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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
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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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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
[edit]Hello JSFarman,
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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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22:05:59, 4 October 2017 review of submission by Rpsavory
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Hi JSFarman,
thank you for your feedback on the artcile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:A%C3%AFssa_Aggoune
After working with a senior editor in the help desk/ live help we did more research with the senior editor and we found the sources which fits the notability requirement. We also removed the broken links and added more links showing coverage of the cases aggoune has been involved in and journalists confirming who he is and what he does and more links as below:
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-tenants-win-legal-battle-over-problems-in-west-end-building
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/david-goliath-rtb-tenants-win-vs-larco-regency-park/
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vancouver-apartment-air-quality-lawsuit
TV coverages
https://globalnews.ca/news/10725436/bc-tenants-sue-hvac/
Interviews given as the media liaison for the Union
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-rental-housing-city-owned-land-1.7452428
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2001008/location-vancouver-prix-arnaque-fraude
Please note that the blog article is from City Hall watch, a very well known government Watchdog in Vancouver and the senior editor confirmed this would be acceptable because that writer is established and reliably considered an expert. The other sources are from very established news outlets, including the Globe and mail, the Vancouver Sun, CBC, Radio Canada, CTNews, Global TV etc...
thank you again for helping with this article! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 19:28, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hi JSFarman,
- Can you please help me with this ?
- thank you very much! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 23:36, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Aïssa 93 390. Sorry for the delayed response; I meant to take a look when you left your last message. I have been very distracted. I think he will meet notability (although I disagree on City Hall Watch). I'll leave it for another reviewer to assess. JSFarman (talk) 08:45, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hi JSFarman,
- i just made the required changes and i agree with you that now he will meet notability. Could you please review my changes ?
- thank you so much for your help with this ! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 20:18, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi JSFarman,
- I made the required changes and i also run this individual on Chat GPT, DeepSeek and Grok and they all confirmed notability and that this individual qualifies for a Wikipedia article. I think the only thing left is that it must be written in a way a senior editor would write it and i have tried to do so to the best of my ability. Would you please have a quick read of the changes and let me know if it can be validated? In your last message you agreed that the individual would meet notability so it is just a matter of the formatting at this point. Please help me, i am trying my best here to learn how to contribute to the online encyclopedia. thank you JSFarman! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 18:57, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Aïssa 93 390. Using LLM is not a great solution. The references are often misinterpreted, and mistakes are frequently made. The issue I see with the article at this point is related to structure. Give this a read. You need to start with a declarative statement about why they are notable -- why are they in Wikipedia? -- based on what has been reported, and build the article from there. I have the article on my watch list and will keep an eye out for your changes and will work on it when I have some time. Thanks for persevering. JSFarman (talk) 01:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @JSFarman Thank you for your response, i appreciate your help with this. I really want to get this right and understand how to become a good editor. I have read the link you shared with me and it contains a ton of great information, thank you for that!
- Where i am struggling to understand is :
- How do i express the exceptional work this individual has done ( for exemple: a regular joe winning against a multi billionaire corporation and also, a "non-lawyer" regular man winning against numerous high level lawyers in court etc...) but how do i express this while avoiding promoting the subject? i think this is where i am really struggling because i am trying not to promote the subject while explaining his accomplishment for the community and for all renters in Vancouver and across Canada. It is well documented in the news articles i provided as reference (Vancouver Sun, Globe and mail, CBC Radio Canada etc...) Thank you again for your help JSFarman ! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @JSFarman
- I hope you are well and healthy!
- I have some time off work now to rectify what needs to be modified and to learn how to be a better editor.
- Would you please help me get this done properly please?
- Thank you so much!
- Steve Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 17:17, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Steve. I just went through your references again, and did some additional searching, and while all of the good he has done has been documented, I have been unable to find coverage that provides the extensive specific coverage required to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. Interviews are not considered independent, although if an interview is accompanied by substantial editorial specifically about Aggoune it will go towards meeting the general notability criteria.
- I wish I could be more helpful. I expect that he will continue to generate press coverage as his career unfolds. In the interim perhaps you could work on the structure of the article; give this a read! You can also learn more (while improving Wikipedia) via the task center. Happy holidays (and happy to help with the article in the future). JSFarman (talk) 20:09, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @JSFarman
- Thank you for your message and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
- I am confused about your latest message because you had told me in July that he would meet notability, i had also spoken with a senior editor in the help desk/ live help who did more research and the senior editor had confirmed he would meet notability - the issue was mostly about the way to write the article which is what i need help with - would you please help with this ? it would make a wonderful christmas gift and help me understand how can i be better, i have been trying for half a year now!
