User talk:PCN02WPS/Archive 5

Page contents not supported in other languages.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Archive 1 Archive 3 Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6

DYK for 2022 USFL season

On

USFL is in talks with officials from Birmingham, Alabama, with the goal of hosting the entirety of the 2022 USFL season in the city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 USFL season. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 USFL season), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page
.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Richard Leakey

On 3 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Richard Leakey, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 12:53, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 21:01, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gary Burgess

On 8 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gary Burgess, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 14:03, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 16:21, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl

On 10 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tulsa and Old Dominion, who played in the 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl, each had to win their final regular season game to achieve bowl eligibility? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

The article 2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game 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 GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk) 22:41, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations on 25 million page views

The Userviews tool shows that articles you created on Wikipedia have received 25,887,051 views since 7/1/2015 (the earliest date when data is available). Here are your top 25 most-viewed creations:

Rank Title Date created Total views Views per day
1 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team 12/26/2017 1,077,268 451
2 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games 6/7/2019 706,680 296
3 2019 Rose Bowl 7/23/2018 418,884 176
4 2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team 11/6/2016 375,016 157
5 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team 1/26/2018 347,054 145
6 2020 Rose Bowl 6/7/2019 340,458 143
7 2021 Rose Bowl 9/16/2020 305,388 128
8 2019 Sugar Bowl 7/23/2018 264,066 111
9 2019 Clemson Tigers football team 1/31/2019 256,721 108
10 2018 Orange Bowl 7/23/2018 249,065 104
11 2018 LSU Tigers football team 1/28/2018 235,084 99
12 Frank Ragnow 8/9/2017 233,564 98
13 2019 Fiesta Bowl (January) 7/23/2018 222,215 93
14 2018 Georgia Bulldogs football team 1/10/2018 212,623 89
15 2018 Florida Gators football team 1/10/2018 171,434 72
16 2021 Sugar Bowl 9/16/2020 167,548 70
17 2019 Peach Bowl 6/7/2019 166,936 70
18 2017 Florida Gators football team 12/11/2016 164,888 69
19 2020 Citrus Bowl 6/8/2019 164,467 69
20 2019 Fiesta Bowl (December) 6/7/2019 163,756 69
21 2019 Oregon Ducks football team 2/2/2019 142,228 60
22 Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2021 Q1) 1/8/2021 136,920 57
23 Dan Skipper 12/26/2016 133,754 56
24 2020 Sugar Bowl 6/8/2019 133,722 56
25 Jake Bailey (American football) 4/27/2019 133,451 56

If you're interested in the complete list, it can be seen here. Cbl62 (talk) 05:20, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Cbl62: wow! Thank you, I hadn't ever seen that page before. 25 million is significantly higher than I would have guessed! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:03, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Glad you enjoyed it. Knowing how many people actually care about these articles should hopefully inspire us to keep going. Cbl62 (talk) 18:43, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship you nominated for

talk
) 01:19, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Trent Figg DYK nomination

Hiya I've left some comments for you at Template:Did you know nominations/Trent Figg, please let me know what you think Mujinga (talk) 14:43, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

talk
) 02:21, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gaspard Ulliel

On 21 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gaspard Ulliel, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Bobs Worth age at death

FYI, I've changed the age and note on Bobs Worth- all thoroughbred horses in the northern hemisphere change their age on 1 January ([1], [2]), so in horse years, Bobs Worth was 17 on 1 January 2022. I imagine a few people will be confused by this, as it's a rather niche thing (they do it because the horses' ages determine what events they can compete in). Joseph2302 (talk) 09:27, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Joseph2302, thank you! That is an interesting system, I never would have known that. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 14:55, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Trent Figg

On 24 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Trent Figg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that current Hawaii football defensive coordinator Trent Figg coached for the United States national team in 2016? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trent Figg. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Trent Figg), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

On 24 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bill Jackson (television personality), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 23:13, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Bobs Worth

On 26 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bobs Worth, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 07:58, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Tyler Stockton

On 27 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tyler Stockton, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tyler Stockton was the second-youngest defensive coordinator in the FBS each of the two times he was nominated for the Broyles Award? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tyler Stockton. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tyler Stockton), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ralph Natale

