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ACC access

Hello Luke, I have unsuspended your account and welcome back, please subscribe to the ACC mailing list here, and IRC channel access will be set as soon as I can find someone to do it :P. Again welcome back P. S. Please review the guide as alot has changed. Mlpearc (open channel) 17:37, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

I've re-added the account creator right to your account. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:33, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi sorry I didnt know that was unreferenced since I was given the task by one of the people involed. I was hust paid to edit that. Sorry! Indiedesole (talk) 00:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

@Indiedesole: A few things. Number one, please read Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people, especially the policy on verifiability. You have to cite any additions to articles, especially of living people. In addition, you stated you were given the task of editing the article. You may want to read Wikipedia's policy about conflicts of interests. In addition, I'm not saying you are, however if you are paid for your contributions, you must disclose who is paying you. If you have any questions, feel free to reply back. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:56, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

About a page deletion

Hello LuK3,

I receive you massage right now and you ask me that not to remove Articles for deletion notice from a page but the problem is now I want to stop the discussion what I proposed as it take too long to delete the page so I want to apply speed deletion for the page.Now the problem I don't find any way to delete this page.Can you help me please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thikthik15 (talk • contribs) 13:14, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

@Thikthik15: I have closed your AfD nomination. Only administrators can delete articles. I highly recommend reading Wikipedia's deletion policy if you want to see if an article should be deleted. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:23, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

What exactly is your problem in people creating their personal Wikipedia page.... Don't you want them to have their page?? Why hating? Oke adesuyi (talk) 16:36, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

@Oke adesuyi: Your article subject, in this case yourself (which is strongly discouraged), does not state a credible claim of significance. I highly recommend reading Wikipedia's general notability guidelines and specific guidelines on biographies. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:06, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

ACC

Hello Luke, can you fill me in on why acc:176483 is on hold? ~riley (talk) 23:38, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Riley, it looks like I was going to work on that request later, but unfortunately didn't have time. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:23, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
In the future please break reservation, this would have saved a five day delay in response which is unacceptable. ~riley (talk) 01:04, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Jim Miklaszewski

Source conflict? Does not adhere? http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jim-miklaszewski-retiring-from-nbc-news/291405

AdWeek is a reputable industry publication. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wxjunkie0 (talk • contribs) 14:32, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Wxjunkie0, thanks for the note. I read over that article and it seems to be a reliable source to be included in the BLP article. If you need any help with adding the information, feel free to message me back! -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:35, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I'm not retyping everything you deleted. Thanks for wasting my time. Wxjunkie0 (talk) 14:37, 18 July 2016 (UTC)wxjunkie
@Wxjunkie0: here is the diff to the edit you made, if you want to re-edit the article. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Faiz Syed for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Faiz Syed is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faiz Syed 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, 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. for (;;) (talk) 14:22, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

American Solidarity Party

I see that you have supported deletion of the entry for the American Solidarity Party. The party has only become really active in the last couple of months - but membership has grown and there are now chapters in a number of states, a central committee was formed in early July, and folks are working to get on as many ballots as possible for this fall.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CBGJpQYqOThtl1WBxXoeBv3LH_HDv1nLSVZiQjvEwLY/edit#gid=0

In addition, the party has now gotten mention in First Things - http://www.firstthings.com/tag/american-solidarity-party.

Please reconsider your vote to delete for now as the Party is seeking to grow.

Thank you.

Lee Strong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.101.178.225 (talk) 15:08, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Hello Luke

I was on Ernest simons page and I was writing about his current occupation and you changed it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.56.84.177 (talk) 00:56, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for your hard work of trying to prevent vandalism on Harvest from making unrecoverable damage! NasssaNser 04:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
Thank you NasssaNser, much appreciated! -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:35, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Unblock

Hi LuK3,

I'm trying to edit my supervisor's, Dr. Ellen J Kennedy's,Wikipedia page and was blocked. I'm confused as to how to unblock it. All I would like to do is put in her vita.

