User talk:SamHolt6/Archive 4
Start of Archive 4
Nov 2020: Why do you think IOHK as a source may be spammy?
[edit]Hello, I'm an editor at IOHK. I've been commenting on Talk pages for the past 2 years to try to discover why the Cardano (cryptocurrency platform) page was deleted (it has recently been restored). I have come to the view that editing on IOHK-related pages is very aggressive. An aspect of this is that 2 editors have deleted IOHK-related material and specifically called it 'spam'. However, no-one has said why this is the case, just referring to a general sanctions page. So I'm trying to find out how this idea has been propagated and where the discussion was had that IOHK and its associated trust are spam. Why do you think IOHK as a source may be spammy? And where do you look up such things? Thanks for your time. IOHKwriter (talk) 11:58, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
First section
[edit]This is the first new section post-Archive 3. SamHolt6 (talk) 03:35, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
June 2020 at Women in Red
[edit] June 2020, Volume 6, Issue 6, Numbers 150, 151, 167, 168, 169
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Sharkmob draft questions
[edit]Hi, I saw that you reviewed the Sharkmob draft I made. As I understand it its "missing significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject.". I'm not sure what kind of material that would constitute that kind of material. Is it the reliable part or the significant coverage part that is the problem? Would love some advise on how to resolve it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TroutSlinger (talk • contribs) 07:42, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- @TroutSlinger: hello. The issue with Draft:Sharkmob is that said draft does not cite the level of in-depth, independent coverage needed to establish the topic as meeting WP:NCORP, Wikipedia's criteria for notable companies. NCORP has many stipulations, but can be surmised by saying that topics need to have accrued significant coverage in reliable sources - things like press releases or WP:PRIMARY information do not count. The best way to address this issue is to seek out and add reliable sources to your draft so that it passes NCORP. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 12:27, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- I also should note however that - if Sharkmob has not released any games - it is likely WP:TOOSOON for an encyclopedia article and thus unlikely to survive in the mainspace. SamHolt6 (talk) 12:27, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- @SamHolt6: Thanks for the reply. I'll probably let it rest for a bit then and get back to it in a few mounths.
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Your GA nomination of Choctaw Civil War
[edit]Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Choctaw Civil War you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
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Have started my GA review of Choctaw Civil War & am making progress. There are some points I've brought up that need to be attended to for the Review to progress. Shearonink (talk) 03:51, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Mel Elias Draft
[edit]Hello,
I just wanted to make a few edits on his page to bring it back. How do I secure the edits if I post it on the "talk" page? Please let me know.
Vanessabruvi (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2020 (UTC) Vanessa
- @Vanessabruvi: hi. The draft in question has been restored and can now be edited by anyone. You can also start a discussion at Draft talk:Mel Elias to ask that edits be implemented. In addition, have you looked at the message I left on your talk page regarding WP:PAID and WP:COI? Please answer this inquest at the earliest possible convenience. SamHolt6 (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Fitz Henry Lane
[edit]I've found two Gloucester fort paintings by Lane that I've added to Fort Defiance (Massachusetts). I suppose you've found this, but there's a lot of his work in "Category:Paintings by Fitz Henry Lane in the Cape Ann Museum" on Commons. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 23:41, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- @RobDuch: thanks; I was not aware of the category (I created Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor as part of the Met's GLAM project) but may check it out later. Nice work on Fort Defiance by the way. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:10, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
- Vanessabruvi (talk · contribs)
Hello. I am a paid intern to get his page back up. I understand wikipedias rules and policies, and I am so sorry I was so confused. But can you please help me come up with ways in which I can get his page back on in a normal and ethical manner that meets wikipedia's policies. Do you recommend I keep using the talk page?
Vanessabruvi (talk) 23:49, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Vanessabruvi: hi. Thank you for making the disclosure - it is required by Wikipedia's terms of use, and our community considers interns to be paid employees. Moving on to Draft:Mel Elias, said draft was created by a paid editor who was blocked and has been out of the mainspace for several years. To have it returned to the mainspace without likely facing deletion again, I recommend the article be submitted through WP:AFC so that a reviewer can look at it and determine if the topic is notable. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 11:39, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Request for assistance
[edit]Hi! It's me again. Would you recommend that I put "{{AFC submission|||ts=20200617173749|u=Vanessabruvi|ns=3}}" in the edit section of the profile so that it can be examined by someone else? Or are you saying that I need to recreate the Mel Elias page all over again.
- @Vanessabruvi: re-submitting the draft to AfC is the way to move forward. Once done, another reviewer will make a determination on the draft. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:24, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Instagram egg for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Instagram egg 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/Instagram egg until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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. PuzzledvegetableIs it teatime already? 13:42, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
DiversityComm, Inc. Wikipedia page
[edit]Hello -- Can you please tell me more about why our company's Wikipedia page is now a Draft and is no longer visible when you search on wikipedia for it? Please e-mail me at kcastagnoli@diversitycomm.net Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.184.27.50 (talk) 16:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
- Hello Ip. I came across the article for DiversityComm as part of my role as a WP:NPR and found that it contained hallmarks of either COI or undisclosed paid editing (both of which violate Wikipedia's core policies of WP:NOTPROMO, WP:NOTADVOCACY and potentially the site's terms of use if undeclared), and as such I draftified the article so that it could be vetted by WP:AFC. I also contacted the editor who created the article, but have yet to receive a response. As things stand now, the draft could likely pass through WP:AFC without major issue if it were submitted, and I have no objections to another editor submitting the draft. If you choose to do so, please read WP:COI, WP:PAID and make the required disclosures. Thank you. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:42, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
WikiLoop Battlefield new name vote
[edit]Dear SamHolt6,
Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield. We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The voting is held at m:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.
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Your GA nomination of Choctaw Civil War
[edit]The article Choctaw Civil War you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Choctaw Civil War for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink (talk) 02:22, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Congrats, it's a....
