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Nomination of The Amara Sulya Freedom Movement for deletion

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello John B123,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

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New Page Review queue December 2022

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The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

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Sara Tomko

Hi I found a bunch of articles about Sara Tomko, many with her name in the headline. I also found more roles. Have added all this to article, but more work to be done. I think it's looking a lot better and hope this shows notability? Thanks. 2001:BB6:4E52:7D00:7551:FBEA:EA2:59C3 (talk) 08:50, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Authority control

Hi John. For future information, the syntax is {Authority control|qid=Q6197319} although the parameter is not needed if the page is already connected to Wikidata. Best regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:53, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Martin, thanks for the info. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

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re : about the Comfort Women

hello, The short description should be edited to keep up with historical accuracy.

Considering the sole responsibility of the IJA (army) in this crime is a historical error because the Japanese army and navy were two quite separate entities and they both participated in this crime.

You can also take 5 mins to check this page and you will find that the IJN (Navy) involvement is also mentioned three times, so it makes sense to change this short description.  You are free to leave this text without correction but it would be a shame for the truthfulness of the rest of the text which is correctly written. Hanafunda (talk) 03:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Hanafunda: The place to discuss this is on the article's talk page. Please also note the warning on your talk page about edit warring. --John B123 (talk) 06:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Gravity Noir albums

A tag has been placed on Category:Gravity Noir albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:44, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Greg mathias

Tanks for the review. Working on it:)--APG1984 (talk) 21:02, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi APG1984, let me know when it's ready and I'll have another look. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:22, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much in advance for the help. I will surely do!--APG1984 (talk) 21:34, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello!! I wanted to keep on editing Greg Mathias (yes after a long time) but I can't find it. I tried here: [[1]]. if you have time could you tell me where you moved it? thx!!! PS: i copied the old discussion above to remind you:)--APG1984 (talk) 01:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi APG1984, its at Draft:Greg Mathias. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 05:23, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

ReferenceExpander

Just a friendly heads-up in case you weren't already aware, since it's installed on your common.js: Careless use of ReferenceExpander has caused serious problems. It's currently at MFD, and a large cleanup project is underway to repair the citations damaged by the script. I and several other users have !voted that the script be deleted or disabled, and I wouldn't recommend using it at all unless you thoroughly check every reference it modifies against the previous revision. If you're interested in a more detailed explanation of the script's issues, Folly Mox has provided an excellent summary at the MFD. — SamX [talk · contribs] 05:07, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello John B123,

New Page Review queue April to June 2023

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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About reviews

Hi John, I want review and advises from an experienced user like you, would you mind to check my last article? Because of it's notability, I want to know what to do as soon as possible, regards --ჯეო4WIKI^{Message Me}_{Contributions} 00:55, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi ჯეო, looking at Nini Badurashvili you need to demonstrate notability by adding three references from independent reliable sources that give in depth coverage not just a passing mention. Social media and IMDb are not considered reliable. Hope this helps, regards. --John B123 (talk) 07:00, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Date of linux.com webpage cited in "glibc" entry

In a 2020 edit to the glibc article, you added a date of September 12 2008 to a linux.com article citation (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glibc&oldid=939012125). But the article's own webpage on linux.com had "October 24, 2000" as the article date. Can you explain what the rationale was for believing the September 2008 date to be the correct one? Thanks.

AstridRedfern (talk) 13:54, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi AstridRedfern, the linked page https://www.linux.com/news/feature-8-cores-budget-building-better-workstation/ gives the date as September 2008 just below the title. Regards John B123 (talk) 14:19, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

@John B123 I think I can see what happened. When you added that date, the link was redirecting to a different webpage to the one it had originally pointed to.

https://www.linux.com/archive/feature/3874 was, at the time it was first cited, a link to the October 2000 article "Forking: it could even happen to you" on linux.com. In the time since then, that article's URL changed at least twice - once to http://archive09.linux.com/feature/3874, and again to https://www.linux.com/news/forking-it-could-even-happen-you/

Meanwhile, for some reason, the original URL started pointing to that "8 Cores" article. I've tested a couple of URLs of the form https://www.linux.com/archive/feature/$SOME_NUMBER_OR_OTHER, and more than one of them do redirct to the 8 Cores article. AstridRedfern (talk) 14:26, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

:Hi AstridRedfern, that seems to explain it. I was going to change the url and date but see you have already done it. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 15:08, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Seeking your help on some unreviewed items

Hi John.

It been a while since I have sought your help. Hope you're doing welI. I see you've been busy with other stuff this year.

Although most stuff I wrote has been handled by others, I've got a few articles that are stuck review queue and no has one picked them up. I know you're not as active these days but if you have any time to spare, would you mind reviewing these ones?

