I hope I could clear up some things! As always, feedback would be greatly appreciated! :)
Best TeIemachos (talk) 13:33, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Proposed deletion of Force Motors

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Railway station in Serbia

Currently I am working to fixing error. --Kolega2357 (talk) 09:13, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

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Kokborok

I was only trying to stop removal of existing content from being overwritten by unsourced content. I request you to clean up the Kokborok scripts section from a NPOV, removing unsourced claims, original research and self promotion materials.
Anish Viswa 09:14, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Anish Viswa 09:14, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Abel Tiprasa Dear, sir Jake I am sorry for my misbehaviour, in Anishviswa content, but sir I would like to inform you that Kokborok still doesn't has its own Script but it is so far using the Roman script and Eastern Nagari script to read and write, and to use in some official works. But don't have a wrong idea that Kokborok don't want it's own Script, in fact we want and I and many other developers are trying to develop a script for Kokborok. So, the work is still in the progress, and I believe that One day Kokborok will have it's own Script. But here the problem is some people without knowing anything just post in web and just claim that there's one is the genuine one, and me too I found someone doing the same. So, I request Wikipedia to don't let any such as Kokborok script (Koloma) be published untill the official works are completed

By this I end my Talk

Thank you By Abel Tiprasa Abelborok 16:48, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Dear Abel Tiprasa, many thanks for reaching out. I do understand the issues around Kokborok script (or rather the lack of an official script). Development of a language script is a process that takes a long time. It took many generations e.g. for Roman script or classical Chinese scripts to develop. Taking a more "modern" script development as example, Korean Hangul was developed over a period of time with he support of the King, it was then opposed by scholars, was not used for over 100 years and saw many reforms before becoming the standard. As such, it is fair for a Wikipedia article about the Kokborok script to neutrally report about proposals, concepts, reasons supporting and opposing the concepts. With the Kokborok speaking communities being quite diverse, there is also the question about which "authority" will eventually sign off a new script and make it official. This will be a political process between the various people, factions, groups. Eventually we may only know the "official" Kokborok script based on which concept will eventually be used by the majority of Kokborok speakers through steadily growing acceptance. This is how language normally develops.
2 things as take aways: (1) Wikipedia cannot and should not prevent articles about Kokborok script until there's an official script. It should neutrally reflect the process as the script develops. (2) Editors who are close to the process and propose their own scripts should take care when adding their proposals to this article. They should avoid conflicts of interest, i.e. not portray their own development superior or others as inferior. Qualitative assessments should be from independent sources. They should also not use this article to promote their own script. It should only be included what has been reported in other, independent sources. Please also see the policies about original research, conflict of interest and original thought. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 08:20, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Hiranandani Upscale School WIkipedia Page

The claims of the name of the directors are sourced and on the internet currently. Mr. Mark Curnane Mr. Mehran Akhtharkhavari — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pappuraw (talk • contribs) 14:48, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pappuraw: User created content (such as social networking sites) is not a reliable source and inappropriate reference for articles. Please also see User talk:SpacemanSpiff#Hiranandani Upscale School for my conversation with SpacemanSpiff about the (non) inclusion of the director's name. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 15:03, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

NPR Bronze Award

The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award

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Hello

Saw your comment on Talk:Organ system. Are you still active? Want to collaborate on anything? (organ systems articles are in general in need of attention!)

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

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NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

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Page mover granted

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Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Primefac (talk) 01:41, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thank you. Comrade Phils (talk) 12:30, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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Bear Notes

(Damienkelly26 (talk) 09:50, 21 June 2018 (UTC)) Hi Jake just saw my article is up for deletion? I have just placed a review on the article that highlights the positives and negatives of the app.

ZacharyPK

I had a look and I would interpret that as an attempt to create reference pages containing various styles of article that he might be intending to copy - but obviously he doesn't understand yet how Wikipedia works. So I would not be too concerned unless he continues to do this. Deb (talk) 11:02, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding your nomination for Deletion of Soumita Saha

Hello Jake, I noticed that you have nominated my article Soumita Saha for deletion.