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Very interesting subject and well-written too - really enjoyed it. Congrats, Shearonink (talk) 02:27, 5 July 2020 (UTC) |
- @Shearonink: not a problem - we live in interesting times. Thanks for the assistance in refining the article. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 02:38, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Airspeeder
[edit]Hello SamHolt6
I've made additional citations of a secondary nature to the Airspeeder Draft Article if you wouldn't mind reviewing again? This includes a book reference and two affiliated pieces.
Thanks. --OzarkForever123 (talk) 12:13, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
- @OzarkForever123: hi. Thanks for making improvements to the article (though I suggest you should add more WP:RS if possible). Unfortunately it is not my preferred method to re-review drafts I have declined, so I will be leaving the second review to the next reviewer that comes along. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 15:51, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
- Vanessabruvi (talk · contribs)
Hello. I am reaching out again, because I have not gotten any feedback on the Mel Elias page. Do you have any advice to give me about going about enhancing/ publishing his page. Please let me know I would love the help.
- @Vanessabruvi: hi again. My advice (which I give to most AfC submitter) is to continue to add coverage of the subject in WP:RS - this increases the chance that the draft will be accepted by AfC reviewers. As far as said review is concerned, AfC has a backlog of ~2500 submissions to review get through, so it may be up to seven weeks maximum before someone reviews your draft. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:30, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Vanessabruvi (talk) 20:36, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Article on Arzac
[edit]Dear Editor, Thank you for your prompt consideration of my submission. During these long stay-at-home months, I have tried to learn about Wikipedia organization and the source code used for writing articles. As an old-time assembler programmer, I found the source code intuitive and efficient and fun to write with. At this point, I have three articles in different stages of development that I believe would enrich Wikipedia. They are based upon my interest in history, economics, music and science. I do this work as a diversion and a way to organize my ideas. I do not receive any compensation or are associated with any entity related to this pro-bono work. The article submitted was entirely based upon materials available on the web and my own interpretation of the subject. If the present submission is not considered suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, I will complete my other two projects and submit them instead. If they still do not meet the Wikipedia’s inclusion standard, I would still have enjoyed working on them and had no regrets. Thank you, ArvFolc — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArvFolc (talk • contribs) 11:10, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
- @ArvFolc: ok. Given your contributions show you have only worked on one topic, please read WP:SOCK and note that if you edit using multiple accounts you should disclose so. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 14:00, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Article on Arzac
[edit]Comment: Also noting that all of the draft's references were access before its creation, which may mean this topic was previously in the mainspace under a different name. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:58, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
The article was drafted entirely off-line using simple source code and it took a couple of month working on spare times before I thought it was ready for submission, which obviously it was not. It was never in the "mainspace under a different name." I would seem that you, obviously an accomplished and experienced editor, are trying to tell me to desist editing and leave Wikipedia contribution to professionals. If that is the case I will accept it and continue being just a reader and benefiting from your effort. Thank you for your advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArvFolc (talk • contribs) 15:51, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
August 2020 at Women in Red
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Article Creation: Derived Savanna
[edit]Thanks for the feedback, I will gather more sources and resubmit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristopherBreeze (talk • contribs) 02:26, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Me to We
[edit]Hello! Just a heads up that Me to We is part of a big political story currently in play here in Canada. That may bring more than the usual number of editors. I can't really parse what is truth or fiction in their story (especially the controversies section, and recent edits there), so if you can it's appreciated. Thanks.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 06:02, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- @ThatMontrealIP: so I am seeing (have had the article watchlisted since the UDP incident in March). Don't have the time this evening - my early morning - but tomorrow will try to check the veracity of the recent edits to the article. SamHolt6 (talk) 06:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Mergan Ghappar for deletion
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Victor Vescovo article
[edit]Sam,
I see that there are cautions and caveats to the Victor Vescovo article initiated by you. I would like to help satisfy your concerns, as I believe that his recent history in the Challenger Deep is an important event in history. My book, "Deepest Pioneer", the history of the Bathyscaph Trieste will be distributed later this year by the US Naval Institute Press, and its concluding chapter compares the early technology of the Trieste when it made its dive to the bottom of the world's oceans in 1960, to the technological revolution displayed by Vescovo's tour-de-force at the Challenger Deep in 2019.
Many state that the Earth's final frontier is in the polar regions, and they may very well be right -- but if so, then the deep oceans are not a frontier, but rather mankind's first glimpse of an alien world. Vescovo's aggressive employment of revolutionary deep ocean technology is demonstrating that this alien world can now be entered safely at modest cost.
I'm sure that Lindbergh and Earhart were originally called self-promoters and adventurers, but their history-making flights demonstrated to the general population that manned-flight had come of age and would soon be entering the common weal. They are both now cultural icons and rightfully warrant long encyclopedic biographic articles. Vescovo is another of that ilk, at least in my opinion.
Recently, the Guinness Book of Records recognized him as holding the record for deepest manned dive -[1] This should be compared to Lindbergh's non-stop flight across the Atlantic; and Earhart's first women to fly non-stop to Europe as a demonstration of maturing technology.
Using his new technology, Vescovo has (in 2020) returned to the Challenger Deep and escorted the first woman -- Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan -- to the bottom of the world's oceans. This and other dives may look like promotion, but they serve to educate a public to a new capability. A new capability with unforeseeable consequences -- consequences just as unforeseeable as Lindbergh's first long distance flight.
Under my nom-de-wiki "Gwyncann" you can find some of my work recording all of the research vessels that have investigated the Challenger Deep. I'm not a very experienced participant in the Wikipedia project, but I would like to ensure that the historical importance of the recent radical improvement in deep sea technology is recognized and documented on Wikipedia -- including a proper biography of its most visible proponent today -- Victor Vescovo.