On 28 January 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ralph Natale, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 05:13, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship

On 29 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dan Lanning, who coached his final game at Georgia in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, will face Georgia in his first game as the new head coach at Oregon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2021 Bahamas Bowl

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 21:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2021 Bahamas Bowl for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 22:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

The article 2021 Bahamas Bowl you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2021 Bahamas Bowl 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 GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk) 20:01, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Category:Fenway Bowl has been nominated for deletion

Category:Fenway Bowl has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 02:30, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Category:SWAC Championship Game has been nominated for renaming

Category:SWAC Championship Game has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 03:25, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Super Bowl LVI

On 14 February 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Super Bowl LVI, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:19, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Giving credit on behalf of the posting admin. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:19, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Pie house

On 20 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pie house, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the pie house (pictured) gained media attention from a viral TikTok that received more than one million views? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pie house. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pie house), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 43,343 views (1806 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2022 – nice work!

Wow! I calculated for 12 hours. Not sure if it was up for 24 or 12. Either way it is tops. Bruxton (talk) 20:54, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:DYKSTATS has it at 1,806 views per hour. Either way I am very pleased! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs
) 20:58, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2021 Bahamas Bowl

On 27 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 Bahamas Bowl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2021 Bahamas Bowl was the first edition in which a team made a return appearance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Bahamas Bowl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 Bahamas Bowl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

PCN02WPS, you opened this review on February 3 and said you'd be reviewing it soon, but it's been almost a month. If you're no longer interested in reviewing it, or don't expect to start and complete the review in the near future, we can always arrange to have the page deleted so it's available to find a new reviewer. Please let me know. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:31, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset I'm terribly sorry and I appreciate you reaching out; honestly between school and everything else going on I totally forgot that I claimed this. I appreciate your patience - I've left comments on the review page. Take your time in addressing them. Thank you! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:21, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Your
John C. Young (college president)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk
) 03:01, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Your
John C. Young (college president)

The article

) 00:41, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Your
John C. Young (college president)

The article

Talk:John C. Young (college president) 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 An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk
) 03:01, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on

Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed
.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

John C. Young (college president)

That editor only has a few hundred edits. I don't see how they can make it a GA. Doesn't appear to have any rights. I undid all An anonymous username, not my real name's changes to John C. Young (college president), and Wikipedia:Good article nominations. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 13:28, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@
WP:GAN/I. Emphasis is mine in both cases. Did you make up a criterion stating that "any registered user" must have some arbitrary minimum number of edits? PCN02WPS (talk | contribs
) 14:51, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
My apology. I thought it took more work than that. I see the GA has been reinstated. Adakiko (talk) 19:41, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ormond Beatty

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 18:02, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ormond Beatty

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ormond Beatty for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk
) 22:01, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for John C. Young (college president)

On

John C. Young served as president of Centre College for nearly 27 years, longer than any other president in the school's history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John C. Young (college president). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John C. Young (college president)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page
.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2022 College Football Playoff National Championship for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of NSNW -- NSNW (talk
) 03:21, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ormond Beatty

The article Ormond Beatty you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ormond Beatty 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 GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk) 22:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for
2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

On 5 April 2022,

2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen
04:45, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Game recaps

Thanks for the mention at the NCAA tourney nom. I've notice that you often source the game recaps (exclusively) to play-by-play transcripts. Those would be considered

