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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Whpq,
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 741 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 1031 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.
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.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
Sent 05:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 50
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
- New library partner - SPIE
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC) (UTC)
message regarding image.
hey, messase regarding the image Sidhu Moose Wala_2k17.png. i just want to know, what info is actually need to change as you previously said, i change some of the info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiUser1211 (talk • contribs) 09:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Use of non-free images need to meet all of the non-free content criteria. The image fails to meet WP:NFCC#8, and no amount of wording changes can fix that. Whpq (talk) 11:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Damn you.
F*ck you for deleting my image. I was given permission. SafiZephania (talk) 12:59, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- You uploaded File:Al-Arba'een Mosque after destruction.webp as a non-free image. Non-free content must meet all of the non-free content criteria. There was a Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2022 June 7#File:Al-Arba'een Mosque after destruction.webp opened that explained why it was nominated for deletion. You were notified of the deletion discussion, but chose not to participate. user:Explicit was the admin who reviewed the deletion nomination and made a determination that deletion was warranted, and made the deletion. You can query the deletion, on the deleting admin's talk page. You state you have permission. If the copyright holder has released the image under a free license, you can have the copyright holder send in verification of the permission. Have them follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Whpq (talk) 13:30, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
File:Sidhu Moose Wala Mural Artesia.jpg
hey (@Whpq:), i am not sure about how to resolve the matter of the image you nominated for deletion https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Sidhu_Moose_Wala_Mural_Artesia.jpg, plz can you provide some more detailed example how can i change that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiUser1211 (talk • contribs)
- You uploaded File:Sidhu Moose Wala Mural Artesia.jpg as a non-free image. Non-free content must meet all of the non-free content criteria. There is no allowance to add non-free images simply to illustrate an article. To meet WP:NFCC#8, you need to show why the image significantly enhances a reader's understanding of the subject of the article, and why it's removal is detrimental to a reader's understanding of the topic. This is usually accomplished by providing sourced critical commentary from reliable sources about the image. -- Whpq (talk) 11:51, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
hey @Whpq: i want you to inform that i already mentioned the purpose which you before added a template about that issue on image File:Sidhu_Moose_Wala_Mural_Artesia.jpg.I want a help if you can please provide detailed example of the issue related to the image incompleteness! thanks! WikiUser1211 (talk) 04:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)WikiUser1211WikiUser1211 (talk) 04:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's not about the non-free usage rationale. It's about the actual usage in the article. Why must that image be in the article in order for a reader to understand the article? The use of this image does not comply with the non-free content criteria. Whpq (talk) 11:14, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- The problem is that your usage of the image in the article does not satisfy WP:NFCC#8. No amount of changes to the rationale will fix that. Whpq (talk) 04:00, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Whpq,
- 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:
>NPP backlog: 10839 as of 04:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
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.
- To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
- Notes
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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