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WP:NPP SCHOOL

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I want to Join this Wikipedia:New pages patrol/School Program with you. Please help me to proceed.

thank you Zuck28 (talk) 05:59, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zuck28: Thanks for your interest in New Pages Patrol! I will set up your training page ASAP and let you know when it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Zuck28: User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/Zuck28 – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:27, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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NPP School

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Hello @DreamRimmer, Hope you are well. I noticed on the NPP page that you have two open slots for students, and I would love the opportunity to become one of them. I am eager to learn and would be grateful to study under your guidance. Thank you very much for considering my request. Baqi:) (talk) 11:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jannatulbaqi: Thank you for your interest in the New Pages Patrol. I will create your training page ASAP and notify you once it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:35, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much Baqi:) (talk) 16:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jannatulbaqi: Training page is at User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/Jannatulbaqi. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Shall we start the training? Baqi:) (talk) 16:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you can start now, but please make sure to read all the instructions on the training page and go through the new pages patrol guidelines and help pages before you begin. Make sure to answer each question in detail, and try to complete one section at a time. Once you are done with a section, ping me, and I will review your answers before you move on to the next one. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask here on my talk page or on the training talk page. Wishing you the best of luck! – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
yeah, certainly. I will answer all the questions thoroughly and in detail, and only after carefully reading all the policies. Thank you very much! Baqi:) (talk) 16:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 November 2024

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Category:Wikipedians who have received a AfC welcome message has been nominated for renaming

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Category:Wikipedians who have received a AfC welcome message has been nominated for renaming. 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. –Novem Linguae (talk) 08:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NPP School

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Hey DreamRimmer. I would like to receive training for New Pages Patrol. I have read through the notability and deletion criteria till now and it sounds quite interesting to me. Could you please accept me as a student? I am in the UTC+4 timezone. Thank you! TNM101 (chat) 15:20, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TNM101: Thanks for reaching out! I currently have two students, but I should have enough time to take on your training as well. I'll set up your training page tomorrow and let you know once it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:18, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! TNM101 (chat) 16:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
TNM101: User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/TNM101 – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will get started on this and I will try to complete the first section in the next two or three days as I have some academic commitments that I will need to address first. TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, thank you so much for your acceptance! TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DreamRimmer I have completed the first section. Please provide your comments on anything I need to improve. Thank you TNM101 (chat) 11:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will review these when I have some free time. – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, no problem TNM101 (chat) 05:09, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NPP school (post-drive)

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Hello! I’m hoping in the post-drive December to begin working with the NPP. I was granted access to the tools way back when the backlog was something like 18k and enjoyed the work. Do you think you might have a slot for me as a student in a month or so? I know others are available now but I’m in no rush and I’ve been impressed with your URA work. Happy to discuss at a later time but just wanted to bring it up. Cheers, Kazamzam (talk) 11:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kazamzam: I am currently training three users, and I am hoping one of them will finish within the next month, which should open up a slot. I will get in touch with you in about 30 days, but feel free to remind me if you'd like! – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also want to take a moment to appreciate the great work you've done on the FEB24 and NOV24 drives. Thank you for your efforts, and I look forward to collaborating with you on future projects :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Patrol Advice

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Hey @DreamRimmer,

I have seen you have listed yourself under WP:NPP/S. Thankfully we are in the same country and timezone! Though I am not free for a full schooling course, I would request you some advice. I would like to request NPP soon, and would like you to review my contributions, and tell me what can I do more to be able to not be rejected the perm. Any areas I can contribute more while working towards that goal?

Thanks for your time and contributions towards the wiki! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:03, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for the delay in responding. I will review your contribution tomorrow and provide some feedback. – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:15, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DreamRimmer Gentle reminder. No pressure though, and thanks for your contributiona! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:45, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bunnypranav: I haven't had a chance to look at your other contributions, but I did go through your AfD votes. I noticed that you have voted in 10 AfDs, but your votes were mostly just one-liners without much explanation. You didn't mention the specific policies that support your reasoning for keeping or deleting articles. Many of your votes were in AfDs where a consensus was already reached, so it's hard for me to gauge your understanding of the policies. I would recommend going through the new page patrol guidelines and observing how others cast their votes in AfDs. Once you have spent a couple of months actively participating in AfDs with well-thought-out policy arguments, I'd be happy to provide more detailed feedback. Alternatively, you can also request NPR right at WP:PERM directly to see what admins think about your understanding of the policies. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:54, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DreamRimmer thanks for the feedback. Being honest, AfD has never been a place of interest for me. Is AfD experience necessary for NPP? ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 09:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I feel AfD is one of the best venues to show your understanding of new page patrol guidelines. Admins often look at your AfD record when reviewing your PERM requests. At the same time, spending time reviewing drafts at AfC is also a great way to show you understand notability and other important policies. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:07, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see, thanks for the tips! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reference drive abomination

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I'm being given double credit for my reference checks (5 instead of 2.5). This heinous cruelty must cease forthwith! Clarityfiend (talk) 16:06, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Clarityfiend: Please remove following lines from your review section, as the bot counts any line that starts with "#" as a review.
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– DreamRimmer (talk) 16:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My previous account

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I forgot the password for User:NGC 2736. CometVolcano (talk) 05:05, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CometVolcano: If you have linked a valid email address to your account, you can easily reset your password. But if there is no email address attached and you have forgotten password, unfortunately, it is not possible to recover the account. My advice would be to focus on your current account and avoid trying to link the old one. Since we can't verify if it is really yours, it could lead to confusion. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:25, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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November thanks

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Thank you for improving articles in November! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fastily Bot

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Hello, DreamRimmer,

I tried to make sense of the discussion about Fastily Bot but the only thing I gathered is that you are working on a bot to pick up some of the tasks that Fastily Bot handled. The ones I'm concerned about are #13 (updating Database reports) and #16 (notifying article creators when their content creation has been PROD'd). Any chance that these ones could be included in your work?

By the way, I've meant to come by for days now and thank you for creating the Quarry query that locates drafts whose last edit was by a bot. I know that both I and Explicit use this regularly and it really has saved us a lot of time. We actually used to go through bots' contribution history looking for these drafts and this query saves hours of time. My only request is could it also include User:CommonsDelinker, too? That would make it include all of the bots we regularly come across who make edits in the Draft space. Thank you again for sharing your technical knowledge to make editing easier for the rest of us! Liz Read! Talk! 06:37, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz: I am going to take on some of the important database reports and two file tasks, and DatGuy will handle the PROD and other deletion notifier tasks. For G13, I have updated the query here to include the CommonsDelinker. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft review

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Hey @DreamRimmer, can you please review my draft Draft:Udne Ki Aasha? 117.230.143.80 (talk) 06:49, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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User:GalaxyBot/Reports/Top AfC reviewers

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Hello, DreamRimmer,

I was wondering if I could alert AFC reviewers to the presence of this AFC report. I know there are several admins and editors who run Quarry queries to get a variety of this data but I think this report presents the information in an easy to understand format. But I didn't want to post at AFC talk before I checked with you. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 02:15, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to share. – DreamRimmer (talk) 02:25, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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