WP:ITNR, people can be more nitpicky and some anti-American blurb people might use it to oppose. Anyways, something to consider for next season. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk
) 05:10, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@
2020 is surprising, but I just opted to skip ITN altogether this past January and go straight to DYK instead). PCN02WPS (talk | contribs
) 06:07, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to respond. Play-by-play has its uses. I can see using it to log key plays as you're in the flow of watching a game, but it seems like an iterative step to add secondary sources after the fact as kind of a reality check on what RSs see as the game narrative. Personally, I never agreed with MOS:PLOTSOURCE. Like in a game, I wouldn't want some editor to make a change and say "Go watch the (whole) game and see for yourself". OK, at least a game transcript is easier to do a text search, but still. I guess that SB nom was when I went on bit of a rant. I figured I'd step back on this one and see if it came up or not. I think my compromise for ITN would be at least to have a sentence or two from a secondary source. Like for Kansas, you or someone put in the historical perspective on the comeback. A few of those, making it not all play-by-play, is good to show it's a work in progress. ITN is not GA/FA either. For college football, I'm guessing you need to get enough momentum to post by midnight PST before the vultures come out.—Bagumba (talk) 06:37, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
I thank both of you for the work you performed on the articles allowing the winners to be listed in the news. My first time through ITN (heck, the Huskies season page is my very first time writing about ANY sports subject on Wikipedia) and both of you were very helpful. I'm especially thankful the image looks so strong on the main page and understand its appearance was because the male MOP didn't have a ready image. I think the choice was fortuitous. As far as play-by-play, one can see how threading such a needle (with time pressure added) could be quite tricky to source in the time permitted. The article will be around forever so we can tweak the game summary as SI and other sport magazines analyze it. For my part, I'm interested in advancing the Huskies page to GA and potentially FA status. Any advice you can give over there would be guiding and welcomed. I have 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines to model the page after, and I have mountains of sources. Just few images... BusterD (talk) 22:42, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Apologies to both of you for taking so long to respond - @Bagumba I think that's a reasonable approach and I am happy to make an attempt in the future to incorporate some secondary source analysis into my game summaries. I can appreciate where you're coming from and I can get behind that, although they may have to be added after the primary sources if only because they take time to write and almost always won't be out until after the game concludes. @BusterD If you're still wanting assistance with the potential GA nomination, I'd be happy to help out. Just give me a ping on that talk page or further down on my talk page if there's anything specific you need! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:10, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Ormond Beatty

On 6 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ormond Beatty, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ormond Beatty was the first Centre College president who was not a minister? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ormond Beatty. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ormond Beatty), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Nehemiah Persoff

On 12 April 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Nehemiah Persoff, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 06:40, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

The article 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2022 College Football Playoff National Championship 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 NSNW -- NSNW (talk) 21:01, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Joseph2302 (talk
) 08:03, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952 GA status

I know you've probably been very busy, but I hadn't heard from you in awhile regarding my GA nomination for this article. Can I get a update on how the review is going? ChessEric (talk · contribs) 20:25, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

@ChessEric I'm sorry about that - I've left a comment on the nomination page. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:36, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
I saw. Thank you. ChessEric (talk · contribs) 22:58, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  1. New York (state) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
  2. Christmas Island AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3. Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
  4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
  5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
  6. United States Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7. England Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on

Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk
) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs

On 4 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs marked the first appearance in the event for AS Monaco? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 EuroLeague Playoffs. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Historical newspapers

You can get a free subscription to Newspaper.com through the Wikipedia library. Just apply for it. I use it a lot and have for many years for the articles I create. An example of how I use it is my most recent article William Phillips Hall. He was a railroad transportation executive known as the business millionaire evangelist. He was the son of the railroad signal inventor Thomas Seavey Hall, another GAN. Through the Wikipedia library you can get access to many good databases, like JSTOR and Gale. Here are My Collections. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell, Thanks for the message! I actually signed up for that in May 2020, but hadn't been using it as often since every time I tried to look at an article or a paper, it would tell me I didn't have the proper access or subscription and so I was never able to use it. I just revisited the Wikipedia Library site and upon doing so learned that you have to renew your subscription through there, which would explain my troubles. My renewal is now pending, so hopefully I'll be able to get back on there soon. Thanks very much for your additions to William C. Young, the obituary newspaper clipping ended up being extremely helpful. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 13:14, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Interesting about the renewal. I had the same problem and the solution was the same = just renew each year. You will love the historical newspapers, because they have a lot of good information.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:57, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
When you get your renewal approved (and you will) type in the Search box "William C. Young" "Centre College" and you will get 188 matches. That will keep you busy going through them to find new historical information. Have fun.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:06, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Good Article counter

This is a link that Finds successful good article nominations by user. Put that on your desktop. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk
) 04:21, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk
) 04:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

The article 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl 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 Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 18:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2022 Birmingham Stallions season

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Flibirigit (talk
) 14:56, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