Can you educate me and guide me to properly format and compose in the proper tone of academic disinterest for the Vescovo article? What, specifically, are the elements that need to be addressed in the present write-up?
Thanks in advance,
Lee Mathers (Gwyncann) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwyncann (talk • contribs) 01:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
References
- @Gwyncann: hello, and thanks for reaching out with this concern. As far as the Victor Vescovo article is concerned, my edit history there is very brief - I visited the article in September of 2019 in the wake of a WP:COIN investigation and tagged it for containing undisclosed paid editing, but later was successfully engaged by User:Vlvescovo (the discussion can be read here), and convinced to remove my tag. I have not edited the article since then, and the tag currently on the article was added in this edit this June. The article in question remains on my watchlist, but for now I have other topics I would like to focus on and as such will likely not be playing an active roll in this process.
- As far as advice I can give you, I recommend you start a talk page discussion on why you feel the tag should be removed. As for any changes to the text of the article, you can be WP:BOLD add any content you feel should be included (keeping in mind WP:COI, which discourages but does not disallow editors with a conflict of interest from editing relevant topics) keeping WP:BRD in mind. Alternately, you can use Wikipedia's edit request feature to discuss potential changes on the article talk page. Wishing the best, as you clearly have an interest in improving Wikipedia. SamHolt6 (talk) 02:14, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
MfD nomination of Draft:Axcient
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Draft:Axcient, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Axcient and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:Axcient during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Nathan2055talk - contribs 19:53, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Ahmass Fakahany for deletion
[edit]A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ahmass Fakahany 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/Ahmass Fakahany until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:03, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Notifying you as the editor who first draftified the article after its initial creation and subsequent redrafticiation and undraftification. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:03, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Black Book Research on Bloomberg.
[edit]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/pollster-with-fake-staff-gave-top-grades-to-firms-landing-deals — Preceding unsigned comment added by Delroysextine (talk • contribs) 13:13, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Delroysextine: thanks for the tip, that is very interesting. When I have time I will look into editing Black Book's article and possible bring this to the WP:RSN for community discussion. I am curious though; why contact me specifically (note you can email me via this tool)? SamHolt6 (talk) 16:56, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Anastasia Kingsnorth
[edit]Please give me some reasons why you declined my page on Anastaia Kingsnorth. I worked hard on it but need help on the layout. I have been working on it for 4 hours. I plan to add to it later on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma.brenley.123 (talk • contribs) 15:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Emma.brenley.123: hi Emma. You can see the reason for my decline at the topic of the draft, but for convenience sake I will repeat here that your draft (about a living person, or WP:BLP) did not cite any sources and as such is not ready for the article mainspace. I recommend you add some reliable sources (WP:RS) to your draft. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 16:55, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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September Women in Red edithons
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Dear SamHolt6
[edit]im a teacher in sri lanka. I need to share information about myself with all people.please help me Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surangi Teacher (talk • contribs) 19:03, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker), As the person who deleted the article I want to add my two cents here. Surangi Teacher no you do not. Wikipedia isn't meant to be a personal directory or personal website (see WP:NOT). You cannot use it to
share information about myself with all people
. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:05, 30 August 2020 (UTC)- @Surangi Teacher: unfortunately, Wikipedia does not allow outright resumes to be published (WP:RESUME) as it contradicts WP:NOT. Hickory is correct that the platform is not intended to be used to promote oneself. SamHolt6 (talk) 19:39, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Don't delete other users comments
[edit]You are not entitled to delete other editors comments without showing cause. An experienced editor like you should know better. Bacondrum (talk) 00:54, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Bacondrum:, Sam stated on my talkpage that it was accidental. Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:56, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- My apologies then to SamHolt6 then. I must say I was shocked to see an experienced editor doing that. Makes sense that it was an accident. Bacondrum (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Bacondrum:@Hemiauchenia: no problem at all, sorry for any alarm. The tricky thing about rollback is that is instant; a single click made by a distracted person (me) can do some damage. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 01:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- My apologies then to SamHolt6 then. I must say I was shocked to see an experienced editor doing that. Makes sense that it was an accident. Bacondrum (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
All Hands - A Wiki Edit-A-Thon for Newfoundland and Labrador
[edit]Hi Sam,
I'm the facilitator of the All Hands edit-a-thon for Newfoundland and Labrador. I wanted to say thank you for your interest in our little campaign. Now that the campaign is over, we're interested in seeing what our final numbers are like and what kind of impact we've had on Newfoundland-related topics on Wikipedia. However, because of your prolific activity on Wikipedia, our dashboard has been collecting and counting all that activity too, and it has thrown our statistics out of whack. I hope you'll understand that I've removed you from our dashboard so that we can have a more accurate picture of our participants' activities. Thanks for joining and thank you for your activities on Wikipedia at large! LesserJerome (talk) 15:59, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- @LesserJerome: not a problem at all. If you would like to factor in my contributions directly related to Newfoundland, it would be 5 articles (Newfoundland Loggers' Strike, George Webber (poet), Francis Lind, Nunaksaluk Island, Fort Amherst Lighthouse) and ~35 edits. Best, and thanks for letting me acquaint myself with N&L; it was fun. SamHolt6 (talk) 16:13, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- @SamHolt6: Yes, thank you, I will count those. I initially wanted to simply turn off tracking for all your out-of-scope edits, but you had so many edits and the dashboard was not operating correctly so it wasn't a viable option. Thanks again! LesserJerome (talk) 16:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Mel Elias Page
[edit]Hi Again,
I just want to say how I've appreciated your help in the past. But, is there any way that we can expedite the process to getting the page published? Over the past few months I have been adding more information and links, but have found no luck. Please let me know if you have any recommendations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanessabruvi (talk • contribs) 17:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Vanessabruvi: hi. To answer your question there is no direct way to expedite the AfC process. The best course of action is normally to wait for an AfC reviewer to eventually review your submission as it works its way further back in the que. However, this seems to be a moot point as another reviewer has declined your draft and a third left negative feedback. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 12:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Squirrel Nut Zippers Musical Candy submission.