• Neil Shen
• Hamilton Lane
• China Great Wall Asset Management
• Zhao Xuejun
• Versant Ventures

Thanks

- Imcdc Contact 14:09, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, hope all is well with you. They all look ok to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 06:27, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@John B123. Once again, thank you for all your help. - Imcdc Contact 07:26, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

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Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA

Hi John.

Could you please review this article? I worked on it last year in draft mode but only decided to work on it further recently.

- Imcdc Contact 06:52, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, it looks OK to me. Regards, --John B123 (talk) 21:25, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

@John B123 Thank you Imcdc Contact 00:41, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

A few more articles for your review

Hi John,

I see you've been reviewing some articles these past few days. A few more of my articles are stuck in the queue at the moment. When you have time, would you mind reviewing them?

• B. Riley Financial
• China Government Guidance Fund
• Noah Holdings
• Fortune Venture Capital
• National Fund for Technology Transfer and Commercialisation

Thanks- Imcdc Contact 12:25, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, I've reviewed all except B. Riley Financial which has already had a notability tag added. Are there more in depth sources you could add to this? Regards. --John B123 (talk) 22:02, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@John B123 It was tagged just a few hours before you had the chance to check. I have made the adjustments and added some more analysis/coverage to it. - Imcdc Contact 14:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

: Hi Imcdc, it look ok to me, Regards. --John B123 (talk) 05:19, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

@John B123 Thanks again - Imcdc Contact 06:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Another review request

Hi John

Once again I am in need of your help as the NPP backlog is getting too big. I am submitting these articles for your review and would appreciate your help.

• PRIMECAP
• Voleon Group
• Artisan Partners
• Record Currency Management

Imcdc Contact 06:12, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, sorry for the delay I've been busy in real life. They all look ok to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

@John B123. No problem. I understand you're not really active on wikipedia as much so I don't expect an instant response. Appreciate your reliability and help during times like this - Imcdc Contact 00:18, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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all set now

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Another review request

Hi John,

I got another review request due to the backlog increasing. Can I request your approval for these when you are free? Thx

Ballmer Group

Maven Securities

The MMA Lab

Värde Partners

- Imcdc Contact 00:22, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, they look ok to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:10, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks John - Imcdc Contact 00:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Jerry Tse

The Honorable John B123. I hope you are doing well. Please review Draft:Jerry Tse. It was declined two times in the past. I have modified it. If it still needs to be modified, please provide your precious suggestions. Thank you, I am looking forward to your reply, and best wishes. 87.120.254.216 (talk) 17:30, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I've had a look but tend to agree with the previous reviewers comments that there needs to be more in depth coverage in independent sources to establish notability. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 09:28, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

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I need your help, please

Hello, John B123,

Compliments of the season and a happy new year in advance. I'm reaching out to you because I enjoyed your guidance on helping me spot the issues on the page, Zaki Biam Massacre, which I reworked and you subsequently reviewed.

I created the article, Juwon Lawal Razaq, and moved it to main space last month. However, it was neither reviewed nor returned to draft space nor any tag placed on it, and I have been worried as to what this means. All articles I have created in the past usually get reviewed or reactions for improvement the same day or within a week. About a week ago, out of worry, I erroneously moved it to draft space to work on it again and returned it to main space, hoping that it would be seen and get a reaction. However, I woke up the next day with only a caution about moving articles between spaces which I apologized. I've added more references since then from reputable national news platforms that wrote about the subject directly and in detail and wanted an experienced opinion. Could you help me check it out and review if in good standing or make appropriate recommendations that appeal to you, please? Thank you. Bemmax (talk) 06:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Bemmax, seasons greetings.

There is a large queue at the moment for new page reviews so I wouldn't read anything into the article hasn't been looked at yet. I've had a quick look at the article and it comes across as being promotional, please see MOS:PEACOCK. Regards --John B123 (talk) 23:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Okay then. Thank you for your insight. Bemmax (talk) 03:22, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Category:Novels about Japanese prostitution has been nominated for splitting

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NPP Awards for 2023

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

IMbesharam

Hello, I saw you added an advert tag in this article. Whatever information I added are published in reliable third party sources. CometVolcano (talk) 10:18, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi CometVolcano, whilst all the information can be verified by third party sources, it reads as if it is written to promote the company. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 10:21, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have made some changes. Have a look. --CometVolcano (talk) 10:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Also if you feel it needs some changes, please do that. I am new to Wikipedia, so not well-versed about these things. --CometVolcano (talk) 10:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the references in the article, they are largely based in what Raj Imarni has said, and as such not independent. Have a look at Help:Your first article which you may find helpful. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 11:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted one such statement. Now please have a look. --CometVolcano (talk) 12:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted Armani's statements and removed the advert tag. --CometVolcano (talk) 14:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:Red-light districts in Hawaii has been nominated for splitting

