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An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Easily confused words and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 1#Easily confused words until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 14:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Godsy! Why do we need to blank this? valereee (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: I was going to move it to User:Kaf121/Madbhi, but noticed your statement that you deleted it. So, I simply blanked it. As long as the templates {{draft topics}} and {{afc topics}} are removed, so that the page does not populate Category:Draft topics used in wrong namespace and Category:AfC topic used in wrong namespace respectively, I have no major qualm with the draft remaining unblanked at its present location (though the main talk page of a user is not a good place for a userspace draft). — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 01:38, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm probably being stupid...why shouldn't the user talk work to post that? I have no objection to it being moved to that redlink. I deleted an earlier version due to copyvio, then brought this one in so this very new user would be able to access their previous work without the copyvio. Why would we have any objection at all to that? What am I missing? valereee (talk) 19:34, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: No worries. Well, let's imagine that the draft remains on their talk page. The user receives communications, maybe even important, from a couple more users. They then decide to submit the draft to afc. The draft will likely be moved to draftspace. That is problematic because now the history of their talk page (something that should be preserved) is mixed with the draft. On the other hand, the draft may be quickly declined where it is at. Either way, the page will now bear an afc template (e.g. {{AfC submission/draft}}) thereby making it eventually eligible for G13. Unless the deleting administrator is particularly savvy and simply blanks the draft (leaving the other contents and history intact), the same issue of losing what should rightly remain occurs. Similar problems would arise if the page is ever brought to miscellany for deletion. Thus – placing the draft content on a main user talk page, as opposed to a subpage of userspace, presents many potential issues for the future. I hope that helps clarify a bit. Warmest regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 01:16, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, but I'll assume you know better than I do. How shall we best make the content and sources available to this user, then? valereee (talk) 14:18, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect George Traut Austin and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 14#George Traut Austin until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Fram (talk) 15:08, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Wikipedia:RFDC and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 25#Wikipedia:RFDC until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Mdewman6 (talk) 23:46, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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(t · c) buidhe 21:16, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, Godsy. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Godsy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 20:27, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Godsy: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV (talk) 06:57, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Godsy:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

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 2400 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After the comment where you said you'd be open to reevaluating based on additional explanation, I made a somewhat longer post outlinine some of the precise ways in which the presence of random redirects can be disruptive for coding: Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_February_20#Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/Years. I'd appreciate if you would read what I've written here and reconsider -- as it stands, I am somewhat concerned that the outcome of the discussion could prevent maintenance work in the future. jp×g🗯️ 21:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Godsy,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

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It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Category:Redirects to Wikimedia Commons 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.

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Thanks for your edits to Template:Wikimedia Commons redirect.

Could you consider adding back in an "edit" link with a reminder "Wikipedia is not a mirror"? Awesome Aasim 13:41, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Awesome Aasim:  Done, see here. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 18:00, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is not what I meant. I meant it being mentioned on the redirect. Something like "Start the $1 page, using the article wizard if you wish, but please remember that Wikipedia is not a mirror, etc." Awesome Aasim 23:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Awesome Aasim:  Partly done, see here. The template is used so sparsely that it really just clutters the page unnecessarily. I went ahead and added a note about article creation somewhat as requested. I did not add a notice about mirrors etc. because it seems especially undue (if they start to be inappropriately created and it seems people get that notion, then it can be easily modified at that point in time). — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 06:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]