[edit]Hi SamHolt,
Thanks for your input.
One of the obstacles I am struggling with is this film was created pre-internet so many of the sources are not online. However, I have a binder of original newspaper cutouts of newspapers & magazines articles discussing this project and I can cite the specific publication, date & author. However, many/most of these are not online. Can I scan those and post them to the page to cite as a source or simply cite as a source?
Thank you. (Claywalk (talk) 20:41, 31 August 2020 (UTC)claywalk
- @Claywalk: hi. Yes, you can certainly cite print sources to show the topic accrued some coverage when it was released. SamHolt6 (talk) 21:16, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Submission Reco Jefferson
[edit]Hi! I saw you reviewed (about a month ago) a submission I made. I have read through the articles on significant coverage. I'm trying to understand which criteria was being missed. Thank you for any and all assistance in this matter. Lino.asst (talk) 23:49, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Lino.asst: hi. So, for a biography like Draft:Reco Jefferson to be considered for inclusion in Wikipedia, the topic needs to meet WP:BIO. The criteria for inclusion is that in-depth, independent coverage of the subject be found in WP:RS. As far as your draft is concerned, you currently have two sources cited and reviewers normally look for three at a minimum (WP:THREE). In addition, one of the sources you have cited (from the Hustler's Digest) is borderline unreliable; the other one is fine. So at this point you should look for and add any in-depth, independent coverage about the subject in WP:RS to the draft and re-submit said draft for another reviewer to look at. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:10, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Question
[edit]Hallo dear Sam Holt6 Please cek my artikel Corine Tap, please be kind and move to main Englisj wikipedia and correct me if iam wrong, you are free to edit my artikel
Thank you
Regard Bobby Prabawa Bogor, Indonesia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby Prabawa (talk • contribs) 05:30, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Bobby Prabawa: hi. I understand your concerns, but for the moment I will not be returning Draft:Corine Tap to the mainspace. The draft should be submitted to and then reviewed by WP:AFC to address any notability concerns. In addition, please keep in mind that if you have been paid to create/edit the article you are required to disclose so - see WP:PAID and WP:TOU. This goes for your edits on Indonesian Wikipedia, as undisclosed paid editing is prohibited by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use. Thanks. SamHolt6 (talk) 22:28, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Help with article
[edit]I am reaching out to you as a member of the Wikiproject on Economics. A related draft article located here Draft: Bimal_V_Patel may be of interest to you. While I’m a former work colleague of the subject of the article, I’ve done extensive research into Wikipedia policy in order to abide by Wikipedia policies. I’d appreciate any help or thoughts you can provide. Capecodcontributor (talk) 15:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Capecodcontributor: certainly, I will take a look at the draft when I have a free moment. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 15:26, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Sigma Beauty
[edit]Dear SamHolt6, Thank you for putting the Draft:Sigma Beauty into the draft mode as I used it to practice my editing skill and page moving capabilities. I moved Sigma Beauty from "Draft" to "Main Article Namespace" after restructuring the article, adding a few relevant citations, and removing the words which seem to be puffery in the first place. However, your approval is a must. If you still feel this page fails WP:NCORP, then I suggest you nominate this article for an WP:AFD/WP:CSD because there is nothing much to add. You have my full support on this. -Hatchens (talk) 11:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Hatchens: hi. I have gone over the article and made my series of changes. The article does rely (like many company articles) on churnalist/borderline/listing articles as sources, but looking through it I see no pressing need to nominate it for deletion. Looks to be more of a cleanup situation. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:12, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah! I followed your comments at "View history". You are a better judge, I am with you because you are more experienced. It's learning. Thank you. Hatchens (talk) 13:21, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Darvin Furniture & Mattress
[edit]Unless you object, I am going to move Draft:Darvin Furniture & Mattress to Darvin Furniture & Mattress. I think the article now demonstrates significant coverage.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:42, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- @TonyTheTiger: ok, you can move it to the mainspace as you see fit (saw that you preformed some cleanup). I am less certain about the topic meeting WP:NCORP but that is my opinion and you are under no obligation to send the article through AfC. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:16, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thx. Cheers!-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:54, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Reference formatting
[edit]Hi. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but most of the references in your original rewrite of the Si Ouey article (Special:Permalink/977462336) had the author fields mangled. Are you using a specific citation tool? If so, this might be worth filing as a bug report. --Paul_012 (talk) 02:25, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Paul 012: that is interesting... as far as I remember I used the automatic citation tool (as usual). Maybe it was the heavy use of foreign language sources that contributed to these errors? If this becomes a running theme I will submit a bug report. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- It's probably just that the built-in tool doesn't work well with some websites. I've long known about the Bangkok Post, but didn't expect the same with the others. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:15, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
October editathons from Women in Red
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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
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Hallo Sam
[edit]Hallo Sam... Please move my artikel about Corine Tap to main menu I will do some editing according your instruction
Best regard
Bobby — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby Prabawa (talk • contribs) 03:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Bobby Prabawa: hello again. At this point my answer is no as the topic has not accrued the level of coverage in WP:RS to be considered notable. You may want to try asking another AfC participant.
- In addition, please keep in mind that you still have not fully complied with WP:PAID and with Wikimedia Foundations terms of use. Please do so on en.wiki and id.wiki as soon as is convenient. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 22:20, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
After last year's debacle (multiple submissions declined and then rejection), I am trying to rewrite the page on Cafetran Espresso, starting from scratch. This time, I will directly liaise with the people in charge of the evaluation in the past (same message on their talk page), and ask for your assistance.
