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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024[edit]

Hello Perfect4th,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

Reminders:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Neville (died 1460)[edit]

You may want to take a closer look 76.14.122.5 (talk) 21:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're right – I had missed the lack of a closing tag later; my apologies! I've restored the edit. Perfect4th (talk) 22:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! 76.14.122.5 (talk) 02:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Joga hanzra on Joginder Singh Ugrahan (05:54, 4 April 2024)[edit]

Hlo --Joga hanzra (talk) 05:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hlo 2402:8100:21D2:962E:0:0:C8F3:E406 (talk) 06:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Joga hanzra, and welcome! Do you have a specific question about editing Wikipedia? Perfect4th (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਉਗਰਾਹ[edit]

ਸਰ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਉਗਰਾਹ ਨੂੰ ਪਿੰਡ ਬਲ ਲੰਬੇ ਦਰਿਆ ਵਾਲੇ ਕੇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਹੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਵੇ 2402:8100:21D2:962E:0:0:C8F3:E406 (talk) 06:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP! I'm afraid I don't speak/read that language – you may be looking for this Wikipedia. Perfect4th (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SphiweN (14:21, 4 April 2024)[edit]

How to create a new article --SphiweN (talk) 14:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, SphiweN, and welcome to Wikipedia! Articles are typically pretty tricky for newcomers to create on Wikipedia, as there are a lot of policies and guidelines that apply to articles that take time to understand. New articles have to be about subjects that are notable by Wikipedia's definition, have to be verifiable (backed up by reliable sources), and must be written in a neutral tone, as well as conforming to stylistic policies and similar. It's usually easier to start with smaller edits (you can check out your homepage, the Task Center, or the Community Portal for ideas). If you'd still like to create an article, though, you should check out Your First Article. Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kingofthewetcats (19:51, 9 April 2024)[edit]

Hello, how do you assign links to other Wikipedia articles as text? --Kingofthewetcats (talk) 19:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Kingofthewetcats, and welcome! Are you referring to linking? Let me know if that doesn't answer your questions or you have any more, and happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 20:03, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from HoneyKpop on Draft:Wang Yiren (20:26, 11 April 2024)[edit]

Hello! I made a draft for Chinese singer Yiren's article. It's the first article about a person I've ever edited from scratch. Is she notable enough for a Wikipedia article? I would appreciate it if you could take a look at it. Thank you in advance. --HoneyKpop (talk) 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, HoneyKpop! I skimmed through and did a few news searches. The notability guideline for individual members of a band says that they must be independently reliable separate from the group for their own article, and while I'm seeing some coverage, I haven't found anything yet that fulfills the first criteria of the singer notability guidelines here. I don't have time to really scrutinize it, but if you want to continue work with the article, my best suggestion would be trying to find sources that fit that criteria in the singer notability guidelines. And keep in mind that just because someone is not notable now doesn't mean they won't ever be! It could just be too soon for an article right now. Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 18:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Question from Saly20 on Talk:Greta Thunberg (22:13, 12 April 2024)[edit]

H --Saly20 (talk) 22:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Saly20, and welcome! Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Perfect4th (talk) 04:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Zwelikazi on List of volcanic eruptions by death toll (12:32, 14 April 2024)[edit]

Hello


How I will find answers --Zwelikazi (talk) 12:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Zwelikazi! Can you tell me what question you're looking for an answer for? Perfect4th (talk) 05:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Wornbear (23:37, 16 April 2024)[edit]

Hi! --Wornbear (talk) 23:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Wornbear, and welcome to Wikipedia! Feel free to ask me any questions you have about editing! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 17:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive[edit]

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
  • On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from TheGr000ve (13:09, 23 April 2024)[edit]

Thanks so much!!! I’ll reach out if I have any questions --TheGr000ve (talk) 13:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, TheGr000ve, and welcome to Wikipedia! My talk page is always open :) - Perfect4th (talk) 19:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Growth News, April 2024[edit]

The Growth team will now send quarterly reports to keep you in the loop. Growth team weekly updates are available on wiki (in English) if you want to know more about our day-to-day work.

If you want to receive more general updates about technical activity happening across the Wikimedia movement (including Growth work), we encourage you to subscribe to Tech News.

Community Configuration[edit]

Growth features are currently configurable at Special:EditGrowthConfig. This quarter we are working on making Community Configuration accessible for other MediaWiki developers while also moving Growth feature configuration to the new CommunityConfiguration extension.

An early version of Community Configuration can be tested at Spanish Beta Wikipedia. We plan to release the new Community Configuration extension to pilot wikis (Arabic and Spanish Wikipedia) in early May, 2024. The first non-Growth team feature to utilize Community Configuration will be Automoderator.

In parallel with the development, the Growth team will propose Community Configuration usage guidelines, Community Configuration design guidelines, and provide technical documentation.