Category:Red-light districts in Hawaii has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Mountain Tobacco

Hi, I note that you reverted my edit that changed Mountain Tobacco from a redirect to Bearberry into a disambiguation page that linked to both Bearberry and Arnica. I wrongly stated in the edit summary that the phrase appeared in both target pages, my apologies for that - in fact the phrase appears in Arnica (as an alternative name) but not in Bearberry (which says only that it was traditionally smoked by Native American Indians "as a tobacco substitute or mixed with tobacco").

Mountain Tobacco was originally created as a redirect to Arnica in 2005, then switched to redirect to Bearberry in 2008 (by a user that was later blocked). Please could you clarify why you feel the redirect to Bearberry is the correct disposition, and preferable to anything that connects to Arnica? Hv (talk) 23:15, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Hv. I reverted your edit as the term Mountain Tobacco is not mentioned in Bearberry (MOS:DABNOMENTION) to the previous version, but didn't look at what that previous version was, apologies forthat. You are correct that Arnica is a better target, so I'll change it. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 09:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I looked a little deeper, and found that at the time the redirect was moved to Bearberry that page did list Mountain Tobacco as an alternative name; a lengthy list of alternative names was removed in 2017 at [2] by an IP address later blocked for vandalism. The list was introduced in 2005 at [3], and does not ever appear to have had a citation attached to it; but the author appears to have been (briefly) part of a project to incorporate data from newly released Project Gutenberg works.

I'm not sure how much energy I have to track that down further, but for the avoidance of doubt: if Bearberry should acquire an appropriately sourced mention of "Mountain Tobacco" as an alternative name, would a DAB page along the lines I had created become appropriate? Hv (talk) 14:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Hv. If you can find a source and add "Mountain Tobacco" as an alternative name to Bearberry then changing the redirect to a dab page would be appropriate. Regards --John B123 (talk) 21:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you

		The Sex Work Barnstar
		Thank you for continued efforts in support of the Sex work task force Demt1298 (talk) 03:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Demt1298. Thanks for that. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 17:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment

Hi John. I noticed the article Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment was around for a while but hasn't been reviewed yet. I was seeing if you could help out on it? It is not my article but I will do my part to add to it later. - Imcdc Contact 01:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, hope all is well with you.

Having a quick look at the article, a lot is referenced to SMEE's website, I'm not sure that Toms Hardware would be considered a reliable source as some of their content is in 'collaboration' with their advertisers. The article needs more independent sources.

The list of products taken from the company's website seems unnecessary. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @John B123,

I have spoke with @Spotty's Friend on it. We have cleaned up a lot of primary sourcing and promotional material from the article.

It should be noted this is most likely a China state owned entity with only domestic business in China. Regarding the Tom's Hardware articles, the author believes it should be OK since it's fairly unlikely that SMEE or any other Chinese entities associated with them has any monetary relationship with the website or the author, nor is there any likely motive on the part of SMEE to promote itself in the US media given the existing political climate.

See if this would work. - Imcdc Contact 12:29, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Imcdc, that looks a lot better now. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi John B123 :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 06:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Harun Osman

Hello John B123, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Harun Osman, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G4: not substantially identical. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 14:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Ivanvector. Thanks for taking the time to let me know. The problem with G4 is that unless you are an admin you cannot see the previous (deleted) version to know if it is substantially identical. Regards --John B123 (talk) 22:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

It is a problem, yeah, and we don't really have a good workaround since the WMF is paranoid about access to deleted content. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 12:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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New York/New Jersey Metrostars

Hello John B123,

I apologize for the confusion on the New York/New Jersey Metrostars. It may have not been conveyed that I created the article and have discussed some of the issues with another admin User talk:Geschichte. Please let me know if you have any other concerns.

Thank you,

Loganmascarenhas Loganmascarenhas20 (talk) 21:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Loganmascarenhas20. My concern over this and the other team articles is that they don't have any references therefore fail WP:VERIFY, an important Wikipedia policy. On a side note, I'm not an admin but have come across these article as part of New Page Patrol. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 22:43, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

New York/New Jersey Metrostars

Hello John B123,

I appreciate your response. I understand that the New York/New Jersey Metrostars article doesn't have any references or citations. However, once added, the page should be allowed to exist as it meets Wikipedia policy.

Best,

Logan Mascarenhas Loganmascarenhas20 (talk) 18:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)