- Thank you again @JSFarman! Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 19:01, 25 December 2025 (UTC)
- there is also this TV coverage : https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/17/vancouver-rental-protections-motion-city-council/ Aïssa 93 390 (talk) 19:02, 25 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Aïssa 93 390. Using LLM is not a great solution. The references are often misinterpreted, and mistakes are frequently made. The issue I see with the article at this point is related to structure. Give this a read. You need to start with a declarative statement about why they are notable -- why are they in Wikipedia? -- based on what has been reported, and build the article from there. I have the article on my watch list and will keep an eye out for your changes and will work on it when I have some time. Thanks for persevering. JSFarman (talk) 01:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Aïssa 93 390. Sorry for the delayed response; I meant to take a look when you left your last message. I have been very distracted. I think he will meet notability (although I disagree on City Hall Watch). I'll leave it for another reviewer to assess. JSFarman (talk) 08:45, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
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- SuperHamster and User:SuperGrey! I love it! It is really helpful for patrolling/reviewing.
- Is it possible to somehow note that a reference is used to support content created via LLM? I keep running into hallucinations (which may be intentional). I also forget to check for AI, but that is another issue altogether. Thank you! Julie JSFarman (talk) 17:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind words! To clarify, is the request to tag websites that are basically publishing AI-generated content with little to no oversight (i.e. AI slop)? I'm thinkig of, for example, the websites that NewsGuard identified as AI-generated news. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 18:35, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
- Exactly. JSFarman (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
- Noted! Great idea. I'll see what we can do here (hopefully we can lean on some existing lists of these sort of sites). ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:50, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
- SuperHamster! I just found the "suggest categories" tool!!! I am inordinately excited. Thank you! JSFarman (talk) 04:31, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yay! Suggestions are very welcome :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:29, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- SuperHamster! I just found the "suggest categories" tool!!! I am inordinately excited. Thank you! JSFarman (talk) 04:31, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
- Noted! Great idea. I'll see what we can do here (hopefully we can lean on some existing lists of these sort of sites). ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:50, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
- Exactly. JSFarman (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind words! To clarify, is the request to tag websites that are basically publishing AI-generated content with little to no oversight (i.e. AI slop)? I'm thinkig of, for example, the websites that NewsGuard identified as AI-generated news. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 18:35, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi JSFarman, First I want to disclose that I work with ASCAP. I'm messaging to request a simple correction to ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews' page. The page states that she has been CEO since 2018. In fact, she has been ASCAP CEO since 2015, which is verified by the sources that are footnoted in the copy! Would you be able to make this edit on the page? Thank you! Qman2013 (talk) 15:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
- Dyslexia strikes again!
Done, but please create a user page to disclose any conflicts of interest. JSFarman (talk) 16:07, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
- Much appreciated! Qman2013 (talk) 16:48, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Certainly some of the new comments on the Sarah Hurwitz page were inappropriate, but most of them were well-sourced journalism. IMO, you should revert your edits, or at least find a way to edit without deleting everything. Is there a standard way to push this dispute to a broader audience? Also see the talk page on Sarah Hurwitz, as I think you skipped over basic due process. Rybu (talk) 21:50, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi. I disagree that the references used were acceptable. This has not been covered by media outlets that the community considers reliable. The editor used self-published sources: two tweets from InfoLib News, and a YouTube clip via Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (that does not interpet her comments as the editor did). The only source that is not self-published is a similarly misinterpreted ref from the arguably reliable Middle East Eye. There was significant WP:SYNTHESIS and the POV was not neutral, as evidenced by the IP editor's antisemitic comments. I encourage you to read Hurwitz' verbatim quote in its entirely.
- That said, you can get more eyes on the issue via a request for comment. Thanks for your message. Sincerely! I appreciate it. JSFarman (talk) 23:00, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Antisemitism is anything you don't like. Her comments were ridiculously racist and Jewish supremacist but you took it upon yourself to hide them ~2025-35606-05 (talk) 13:43, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, it appears I didn't have to do anything more. Rybu (talk) 19:15, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- No. An editor requested that the controversy be included in the article, suggested the language, and used valid references. I added it to the article verbatim. JSFarman (talk) 20:08, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Hey! I was wondering if you could take a look at this draft and help assess whether it meets the general notability criteria, when you get a minute. I’ve been discussing it with an editor who is interested in law-related topics on their talk page here. User talk:Niafied#Comment on the draft.
I usually work on drafts about women in the industry, but this subject stood out. I attended an event at the Google Ventures office where he was a speaker, and I was surprised to find no existing Wikipedia page when I tried to learn more about the speaker. He is also a headline speaker for major Fortune magazine conferences, so the coverage is clearly not routine. I’ve been evaluating what company-related background is appropriate to include in the founder’s biography. The company is being described by mainstream outlets as one of the hottest AI startups in the world and has secured some of the largest funding rounds this year.
Thanks in advance! WestwoodHights573 (talk) 05:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi. The writing is great and the tone is perfect, but I think only Financial Times and Fortune are ironclad. Anything bylined "contributor" in Forbes is not considered reliable, interviews are not considered independent, and Insider publications are not generally considered reliable. The Information could be fine but I can't get past the paywall. Content related to funding is usually run-of-the-mill; it is almost always based on press releases, and every company that raises money issues press releases. Double whammy, because the underlying source is not independent.
