January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award

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The Invisible Barnstar   
This award is given in recognition of Perfect4th for accumulating at least 10 points in the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 27,750 articles and 7,050 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer 16:48, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2026 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2025 coordinator election, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

December 2025 Blitz: 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

January Drive: 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the January Backlog Elimination Drive edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

February Blitz: 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the February Copy Editing Blitz edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

March Drive: 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the March Backlog Elimination Drive edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

April Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 12 to 18 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 09:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 81 copyediting requests since 1 January 2026. The backlog of articles needing copyediting stands at 1,794 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wikieditor662.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 10 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Question from Starhexxx (21:39, 14 April 2026)

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Hello I want to create articles on cool things that happened in specific dates of the world, how can I create articles here?? --Starhexxx (talk) 21:39, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Starhexxx, and welcome! I usually suggest new editors start by working on existing articles and then move to making new ones. Wikipedia has a lot of article policies and guidelines, and it's easier to learn those by working on existing articles first rather than trying to learn them all at once by starting with a new article. Wikipedia does have articles for every calendar day  check out January 1, for intance. You can find some articles and tasks to work on at your Homepage and the Task Center. If you still plan to create articles first, though, read and follow the instructions at Your First Article  it'll walk you through step-by-step. Pay attention especially to the 'notability' and 'citing sources' sections, as this is where a lot of new articles run into problems! Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 19:28, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 21 April 2026

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Schedule

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Review Question

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Can I call your attention to draft article in my sandbox? Title is Emem J Okon (PhD). Published and submitted for review, what do I have to do next? WatchMeNene (talk) 19:00, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi @WatchMeNene! Perfect4th is busy right now, but I'm another mentor and happy to help out. Your draft has not yet been published or submitted for review, if you're ready to submit it you can add {{subst:submit}} to the top of your draft, at which point it will be submitted to the articles for creation process and reviewed shortly for publication! You can also see Help:Your first article for additional help on your first article. Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page (User talk:Wasianpower) for any other questions you might have! 🌸wasianpower🌸 (talk  contribs) 00:53, 28 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

May 2026 Administrator Election – Call for Candidates

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The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Candidates.

Here is the schedule:

  • April 29 – May 5: Call for candidates
  • May 8–12: Discussion phase
  • May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase

Please note the following:

  • The requirements to run are identical to RFA—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed.
  • Prospective candidates are advised to become familiar with the community's expectations of administrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful and unsuccessful RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for admin elections candidates, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing.
  • The process will have a seven day call for candidates phase, a two day pause, a five day discussion phase, and a seven day private vote using SecurePoll. Discussion and questions are only allowed on the candidate pages during the discussion phase.
  • The outcome of this process is identical to making a request for adminship. There is no official difference between an administrator appointed through RFA versus administrator elections.
  • Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors.

Ask any questions about the process at the talk page. Later, a user talk message will be sent to official candidates with additional information about the process.

If you are interested in the process, please make sure to watchlist the appropriate pages. A watchlist notice will be added when the discussion phase opens, and again when the voting phase opens.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:31, 29 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

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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.
You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

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The discussion phase of the May 2026 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • May 8–12: Discussion phase (we are here)
  • May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase
  • Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages are open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Discussion phase.

On 13 May, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for.

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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-- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

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The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until 19 May 2026 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase (we are here)
  • Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:10, 13 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

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Hello Perfect4th,

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:

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Question from Ahsanchamp on Consumer-to-business (08:04, 19 May 2026)

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I’m join illuminate --Ahsanchamp (talk) 08:04, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Ahsanchamp, and welcome! Did you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Perfect4th (talk) 15:12, 19 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).

Question from Upittbradford (12:56, 4 June 2026)

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Note: Upittbradford's mentor Firefangledfeathers is away.

Hello, could you tell me where the information for the "Generated from: Infobox university" is drawn from? I wanted to update some information on this page, the University of Pittsburgh Bradford. --Upittbradford (talk) 12:56, 4 June 2026 (UTC)Reply