I request you to visit the category Rabindra Sangeet exponents. Most of the articles there you shall find having similar references and notability. For e.g. Shreya Guhathakurta, June Banerjee, Mankirt Aulakh. If article about them can be accepted by Wikipedia, why should we be partial towards this young singer?

Secondly, I alone can't make an article comprehensive enough. It requires hours of collective efforts by several editors before it becomes a good article. If an article is recommended for deletion within an hour of its creation, how would other editors get chance to add value to it?

Considering this, I request you to temporarily remove the nomination for deletion for this article (for 1-2 weeks). I hope by that time, it would become quite comprehensive and will be backed by more reliable sources. Quartzd (talk) 09:39, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

@Quartzd: My view point stands with regards to this article. The deletion discussion runs for one week, which should be plenty of time to discuss and bring examples for notability. If the person is as famous as has been claimed, it should not be difficult to prove this with reliable, unbiased sources from major media during this time. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 13:54, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
      • As long as the big notice of deletion remains at the top of article, I don't think majority of editors would consider making additions to it. This is akin to infanticide of the article. Quartzd (talk) 14:14, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

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Twinkle gobbldeygook

Hi there. Just wondered if you're seeing something weird on User talk:Tombear1979 like I am. It looks like your edit was a Twinkle BLPPROD notification. It looks fine in the diff but when I look at the page, it is displayed in some weird symbol font.

@CataracticPlanets: Your WP:A7 nomination of Thomas C. Stuhr also looks like a Twinkle notification - Special:Diff/850697077. Same weird symbol font on the talk page, yet the diff looks fine.

And it happened to me - Special:Diff/850701595 - when I used Twinkle to leave a {{uw-autobiography}} notice. Could you both just check to make sure that my eyes aren't playing tricks on me? Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:14, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310: Yup, I'm also seeing the same bizarre symbols. Weird. CataracticPlanets (talk) 15:19, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
@Drm310 and CataracticPlanets: wow. yes, I do see those weird characters as well. The diff is fine, but what is displayed is just symbols. This starts just after the CSD from the previous time. Maybe something weird in the auto signature of Brambleberry of RiverClan pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 15:39, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Good catch, Jake! I checked Brambleberry's signature and it looks like the problem is an unclosed 
<font face="webdings">
tag. I added a closing tag and everything displays properly now. I'll make sure to notify Brambleberry if they don't notice this discussion first. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:46, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

A page you started (Andy (goose)) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Andy (goose), Jake Brockman!

Wikipedia editor Barkeep49 just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

When I saw this page I thought for sure I would be nominating it for speedy deletion base don the name. But then low and behold it's notable.

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Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 21:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: thanks for this. I came across this story by accident the other day and I was a bit surprised we didn't have an article, so I thought I'd start one. There seemed sufficient sources around. I did think someone might consider this a hoax or something weird, but it's actually a quite nice (and sad) story I think. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 05:50, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Review for Richard Jabo

Hello Jake, I have failed to make sense of your review about Draft:Richard Jabo, an award winning head of a key institution in Uganda. I would request that you make a non biased analysis of the good work we did in finding relevant info about the individual in question. What kind of links do you want us to avail to prove to you that he's such a big figure albeit he's from a small poor country? Please revisit Wikipedia guidelines for notable persons before you render our article unthoroughly researched. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MonkeyKingdom (talk • contribs) 14:59, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

