User talk:Sam Sailor

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“

One by one, the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few

”

— Leonard Cohen, "The Guests"
based on a 13th-century Persian poem

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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello Sam Sailor,

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) 23:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2026)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Harbor

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Wings of Fire (novel series) • Work–life balance

Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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The Signpost: 22 May 2026

News and notes: Offline: Osama Khalid still in prison
He has been imprisoned since 2020 for his Wikipedia edits. A fresh campaign is calling for his release.

In the media: Indonesian editors, you shall return!
And lawspam, may you be away.

Disinformation report: Who is a typical paid editor? Who are their typical clients?
Remember the golden rule!

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?

Traffic report: This is where I'll be, so heavenly, so come and dance with me Michael!
A real off the wall thriller, invincible, can't beat it, or is it dangerous and just bad?

Forum: WikiAnnotate: help us build a dataset of article quality evaluations
A research project to build better automated article assessment tools.

In focus: Demystifying the 2026-27 Annual Plan
A guide to WMF's Tech Annual Plan for the next year.

Opinion: Wikipedia isn't a battleground. So why does it feel like one?
Do we really have to fight?

Serendipity: Wikinews: Into the Wikiverse
The early suggestions for what the wiki could have been.

Special report: Wikimedia Foundation closes Wikinews after 21 years
Displaces 700 active editors among 31 language editions.

Community view: Wikipedia's traffic drop: more on languages and freshness
Which topics are dropping, and is the pattern the same everywhere?

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).

Comix: Brother, can you spare a page?
What would you say?

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2026)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Partnership for Peace

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Harbor • Wings of Fire (novel series)

Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Women in Red - June 2026

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

Online events:

New: LGBTQ+ women | Alphabet run: Countries starting with I, J, K and L
Article improvement campaign: Orphaned women
Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports

Announcements, tips, participation...

Announcements from other communities:

Eiffel women

Tip of the month:

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

Other ways to participate:

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Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
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--Rosiestep (talk) 22:52, 25 May 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2026)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Articulated bus

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Partnership for Peace • Harbor

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Neal Ludevig page

Hi Sam!

Wasn't sure the best way to be in touch, and I had responded to your comment but didn't hear back. Are you able to see if the tweaks made to the Neal Ludevig page to improved it and make it qualify? Thinking about some other pages for other folks, but feel like this will help provide a foundation for what goes and what doesn't, so wanted to check-in with you since you gave some good advice earlier. Thanks! Hiztorybuph (talk) 13:37, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 74

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 74, March–April 2026

New partnership: Swissdox
User survey results

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2026)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is:

Drinking water

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Articulated bus • Partnership for Peace

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