Disclaimer: I am not at all involved in the development of CTE. I am just a professional translator whose bacon was saved by the tool. Being quite active in various translator communities, I know for a fact that CTE is one of the most mentioned (which of course does not mean used) standalone CAT tool after SDL Trados, MemoQ and Wordfast (the other current big players being Cloud-based). It is particularly important for people under Linux, being quasi the only professional-grade tool. For us, CTE is not just notable. It is vitally important.
The conundrum I face is that, being in 2020, the immense majority of software comparisons are via blogs. CAT tools are not groundbreaking technology warranting a publication in research journals. And all other types of articles are now published via blogs or forums (personally, I cannot remember the last time I read a magazine, even online). This issue would be met with any CAT tool develop today.
So I started by deleting all the boasting, as well as the detailed technical descriptions, which can be re-introduce later if needed. I think what remains is more than a stub. I would appreciate your help to grow it until the point it can be acceptable as a page, without adding material that would fire up new controversies. Nicolas Gambardella (talk) 13:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- I was not as heavily involved in the draft as several other editors, but I would be fine with looking it over as it is sent through AfC again. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 22:22, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Gaurav Chaudhary for deletion
[edit]A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gaurav Chaudhary is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Sezzle
[edit]Hi Sam, I saw you deleted Sezzle's Wikipedia page. I am not sure why this happened, could you please explain to me and help get it back live? All the information is neutral, and I am not sure who this editor who was blocked for UDP activities. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.215.130.207 (talk) 15:38, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there. I've left an edit request in the talk page of the above article regarding the removal of the {{paid contributions}} tag in the lead, which you added (or rather changed from {{undisclosed paid}}) in July prior to the draft's recent approval. Kindly review. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 06:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Richard I Ginsburg
[edit]Hi Sam, I've updated the listing. I believe everything to be true and supported by references. Please let me know what else needs to be changed - Richard Ginsburg is accomplished and well known. Made a few changes but everything is correct. Please advise. Thanks! Brad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Promoguy4444 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Promoguy4444: hi Brad. Your draft currently contains some content that does not seem to comply with Wikipedia's policies on WP:NPOV and WP:NOTPROMO (noting another editor has also flagged your article for deletion). I highly recommend you take a look at WP:MFA for inspiration on how you could fix these issues. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 22:35, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
[edit]Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
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We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
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Response
[edit]Hi Sam,
Thanks for yor message. I an not being compensated in no shape nor form. I am Portuguese born with my mom being Angolan and my dad from Guinea-Bissau. I am into electronic music myself. DJEFF is one if not, the biggest export from Angola to the world. I could divolge on how some artists don't get the deserve credit for their craft. As an artist that represents my countries, the type of music I like I want to make sure, I am able to deliver to the best of my capacity. If I think the page I created, can make better description of what I am attempting to describe, then I will strive for that. Which led me to ask on helpdesk and other users, how to change the name. I have seen it online, it seems something common and straight forward, hence why I was asking. Hope that answers your questions, if not, please feel free to ask anything else. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supah Pablo (talk • contribs) 14:52, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for answering. SamHolt6 (talk) 15:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Please restore Sezzle for notability after converting to Draft over UDP concern of approving editor
[edit]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sezzle&action=edit&redlink=1 -
It looks like Sezzle was disabled https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sezzle&action=edit&redlink=1 - (Apologies I'm a bit of a wiki novice. Disclosure I'm currently head of Support for this company, I've posted a COI on my userpage)
For notability it's a publicly listed stock over $1 Billion valuation on ASX:SZL currently. https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/company/SZL
We are also mentioned on a competitor's wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterpay
I've reviewed the draft on wiki2 and see no serious bias, but cannot find the wiki copy of the article to restore as it's been moved to Draft. Please advise on properly reversing the removed page or providing additional references / AfC. It seems as though not having a business page is also affecting some derivative services such as Google's business info.
Thank you for your time!
Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
Davidwgustafson (talk) 22:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Davidwgustafson: hello. I took your comment to be a request for restoring the article (see WP:DRAFTIFY) and so the article is now back in the mainspace at Sezzle. The article definitely has some areas that could be improved - see the maintainence tags - but is probably not unsalvagable. Note this action was a reversal of my draftification and not an acceptance of the article through WP:AFC. I have also marked the article as un-reviewed, and so another editor will likely review it in the coming days. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 15:44, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
New, simpler RfC to define trust levels for WikiLoop DoubleCheck
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Why do you think IOHK as a source may be spammy?
[edit]Hello, I'm an editor at IOHK. I've been commenting on Talk pages for the past 2 years to try to discover why the Cardano (cryptocurrency platform) page was deleted (it has recently been restored). I have come to the view that editing on IOHK-related pages is very aggressive. An aspect of this is that 2 editors have deleted IOHK-related material and specifically called it 'spam'. However, no-one has said why this is the case, just referring to a general sanctions page. So I'm trying to find out how this idea has been propagated and where the discussion was had that IOHK and its associated trust are spam. Why do you think IOHK as a source may be spammy? And where do you look up such things? Thanks for your time. IOHKwriter (talk) 11:58, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- @IOHKwriter: hi. You are correct in that Wikipedia editors take a cynical view of cryptocurrencies, and there is definitely a cloud hanging over the topic - as a reviewer who was active in 2018, I can say there is good reason the community imposed sanctions. Now to your issue. When I look at the IOHK sources removed from the Cardano article, I don't immediately think spam but I do see potential WP:PRIMARY concerns given IOHK's connection to Cardano. Wikipedia's PRIMARY policy differs slightly from the academic definition of primary sources, but the policy page is clear that primary sources can be used as long as the topic's notability has been established (in Cardano's case it has) and the sources are used with some care. If you want to re-add these citations, I would strongly recommend making in-text attributions to any IOHK-sourced content you want to add to the Cardano article, as this may alleviate some of the WP:PRIMARY concerns. I also cannot stress enough how important it is to continue to adhere to the procedure laid down at WP:BRD, even if the process is tedious. Wikipedia is built around community consensus, and so if you are reverted you should try to reach some consensus at Talk:Cardano (cryptocurrency platform) regarding what should be added to the article.