On 9 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2022 Kentucky Derby, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Giving credit on behalf of the posting admin. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Just needs a QPQ for a green tick. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:50, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas A. Spragens

On 11 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas A. Spragens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that President Thomas A. Spragens suspended all classes at Centre College several days after the Kent State shootings, and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas A. Spragens. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas A. Spragens), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Working Man's Barnstar
For reviewing at least 7 points worth of articles during the
January 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby present you with this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk
) 03:53, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
@Trainsandotherthings: thanks very much for all of your hard work. I just had a peek at the backlog drive talk page and (naïvely) had no idea there was this much work that went into it on your end. Well done and thanks again. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 04:33, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

New message from Narutolovehinata5

Hello, PCN02WPS. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 Birmingham Stallions season.
Message added 05:52, 18 May 2022 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:52, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for William C. Young

On 21 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William C. Young, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Centre College president William C. Young awarded degrees to three of his half-sisters in 1891, as they had completed the requirements forty years earlier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William C. Young. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William C. Young), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2022 Birmingham Stallions season

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions
) 12:12, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello PCN02WPS,

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 814 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 859 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)

June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

Good article nominations | June 2022 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 June, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number and age of articles reviewed.
  • Interested in taking part?
    Sign up here
    !
You're receiving this message because you have conducted 5+ good article reviews or participated in previous backlog drives.
Click here to opt out of any future messages.

(t · c) buidhe 04:26, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2014 Texas Bowl

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kaleeb18 -- Kaleeb18 (talk
) 13:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for James McChord

On 3 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James McChord, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James McChord was elected to the presidency of Centre College by its board of trustees, but died before he could take office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James McChord. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James McChord), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2014 Texas Bowl

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2014 Texas Bowl for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kaleeb18 -- Kaleeb18 (talk
) 15:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2014 Texas Bowl

The article 2014 Texas Bowl you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2014 Texas Bowl 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 Kaleeb18 -- Kaleeb18 (talk) 19:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2014 Texas Bowl

On 24 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2014 Texas Bowl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, in the 2014 Texas Bowl, the Arkansas Razorbacks defense held the Texas Longhorns offense to a season-low net total of 59 yards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2014 Texas Bowl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2014 Texas Bowl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello PCN02WPS,

Backlog status

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

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

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

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

Backlog drive

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

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages.

WP:WPSCH/AG
has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

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

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12457 articles, as of 02:00, 6 May 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.

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

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2022 Stanley Cup Finals

On 27 June 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2022 Stanley Cup Finals, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:48, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Mormons vs. Mullets

On

Mormons vs. Mullets" game was a play on the 1988 "Catholics vs. Convicts" game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mormons vs. Mullets. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mormons vs. Mullets), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page
.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

New Page Patrol
|
July 2022 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
  • Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

(t · c) buidhe 20:26, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Assassination of Wade Perrin

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Luxtaythe2nd -- Luxtaythe2nd (talk
) 11:26, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  • Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on

Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk
) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

The article Assassination of Wade Perrin you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Assassination of Wade Perrin 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 Luxtaythe2nd -- Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 15:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Barnstar of Recovery
You did a wonderful job in expanding Flag of Gdańsk into a proper article instead of a one sentence stub that was on the chopping block at AfD and I just wanted to share my appreciation for your work. - Aoidh (talk) 10:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Aoidh, thanks very much! I appreciate the kind words. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of 2020 Duquesne Dukes football team for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2020 Duquesne Dukes football team 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/2022 Duquesne Dukes football team 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 until the discussion has finished.

Chris Troutman (talk) 02:19, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Gdańsk

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk
) 13:42, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

The WikiCup

Please note that GA reassessments are not included among actions that can score points in the WikiCup. I see that you have submitted seven this month and, as a WikiCup judge, I will allow them on this occasion, because you have spent a significant amount of effort on them, but any future reassessments will be disallowed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth I was worried that this decision would be made, which is why I asked this very question on your talk page (here) before submitting my first of three reassessments for points in Round 3. I know that I would probably accept one isn't binding by any means but I am curious as to what changed your mind. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
I had forgotten about that, but in this instance another competitor brought it up on my talk page. I think we should change the rules at the end of the competition, but for the time being, I suggest that you do not submit any more reassessments for points. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Assassination of Wade Perrin

