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Re [1], don't worry about the redlinks. That's normal until someone comes and starts the first comment on the column. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:58, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bri: Yeah, I figured. I remembered the way that namespace aliases work about ten seconds after I expanded all the links... jp×g 21:59, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

22:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

When you created Nina Jankowicz, why did you characterize her as a political commentator?[5]] That's not really accurate, is it? Not even close, right?

Then, what did you mean by "who's ready for FUN" five minutes later?[6]

Then you included a whole bunch of OR based on primaries with selected scarequotes.

Just thought I'd let you know I noticed. Cheers. soibangla (talk) 11:49, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Soibangla: You have left me kind of a confusing talk page message, and I am not sure how to respond to it. It seems that you think my writing wasn't very good, an opinion you are certainly within your rights to hold (good Wikipedia articles are often written by many people working together). I certainly did not deliberately write a shitty article, although I did write it under some time constraints (I had some errands to run, and an engagement tonight). If you have an issue with the content of an article, the talk page is generally an appropriate place to bring them up. With regard to the "fun": writing articles about current events generally causes my watchlist to be blown up with inane shit for weeks afterwards, which is not in fact fun for me. However, some people seem to find great joy in such editing, so I was (and am) wishing them the best. Cheers, jp×g 13:04, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

19:32, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi JPxG. I see that Wikipedia:Bots/News/202202 is nearly completed, can you publish it please? I know you have received some pushback for publishing bot news about things from years ago, but I support your work and think it is important to document history. It has helped bot operators like me to know how things were done and avoid comitting the same mistakes of previous botops. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 05:21, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I had a look at your common.js file to se how to include TrackSum.js on in my common.js. I noticed that you've included the customWatchlists.js twice on your common.js page. havarhen | Talk 12:20, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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15:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Sometimes when editing Wikipedia stops being fun, I look at your recent contribs and remember why I like this place. I think your software and writing kick ass and I hope to be half the editor you are some day. Forgive me if flattery isn't a good use of your talk page! Crunchydillpickle (talk) 21:35, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

18:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

I hav rvrtd on of your dits to Talk:E sinc WP:FOOLS stats that no April Fools’ Day joks may appar in th “Talk” namspac. Happy blatd April Fools’, NotRallySoroka (talk) 03:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hot damn. jp×g 15:46, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Hey, how come you aren't on Nina's page yet? No wait, there you are just now! who's ready for FUN soibangla (talk) 16:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Soibangla: Please leave me alone. jp×g 19:30, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello JPxG,

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

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

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 813 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 847 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

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

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

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00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Especially in WP:POINTy which which show you do not understand what a WP:PA is. This kind of thing is disruptive and unhelpful. Alexbrn (talk) 06:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexbrn: Which comment is this in reference to? jp×g 22:09, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When you did this.[23] Alexbrn (talk) 04:09, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You deserve a thank you! I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project. I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation!

-- 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:09, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good article nominations | June 2022 Backlog Drive

On 1 June, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number and age of articles reviewed. Interested in taking part? Sign up here!

You're receiving this message because you have conducted 5+ good article reviews or participated in previous backlog drives. Click here to opt out of any future messages. (t · c) buidhe 04:26, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OH GOD OH MAN OH WOW. LET ME TRY AND FIX THAT LMFAO HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN WTF. jp×g 20:48, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Situation normal, everything fixed completely. jp×g 21:37, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! My condolences on your heading/subheading situation. Rest assured I have fucked more mass messages than you have ever sent, so welcome to the club. Clean it up as best you can and move on! Cheers, Jake Ocaasi t | c 21:28, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Would you please step in and help Jason Dottley's page from further vandalism? There is an all out call to get his page down on datalounge.com https://www.datalounge.com/thread/30947120 is the most recent thread about it but if you search for his name and wiki you can see where at least one user has posted numerous times on different threads about this. I saw in his edit history where you removed vandalism in oct or nov or last year and this is getting so out of control. I don't know enough about Wiki to know what to do, plus I don't want them after me too! People are CRAZY. His page is "Jason Dottley" and I hope after you see everything you'll know what to do. I'm a very frustrated fan and don't understand how any of this is even possible. regards, will wgandypr@icloud.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2806:102E:18:5BE2:F11C:2931:BFB5:4605 (talk) 20:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what's going on with this page, but it seems like a situation too detailed for me to give intelligent comment on. Perhaps some dispute resolution is in order? jp×g 23:41, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Technical Barnstar
	I found your current-switcher.js user script today. Simple yet very useful. I do a bunch of userscript assisted edits, and I sometimes go through my contribs to see if anyone edited after me and caught a bug I missed. Hiding revisions marked "current" makes that a lot easier. Well done :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:33, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

02:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

On 7 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nina Jankowicz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nina Jankowicz dubbed herself the "Mary Poppins of disinformation"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nina Jankowicz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nina Jankowicz), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Cwmhiraeth, I removed it. soibangla (talk) 11:23, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 7,180 views (598.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 07:05, 8 June 2022 (UTC) [reply]

June songs

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles. Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Hey JPxG,

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kimball Island you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 19:41, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello JPxG,

Backlog status

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

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

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

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

Backlog drive

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

TIP – New school articles

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

Misc

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

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 11738 articles, as of 06:00, 9 February 2025 (UTC), according to DatBot

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

Reminders

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

1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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