- As for the second part of your question, I was not able to find any discussion regarding the reliability of IOHK. For example, to my knowledge IOHK has never been discussed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard, where the community discusses the reliability of sources. If you are so inclined, you could yourself start a discussion on the noticeboard to determine if IOHK should be considered reliable. This would allow other editors who watch the board to comment on whether or not your website is a reliable source. I cant predict the outcome of this discussion, but it would help clear up any ambiguity surrounding the citing of IOHK. If you do create such a discussion, I recommend you show the community that IOHK has editorial controls in place (such as an editorial board or team, or a case of IOHK retracting an article) and has been cited by other reliable sources. A thorough reading of Wikipedia:Reliable sources, especially the section on biased or opinionated sources, may also lend you some insight. This hypothetical discussion at WP:RSN will not superseded WP:BRD on the Cardano article, but could leave you in a better position and may lead to more experienced editors taking an interest in the topic. Hopefully this helps, best. SamHolt6 (talk) 01:06, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
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- @Niklitov: hello! I was honored to participate in this year's contest and had a great time doing so; hopefully now en.wiki readers can learn more about the Ural region as I have had the pleasure of doing. I will email you back shortly. Thanks. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:05, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
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New Page Patrol December Newsletter
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Hula Global
[edit]Hi,
Would you be interested to create the page for Hula Global? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kbose29 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Kbose29: Hi. Unfortunately I will have to decline, as I don't normally write about companies and am not open to solicitation. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 16:26, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 Postcard
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Dear Participants, Jury members and Organizers,
Congratulations!
It's Wikipedia Asian Month's honor to have you all participated in Wikipedia Asian Month 2020, the sixth Wikipedia Asian Month. Your achievements were fabulous, and all the articles you created make the world can know more about Asia in different languages! Here we, the Wikipedia Asian Month International team, would like to say thank you for your contribution also cheer for you that you are eligible for the postcard of Wikipedia Asian Month 2020. Please kindly fill the form, let the postcard can send to you asap!
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[edit]Hello, I am working on slowly building out the David Bowie brother article, based on significant coverage in books, media and songs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rg98 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Rg98: Hi. I declined your draft as it cited one source and WP:AFC reviewers normally look for three sources at a minimum. In addition, you may want to replace this source as Wikipedia does not consider blogs to be reliable sources. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 01:16, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Biophilia Records
[edit]Hi Sam. I am acquainted with Fabian Almazan, the founder of Biophilia Records, as I had a career in the music industry for nearly 30 years. I have been retired for nearly 11 years, but still have some relationships to call on when I do Wikipedia pages. He asked me to do a page for his label, and I did (without payment) and took the redirect from his page off when I added the Biophila Records page. Apparently, once again, I am accused of paid editing. I've been through this before and I reiterate, I do not take money. (I live on Social Security now!). I am allowed to edit and create pages again with conditions and I have been abiding by that for nearly six months. Would you please take the redirect from Biophilia Records off, as it meets notability requirements and is a viable cool record label. I hope I've made sense. Although I have been working on Wikipedia pages for a few years now, I am constantly learning how to stay within the guidelines. Thank you for your time.EllenZoe (talk) 18:04, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @EllenZoe: hi Ellen, i'll try to offer some insight. I will revert my edit and in doing so restore the article, after which the community will decide on notability, WP:DUE weight, etc. On the topic of COI/PAID editing, I can reiterate that editing with a conflict of interest is allowed, though the Wikipedia community has mixed views on the subject. In my case (which may be relatable as I edit under my own name) I always include a minor COI disclosure in my edits (example) which - in my experience - helps to assuage the doubts of the community, and so you might want to consider a similar strategy. Anyways best of luck in improving the article. SamHolt6 (talk) 02:41, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you @SamHolt6: for putting the page back. I will take your advice and make the minor COI disclosure in my edits when appropriate. This is great advice.EllenZoe (talk) 16:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
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February 2021 at Women in Red
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Film Release this Month
[edit]Hi SamHolt6, I wanted to see if you can re-review the page: Draft:Erēmīta (Anthologies) Much more credible sources and a release date is out for this month. I even included some of the links from major movie theatre pages, direct proof of a theatrical release (with the film on the schedule). Thanks so so much!! (Jakoobcherry (talk) 11:02, 7 February 2021 (UTC))
DYK for Cook Islands Local Defence Force
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On 9 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cook Islands Local Defence Force, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Cook Islands Local Defence Force was expected to "uphold the prestige of the Cook Islands" by putting up a token resistance if the islands were invaded? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cook Islands Local Defence Force. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cook Islands Local Defence Force), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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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Congratulations
[edit]Your DYK hook about the Cook Islands Local Defence Force, and its mandate to uphold the islands' prestige by putting up token resistance, received 6,343 page views (529 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the one of most viewed hooks during the month of February and has thus earned a place on the February stats list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 17:50, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Back again
[edit]In the light of your edit here you might have thoughts on Aymen Tawfeeq Abdulrahman Almoayed. PamD 15:11, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- @PamD: thanks for the heads up. I have redirected the article again, as the WP:NPOL issue still stands. If anyone contests this redirect I will look into WP:AFD to determine the notability of the subject (I don't want to over-use redirecting as a means of de-facto deletion). Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 16:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
March 2021 at Women in Red
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Join Gubernatorial Elections in Nigeria Contest
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Banksville Draft
[edit]Hi, I noticed you declined my Banksville draft on March 9th. I am trying to create a new page on the area of Banksville New York and Connecticut as a part of my Girl Scout Gold Award. I noticed that my page was declined because the "topic seems to already be covered on Wikipedia at Banksville, New York". My page is different than the Banksville, New York page because I am covering the history of the area of Banksville that covers both the states of CT and NY. Additionally, I am providing detailed information on the history of Banksville. Please let me know what I should change in order to get my work accepted. Thank you!
