Wikipedia:New pages patrol

The New pages patrol is a voluntary association of Wikipedians who help the project by monitoring newly created pages. The easiest way to keep track of new pages is by using Special:Newpages. The patrol helps new pages take the first steps on their way to becoming featured articles.

• Newbie tests. These often take of form of typing exercises ("adsfjklasdfjkl") curious questions ("wow, what is this?") or miscellaneous irrelevant comments ("ed gruberman is gay"). These can have the message {{delete}} safely placed in them so that they can be deleted by an administrator. You might also want to consider placing {{test}} on the creator's user talk page to help point him or her in the right direction.
• Vanity pages. Pages about individuals, places, or things which generally don't merit an encyclopedia entry (see "Criteria for inclusion"). These should be listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. What exactly qualifies as encyclopedic is debatable, though, so it's best to err on the side of caution and not delete or nominate for deletion too hastily.
• Primary source texts. These should be transwikied to Wikisource.
• Dictionary definitions. These can be transwikied to Wiktionary. Many may be redeemable as Wikipedia articles, if sufficiently refactored, rewritten, and expanded.
• How-tos or instructional materials. In some cases, these can be transwikied to Wikibooks; however, it's often possible to turn these into meaningful articles. Try to improve an article by adding some more material before moving it out of Wikipedia.
• Copyright violations. Copyright violations must be purged from our database. One way to check for a possible copyright infringement is to do a Google search; however, not all text is on the Internet; Google doesn't index all the Internet's text, and some texts available through Google are public domain and thus suitable for import into Wikipedia. These public domain texts include (1911 EB).
• Orphaned articles. Checking the "What links here" link will tell you if any other page points to the newly created article. Sometimes orphans result from a mistitled article (see below). Other times you'll want to find a related article and link the new one to it. Occasionally, there won't be a convenient way to link to the new article from the text of another; in that case, try looking for a list on whichto place the new article—there's a list for just about everything. ;-)
• Pages without appropriate redirects. Especially for articles whose subjects are known under several different terms or for individuals who have nicknames, it's helpful to create redirects to a new article so that someone else doesn't come along and waste effort creating duplicate articles.
• Mistitled articles. Simply to move a page to a more appropriate title using the "Move this page." Don't forget to create appropriate redirects, also. Sometimes you'll find that an article already exists, in which case you should try to incorporate any new material from the newly created article into the old one.
• Stubs, which are the beginnings of meaningful and encyclopedic articles but which need a little help (a little wikifying, as it were). The basics of wikifying stubs:
  • Bold face the article title.
  • Link relevant terms.
  • Phrase the article in complete sentences, including the first.
  • Place {{stub}} at the end of the stub.

• Anything else. What if there's a page you don't want to deal with, or don't know what to do with? List it on Wikipedia:Cleanup (simple cleanup), Wikipedia:Pages needing attention (cleanup/verification by an expert) or Wikipedia:RC patrol (When all a users edits need to be checked).

• Don't bite the newbies. If you see a new user or IP address contributing, welcome them if you're so inclined, and include a pointer or two of feedback about how they can make their contributions even better. Most will gladly welcome the support.
• Try not to step on people's toes. Many times, users will start an article as the briefest of stubs, and then expand it over the succeeding hours or days.
• Be hesitant to list articles on Wikipedia:Votes for Deletion if there's a chance they could be improved and made into a meaningful article.
• A tabbed browser can help increase efficiency when checking new pages (and browsing in general).

The new pages patrol is entirely voluntary and carries with it no obligation. At its heart, it's really just a way to see that every new page gets checked in a timely manner and given a boost on its way to becoming "brilliant prose."

We ask that you sign up for the new page patrol in 15-minute chunks of time; and that you check up on every new article that comes in during that time. You don't have to sign up in advance; you can decide on the spur of the moment to adopt an hour, or you can sign up for 7–7:15 a.m. every day for a week. But if you sign up for a time and later find that you can't get around to checking those contributions, please remove your name from the list.

By signing your name on an timeslot, you're saying, essentially, "I've looked at every page listed on Special:Newpages from this time, and I've done what I can to help these pages along." You don't necessarily have to be watching as pages come in, but that is generally preferred.

It's perfectly fine for more than one person to adopt a block of time—in fact, as Wikipedia continues to grow, it'll become more and more necessary. There used to be a time when a user could, with a little dedication, monitor every item on Wikipedia:Recent changes. That's not possible anymore. Likewise, don't hold the folks who sign up for the New pages patrol responsible if they accidentally "miss" things that come in during their hours; we're all only human, after all!

Please log the times you have or will monitored Special:Newpages below. All times are UTC. The time now is 12:18 UTC.

Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Log archive

Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Template

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