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Happy birthday!

And thanks for creating articles on notable Nigerian topics! (Not actually a member of the Birthday Committee, but perhaps they'll forgive me.) Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 06:37, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

@Espresso Addict: Thanks, I really appreciate. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 07:38, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for joining!

We need all the people we can get, as only I, you, and two other people are really active here. We need you! Thanks, 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 23:55, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

@Mr Reading Turtle: Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate. I never knew there was such a committee until few days to my birthday and I searched for WP:BIRTHDAY, I don't know what I was looking for but it took me to the page and I am happy there's such a committee and I'll be doing that together with what I do in the Welcoming committee. I've even added the menu to my userpage for easy access. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:52, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Request on 18:38:04, 7 May 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Billmilkowski


I understand that my draft on my colleague Gene Santoro was rejected for copyright infringement because it contained passages that I in fact wrote for Gene's obit for the Jazz Journalists Association Newsletter (https://news.jazzjournalists.org/2022/05/music-writer-gene-santoro-rip/?fbclid=IwAR0k-M6ogTphOc-aZNksSiR2JXuJrlfT0-zw4gWnBOqXdJKEm3q2MEdciwc). Gene's widow, Tesse Santoro, reached out to me saying that she really wanted Gene to have a WIKI page to acknowledge his life's work. It's something he never pursued during his lifetime (he died on Apr. 27 after a long bout of esophogial cancer). Naturally, I wanted to fulfill her request and turned this WIKI draft around very quickly, borrowing liberally from the very same piece that I had written for JJA News.

I see three possible solutions here:

1) I get the president of the Jazz Journalists Association to release this obit into the public domain, which would resolve the issue: "Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly and verifiably has been released to the world under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license or into the public domain."

2) I rewrite the draft using clear attribution (JJA News) by the offending passages.

3) I completely rewrite the piece without referring to the JJA obit.

Again, I dashed this off quickly at the behest of Gene's widow. She (and I) would very much like to see his great journalistic accomplishments acknowledged for all time in WIKI. I am more than willing to reconfigure this piece. Please advise.

Thank you,

Bill Milkowski

Billmilkowski (talk) 18:38, 7 May 2022 (UTC) Billmilkowski (talk) 18:38, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Billmilkowski, sorry for the late reply, I thought I replied this. A major factor about writing an article on Wikipedia is Wikipedia:Notability and also wikipedia:Verifiability. Is the person notable enough? Then you should also consider wikipedia:Neutral point of view and wikipedia:Conflict of interest. After going through those links above, I'm sure you'll be able to get your answers. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:59, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

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18:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Request for re-reviewing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:LH_Research

Thanks again for welcoming me on 16 April 2022. As you might already know I created an article about a defunct Californian hardware manufacturer: Draft:LH_Research. It has been declined on 26 April 2022 by User:DoubleGrazing because of Notability per WP:GNG. Since then I massively improved upon this article as of course rightfully suggested by the reviewer. Since DoubleGrazing stated that he usually does not do re-reviews, I am turning to you with a request for a review. Geoman3 (talk) 11:34, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

@Geoman3: Thanks for your message here, but I think I'll let somebody else review it. I have issues with the sourcing, a lot of sources added that makes it seems like you want to get the article through by all means. Well let's leave it for someone else. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:10, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
thank you nonetheless, Best Geoman3 (talk) 17:21, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Idoghor Melody,

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 819 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.

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Sent 05:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Society of the Snow‎

Your edit contradicts MOS:SUFFIXDASH. "An Academy Award-winning artist", with a hyphen, would mean an artist who is somehow related to an "Academy" and has won an "Award". Nardog (talk) 22:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

@Nardog: Seen. Funny I edited the page two times and didn't notice it was the same page.Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:45, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Request for review & approval of Wikipedia Page/Article

Hi Melody, please I need help with my AfC article please can you help me review and correct any mistakes done as am overwhelmed. link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Asuquomo warm regards. George Nyiam (talk) 11:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

@George Nyiam: Thanks for dropping a message here. Are you in anyway related to the subject? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:02, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Not directly related but do have access. George Nyiam (talk) 13:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
@George Nyiam: Please throw more light on what you mean... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:32, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Request help

Thank you for your message on my talk page. I will definitely need your guidance. Unfortunately, one of the admins recently had a misunderstanding. I don't understand exactly what they mean and I don't know how to defend myself. Please help. Journal Ring (talk) 03:53, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

@Journal Ring: Hey, it's a Sock puppetry investigation. You don't have to fear if you're not guilty. It has happened to me before and I wasn't found guilty because I was not. So just stay calm and it will be ok. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 04:33, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
But they block my account in Common for nothing. I'm photographer and just upload my one pictures as I toke by my camera in Thailand!!! Journal Ring (talk) 04:35, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Idoghor Melody,

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 819 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.