On 19 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Assassination of Wade Perrin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South Carolina legislator Wade Perrin was assassinated by members of the Ku Klux Klan the day after being re-elected? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Assassination of Wade Perrin. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Assassination of Wade Perrin), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 9,797 views (816.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (she/they) 05:03, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Individual GA reassessments

PCN02WPS, you opened and completed three individual reassessments for various team articles (Madagascar was one), concluding that they should be delisted. My question is why, instead of delisting them, you then opened all three as community reassessments. Is there some reason that you should not have done the individual reassessments, such as they had been reassessed before, or that you had a conflict of interest?

One possibility might be that you didn't do adequate notifications of interested parties, but in that case, it's easily solved by reopening your individual reassessments, doing the notifications, and waiting the usual seven days to see if someone begins work on addressing the issues you raised with the articles as they are now and the GA criteria.

Otherwise, if there isn't a reason why your individual reassessments were inappropriate or improperly done, they should be taken as sufficient, and the articles delisted if that was your conclusion. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:12, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset Forgive me if this is a long message but I have not been able to find anybody or any place to ask about this so I just went with what I thought would be right. I actually completed a total of 11 reassessments (10 which were closed and which I decided to delist, and 1 which was not closed yet) since May, with the last, and larger, batch being completed around the beginning of this month. A few days ago, though I only noticed this morning, they were all undone by one editor who reinstated the GA status of the articles I delisted and gave an explanation only in their edit summaries. This editor cited a number of reasons behind his decision, which they thought added up to serious procedural error:
  • GAR was done solely for WikiCup points – While I did claim the GARs for points in the WikiCup, I did not perform them solely for this purpose, and any future GARs I perform will not be eligible for WikiCup points under the current scoring system.
  • Should use community reassessment, not individual. – No reason was given for this rationale.
  • Did not give others enough time to address concerns. – I just went solely on the information given at
    WP:GAR
    which advises individual reassessments can be closed after seven days of no activity.
  • Poor attempt at notification. – I left notices at all relevant WikiProjects (at least, all of them that were tagged with templates on the respective articles' talk pages). I did not notify "major contributors" to the articles, nor the original GA nominator or reviewers, which I should have done.
  • Mass de-listing many of the same type of article --- makes it impossible to reply to all of them. – A fair point, I suppose, but not directly addressed at
    WP:GAR
    from what I saw, and a problem that can be avoided by giving notice of an intent to improve the articles at their respective GAR pages, in my opinion.
For those reasons, I brought them to community reassessment with my individual reassessment pages linked as my rationale, since I didn't feel like picking a fight and outright reverting the other editor's re-listings. What would you recommend I do from here? PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:57, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
@PCN02WPS -- None of these are valid reasons to undo what were valid individual GARs on your part. Seems to be a situation where all's well that will end well, as you're just doing the community GAR, but I also was going to come here and leave the same message that @BlueMoonset did. It's not even really a mistake that you didn't notify "major contributors" to the articles because these were all created in 2012 by a now-vanished editor. Alyo (chat·edits) 14:35, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2022 USFL Championship Game

On

championship game could not be played in Birmingham, Alabama, as the rest of the season was, due to the 2022 World Games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 USFL Championship Game. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 USFL Championship Game), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page
.

Kusma (talk) 12:13, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Colorado

On 27 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Colorado, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some members of the Daughters of the American Revolution came up with the idea to design a flag of Colorado, unaware that such a flag already existed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Colorado. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Colorado), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 6,707 views (558.9 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (she/they) 00:29, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Barbados

On 1 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Barbados, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the man who designed the flag of Barbados also made the first few flags himself out of fabric from a department store? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Barbados. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Barbados), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Barbados

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk
) 03:21, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Flag of Barbados for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk
) 03:40, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

The article Flag of Barbados you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Flag of Barbados 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 Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 04:02, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello PCN02WPS,

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
Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
New reviewers
The
tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here
.
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.

Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Gdańsk

On 7 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Gdańsk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the use of the flag of Gdańsk (pictured) was discontinued during World War II and was not restored until 1991? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Gdańsk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Gdańsk), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 18,722 views (780.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (she/they) 15:56, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

On 8 August 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 17:15, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for August 10

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited

usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject
.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:14, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James McChord

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk
) 22:22, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James McChord

The article James McChord you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James McChord 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 02:02, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Colorado

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vocem Virtutis -- Vocem Virtutis (talk
) 22:01, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk
) 18:01, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP message

Hi PCN02WPS,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

PCN02WPS, it's been four weeks since the above individual reassessment was reopened, twice the time period proposed for it remaining open, and it seems clear after the comments that have been added since that this article is indeed not at a GA standard. I'd like to suggest that—assuming you still agree—you reclose it as soon as is convenient, and delist the article. Thank you very much for your patience with the process. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

BlueMoonset, thanks for reminding me - I have delisted the article. I'll probably go around and check up on some of the others I nominated in the coming days, hopefully they're coming along a little better. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 01:33, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of it. Delisting did make the most sense. There are two I know of that are now community reassessments, and the rest were delisted. I don't know that there's anything more that needs doing for them. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:47, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Tom Springfield

On 24 August 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Springfield, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 21:51, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of William C. Young

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk
) 20:02, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

The article William C. Young you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:William C. Young 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 20:22, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Thomas A. Spragens

The article Thomas A. Spragens you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Thomas A. Spragens 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 11:02, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on

Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk
) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Flag of Colorado for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vocem Virtutis -- Vocem Virtutis (talk
) 20:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

The article Flag of Colorado you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Flag of Colorado 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 Vocem Virtutis -- Vocem Virtutis (talk) 01:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Parker Goins

On 6 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Parker Goins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Parker Goins and Taylor Malham have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parker Goins. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Parker Goins), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Taylor Malham

On 6 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Taylor Malham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Parker Goins and Taylor Malham have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parker Goins. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Taylor Malham), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for PnB Rock

On 15 September 2022,

re
|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  03:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

New Page Patrol | October 2022 backlog drive
  • On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive.
  • Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles.
  • Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive.
  • Sign up here!
You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Your
Mormons vs. Mullets

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk
) 18:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952 self-review

Back an April, you were helping do the GA review for the Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952 article I made and we were baffled about the supposed 166 injuries that the F1 Belfast tornado caused. I looked back over it today and realized that problem; the 166 injuries was put on the wrong tornado. The F4 tornado, which officially has an injury count of 150, appears to have been the one that caused 166 injuries instead of the F1 tornado. It is unfortunate that we have to go by the official records in the case when there was clearly a mix-up, but I thought it would be nice to let you know what happened here. Have a good day! ChessEric (talk · contribs) 19:08, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Your
Mormons vs. Mullets

The article

Talk:Mormons vs. Mullets 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 Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk
) 10:41, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Discussion on GA criteria and UFOs

You might take a peek at this discussion about whether Flight 105 UFO sighting deserves to be a GA or not. If you're interested, Twin Falls saucer hoax could also use a GA review Feoffer (talk) 08:34, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Your
2022 USFL Championship Game

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk
) 21:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

talk
) 18:41, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Your
2022 USFL Championship Game

The article

Talk:2022 USFL Championship Game for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk
) 19:21, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk
) 19:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Your
2022 USFL Championship Game

The article

Talk:2022 USFL Championship Game 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 Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk
) 06:41, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

The article

talk
) 17:41, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Furman–Wofford football rivalry for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk
) 20:01, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello PCN02WPS,

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.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

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.
  • This user script puts a link to the feed in your top toolbar.

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!

Reminders
  • Newsletter feedback - please take this
    short poll
    about the newsletter.
  • If you're interested in instant messaging and chat rooms, please join us on the New Page Patrol Discord, where you can ask for help and live chat with other patrollers.
  • Please add the project discussion page to your watchlist.
  • If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be a reviewer, please ask any admin to remove you from the group. If you want the tools back again, just ask at PERM.
  • To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

DYK for Annie Dove Denmark

On 19 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Annie Dove Denmark, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Annie Dove Denmark. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Annie Dove Denmark), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

The article Furman–Wofford football rivalry you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Furman–Wofford football rivalry 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 Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 19:22, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:09, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Annie Dove Denmark

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammielh -- Sammielh (talk
) 11:41, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

  • England Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
  • New York City Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
  • Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
  • Chicago PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
  • Toronto Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

  • England Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
  • Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
  • Toronto Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
  • SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
  • England Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
  • Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
  • Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup awards

Awarded to PCN02WPS for being one of the eight finalists in the 2022 WikiCup.