Ellen J Kennedy (talk) 14:10, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello, it doesn't seem like you were blocked. I did, however, revert your edits on the Ellen J. Kennedy. I reverted it for a few reasons. Editors are strongly discouraged to edit articles in which there is a Conflicts of interest. In your case, you are editing the article because she is your supervisor. In addition, contributions on Wikipedia must adhere to the policies on adhering to a neutral point of view and verifiability. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply! -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:17, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Changed language to be more editorial

Hi, 

 You flagged my wiki page creation and I heavily edited it to reflect acceptable WIKI guidelines. Please confirm that my updated page is acceptable.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elcorcor (talk • contribs) 23:48, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello Elcorcor, unfortunately the page was deleted because it didn't conform to some Wikipedia policies. However, I created User:Elcorcor/Highland Technology so you can work on the article without having it deleted. I'm going to try and get the deleting administrator to get the information from the deleted article onto that draft. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply back. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:17, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

politics

Содержит анти правительственную пропоганду. На английском языке преподносится информация, как афера исключително Путина и Януковича, хотя это не так. Даная афера характерна для многих стран и не только указанных президентов. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_voting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.252.151.129 (talk) 17:10, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Chris Koster

He is a corrupt career politician though? Takes 3.2 million of missouri taxpayer money to redecorate his damn office? And got a big write-up in the New York Times for his corruption? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.210.160 (talk) 15:47, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

You have removed valid content

You have removed my valid additions several times against Wikipedia's rules. If you do not stop I will have your editing privileges banned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:83E8:CE20:B582:2083:5BB4:290E (talk) 22:13, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

If you believe something needs a citation add "citation needed." you ate not allowed to remove content simply because a citation is not provided. Right now it appears you are removing relevant information which follows Wikipedia's guidelines because you disagree with it politically.

Please read WP:UNSOURCED in addition to WP:NPOV. The policy allows me to remove any information that is not directly supported by an inline source. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:05, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
!

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Daniel (Dano) Cerny

First, I have no conflict of interest per my interest in Mr. Daniel (Dano) Cerny. I am a colleague, but I am not being compensated for my interest in any way. I just want to see that your Wiki information is accurate.

The problem is that there are two pages regarding Mr. Cerny and his work.

The original page, entitled Daniel Cerny, is not well-referenced and it is very out of date:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Cerny

The second page, entitled Dano Cerny, is well-referenced, reasonably accurate and most importantly, up-to-date:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dano_Cerny

Can the second page be deleted, or at the very least appended to the first Dano Cerny page?

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Ptc81 (talk) 00:22, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello. According to your edit summaries, it looks like you have some sort of connection to the subject, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Also, biographies of living people are held to a high standard of verifiability, among other things. In addition, the second page is going through a deletion discussion, they will decide on the fate of the article there. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Are you able to clarify why the second 'Dano Cerny' article may be deleted? What is the potential problem? Thank you again. Ptc81 (talk) 18:04, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

According to the discussion, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dano Cerny, it looks like editors are concerned about the notability of the subject. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:17, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Designer Genes

I do hope you're an admin. I've been reverting several more infarctions by Deigner Genes as you can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Designer_genes

After his last warning as well. Forgive me for not knowing better how to respond but to revert. 66.191.15.94 (talk) 00:28, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. I just saw that they have been reported over at AIV. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:30, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

I changed the description for a reason.

It is proven fact that Adam Kokesh was only a civil officer in the USMC. Whom ever created this page (probably him) made his service in the USMC bigger than it truly is. What else do you need to know?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:3CE7:7200:396D:226C:15A8:8C20 (talk) 23:58, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

The information is sourced and you simply cannot remove information. Please go to the article talk page to discuss your changes. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Want to help test advanced new tools planned for Recent Changes?

Hi LuK3! I’m reaching out to you because our logs tell us you’re an active Twinkle new user welcomer. The WMF Collaboration team is working on new tools that we hope will be useful to people engaged in reviewing recent changes, fighting vandalism or supporting new users. We want to test them for usability with editors who are experienced with relevant wiki work. If you’re interested in helping to shape this new technology—we’d like to hear from you.

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Warning!

You have reverted articles such as talk page of x86 and userpage of Jeh for more than 3 times! If you continue doing that, you would be blocked from editing on Wikipedia.org! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Counterjeh (talk • contribs) 01:39, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Read WP:3RRNO. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:40, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

You deleted my things and it messed up my stuff 😭 Gamebøy6567YT (talk) 00:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Please read WP:UPNOT about what shouldn't be on your userpage. Promotional content is not allowed in the userspace or in the mainspace. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:49, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

$1.00 XD

Cad315 (talk) 02:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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Legend of Warsaw

This wasn't an WP:CSD#A11, because that requires a "plain indication" that the subject was "invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator or someone they know personally". Just being apparently made-up isn't enough. In fact, this legend wasn't made up, at least not recently - it is described at Warsaw#Etymology and names, and I have redirected the page to that, and told the author why. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks John. I did retroactively see Mermaid of Warsaw and should not tagged the article, rather a redirect. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:30, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer granted

Hello LuK3. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as mark pages as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

  • Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
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  • Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
  • Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. — xaosflux Talk 03:20, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Xaosflux, I appreciate it. -- LuK3 (Talk) 03:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar

Hello, is there any source that says that Coca-Cola Zero is just getting renamed? It appear that right now it's only Europe and it looks like it's also been reformulated. Let me know. Thanks TheUSConservative (talk) 02:54, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

I see an article from The Independent in the UK and Business Insider. It looks like it a reformulation of the Coca-Cola Zero however I'm not too sure it is replacing the old soda. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:57, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

So then I feel like a new article is warranted for the time being. Do you agree? If so could you help expand it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheUSConservative (talk • contribs) 03:11, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I would like to wait a little bit until there are some more reliable sources reporting on it. I'd be willing to help you on expanding it, just drop me a line. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 03:13, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

If you could help me find a logo or something with the logo on it. Maybe also with new information as well. Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheUSConservative (talk • contribs) 03:16, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, LuK3. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter

Hello LuK3,
Breaking the back of the backlog
We now have 812 New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action.
Mid July to 01 Oct 2016

If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.

Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation.

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Meatsgains. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Wild tic-tac-toe, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Meatsgains (talk) 02:56, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

New Page Review - newsletter #2

Hello LuK3,
Please help reduce the New Page backlog

This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.

Getting the tools we need

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO VOTE

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Thank You

For catching and promptly tagging the G10 attack page. The vigilance of editors like you helps keep the project running smoothly. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:21, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Ad Orientem, I appreciate the kind words. Congratulations on your new bit and best of luck in the upcoming year! -- LuK3 (Talk) 04:10, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Abdulhadi al Khawaja

The claim he is a "human rights defender" is as verifiable as the claim that he is a terrorist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.30.24.130 (talk) 18:32, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, LuK3!

Happy New Year!

LuK3,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Donner60 (talk) 04:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Thank you, best of wishes for the new year to you as well! -- LuK3 (Talk) 04:19, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Thanks for reviewing the Bernice Steinbaum page. Netherzone (talk) 00:54, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Not a problem! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:54, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 05:35, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 06:11, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't know. I've made the articles just because someone asked me if can have a information about that in macedonian language so I didn't know how. Sorry again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hgfvghdy (talk • contribs) 18:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

No worries, did you happen to check out the Macedonian Wikipedia? They may have better resources or articles to edit for you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:56, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Do we want to put in a AIV for Andrew0813?

He hasn't done any more vandalism after the final warning I gave him, but I'm pretty sure its a vandalism-only account. Also looking at his contribs, I see that he takes his time in editing, so he may be back in an hour or two to do more destructive harm to Civil War articles. Was wondering what your thoughts on the subject were. Thanks. L3X1 (talk) 17:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I think reporting them to AIV would be the best course of action. There has been no constructive edits from the user. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok, will do. L3X1 (talk) 17:55, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

The cliche is dead. Long live the cliche!

It's a-waiting..

You're not an admin? This poll from a while back suggests you'd do really well, so the question is - do you still want to run the gauntlet, and when? -- Samtar talk · contribs 21:57, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

@Samtar: I still want to run however due to this being my last semester at school and work I don't think I'll be as active. Perhaps see me over at WP:RFA in a few months :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Ah understandable! Well I look forward to seeing you there :) -- Samtar talk · contribs 08:57, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Anti-Spam Barnstar
Thank you much for your efforts fighting spam as you did recently with Www.dlightseventcatering.co.uk! --Non-Dropframe talk 02:21, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
@Non-dropframe: Thank you very much. Thank you for your anti-vandalism fighting as well. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:22, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

😤

I already edited it Gamebøy6567YT (talk) 00:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello LuK3,
A HUGE backlog

We now have 812 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

Hitting 17,000 soon

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

  1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
  2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
  3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello LuK3,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 812 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

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Dreaded 45 day list @ ACC

Hello, just here to remind you to login to the ACC interface, you're on the dreaded 45 day list. Thanx, - Mlpearc (open channel) 16:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I've been busy IRL but I'll try to get back into the groove of things. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:43, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

RFA time

I think it's time for another RFA after RFAP opinion polls suggest you have a high chance of passing lately.

KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 11:12, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your offer, however I would like to wait a little bit longer. I have not been as active as I should be. I want to get more active once the summer hits so we'll wait until then. Thank you again. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:53, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
No problem :) KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 23:19, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
I've deleted the RfA per WP:CSD#G7 so a fresh one can be started up nearer the time. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:06, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I'm just going back through my list of possible RfA candidates and remember this discussion - are you still interested? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:29, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

About becoming an administrator

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The same thing

It would probably be easier to use WP:SOCIALMEDIA when it comes to use of social media as a reference. Rather than an explanatory supplement, as so. Just a tip. :) Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 00:57, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

I've always used the WP:FACEBOOK and alike for social media and reliable sources. However I will use your suggestion in future edit summaries about social media references. Thanks! :) -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:01, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Just saying thanks for earlier. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me 02:33, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Not a problem, we all encounter those vandals from time to time :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:38, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
lol, year and a half for this one. Never gives up. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me 02:39, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Cumulus Media

Hi LuK3,

We wanted to correct the narrative for Cumulus Media. Here is the correct data on the company:

A leader in the radio broadcasting industry, Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) combines high-quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated media, sports and entertainment brands to deliver premium content choices to the 245 million people reached each week through its 447 owned-and-operated stations broadcasting in 90 US media markets (including eight of the top 10), more than 8,200 broadcast radio stations affiliated with its Westwood One network and numerous digital channels. Together, the Cumulus/Westwood One platforms make Cumulus Media one of the few media companies that can provide advertisers with national reach and local impact. Cumulus/Westwood One is the exclusive radio broadcast partner to some of the largest brands in sports, entertainment, news, and talk, including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, the Olympics, the GRAMMYs, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, Westwood One News, and more. Additionally, it is the nation's leading provider of country music and lifestyle content through its NASH brand, which serves country fans nationwide through radio programming, exclusive digital content, and live events.

How do I get that corrected? Lori LewisLorilewis1234567 (talk) 18:05, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

First off, it looks like you have a personal connection to Cumulus Media which violates Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest. The content you posted looks quite promotional in nature, which is also against Wikipedia's guidelines. You need to add material that is from a neutral point of view which is verified with reliable sources. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:09, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Erroneous and slanted information on the CranioSacral Therapy Page

In reading other Talks about this page, it appears that people who have been trying to update and correct misinformation on this page are not being allowed to do that. It appears editors who know very little about CST are choosing what is left up. I do not understand the coding for Wikipedia and it will take time for me to read all of that. In the meantime, why are you leaving erroneous slanted information on this page? CranioSacral Knowledge (talk) 23:50, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

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Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 812 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

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Eric Decker

Sorry, I won't do it again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE4A:9B60:940A:33B5:449C:10F5 (talk) 15:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Eric Decker Guy

Sorry for editing Decker. I won't do it again. Have a good evening. 2602:306:CE4A:9B60:8522:E1B5:F10A:495C (talk) 22:28, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 18,511 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
  • Some editors are committing to work specifically on patrolling new pages on 15 July. If you have not reviewed new pages in a while, this might be a good time to be involved. Please remember that quality of patrolling is more important than quantity, that the speedy deletion criteria should be followed strictly, and that ovetagging for minor issues should be avoided.

Technology update:

  • Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements
  • The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.

Technology update:

  • Rentier has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.

General project update:

  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
  • Please remember to focus on the quality of review: correct tagging of articles and not tagbombing are important. Searching for potential copyright violations is also important, and it can be aided by Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which can be added to your toolbar for ease of use with this user script.
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 14304 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
  • Currently there are 532 pages in the backlog that were created by non-autoconfirmed users before WP:ACTRIAL. The NPP project is undertaking a drive to clear these pages from the backlog before they hit the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing a few today!

Technology update:

  • The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: T175225

General project update:

  • On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
  • Before clicking on a reference or external link while reviewing a page, please be careful that the site looks trustworthy. If you have a question about the safety of clicking on a link, it is better not to click on it.
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Edit to Cy Vance page

Hi there, you reverted an edit I made to the Cyrus Vance Jr. bio concerning active, reported allegations, that were described as allegations and linked to 4 recognised media outlets reporting the same detail.

One of these was the Guardian.

Could you please tell me what qualifies as reliable sources, if these don't? Are they too editorial?

RMFK (talk) 15:20, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for the note. Almost of the sources you included in Cy Vance were editorials. According to WP:NEWSORG, "Editorial commentary, analysis and opinion pieces, whether written by the editors of the publication (editorials) or outside authors (op-eds) are reliable primary sources for statements attributed to that editor or author, but are rarely reliable for statements of fact." I highly suggest finding more neutral, opinionated articles to include in your addition. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Aah, gotcha, thank you very much for the feedback, greatly appreciated.

RMFK (talk) 16:12, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

I disagree with LuK3 here. Three of the four sources appear to be non-editorial and reliable. But no matter, it looks like you too worked things out. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:23, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Backlog update:

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  • We have successfully cleared the backlog of pages created by non-confirmed accounts before ACTRIAL. Thank you to everyone who participated in that drive.