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Sent 05:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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Recent changes

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [3]
  • The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [4]

Problems

  • The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all. [5]
  • Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation. [6]

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00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Giovanni Pietro Luigi Cacherano d'Osasco

Thanks for the edit. You caught me in the middle of making the same changes so we had an edit clash. -- PBS (talk) 13:56, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

@PBS: Oh, didn't notice that. But it's all good. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Hi Brother, My name is Shabir Parry and I am from Kulgam, Jammu, and Kashmir. As I check important personalities like Politicians, Athletes, and many other Public figures, they are not on Wikipedia. As I am new here I just only want to contribute to Wikipedia with authentic and reliable sources, for which i had submitted an article with Authentic References from newspapers but the article i had made is pending from past 3 weeks. If you can help me to identify if there is something required, i will try to add that and will continue to contribute on Wikipedia. Thank You. The article is here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mohd_Afzal_Parray The-shabir-parry (talk) 16:44, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

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A little help here

Hello, I want to upload the image of Lai Mohammed for a page I want to develop. There’s an official portrait here but I don't know the right tag to use for it. —Reading Beans Talk to the Beans? 13:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

@Reading Beans: Well, I don't know if the website is a public domain since its a Nigerian federal ministry website. If na US now, e for be public domain. If that site is not a Pubic domain, you'll have to get their written perm before you can use. You can get clarification from the wikipedia:Teahouse or commons. I've uploaded only Photos i took by myself on commons and Fair Use photos on en.wiki. I had a lot of copyright issues on commons before understanding how things works here. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:22, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
@Idoghor Melody, thank you. I installed the movetodraft script, but it does not seem to work. Any help, here? Reading Beans Talk to the Beans? 14:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
@Reading Beans: I'll check your .js to see if you installed it correctly. I can't edit it though, since only you can edit it. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
@Reading Beans: It is properly installed. You should know it works only on desktop mode and not mobile, you can find it in the "more" drop down. If it's not working, then you should bypass your browser cache to see the changes. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari: Hold down the ⇧ Shift key and click the Reload toolbar button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see Wikipedia:Bypass your cache Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:38, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

I have done those. I do the New Page patrol only when I'm using my desktop. I know how it works 100%. Thank you BTW. --Reading Beans Talk to the Beans? 07:15, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

@Reading Beans: Is the MovetoDrat working well now? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
@Idoghor Melody, sorry fir the late reply ... And, no, it’s not working. Reading Beans Talk to the Beans? 17:35, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
@Reading Beans: Omo, I no con know o. That time, when I want to install script or when I install script, they don't work. I had to copy someone else's commons.js and it worked and other scripts I installed worked perfectly. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:52, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Help

Hi Sir/Ma, Please i'm reaching out to you to ask if you could please help me? I joined Wikipedia 8 months ago but due to my careless editing and misusing Wikipedia as a web host my former user page was blocked from editing and was deleted so i had to open this again because i love Wikipedia. Could you please guide me on here because i'm ready to learn more and watch me contribute as much as i can. Your feedback will so much be appreciated Sir/Ma, thank you so much for reading.Gelchi (talk) 12:00, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Gelchi First of all I'm no special person that deserves to be addressed as sir. I'm an editor like you and we're all equal. With that said, thank you for dropping a message here but honestly speaking I don't know how to really help because since your first account was blocked, creating and editing with this account is block evasion. What you should have done is to appeal the block from that account and seeing how genuine you are, an admin might review and unblock you. So o, you've created this account now and I don't really know how to settle that part. You can provide the username of the previous account so i can post in a notice board or to an admin(probably the blocking admin) to hear what they'll say or suggest. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:18, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you so much, i really appreciate your support. Gelchi (talk) 13:26, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
@Gelchi: What is the name of your former account? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 16:06, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2022-22

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, an ip_in_ranges() function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple ip_in_range() expressions joined by | into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [8]
  • The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 31 May at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [9][10]
  • Advanced item The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the uciprange parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit. [11]
  • A new parser function will be introduced: {{=}}. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates. [12]

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20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks.