@MonkeyKingdom: many thanks for reaching out. I do not accept your implication that I am biased in any way. When I review an article I look to verify facts. In biographies we can only ever show information that is verified by reliable, independent sources. As far as I can see it, your sources do not confirm the following: date of birth, place of birth, details about parents and their professions, the schools and universities he went to and when the degrees were awarded, his jobs at E.ON and Maersk, the majority of details under "Personal details". As per policy, this unsourced information must either be removed or reliable, independent sources provided. You must have obtained this information from somewhere. Maybe you can enlighten the community about the source of all this? You also seem to use the word "we". May I ask who "we" are? If you are working on behalf of an agency or publicist, you must disclose this conflict of interest. Many thanks. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 15:41, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
@Jake Brockman: thanks for the reply, firstly, personally I never use I because it breeds selfishness so I prefer the we word even when meaning I. Secondly, there's information I got from local newspapers that are written in a local language called Luganda which probably you may be unable to translate that are credible in this remote part of the world but lack online presence. Since it's not a Luganda article, I didn't find it necessary to attach such a print newsmagazine source but labored to add sources that are credible for English readers and have online presence like Titans Regional Digital Magazine 2017.
@MonkeyKingdom: thanks for the clarification. I would indeed not understand the local language source. Biographies of living poeple require considerable care when information is presented. Foreign language source may be acceptable if they can be presented for verification. I am sure there are other Luganda speakers on English WP who may be able to help - or we can employ help from the Luganda version of Wikipedia. Did you also consider posting the article there? It seems that project could also do with some help. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 16:16, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
@Jake Brockman: we could post it there but you have to consider that Luganda only covers a few elements of the person in question. Secondly, the topic of discussion has a job that requires him to relate with mainly visitors to Uganda and East Africa as a whole as he heads an authority in charge of free zones, therefore, the article does make sense if its in English it being the official language in the region and there're enough English sources to justify the notability aspect. May be we can attach the Luganda sources here just so that those who can understand Luganda can compare notes for verification purposes. Also, I hope you can consider the aspect of the fact that I, the writer of the article, have written a number of credible articles on Wikipedia over the years and no one has yet to complain about my work.
@MonkeyKingdom: Sources that can verify the facts should be added to the article. Claims that cannot be sourced need to be removed. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 17:21, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
@Jake Brockman: I have removed the un-linked facts for Draft:Richard Jabo. Can I resubmitted it now?
@MonkeyKingdom: thanks for this, however there is still way too much unsourced information. Please refer to the examples I gave above. You will also have received a message about a review I have started. I believe you may be working in coordination with another user on professional edits. Please feel free to comment on the venue for this - there should be a link in the message you have received. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 13:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
@Jake Brockman: I have seen your claim, and it is true I use two accounts for my work on the Wikipedia platform. I dont use them though in violation of any rules. I thoroughly research my work as I'm a photo journalist working with the Daily Monitor. MonkeyKingdom is my English Wikipedia account. MudduAwulira is my WikiMedia account. Hope that clarifies your doubts. In my country, not that many people can do thorough Wikipedia research about key topics in Uganda. FS Matovu is the only Ugandan who does thorough edits about Uganda. I'm trying to do contribute for the greater good. I live in Uganda, I know what goes on here and I feel we need more representation on Wikipedia, I'm doing my part. Mastering Wikipedia is a process and everyday I learn something new. Back to Draft:Richard Jabo, what information is not backed by a link? Look through all the availed links plus the interviews.
@Jake Brockman: is it possible to let another person review the article, I have removed all information you say is unsorced... I have requested that you personally delete those items but you're still biased in a way.
@MonkeyKingdom: thanks, I have posted your comments on the investigation page for consideration. I will not edit the draft article as I consider this a conflict of interest at this stage. Same goes for further AfC decisions. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 19:34, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Cap2201 Paid Contribution Disclosures

Hey Jake, 

     Hope this finds you well. I'm writing to let you know that I've added the requested paid contribution disclosure notices to the talk pages of Draft: Srikant Chellappa and Draft: Joanne Wilson, as well as on my user page. While I completely understand why all my other created pages were reverted to draft form, I was wondering if it would be possible to have the rest of my contributions reinstated, as they were simply meant to provide information on artists and works that I personally admire. Please accept my apologies about not properly labeling the contributions that were paid. I wasn't aware of the proper processes, and honestly the money isn't worth the trouble. I accept full responsibility, and will keep my editing un-compromised going forward. Thank you for your time and consideration, and have a great day!

