User talk:Asukite/Archives/2022/October

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Hi, Why would you want to delete the North Sea Gas (Band) article? They’re a popular folk music band, still active and touring the U.K. and Europe. I just don’t understand your reasons. And is it too late to “undelete” my article? Serge 2.25.183.21 (talk) 10:12, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, it's nothing personal. On Wikipedia we have a policy called the General Notability Guideline (WP:GNG) which states that a topic needs to have significant coverage in multiple reputable sources independent of the subject. Failing that, it's typical for such articles to be deleted, as with what happened at the deletion discussion I opened where other editors agreed. Some editors there did express that there was some mention of the band, but nothing that quite met the rules at GNG. If you know of any other sources that may help support including the band in an article, or if you just want to hold onto the content in case such sources appear later, you can request the page be undeleted to a WP:DRAFT which you can work on by going to WP:REFUND to request undeletion, or if you'd like I can request it for you. ASUKITE 16:48, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello Asukite/Archives/2022,

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.

Suggestions:

• There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
• Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
• Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!