Hey, thanks for not taking the more experienced user's side for the WP:BIRTHDAYS incident. It's quite outrageous how this is happening on Wikipedia and then people start to attack Wikipedians just because they joined Wikipedia a few months ago or something and they're not familiar with the MOS. Thanks for being a great Wikipedian! Regards, Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

@DinosaurTrexXX33: Hey, thanks for your message here. It was so disheartening to see the many reverts. I didn't know something like that was happening until that admin pinged me in their reply and I replied. The part that annoyed me was that it wasn't even their talk page, and they're reverting anyhow. Well, what happened has happened and when I dropped a message for the user yesterday, I explained to them that if they're not happy they're receiving such messages, they should remove their name, and they did. So it's all good. You don't have to leave Wikipedia because of stuffs like this, they happens... I hope you enjoy your stay here and continue editing. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:50, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Just a heads-up

Hi. I am still actively editing and adding content Kodie Bedford, so would you please just hold off for a while to avoid edit conflicts? Copyediting can wait until tomorrow; I have tabs open that I would like to use before closing down. Thanks for your understanding. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Laterthanyouthink: Noted... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:31, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Water (Water Saigon Kick album)

An article that you have been involved in editing—Water (Water Saigon Kick album)—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Paul McDonald (talk) 13:38, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Re Draft:Louis L. Winston

The subject in this case is a state supreme court justice. Notability is automatic, so I'm going ahead and promoting. BD2412 T 00:06, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-23

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  • A new str_replace_regexp() function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression. [13]

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02:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

RE Draft:Decatur_Tribune

Dear Idoghor Melody, thank you for taking the time to review the draft for Decatur Tribune. You appear to be a prolific editor and must be very busy. I am proposing a Wikipedia article for the Decatur Tribune because it is a small town newspaper. Small town and rural newspapers play an important role in the health and vitality of their communities. 2/3 of the residents of rural communities prefer their printed newspaper rather than a digital format. Small town newspapers fill the gaps in local and social news that do not appear in larger regional newspapers. You have declined the article citing deficiencies in source material. I am submitting to you the following list of small town newspapers who have a Wikipedia article with no more comprehensive material or sources than those that I have included with my draft:

This is a representative sample of pages similar to the one that I have proposed for the Decatur Tribune. I have confidence that after reviewing these other pages you will accept the Draft:Decatur Tribune for inclusion in Wikipedia. Thank you for your further consideration and time. BuffaloBob (talk) 21:17, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @BuffaloBob: Thanks for your message here. It isn't a good thing or a good idea to compare article A with article B. That article A has only one source does not mean article c should have two or one source. With that said, I acted on my own judgement of notability and you can resubmit for another reviewer to take a look. Thanks for coming here, you can ask more questions if you have any. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:38, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

AWB errors

Please be more careful with AWB. I have fixed this edit for you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:03, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: Thank you. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-24

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Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [16]
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [17]
  • The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [18][19]

Future meetings

  • The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

Future changes

  • By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.

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16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Idoghor Melody,

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: 11186 articles, as of 20:00, 11 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.
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Notes
  1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
  2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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Question from Owenbreitbarth (14:02, 12 June 2022)

Hi Melody :)

Is there a way to change my username after it’s created? I think I would like OwenBreitbarth better. In camel case. --Owenbreitbarth (talk) 14:02, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

@Owenbreitbarth: Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. Yes you can change your username. Usernames can be changed by global renamers and requests can be made at Wikipedia:Changing username. I hope this helps. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:43, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi – and, yay! I’m not sure about the exact format yet… spaces seem to be allowed, too. Right? Owenbreitbarth (talk) 06:54, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

@Owenbreitbarth: Yes, spaces are allowed. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:19, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Request on 08:07:32, 16 June 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by MardiGrasCantab


Hi - please could you explain in some more detail why the article I wrote has not met Wikipedia's guidelines? My article was about a British firm that has been continuously in operation since 1909, and has played an important historical role in the aerospace and motor industries in the UK. It is one of very few family-owned firms left of this size and age. I would have thought this qualified as notable?

All the sources I referenced were also external sources - so meet the criteria of being independent.

Please could you provide further explanation?