Technology update:

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 12713 pages. Please consider reviewing even just a few pages each day! If everyone helps out, it will really put a dent in the backlog.
  • Currently the backlog stretches back to March and some pages in the backlog have passed the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing some of them!

Outreach and Invitations:

  • If you know other editors with a good understanding of Wikipedia policy, invite them to join NPP by dropping the invitation template on their talk page with: {{subst:NPR invite}}. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.

New Year New Page Review Drive

  • A backlog drive is planned for the start of the year, beginning on January 1st and running until the end of the month. Unique prizes will be given in tiers for both the total number of reviews made, as well as the longest 'streak' maintained.
  • Note: quality reviewing is extremely important, please do not sacrifice quality for quantity.

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL has resulted in a significant increase in the quality of new submissions, with noticeably fewer CSD, PROD, and BLPPROD candidates in the new page feed. However, the majority of the backlog still dates back to before ACTRIAL started, so consider reviewing articles from the middle or back of the backlog.
  • The NPP Browser can help you quickly find articles with topics that you prefer to review from within the backlog.
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New Years new page backlog drive

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Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!

The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.

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  • The total number of reviews completed for the month.
  • The minimum weekly total maintained for all four weeks of the backlog drive.

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A Barnstar Award for You!

Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar
I think you just received the Wikipedia equivalent of the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Awards - r.e. the honorific congratulatory message (now deleted) that a now-blocked spammer/sockpuppet/vandal recently posted on your Talk Page. Congratulations! Beauty School Dropout (talk) 17:31, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Haha, thank you very much for the award, I appreciate it! -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:41, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello LuK3, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!
The NPP backlog at the end of the drive with the number of unreviewed articles by creation date. Red is older than 90 days, orange is between 90 and 30 days old, and green is younger than 30 days.

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
  • We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

  • We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
  • Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello LuK3, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
See also

ACTRIAL:

  • ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

  • Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

  • While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

  • The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.
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NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

Hello LuK3, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
See also

ACTRIAL:

  • WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Deletion tags

  • Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:

  • A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons

  • There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. 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.

Paid editing - new policy

  • Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

  • The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
  • Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English

  • A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.

News

  • Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
  • The next issue of The Signpost has been published. The newspaper is one of the best ways to stay up to date with news and new developments. between our newsletters.
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NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello LuK3, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.

Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!

  • As a final push, we have decided to run a backlog elimination drive from the 20th to the 30th of June.
  • Reviewers who review at least 50 articles or redirects will receive a Special Edition NPP Barnstar: Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar. Those who review 100, 250, 500, or 1000 pages will also receive tiered awards: 100 review coin, 250 review coin, 500 review coin, 1000 review certificate.
  • Please do not be hasty, take your time and fully review each page. It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing.

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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

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

Hello LuK3, 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.
The Signpost
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NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello LuK3, 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.
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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

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

Hello LuK3, 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.15 16 November 2018

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

Hello LuK3,

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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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello LuK3,

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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NPR Newsletter No.17

Hello LuK3,

News
Discussions of interest
  • Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
  • {{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
  • A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
  • There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.
Reminders
  • NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.
NPP Tools Report
  • Superlinks – allows you to check an article's history, logs, talk page, NPP flowchart (on unpatrolled pages) and more without navigating away from the article itself.
  • copyvio-check – automatically checks the copyvio percentage of new pages in the background and displays this info with a link to the report in the 'info' panel of the Page curation toolbar.
  • The NPP flowchart now has clickable hyperlinks.

Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828
Looking for inspiration? There are approximately 1000 female biographies to review.
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NPR Newsletter No.18

Hello LuK3,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

  • Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
  • Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.
Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

Backlog drive coming soon

Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.

News
Discussions of interest

Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7242 Low – 2393 High – 7250

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New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

Hello LuK3,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.

Notifying users

Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.

PERM

Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.

Other news

School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages.

Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication.

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the hermit crabs

I did not see that I did that.My little brother saw that I made a wiki account and as i was getting water he messed with some things.Please forgive the actions of my brother. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Historian Harvard (talk • contribs) 00:29, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Francis M. Jackson page edits

Greetings Luk3,

Thank you for the kind welcome! I am actually Francis Jackson and personally made the edits to the Francis M. Jackson page. I certainly appreciate and understand the potential conflict of interest which is why I limited my alterations to my practice areas (which are of low-controversy and amenable to objective confirmation) and adding a photograph of myself (which I, as the owner of the photo, am uniquely positioned to release the rights to). If any of the foregoing still poses a problem, please let me know. FMJacksonEsq (talk) 20:59, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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