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Favor Delivery
[edit]Hey Sam, I saw you deleted Favor Delivery about two years ago. Is it ok if I re-create it? Thanks! Ben ❯❯❯ Talk 02:57, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Shadowrvn728: certainly; its been a few years, and so if you feel that the subject meets WP:NCORP you can re-create the article. Best. SamHolt6 (talk) 02:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
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CoinMarketCap
[edit]Coin Market Cap is literally the most important website in the crypto space. If you were unsure that someone was unneutral in their editorial you could have removed or edited that. However removing the whole page is unjustified. Especially when I can see from the Draft:CoinMarketCap that it was well researched and well referenced. It is a diservice to wikipedia to have such an important topic removed. Kindly cancel your request for review and restore the page. M. Hassan talk here 17:38, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Comdoity Comments
[edit]Hi Sam, with reference to the comment you made on my draft about Comdoity on reference, I have researched the web but there is no book, page, or article that I can reference aside from the website. What is next to do? Odsodeh (talk) 18:37, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Hoover Dam in popular culture for deletion
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May 2021 at Women in Red
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[edit]How did a senior editor see my change, that makes me kind of proud — Preceding unsigned comment added by George the 5th (Lamp) (talk • contribs) 13:21, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
- @George the 5th (Lamp): I saw your edit because I also watch the videos of the one Kraut, and was on my way to make the edit myself. I was pleasantly surprised to find someone else had already added the missing commander - and so I tip my hat to you, one editor to another. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:38, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
June 2021 at Women in Red
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About your comment on Celestina007 talk page
[edit]Hello SamHolt6, my early days of editing i.e from August 2019 when I joined Wikipedia for the first time, every article I create, I'll announce it on Twitter. See this Archive link. That was how Yunshui removed my autopatrolled rights because he saw the Twitter posts and assumed I was advertising, but instead I was elated for finding out that someone can really edit Wikipedia even from Nigeria, while also sharing my Wikipedia experiences on both Facebook and Twitter. I created for Alex Nwankwo whom I have met prior in an event even without knowing what Conflict of Interest was and also announced on my Twitter page as usual. He commented on the Twitter post and suggested some names that might be notable. Among the 5 names that he suggested, it was Krystal Okeke that looks like she was notable and I created the article three months after. I'm just seeing the Modern Ghana post for the first time today. If he claimed that he was the one that got the article to be setup, it might be because he was the one who suggested the names for me. I didn't receive any payment or compensation for the article on Krystal Okeke or have I ever received any payment for all the articles I've created. Best, —Nnadigoodluck███ 04:13, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Nnadigoodluck: ok, thanks for answering. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:10, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Shan United Army
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Speedy deletion nomination of Sudhanshu Kumar
[edit]This page should not be speedily deleted because... I read his story in the news which very much credible source and that news is inspiring for many people. Also he worked with various notable films in Bollywood --Anish1121 05:56, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
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Sautabu o' Nakoroicake, the chiefly burial site for the sovereigns of Ono island, Kadavu, Fiji.
[edit]Hello,
I see that my article submission on Sautabu o' Nakoroicake has been declined with reason I can agree with. The reason I have no references listed is because I actually asked members of the Koroivabea clan about the history of Sautabu o' Nakoroicake, but I wasn't sure if I could reference real people.
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VdW & Co article
[edit]Hi there, I may be a bit misguided, so basically the SEO of our website is set to improve if we have a wiki link for our company, hence me creating the page. I see you rejected it, that's okay, but do you have any suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DuncanJamesWard (talk • contribs) 15:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Developing The Hindu Temple of Delaware article
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I saw you read my message on The Hindu Temple of Delaware article talk page and wanted to ask if you were interested in helping me develop the article. I've been looking for scholarly sources online, but haven't had very much luck. Please let me know if you're interested, and we can definitely collaborate! --RealPharmer3 (talk) 20:27, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
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Review the page again
[edit]Dear SamHlt6
Kindly check Meydan Free Zone page again to know if it's fine right now or still has to edit it again.
find page link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Meydan_Free_Zone
Thank you for your efforts and please let me know if there is anything I have to do from my side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRunnerI (talk • contribs) 17:44, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Draft: Vaibhav Maloo - 31st March, 2020
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Help with adding Peerlogic Technologies page
[edit]Hello, I'm trying to create a company page for Peerlogic Technologies.
The first draft I submitted was not accepted, and I'm looking for some feedback on what to remove, and what else needs to be added in order to get the draft approved.
I haven't edited a page in over a year, and the rules seem to have changed a bit. :)
Thank you in advance if you are able to help.
Natalie
Peerlogic Technologies, also known as Peerlogic, is a voice-based SaaS technology startup company that develops analytics and conversational intelligence technology. Peerlogic core technology works by processing data points captured from human speech.
Location Peerlogic is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Founders Co-founders Ryan Miller and Ana Tomboulian partnered in 2018 to form a conversational analytics business powered by artificial intelligence. [1]
Executive Team Ryan Miller, Co-founder and CEO Ana Tomboulian, Co-founder and CTO Alex Maskovyak, Senior VP of Engineering Natalie Figueroa, Director of Marketing [2]
Startup Competition Events 2021 AZ Venture Madness finalist in the healthcare category. [3] 2022 AZ Venture Madness finalist in the SaaS category.[4]
References
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/peerlogic https://www.peerlogic.com/blog/about/ https://investsouthwest.org/invest-southwest-announces-25-presenting-company-finalists-for-2021-venture-madness-capital-conference-pitch-competition/ https://investsouthwest.org/invest-southwest-celebrates-30th-year-and-announces-16-presenting-company-finalists-for-the-2022-venture-madness-capital-conference/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natalie85251 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
- AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
- The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey there SamHolt6,
I am working on a Wikipedia article for Denise C. Park, whose article you've declined. I was wondering why it was declined. I assume it had something to do with a source being either unreliable or somehow connected to the person, but which source, exactly?
