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Deletion review for ChrisFix

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Cosmic840 has asked for a deletion review of ChrisFix. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.Cryptic 20:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:51, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

story · music · places

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. --

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

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Hello Eddie891,

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.

Reminders:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

CS1 error on Fall Creek (New York)

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The Bugle: Issue 241, May 2026

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Full front page of The Bugle
Your Military History Newsletter

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 02:57, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

May 27: WikiWednesday NYC Salon, focus on wiki+law school and wiki+ai

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May 27: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce
Prime Produce on W 54th St

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Featuring this salon, a presentation on on whether Wikipedia can replace law school. And also, a facilitated group discussion on the proper place of AI in the wiki-verse.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy.

Meeting info:

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:38, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 22 May 2026

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  • Recent research: WikiLambda the Ultimate
    Does Abstract Wikipedia help fight "One ring to rule them all" solutions for knowledge access - or does it implement one itself?
  • Gallery: Earth Day and Mother's Day
    Earth Day was on 22 April, and Mother's Day was on 10 May (in the US and many other countries).

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Good article nominations | June 2026 Backlog Drive
June 2026 Backlog Drive:

Do you want to become more experienced in the GA process?

  • On 1 June, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles reviewed.
  • Mentors are available, and new reviewers (<6 reviews) get bonus points!

Interested in taking part? You can sign up here.

Other ways to participate:
You're receiving this message because you have participated in a good article review this year or participated in the previous backlog drive.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Women in Red - June 2026

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Women in Red | June 2026, Vol 12, Issue 6, Nos 358, 359, 373, 374, 375


Online events:

Announcements, tips, participation...

Announcements from other communities:

Tip of the month:

  • Consider contributing to two of our monthly events at once, and improve coverage
    of LGBTQ+ women by de-orphaning their articles.

Other ways to participate:

--Rosiestep (talk) 22:50, 25 May 2026 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2026).

Administrator changes

added
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removed

Bureaucrat changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
  • The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous


Request for unprotection

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Hi: You protected Emma Vigeland from page creation. It was repeatedly created while failing to meet WP:NBLP. I think the current Draft:Emma Vigeland meets NBLP. Could you unprotect Emma Vigeland? :) CopyleftEverything (talk) 18:00, 10 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Sure, I’ve gone ahead and un protected, with the usual caveat that I’m not weighing in on nobility here, but the concerns that motivated create protection are no longer valid. Indeed, this is a good reminder that I ought to go back through the list of articles I have protected and assess the necessity of that protection now. Eddie891 Talk Work 19:14, 10 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Of course, no assumption of notability. Thanks for all your work! :) CopyleftEverything (talk) 19:18, 10 June 2026 (UTC)Reply