Cap2201 (talk) 01:05, 1 August 2018 (UTC)cap2201

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. (Purge)

Hello Jake Brockman, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

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

New technology, new rules
  • New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
  • Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
  • Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.
Editathons
  • Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.
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Appleysj

This user is massively creating non-notable events without a single source. Is A7 appropriate? I see you draftifying them. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 08:08, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@Abelmoschus Esculentus: I'd go as far as assuming they may be connected to the tourism board or similar. It depends if A7 is appropriate. A7 requires lacking significance. That's a lower bar than notability. If something such as Art Busan is claimed as e.g. "largest art fair in Korea" or similar, I'd say that's a claim of significance and it may be credible. Therefore I move those to draft. Something like the Christmas Tree festival probably warrants an A7. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 08:12, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Draft of Humboldt-Institut

Dear Jake, I have added two more independent references in English. Please have a look and consider also the links in the external weblinks section: Draft:Humboldt-Institut. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ristretto de (talk • contribs) 14:26, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@Ristretto de:thanks for those additions. I don't think they are sufficient, though, to improve the claim of significance. The reference from Nebraska-Lincoln is "just" an entry in a study programme offering, the study travel magazine entry is most likely from PR about the centre opening and the PIE news is again very much PR-led about reaching a milestone. Non-Profit organisations, such as schools, follow WP:ORG. The notability test specifically lists such PR and "business as usual" coverage as insufficient for notability, see WP:ORGDEPTH. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 10:17, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Jake Brockman, 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
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.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • 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:Lourdes/PageCuration.js(info): Creates a "Page Curation" link to Special:NewPagesFeed up near your sandbox link.
  • User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/deletionFinder.js: Creates links next to the title of each page which show up if it has been previously deleted or nominated for deletion.
  • 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).

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Krishnamacharya_Healing_and_Yoga_Foundation

Thanks Jack for highlighting this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnamacharya_Healing_and_Yoga_Foundation . Can you please check it now? Thammudu (talk) 00:36, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank You for helping me with the creation of Draft:Blessings 2! :) LeeChoonYeeLcy (talk) 09:18, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Kieranian2001/common.js

Hello Jake Brockman. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Kieranian2001/common.js, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The creator has accidentally created their user subpage in the mainspace and I will move it back to the userspace. It maybe a test page but it looks like it was created in the mainspace in error. Thank you. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

@Pkbwcgs: They have created a js config file. Those files cannot be moved to a user space as they are protected even with extendedmover rights. This can only be deleted or moved by the user themselves which then requires the redirect to be deleted. This is different to normal contents. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 19:52, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining but I have put the CSD tag back anyway. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:54, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
Kieranian2001 does not have a .js config file. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:55, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
@Pkbwcgs: No matter if it exists or not, other users cannot move or create a file ending .js in a user space that does not belong to them since this would BECOME their config file. There is protection built into Wikipedia that prevents this from the get go. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 20:03, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Jake Brockman,

Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
  • Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.
If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.
We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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Mavatar Page Deletion

Hi Jake, could you please remove the Mavatar Technologies pages. I apologize for publishing the draft. It was not my intention. I am relatively new to Wikipedia article creation and published an incomplete version by mistake.

Thanks, Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benperlmutter94 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Jake Brockman, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

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

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

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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Jake Brockman,

Reviewer of the Year

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

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

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

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


Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

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


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Help

Hello. help me please add an article to Wikipedia (Draft:Dmitry Green).Thank you very much. Namerst (talk) 12:14, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Namerst Thanks for reaching out. Most of the sources seem to be in Russian, a language I am not very familiar with, so I'm not best positioned to review the article. From a formal perspective, the article does lack inline citations and some passages read like an advert, so this would need to be addressed. I'm also pinging @Boleyn: who placed the maintenance tags. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 12:51, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
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