Best, Jonknox12 (talk) 16:12, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft: Denise Park
[edit]Hello, SamHolt6,
I'm reaching out to you to discuss the progress I have made with my draft of Denise C. Park, a researcher at The University of Texas at Dallas. I believe my current sources to be compliant with Wikipedia's guidelines, and I have placed a stub template to show that my entry is not yet encyclopedic. I was wondering if there was any more action that should be taken in regards to my draft, and if so, if you could kindly tell me.
Thank you, Jonknox12 (talk) 17:38, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Help me write my first article, please
[edit]Hi, SamHolt6 Thank you for your detailed explanation regarding the deletion of my first article. Now, since this was my first article, I might get carried away a bit, trying to put more fluffy description than I should when it comes to the company I was writing about (I've been in content writing for a long time, and it simply becomes your style after a while). While reading the rules, I wondered if there was a chance for me to try again with the same topic? If I stick to the facts, is there a chance for my article to get published? Oh, and there are two more questions. If a company gets an award (at the national level, not international), is it okay to mention it, or might it be too insignificant? And should sources be all in English, or can we use sources written in other languages (German, in this case)? Sorry for bothering you with this, and thank you in advance. Best regards, KristinaR Content (talk) 10:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
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Clarification of Matinee Entertainment
[edit]Dear sir I have seen Your Speedy Delection Request on Matinee Entertainment page, But it was in Need Editing and It's going on , I added Some Information Related to that Page , and Sorry I Removed Your Request of Deletion ,Because The page Have all Sources and Information About it
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
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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 805 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 852 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.
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Dear SamHolt6,
i am in deeply respect of Wikipedia, your work and it´s principles. I am absolutely not involved in creating, editing of the following - BUT: How can we solute the problem with this contribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Dallinger
Prof. Dallinger is 72 years old now, he is retired - still giving his expertise. He has important basic and ongoing global pioneer scientific research on ecotoxicology, a field, which is increasingly important especially in view of climate change or emmissions f.e. uran.
As I learn from the revison history, all facts in the article are just facts - neutral and verified - so there are just facts, so where is the problem!? The article was optimized, references have been added. The tags in the German version have also been deleted after revision. Ootherwise: please tell, how the researcher itself can remove his contribution!!! A life work should not be an open wound!!!! Gabriele — Preceding unsigned comment added by SciNews (talk • contribs) 13:23, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- @SciNews: hi. On this matter I'm inclined to say that, if any editor wants to remove the UDP template from the article, I won't contest said removal. The underlying issue remains (credible evidence the article was created for pay by a now-blocked undisclosed paid editor), but the article has seen incremental improvement. I will also note that undisclosed paid editing is prohibited by the WMF terms of service, and so if you have a connection to the subject, you should disclose it. Thanks. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:52, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
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- 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.
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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: 11722 articles, as of 22:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
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- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
- Coordination
- MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.
- Open letter to the WMF
- The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.
- TIP - Reviewing by subject
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- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
[edit]Hello SamHolt6,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
[edit]Hello SamHolt6,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
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Hello SamHolt6 thank you for your contributions and also the creation of this article. Today, I came acrosse this work. The description reads: Portrait de Madame Croq (erroneously or on purpose) Cheers. Lotje (talk) 16:43, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
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You rejected my article on Mount Kinpoku, the highest mountain in Sado Island. My article was a polished translation of the Japanese language version of the page (which also cited no sources, but was accepted, albeit with a minor mountain such as this, sources are somewhat rare). I don't understand why you accept the Japanese version but not the English, and surely the 3 sources rule needs to take into consideration that there maybe not be 3 sources for such a subject.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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Women in Red July 2023
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Element Fresh
[edit]Hello! I noticed you participated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Element Fresh. I started User:WhisperToMe/Element Fresh with brand-new sources (the company went bankrupt) and am checking to see if you think this is well-sourced enough. I had previously contacted the deletion closer as an inquiry, but I have not found a response to the previous inquiry. The nominator is no longer on Wikipedia. Anyhow, do you think this is well-sourced enough or should I try to add Chinese sources?
Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 23:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
New pages patrol needs your help!
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The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.
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Women in Red 8th Anniversary
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| In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap! |
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Women in Red August 2023
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September 2023 at Women in Red
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 September 9 § Building collapses
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New pages patrol newsletter
[edit]Hello SamHolt6,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
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Women in Red October 2023
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Women in Red - November 2023
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November Articles for creation backlog drive
[edit]Hello SamHolt6:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
Women in Red December 2023
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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
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Women in Red January 2024
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Your work has been questioned
[edit]At Kombucha, someone put a [where?] tag in the caption of the [1] image. So I thought I could always ask you to add something in the Commons caption/description, if you remember what country you took it in. My biased guess would be US, but that's me. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
![[1]](/wiki/File:Kombucha_Store_Shelves.jpg){kind=link}
- @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Thanks for letting me know! Was on winter holiday. I'll update the commons image and the kombucha article with the location taken (and yes, it is in the US). Thanks. SamHolt6 (talk) 14:53, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
[edit]Hello SamHolt6,
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.
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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive
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Women in Red May 2024
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New Article - Rivka Bayech
[edit]I created Draft:Rivka Bayech - would you mind taking a look at it? Thank you! MaskedSinger (talk) 15:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Profitis Ilias Church, Santorini for deletion
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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 until the discussion has finished.C messier (talk) 21:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Women in Red June 2024
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