Review

@ScalarFactor: Thank you for taking the time to contribute to The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 and for reviewing the article.

If you could find some spare time, please take a look at this one Commognition. This article will fill a huge gap in the encyclopedia.

Thank you. RetiredResearchKing123 (talk) 05:23, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @RetiredResearchKing123, sorry but I generally don't do NPP/draft reviews on request. I do usually try to take a look at the literature/book queues for that relatively often and there's a few other active reviewers in the area, so hopefully it shouldn't take too long. ScalarFactor (talk) 16:42, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! RetiredResearchKing123 (talk) 22:58, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

AfC August Backlog Drive: Only ten days left!

Hi ScalarFactor, thanks for participating in the Articles for Creation August Backlog Drive! We've done amazing work so far, dropping the backlog by more than 3000 drafts already. We have around 1300 drafts outstanding, and we need your help to get that down to zero in the next 10 days. We can do this, but we need all hands on deck to help make it happen – if everyone who signed up to the drive reviewed just 1–2 drafts a day for the next ten days, we'd be down to zero in no time! A list of the pending drafts can be found at WP:AFCSORT, where you can select submissions in your area of interest, or you can find a random submission here. Thank you so much for your work so far, and happy reviewing! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Giving authors time to develop their article

Hi, thanks for patrolling new pages. However, I noticed that you nominated Fista Graffiti Artist only 20 minutes after its creation. It is recommended to wait at least an hour before tagging for issues or nominating for deletion for good-faith creation attempts. Relevance guidance is at WP:NPPHOUR. Ca ^{talk to me!} 01:44, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

@Ca Ah, okay, noted. I thought the bigger version of the flowchart linked below said 10 minutes for A7, but it actually only says that for A1 and A3. I'll keep that in mind, thanks. ScalarFactor (talk) 01:46, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2026 Backlog drive

September 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
On 1 September 2026, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin at a particularly important time for NPP. The backlog has now passed 30,000 unreviewed articles, a level that has been described in current NPP discussions as exceptionally high and potentially difficult to overcome through normal reviewing alone. Backlog drives are one of the few measures that have historically produced a noticeable reduction in the backlog, so the participation of as many active patrollers as possible will matter this month. If you can review during September, please make articles your priority. Every article that is reviewed is a meaningful reduction in the backlog. With the queue at its current size, even a relatively small increase in the number of articles each patroller reviews can add up to a substantial difference over the course of the month. This is a hybrid drive, so redirect reviewing is still included. Redirects can be a useful way for newer patrollers to get comfortable with NPP and can help people build up to reviewing articles. However, the main goal of this drive is to tackle the article backlog, and experienced patrollers are particularly encouraged to spend as much of their available reviewing time on articles as they can. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Each article review will earn 1 point, while each redirect review will earn 0.2 points. Streak awards will be given out based on consistently hitting point thresholds for each week of the drive. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. If you have been thinking about doing more NPP, this is an especially good month to jump in. Whether you can review a few pages or hundreds, every review helps. And if you are already an active patroller, please consider whether you can put in some additional time during September to help bring the backlog back under control. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:49, 24 August 2026 (UTC)