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Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment

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Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

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Feedback request: All RFCs request for comment

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi FormalDude. Thank you for your work on Chavel Cunningham. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for your work on this article. Please establish notability as per WP:SPORTSBIO. Thanks and have a great day!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Mariamnei}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Mariamnei (talk) 12:45, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red February 2026

Women in Red | February 2026, Vol 12, Issue 2, Nos 358, 359, 361, 362, 363


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  • Join Wikipedia:26 for '26 and create or substantially improve twenty-six Wikipedia
    articles during the year 2026, at least one for each letter of the English alphabet.

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  • Our redlists are a great resource, but not every redlinked subject is notable. Be sure to research before starting a new article.

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--Lajmmoore (talk 22:47, 31 January 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Women in Green reviewing drive

Hello FormalDude:

This month, February 2026, WikiProject Women in Green is participating in the February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive, in which we're aiming to review as many outstanding Good Article (GA) nominations about women and women's works as possible. If you want to help out, you can check out the project talk page for a list of nominations in need of review (including some WiG originals). If you haven't reviewed a GA nomination before, be sure to check out the reviewing instructions and guidelines and feel free to ask for a mentor to check your work.

We are also working together with a wikithon hosted on 5 February by Wikimedia UK, which will focus on writing and improving articles about women involved in sustainable development. If you want to join the event, feel free to sign up at the eventbrite page; or if you would be interested in providing a 20-minute assessment and/or a full GA review of the submitted articles in the weeks following, put your name down on the project talk page for updates as the event progresses.

We hope to see you there!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Unreferenced articles March 2026 backlog drive

WikiProject Unreferenced articles | March 2026 Backlog Drive

There is a substantial backlog of unsourced articles on Wikipedia, and we need your help! The purpose of this drive is to add sources to these unsourced articles and make a meaningful impact.

  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles cited.
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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi FormalDude. Thank you for your work on Chavel Cunningham. Another editor, Laterthanyouthink, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thanks for creating the article. The succession of clubs mentioned in the infobox are not mentioned and cited in the body, and Soccerway doesn't appear to reflect all of the moves. It would be great if you could find sources to support these moves, and also his international goals.

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Laterthanyouthink (talk) 05:18, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback, appreciate you adding room for improvement to the talk page, unfortunately it's not something I have the time to address myself. ––FormalDude (talk) 10:18, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - March 2026

Women in Red | March 2026, Vol 12, Issue 3, Nos 358, 359, 364, 365, 366


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  • Those experiencing difficulties with new articles can follow the guidance in our essays,
    perhaps starting with our Ten Simple Rules.

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--Rosiestep (talk) 09:28, 25 February 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Super Bowl 51 Falcons offense

How long was the Falcons offense out on the field in the 4th quarter of Super Bowl 51? Mk8mlyb (talk) 07:55, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure off the top of my head, but from a quick glance it looks like they held the ball less than 1/3 of the fourth quarter, potentially even under 4 minutes. You'd need to look up the time of possession/time of drives to be sure. ––FormalDude (talk) 10:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – April 2026

Women in Red | April 2026, Vol 12, Issue 4, Nos 358, 359, 367, 368, 369


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  • When creating a new article, take a moment to ensure any notable woman is redlinked.
    Someone might be inspired to create an article for her.

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--Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:14, 29 March 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

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.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:23, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – May 2026

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372


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Tip of the month:

  • Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks,
    which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women.

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--Chocmilk03 (talk 04:44, 30 April 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello FormalDude,

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.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - June 2026

Women in Red | June 2026, Vol 12, Issue 6, Nos 358, 359, 373, 374, 375


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  • Consider contributing to two of our monthly events at once, and improve coverage
    of LGBTQ+ women by de-orphaning their articles.

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--Rosiestep (talk) 22:50, 25 May 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

July 2026

Women in Red | July 2026, Vol 12, Issue 7, Nos 358, 359, 376, 377

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  • Working on a group of linked articles? Have you thought about creating a navigation box for the footer of those pages?

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Articles for Creation backlog drive

Hello FormalDude:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in August!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than a month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 August 2026 through 31 August 2026.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 5000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Unreferenced articles August 2026 backlog drive

WikiProject Unreferenced articles | August 2026 Backlog Drive

There is a substantial backlog of unsourced articles on Wikipedia, and we need your help! The purpose of this drive is to add sources to these unsourced articles and make a meaningful impact.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:56, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – August 2026

Women in Red | August 2026, Vol 12, Issue 8, Nos 358, 359, 378, 379, 380

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  • On 25 July, at Wikimania Paris, Women in Red was named the Coolest Project!

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