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New pages patrol January 2025 Backlog drive

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Women in Red January 2025

Women in Red | January 2025, Vol 11, Issue 1, Nos 324, 326, 327, 328, 329

Online events:

New: Music (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run A & B | Internet personalities
Continuing: #1day1woman (year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2024

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Question from Kumarpardesofficial on User:Kumarpardesofficial (07:09, 29 December 2024)

Actor 🇮🇳 --Kumarpardesofficial (talk) 07:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kumarpardesofficial. Do you have a question? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interested in AustralianHistory.net?

Hello, @Rosiestep:! 👋

I wanted to share an exciting opportunity to contribute to AustralianHistory.net, a platform dedicated to exploring and documenting the rich and diverse history of Australia. If you’re passionate about history or love sharing knowledge, this is the perfect place to get involved!

Why Join australianhistory.net?

Preserve History: Help document Australia’s stories, people, and events for future generations.
Collaborate with Enthusiasts: Work with like-minded individuals passionate about Australia’s heritage and culture.
Learn and Share: Deepen your understanding of Australian history while contributing your own insights and expertise.
Make an Impact: Your contributions will help educate and inspire readers around the globe.

How You Can Participate

Write and Edit Articles: Share your knowledge by creating new pages or improving existing ones.
Contribute Media: Upload images, videos, or documents that add value to historical narratives.
Engage with the Community: Join discussions, share ideas, and collaborate on exciting historical projects.

https://australianhistory.net is always looking for thoughtful contributors who can help bring Australia’s incredible history to life. If this sounds interesting, feel free to ask any questions or dive right in—we’d love to have you!

Best regards, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Armoured_Jupiter

Hi Oronsay, and Happy New Year! Don't know why I received this invite to contribute to another website but curious if you're aware of what it's about. No worries if you're busy with other things. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Happy New Year, @Rosiestep! Thank you for alerting me. No, I was not aware of this website and fail to see why one would set it up as a alternative to Wikipedia. Oronsay (talk) 18:21, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Armoured Jupiter. I'm curious about the website that you're promoting: is it an alternative to Wikipedia? If not, what's the difference? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Happy New Year, @Rosiestep:! AustralianHistory.net is a young and evolving website dedicated to exploring and documenting Australian history. While it's not a direct alternative to Wikipedia, it does share some similarities, such as using a simplified form of wikitext for content creation. However, it doesn’t run on Wikimedia’s software—its platform has been custom-built, allowing for features and functionality tailored specifically to its goals.

AustralianHistory.net focuses specifically on Australian history, offering a more niche and tailored approach.

The website is still in its early days, with a growing focus on collaboration and community contributions. It’s an exciting project for anyone passionate about Australian history of all topics and genres, Regards Armoured Jupiter. Armoured Jupiter (talk) 17:33, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Armoured Jupiter. cc: Oronsay. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:43, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year to you, Rosiestep!

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Rosiestep: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. Wil540 art (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message

Wil540 art (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Wil540 art. Happy New Year to you, too! --Rosiestep (talk) 01:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January music

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year, 20025, Gerda! --Rosiestep (talk) 01:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm rather sure I won't be alive then ;) - Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, my story today 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. Dada Masilo will be my story tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lol re 20025. :) Cheers on the GAN. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:11, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

watch her talking, and the dancing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

my story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RIP, TJ. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MystroJazz (23:49, 1 January 2025)

Hello. How do I submit my page --MystroJazz (talk) 23:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MystroJazz, and thanks for your question. I think you're referring to this article: Draft:Xduppy. If so, please take a look at the two messages at the top of the article that a reviewer left for you: (a) "The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations..." and (b) "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject ..." Because of these two issues, you can't submit the page as the page does not establish that Xduppy qualifies to have a Wikipedia article.

If Xduppy has been honoured with widely recognized awards or has been covered in reliable newspapers for some notable achievement, you should add that to the article along with realiable sources so that it can be verified. As far as I can see, however, there have been no such developments. I would therefore advise you to devote your time to creating biographies of other people who meet Wikipedia's policy requirements. I just left a couple of informational messages on your talkpage designed to aid newcomers with Wikipedia policies, requirements, editing tips, etc. Let me know if you have other questions. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Assistance

You are an experienced administrator that I respect, @Rosiestep. If possible, I would value your contribution to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palestinian political violence (3rd nomination). It would mean a lot to have your third-party, neutral, and experienced perspective. Firecat93 (talk) 19:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words, Firecat93. I took a look but I don't work in that area so I don't feel comfortable trying to form a valid opinion. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. Thank you for checking it out. Best wishes, Firecat93 (talk) 01:52, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2025 Update from Women in Green

Hello Rosiestep:

2024 has wrapped up, and what a full year it was for WikiProject Women in Green! Over the past year, we hosted two edit-a-thons, one themed around women's history and another on women around the world. We also managed to achieve most of our 2024 annual goals, nominating 75 articles for GA, reviewing 64 GA nominations, nominating 8 articles for FAC, peer reviewing 3 articles and reviewing 10 FAC nominations. Excellent work, and thank you to everyone involved!

For 2025 we have a new set of goals for nominations and reviews. In particular, we would like to see more articles on our Hot 100 list being improved and nominated for GA this year. If you take a look at the list and see an article you are interested in contributing to, feel free to add it and yourself to our Hot 100 project discussion. You might even find someone interested in collaborating with you!

This year, as with every year, we hope you will join us in helping improve our coverage of women and women's works on this encyclopedia. Every contribution helps. We'll see you around!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

CheckUser changes

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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Sat Jan 25: Wikipedia Day NYC 2025

January 25: Wikipedia Day

You are invited to Wikipedia Day 2025, hosted by Wikimedia NYC at the Brooklyn Public Library's central branch.

The special focus this year will be the launch of our "400 Neighborhoods" campaign for the city's 400th anniversary and WikiProject New York City/400 Task Force.

We'll also have a lightning talks session and you're invited to sign up for one, though space is somewhat limited.

Saturday, January 25, 2025
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Brooklyn Central Library, Grand Army Plaza

Afterparty: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (off-site venue, TBA)

All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct.

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Question from Goodboyahsan (04:27, 6 January 2025)

yoo hows it going my dude, --Goodboyahsan (talk) 04:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Going great, Goodboyahsan. How about with you? Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NPP Awards for 2024

		The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award
		This award is given in recognition to Rosiestep for conducting 3,531 article reviews in 2024. Thank you so much for all your excellent work. Keep it up! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Hey man im josh! --Rosiestep (talk) 22:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fun fact, you're now in the WP:NPPHOF for reaching this milestone (2000+ article reviews) in two separate years! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:53, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hall of Fame... wow! Thanks, Hey man im josh. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MOnTheHunt (22:06, 8 January 2025)

Hello, Can you please help me create a citation? --MOnTheHunt (talk) 22:06, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MOnTheHunt and thanks for your question. This 6 minute video on Wikimedia Commons explains how to create a citation. It's part of a series, one of 28 "Videos for Introduction to Wikipedia" on Wikimedia Commons; the list of other videos is here in case you have other questions. You're also welcome to ask me again. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:27, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]