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New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive
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New Pages Patrol is hosting a one-time, two-month experimental backlog drive aimed at reducing the backlog. This will be a combo drive: both articles and redirects will earn points.
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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Telecommunications in Kazakhstan • Spoken language Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 December 2025 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Welcome to the 2026 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2026 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve 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 a bot will set up your submissions page within one day, ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.
For the 2026 WikiCup, the highest-ranking contestants will receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. This is the same scoring system that we had last year. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants are no longer eliminated at the end of each round.
The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Outpost (military) • Telecommunications in Kazakhstan Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Battle of Messana • Outpost (military) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mormon pornography • Battle of Messana Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 January 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Hope chest • Mormon pornography Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Books & Bytes – Issue 72
Issue 72, November–December 2025
- Renewed partnerships
- Spotlight: Strengthening Wikimedia Collaborations with and for Open Science
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 12:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Magic 8-Ball • Hope chest Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Hinge • Magic 8-Ball Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 February 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Romina Pourmokhtari • Hinge Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 February 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Arabic coffee • Romina Pourmokhtari Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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WikiCup 2026 March newsletter
The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. 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 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.
Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;
MCE89 (submissions) with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and
Rollinginhisgrave (submissions) with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.
The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table will be updated within the next few days.
Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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) 14:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Public utility • Arabic coffee Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 March 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Building information modeling • Public utility Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 March 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Books & Bytes – Issue 73
Issue 73, January–February 2026
- Four new partnerships
- User survey thanks
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 12:05, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
(This message was sent to User:Mahensingha and is being posted here due to a redirect.)
This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Reef • Building information modeling Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Christmas dinner • Reef Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 March 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Port Vila • Christmas dinner Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 March 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Ancient music • Port Vila Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 April 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Agriculture in Haiti • Ancient music Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 April 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Rainmaking (ritual) • Agriculture in Haiti Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 April 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Minibus • Rainmaking (ritual) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 April 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive
| May 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol | |
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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)
This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Saucer • Minibus Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Work–life balance • Saucer Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 May 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026
Hello Mahensingha,
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.
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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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Wings of Fire (novel series) • Work–life balance Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 May 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Harbor • Wings of Fire (novel series) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 May 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2026)
Hello, Mahensingha. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Partnership for Peace • Harbor Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Books & Bytes – Issue 74
Issue 74, March–April 2026
- New partnership: Swissdox
- User survey results
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 10:34, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
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