MardiGrasCantab (talk) 08:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

@MardiGrasCantab: Hi, thanks for dropping a message here. I did my review and a message was sent to your talk page too. Instead of questioning why I didn't accept, you should maybe resubmit and someone else will take a look at it. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-25

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  • The Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ). [20]
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  • A new user_global_editcount variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. [21]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
  • Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [22]

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  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
  • Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different typeof attribute values, and instead use mw:File for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: mw:Image, mw:Audio, or mw:Video. [23]

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

My Article

Hello. I'm just a bit confused. Why did you mark my article I created under a speedy deletion notice? I think this is totally unfair. I'm trying to improve Wikipedia, and then I see this. I think the article is actually fine in its current state, and I can even add an infobox if you want. And by the way, the article is about a Can-Am sports prototype race car. It's NOT promoting or publicizing anything. Can you please kindly remove the tag, the page can be improved. Also, I think you've wrongly marked it. It DOESN'T fit any of those categories listed for a speedy deletion criteria. Hope you understand. Thanks, Davism0703 (talk) 11:07, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Also, it's NOT promoting anything by the way. It's INFORMING people about a race car, because people WANT information. There's a big difference. Davism0703 (talk) 11:09, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
@Davism0703: Hi, You can contest the speedy on the talk page of the article where it can be seen and considered. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:12, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
@Davism0703: It's deleted already. The article looks promotional and not something written from a neutral point of view. You can create again and avoid using words or expanding on its numerous features. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. Can you possibly undo the deletion so I could reword it? Davism0703 (talk) 11:27, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
@Davism0703: I'm not an administrator, so I can't undo. BTW, the article was short, you should rewrite it without the deleted one. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:33, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Bhuvan29 (09:43, 22 June 2022)

how to create page? --Bhuvan29 (talk) 09:43, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

@Bhuvan29: Hi, welcome to Wikipedia, Please do feel at home. I have dropped a message on your talk page that will guide you on creating your first article. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:34, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from Umarmi (10:45, 24 June 2022)

hi how are you sir is my article was correct ? there is no mistake ? --Umarmi (talk) 10:45, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

@Umarmi: Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. Your article Draft:Officialum1 has been deleted 3 times and this is the fourth one. Do you have other accounts? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:00, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 28 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [24]
  • Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [25]
  • Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [26]

Future meetings

  • The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

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20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

University of Delta, Agbor

In this article as well as Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, I removed one sentence that was copied from [27]. Please be sure to summarize information in your own words in the future. Let me know if you have any questions or if I'm mistaken. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 22:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

@DanCherek:Thank you for that. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:11, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Article Review and Help for Pamilerin Adegoke Article Creation

Hi Idoghor Melody, please i need your help to review a wikipedia article am creating for Pamilerin Adegoke. I just publishedit and its marked for Deletion. please find the link here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adegoke_Pamilerin Regards! George Nyiam (talk) 11:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@George Nyiam: Hi, thanks for your message here. I've checked the article and I didn't see any deletion tag. BTW, I'm not a New page reviewer, I'm an AFC reviewer. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:45, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
okay thanks, actually i want to summit this article to AFC, Please how can i do that? George Nyiam (talk) 14:58, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
@George Nyiam: You've created it directly, just leave it like that. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
  • This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable proofreadpage_source_href will be removed from mw.config and be replaced with the variable prpSourceIndexPage. [28]

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19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

little shambles

Hi, I was just adding links to my new article, but since you added the category of "orphan", its prevented me from adding those links? Please could you help add to the page instead of making things harder for me? If you can think of any categories or links, please feel free to add them instead of making it impossible for me to add links. Ive already added 2 new links to the page but ive only just published it so you have to give me a chance. Please dont make editing wikipedia harder for people like me who are not experienced editors. Gd123lbp (talk) 14:44, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

@Gd123lbp: Sorry about that, the tag is also a way for other editors to fix the problems the article is having. Sorry if it made you feel bad. There was an edit conflict, that was why your first edit didn't save, sorry. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:56, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

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  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Finished adding review for "The Proposal (2022) film page. Thanks for your help

writing {{ping|Idoghor @Idoghor Melody} MalayalamwriterMFI (talk) 02:51, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

@MalayalamwriterMFI: Done Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:32, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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  • The feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [31]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from SER NATIONAL Jobs for Progress (17:19, 19 July 2022)

Can I change the name of the page?? --SER NATIONAL Jobs for Progress (talk) 17:19, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello SER NATIONAL Jobs for Progress, Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't seem to understand your question, but I have dropped a message on your talk page that will guide you through. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:30, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

John Anthony Stroud social worker and author

I have removed the references to Wikipedia, they were there to make cross-referencing easier. Please reconsider the article from the content point of view Ian.stroud.1952 (talk) 12:21, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Can u teach me?

Hello Dear Rockybhai3 (talk) 11:12, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3: Hey, welcome here. In what aspect do you need my help? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:16, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear Sir, I have created a page. You check.