Experiment Results[edit]

Add a Image experiment analysis results

The Growth team conducted an experiment to assess the impact of the “Add an Image” structured task on the Newcomer Homepage's "Suggested Edits" module. This analysis finds that the Add an Image structured task leads to an increase in newcomer participation on the mobile web platform, particularly by making constructive (non-reverted) article edits:

  • The likelihood that mobile web newcomers make their first article edit (+17.0% over baseline)
  • The likelihood that they are retained as newcomers (+24.3% over baseline)
  • The number of edits they make during their first two weeks on the wiki (+21.8% over baseline)
  • A lower probability of the newcomers' edits will be reverted (-3.3% over baseline).

Personalized praise experiment results

This feature was developed for Mentors as part of the Growth team's Positive Reinforcement project. When A/B testing on Spanish Wikipedia, we found no significant impact on retention, but we found a significant positive impact on newcomer productivity. However, we concluded that the results weren’t positive enough to justify the time investment from Mentors. We plan to discuss this feature with our pilot wikis, and consider further improvements before scaling this feature further. Meanwhile, communities willing to test the feature can ask to have it deployed. (T361763)

English donors encouraged to try editing

As in previous years, donors were directed to a Thank you page after donation (example). However, this year we tested a new “Try editing Wikipedia,” call to action on the Thank You page. This call to action linked to a unique account creation page. From this account creation page we were able to track Registrations and Activation (editing for the first time). During the English banner campaign, the Donor Thank you page led to 4,398 new accounts, and 441 of those accounts went on to constructively edit within 24 hours. (T352900)

Future work[edit]

Annual Plan

The Growth team and the Editing team will work on the WE1.2 Key Result in the coming fiscal year. We will start initial discussions with communities soon to help finalize our plans. (T361657)

Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module

We plan to A/B test adding a new Community Configurable module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We are early in the planning phase of this project that will take place first at our pilot wikis and wikis volunteering. We welcome community feedback on initial designs and plans, in any language at our project talk page.

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18:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Waqar Azeem0 (10:22, 25 April 2024)[edit]

Hi, I want to write an article on wikipedia. But didn't find a button to write new article. --Waqar Azeem0 (talk) 10:22, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Waqar Azeem0, and welcome! You can't create an article directly, but you can create a draft. However, I wouldn't recommend it. Creating an article on Wikipedia is pretty complicated, because the subject has to be notable by Wikipedia's standards, verifiable, and based basically entirely on what reliable sources say. This guide explains more about the requirements for a new article. Newcomers usually have a better experience, though, editing existing articles (see the Task Center for ideas) to get familiar with Wikipedia and its guidelines. Let me know if you have any other questions, and happy editing ~ Perfect4th (talk) 19:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 April 2024[edit]

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Question from Er Arpit Singhal (16:28, 25 April 2024)[edit]

Personal note: Questions combined into one heading ~ Perfect4th
Hello --Er Arpit Singhal (talk) 16:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I lock wekipedia page. Otherwise what is the way to lock --Er Arpit Singhal (talk) 16:29, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to lock a wekipedia page --Er Arpit Singhal (talk) 16:30, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Er Arpit Singhal, and welcome! Are you referring to protecting a page? You can submit a request at Wikipedia: Requests for page protection. Let me know if you have any other questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 19:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Immartinrblx (03:47, 29 April 2024)[edit]

What 🥰 --Immartinrblx (talk) 03:47, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Immartinrblx, and welcome! Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 07:21, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ceka.white50 (23:45, 1 May 2024)[edit]

hi sir how can i get registered my biografi in here --Ceka.white50 (talk) 23:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ceka.white50! I'm afraid you're wanting something from Wikipedia that Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia strongly discourages writing about yourself or anyone with whom you have a conflict of interest. Feel free to try one of these alternative outlets if you like, and let me know if you have any other questions about editing Wikipedia! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 03:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins[edit]

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add a link at English Wikipedia[edit]

Hello Perfect4th

In a previous discussion you showed some interest regarding Growth Add a link feature. Hence, I'm sharing with you the recent post we wrote about it, as it will soon be available at English Wikipedia.

In short, this feature allows newcomers to discover that they can edit Wikipedia, by adding missing suggested links to existing articles in a guided way. It is also an excellent way to get more easy tasks newcomers can work on, as only a handful of easy tasks are available for them at the moment.

Let me know if you have any question or thoughts about this feature, anytime. Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 14:57, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm a little too busy to comment at the moment, but I'm following the discussion and I'll add some thoughts later if I get an opportunity. Thanks for the work you're doing with this! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 18:47, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from DoctorAnomaly (01:56, 8 May 2024)[edit]

Hi there, just wanted to let you know I don’t intend to edit much. I just created an account so that I could sync my data on the app. :) --DoctorAnomaly (talk) 01:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, DoctorAnomaly, and welcome! Thanks for dropping by, and feel free to let me know if you ever do have any questions about editing! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 17:02, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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