- Cite Unseen analyzes the references (without weighing specificity of the coverage or its independence as follows. (If you are unfamiliar with Cite Unseen, info is here. It's a great tool.)
- Total 19 citations
- 2 generally reliable
- 1 no consensus
- 5 marginally reliable
- 2 generally unreliable
- 2 news
- 9 unknown links
- Perennial sources is a great resource for consensus related to sources.
- I would trim the content related to the company. The more about Harvey, the less valid the argument that Weinberg is independently notable becomes.
- This is all just my opinion! Of course. Nonetheless, I hope it is helpful. JSFarman (talk) 18:43, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @JSFarman! Thank you so much for your feedback! I did not know there is such a useful tool for citations. I tried to activate it now, but I am a bit confused with instructions. I will try to figure out how to activate it for my account. I used your suggested Perennial sources list.
- I removed the Forbes article, but kept the 30 under 30 page, because he was on the editorial list.
- The Observer pieces should be considered reliable, as per the note here, WP:THEGUARDIAN, it is part of the Guardian.
- As to the WP:TECHCRUNCH, I think those are rs, because they were written by the editor in chief of Tech Crunch, and not a contributor.
- Source 12 is WP:BLOOMBERG, written by the senior reporter. There is also WP:NBC, source 13. It is the conversation with the founder as video, followed by an article.
- I kept one paragraph about Harvey’s funding because it is directly relevant. His career is centered on the company, and after reviewing other founder pages, including Zuckerberg’s, where there is a substantial section on Facebook, I used that structure as a guiding example. I consolidated the list to 16 sources, and none of them are press releases related to the funding. I would prefer not to remove the remaining sources, as they come from mainstream media and all provide material information about the subject.
- Do you think I can move the draft into main space at this stage? I am thinking to copy the source assessment and leave it on the talk page for reference. WestwoodHights573 (talk) 19:21, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Mark Zuckerberg's article should not be your guiding example! Use a less exalted CEO like Tony Xu. Re: the funding, it's not that the cite is a press release, it's that it's based on a press release. (Check the content of the ref you are using against the press release that was issued but it's your call.) Bloomberg is fine if it provides extensive coverage specifically about the subject of the article. Re the other sources referred to above, you are better than I am with policy. If you think the draft should be in the main space, put it in the main space. No need to address his notability on the talk page. (Add it to the AfD if the article is nominated for deletion or the talk page if it is tagged for notability.) JSFarman (talk) 20:28, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for sharing! Doordash founder is a perfect example. There has actually been a fake Doordash founder with a Wikipedia page, with a fake Harvard MBA, whose page I took to the AfD just a few weeks ago. It was crazy! WestwoodHights573 (talk) 20:39, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- That is hilarious! Amazing coincidence. JSFarman (talk) 21:55, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for sharing! Doordash founder is a perfect example. There has actually been a fake Doordash founder with a Wikipedia page, with a fake Harvard MBA, whose page I took to the AfD just a few weeks ago. It was crazy! WestwoodHights573 (talk) 20:39, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Mark Zuckerberg's article should not be your guiding example! Use a less exalted CEO like Tony Xu. Re: the funding, it's not that the cite is a press release, it's that it's based on a press release. (Check the content of the ref you are using against the press release that was issued but it's your call.) Bloomberg is fine if it provides extensive coverage specifically about the subject of the article. Re the other sources referred to above, you are better than I am with policy. If you think the draft should be in the main space, put it in the main space. No need to address his notability on the talk page. (Add it to the AfD if the article is nominated for deletion or the talk page if it is tagged for notability.) JSFarman (talk) 20:28, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
Lord Blakie
[edit]Hi, unfortunately I can’t use ProQuest and I don’t have access to a library (although I doubt the ones near me will have information on a person from Trinidad), I also did try to use JSTOR but when I was using it, it kept crashing so I decided I would try another time. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 09:34, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
- Also he wasn’t really a pioneer of a certain style, his music was similar to Kitchener’s, Lord Melody and other calypsonians (who do have their own articles), however his music did usually include his iconic laugh, or the use of steel pan drums. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 09:36, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk). I'll look for sources when I have a chance, but it seems like (based on the descriptions in books) he was at the very least influential? Still! I know nothing about calypso.
- Re: libraries, many have digital systems that return analog results. (When you have 500 edits you can access the Wikipedia Library. I'll keep my eye on the article and add sources when I can. Thanks for introducing me Lord Blakie. JSFarman (talk) 17:43, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
- Your welcome, I tried the library but I think one of the criteria is too low for me to use. He was influential during the 60s Calypso scene, and I am a fan of his music, I’d say he was the fourth-fifth most popular Calypsonian (but I’m not entirely sure how the ratings were back in the day, I wasn’t alive). Thanks for the help Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 18:51, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
- Re: libraries, many have digital systems that return analog results. (When you have 500 edits you can access the Wikipedia Library. I'll keep my eye on the article and add sources when I can. Thanks for introducing me Lord Blakie. JSFarman (talk) 17:43, 28 December 2025 (UTC)