If there is some mistake then you will correct it and publish it. Thank you so much! Rockybhai3 (talk) 03:07, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Draft talk:List of musicians of Uttarakhand Rockybhai3 (talk) 03:08, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3:  Done. Add some more names to the list. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 07:29, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much sir how can I thank you? I will get to learn a lot from you Thank you so much again. Rockybhai3 (talk) 08:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear Sir, Can I create pages for all the musicians we've added to this list. Rockybhai3 (talk) 09:15, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3:First of all, I'm not sir. My name is Melody and I'm an editor like you. You can create those pages only if they're notable, that is, if they meet general notable guidelines or the various Wikipedia:SNG. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:22, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear, You are much older than me. You have more knowledge than me so I have to tell you sir. My question (If there are two musicians with the same name. Can two pages be made with the same name?) Rockybhai3 (talk) 09:40, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3:I don't know about age, but here, everyone is the same. With that said, no two articles can have the same title, it is sometimes necessary to add distinguishing information, often in the form of a description in parentheses after the name. For instance "Melody" and "Melody (singer)" or "Rockybhai" and "Rockybhai (actor)". An example is Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1996) and Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1983) while the main Aditi Sharma is a disambiguation page. I hope this helps. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:19, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear, You have guided me so well that I understood. I saw that there is a musician by this name and a journalist Anshuman Tiwari, Can you write (journalist) behind their name in brackets? Rockybhai3 (talk) 10:41, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3: If you're creating an article about a musician named Anshuman Tiwari, it should be "Anshuman Tiwari (musician) since there is Anshuman Tiwari. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much dear, But I also want to learn from you how the bracket is applied? If you put brackets in the journalist, it will look great and everyone will know. This is journalist. Like: [[Anshuman Tiwari (journalist) Rockybhai3 (talk) 11:11, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Rockybhai3, the journalist is ok as it is. No need for a name change. To change the name will be considered controversial and may require a discussion where a consensus will be reached. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:14, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Can't we even redirect? You are explaining me so well thank you so much again. Rockybhai3 (talk) 11:23, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3: A redirect from where to where? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:53, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Anshuman Tiwari To Anshuman Tiwari (journalist) Rockybhai3 (talk) 11:56, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

@Rockybhai3:But I just told you there are no problems with that article name, it needs no remaining or redirecting. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:59, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Ok dear, i make musician page. After that I'll tell you. Rockybhai3 (talk) 12:02, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear, Will you tell me one thing? Why is it still showing in the draft and why did it redirect? Draft:List of musicians of Uttarakhand Rockybhai3 (talk) 02:09, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear sir, I have created a musician page. You check.

If there is some mistake then you will correct it and publish it. Thank you so much! Draft:Anshuman Tiwari (Musician) Rockybhai3 (talk) 04:07, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear sir, I have created a musician page. You check.

If there is some mistake then you will correct it and publish it. Thank you so much! Draft:Anshuman Tiwari (Musician) Rockybhai3 (talk) 04:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Dear Idoghor Melody I need you again. The sources which are not reliable, you remove them and publish the article.

Draft:Anshuman Tiwari (Musician) Rockybhai3 (talk) 06:32, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much dear ❤️ for Help me...

Your submission at Articles for creation: Anshuman Tiwari (musician has been accepted

Why have I not received this notification in the talk page yet? 

Rockybhai3 (talk) 14:17, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
@Rockybhai3: You moved the page yourself which you were not supposed to do. That's why. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:22, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Sir, the pages that you had created, someone removed both those pages. Rockybhai3 (talk) 15:06, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Idoghor Melody, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled user right to your account. This means that pages you create will automatically be marked as 'reviewed' and no longer appear in the new pages feed. Autopatrolled is assigned prolific creators of articles where those articles do not require further review, and may have been requested on your behalf by someone else. It doesn't affect how you edit; it is used only to manage the workload of new page patrollers.

Since the articles you create will no longer be systematically reviewed by other editors, it is important that you maintain the high standard you have achieved so far in all your future creations. Please also try to remember to add relevant WikiProject templates, stub tags, categories, and incoming links to them, if you aren't already in the habit; user scripts such as Rater and StubSorter can help with this. As you have already shown that you have a strong grasp of Wikipedia's core content policies, you might also consider volunteering to become a new page patroller yourself, helping to uphold the project's standards and encourage other good faith article writers.

Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Schwede66 20:27, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

@Schwede66:Thank you... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-30

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Recent changes

Problems

  • Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [33]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
  • The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [34]
  • Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [35]

Future meetings

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19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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