Congratulations on your success in the WikiCup! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth thanks for all you do to run the competition! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:46, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its

grading scheme
to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now
create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation
if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to

create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation
.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

UtherSRG (talk) 19:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Annie Dove Denmark

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Annie Dove Denmark and Talk:Annie Dove Denmark/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammielh -- Sammielh (talk
) 20:23, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

The article Annie Dove Denmark you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Annie Dove Denmark for comments about the article, and Talk:Annie Dove Denmark/GA1 for the nomination. 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammielh -- Sammielh (talk) 12:04, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy Seventh First Edit Day!

Hey, PCN02WPS. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
Chris Troutman (talk) 18:02, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the

2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users
are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The

topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy
describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review

NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk
) 01:31, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

The article

good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game and Talk:2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kosack -- Kosack (talk
) 13:20, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Radio is not tv

True, radio is not tv, but that information has been post in previous years, including at 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. Maybe the title should be changed to media or TV & Radio networks. Or maybe not that much of a deal. Socalphoto (talk) 19:13, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

I agree that it's not a huge deal but I think if the infobox is labeled a certain way we shouldn't add information that doesn't fall under that label. Adding another infobox section for radio broadcast would be a perfectly good solution, if anyone wants to do that. I messaged the user in question and posted about it at
WT:CFB but neither received a response, so I went ahead and did it myself. It just seems very strange to me to include radio information when the section is explicitly labeled "TV" and not "radio" or a broader classification like "broadcast". PCN02WPS (talk | contribs
) 19:59, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@Socalphoto: sorry, forgot a ping. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

The article

talk
) 05:22, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2022 Bahamas Bowl

On 21 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 Bahamas Bowl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that prior to kickoff, the Bahamas Bowl announced that the winner of a regular season game between Miami and Ball State would earn a bid to the 2022 edition of the game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 Bahamas Bowl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 Bahamas Bowl), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BeanieFan11 (talk
) 23:14, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grondemar -- Grondemar (talk
) 21:40, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

The article

talk
) 22:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays
Hello, I wish you the very best during the holidays. And I hope you have a very happy 2023! Bruxton (talk) 18:54, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
@Bruxton: thanks very much, happy holidays to you as well! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 04:52, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2022 Quick Lane Bowl

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions
) 11:42, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

2022 Liberty Bowl In game page updates

Do not update pages while a game is being played. Wait until the game is over.--Rockchalk717 23:14, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

@Rockchalk717 Any reason you got off the soapbox for the IP user during the second half? Either be consistent or quit the drama in the first place. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:35, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Bowl game start times

Hi, a minor item, but none of the bowl games actually start(ed) at their scheduled times, they're typically off by a few minutes, contrary to what is noted in the leads for the articles. The actual start times can be found via statbroadcast. For example, the 2022 Bahamas Bowl was scheduled for 11:30 AM ET (and is what the article lead still says), whereas it actually started at 11:35 ET (source, page 2). I was thinking to go back through and update the article leads, at low priority. That seem OK? Thanks for your ongoing contributions to the bowl articles. Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:28, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

@Dmoore5556 that's a good idea, go for it. I noticed this earlier in the bowl season but didn't know how to fix it, but this seems reasonable. Thanks to you as well for keeping pages updated with scores and scoring plays as you have! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:37, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Riley1012 -- Riley1012 (talk
) 15:21, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Boca Jóvenes -- Boca Jóvenes (talk
) 18:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've

criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Boca Jóvenes -- Boca Jóvenes (talk
) 18:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 2022 Cure Bowl

On 1 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 Cure Bowl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2022 Cure Bowl is the only one of the 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games scheduled to be played between FBS conference champions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 Cure Bowl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 Cure Bowl), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, PCN02WPS!

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 01:57, 1 January 2023 (UTC)