Fathoms Below

March thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in March! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:57, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for being such great admins for this site! (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 17:41, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Restoring page mover right

In 2024 at my request at Liz's talk page you removed my page mover right; could you please restore it? I have returned now and though I will not be as active as I previously was I want to get back to helping out at WP:RM and I want to finish implementing WP:LUGSTUBS2. BilledMammal (talk) 05:45, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @BilledMammal. While I am glad that you have returned, I'm reluctant to grant this right immediately seeing that you have been gone for well over a year, and you just returned a couple of days ago. While I can understand needing to take a break from things, and I myself have seen my activity slide a lot lately, I'd like to see some more editing before enabling this flag again. Once you've shown some consistent activity in that area, I'd be happy to regrant or you could also ask at PERM. Fathoms Below (talk) 17:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Given that BM previously requested for the permission to be taken off them when they knew that they wouldn't be active for a period, I think it's fairly safe to assume that they would do the same again if they were going to become inactive. BM is a highly experienced RM closer and just today, because of them not having the permission, they've had to post at WP:RM/TR 7 times to request that others perform round-robin moves on their behalf. I don't see any risk in granting them the permission, only less work for others given that BM is more than capable of doing it themselves.

Ps, none of their requests at RM/TR today have been denied. TarnishedPath^talk 11:04, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey FB, I second TP's opinion, actually. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:23, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Since this request it does appear they have demonstrated consistency per TP. CNC (talk) 12:22, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

They returned three days ago, and consistent activity in my eyes means at least a month demonstrating that they will stick around. But I won't object if another admin grants them the right at PERM, and they can ask there right now if need be, but I do not feel comfortable granting it myself. Fathoms Below (talk) 13:49, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you all; I've opened a request at PERM. BilledMammal (talk) 00:09, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

April thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Today's story is about one of three bios I brought to today's main page: look and listen, an extraordinary woman in many respects. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

May 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
On 1 May 2026, 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. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction, waterways, and Gu Yanwu
• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
• Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
• Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Rabbits!

	Rabbits
	Happy white rabbits! GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 20:05, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

You beat me to it haha! If you ever want to talk sometime let me know. Quite a bit has happened since we last spoke it seems! Fathoms Below (talk) 20:54, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello Fathoms Below,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

PageTriage

An attempt was made to get the New Pages Feed to sort by date marked as reviewed instead of date created. However we had to revert it due to bugs. We may try again in the future. You can subscribe to the Phabricator ticket if you're interested in following along.

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May thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in May! - Today: Felicity Lott. If you have little time, just give me a click ;) - If you have more, see her story. If you have more, listen to her singing Friendly Vision. If you have more, listen until she sings the word "peace" (Frieden), floating up high, serenely. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

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