Govvy
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Consensus
editGovvy, I, like you, am opposed to discussing mergers at AfD. I don't know what your reason is, but mine is that things should only get to AfD if administrator action would be needed to enact the proposal. Otherwise I don't see what is wrong with talk pages. Unfortunately consensus is against us. We have to accept that, although you are welcome to campaign to change it in the appropriate place, which is not an individual AfD discussion, and without personal attacks. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Phil Bridger: The title is clear; WP:AfD Articles for Deletion, nothing about that title says merge. Also, I don't see where all this consensus is or what talk page it is going on, on. But at the moment, wikipedia is going down hill. I edit it less and less these days. I use to like this project. But now, I see a rather young immature crowd on here. Combining the two I consider the hight of lazyness. Govvy (talk) 09:33, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
- Picking fights in random merge requests is immature. There was an RfC discussion in April which resulted in "not enough consensus to move forward". This is the policy for now. SenshiSun (talk) 00:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @SenshiSun: Picking up 7 days late is completely inappropriate and fire starting. Which is totally your fault. You shouldn't have posted here in the first place and you should be ashamed of yourself. Govvy (talk) 09:08, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Govvy, now you have confused me. I can't imagine any adult writing that, but you have been here for over 20 years. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I see now that you're a Spurs fan. I suppose that explains your state of mind at the moment. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:20, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Would a separate topic have been better? Not trying to start fires here; just informing you about the discussion. I apologize for my behavior. I was not aware there was a deadline for discussions like this. What is it, for my refrence? SenshiSun (talk) 22:43, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Govvy, now you have confused me. I can't imagine any adult writing that, but you have been here for over 20 years. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @SenshiSun: Picking up 7 days late is completely inappropriate and fire starting. Which is totally your fault. You shouldn't have posted here in the first place and you should be ashamed of yourself. Govvy (talk) 09:08, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Picking fights in random merge requests is immature. There was an RfC discussion in April which resulted in "not enough consensus to move forward". This is the policy for now. SenshiSun (talk) 00:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
editHello Govvy,
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
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.
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