December 2025 AfC backlog drive award
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| This is awarded to AlphaCore for accumulating more than 168 points during the December 2025 AfC backlog drive. Your dedication and contributions to Wikipedia's content review process were crucial in reviewing over 9,000 drafts during the drive. Thank you for your participation and helping to reduce the backlog! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:36, 11 January 2026 (UTC) |
- @Bunnypranav
- Thank you:) AlphaCore talk 16:05, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
Top AfC Editor
| The Articles for Creation Barnstar 2025 Top Editor | ||
| In 2025 you were one of the top AfC editors, thank you! --Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:04, 21 January 2026 (UTC) |
The Signpost: 15 January 2026
- News and notes: Wikipedia's 25th anniversary is here!
Where does the time go?
- Special report: Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call
The internet is booming. We are not.
- Serendipity: The WMF wants to buy you books!
Really! A major triumph.
- WikiProject report: Time for a health check: the Vital Signs 2026 campaign
The campaign to get all of our top-importance medical articles up to B-class or above.
- In the media: Fake Acting President Trump and a Wikipedia infobox
D.J.T. assumes a new position.
- Community view: The inbox behind Wikipedia
What the Volunteer Response Team actually does!
- Recent research: Art museums on Wikidata; comparing three comparisons of Grokipedia and Wikipedia
And other research.
- Traffic report: Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight
A world in white gets underway.
- Comix: Oh come on man.
Really?
Interference
May I know what is your authority in deciding on why submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article? I am perplexed with your unwelcome interference and monopoly on deciding. These are published news articles. I will update the references and re-submit but I do not want you to message me.Burntonion (talk) 11:50, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Burntonion Well, It’s not just about the reference. For a released film we need at least two critical reviews in ‘reliable sources’. Even though some of your are references reliable, as per the film notability WP:NFILM, at least two reviews needed. Check the decline comment on the draft that I left.
- Also refer WP:ICTFSOURCES to check reliability of common references.
- Once it’s addressed, resubmit. Happy editing! AlphaCore talk 11:59, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- whatever, it looks like a deliberate attempt to move all articles to draft space wasting everybody's time. Articles develop over time we need to give some space to editors. This rotating scenario feel like unhappy editing ! and kindly dont post guidelines after every line. This isnt a classroom. The first draft by me is notable. Period Burntonion (talk) 12:03, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Burntonion If an article is not ready yet in mainspace, it would be moved to the draft space or will go through AfD.
- I strongly suggest you to read and refer corresponding guidelines and reviewers comments. Address the issue and work on it. Your article is still in draft space for the reason I mentioned above. It it was a non notable subject I would have gone through WP:AFD. AlphaCore talk 16:09, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- whatever, it looks like a deliberate attempt to move all articles to draft space wasting everybody's time. Articles develop over time we need to give some space to editors. This rotating scenario feel like unhappy editing ! and kindly dont post guidelines after every line. This isnt a classroom. The first draft by me is notable. Period Burntonion (talk) 12:03, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 January 2026
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2025
Everybody had a hard year, everybody had a good time.
- News and notes: Good news... but also bad news for the Public Domain
Benvenuto Betty Boop, arrivederci Italian Photos.
- News from Diff: Solving puzzles together
Maryana Iskander says farewell.
- In the media: Every view on the 25th anniversary of everything
Media about hard-core nerds, a place with paragraphs, baby globes, and wikipedes.
- Comix: Perspectives
Everybody has one.
Request for review after improvements to Draft: Vanchinathan T
Hello,
I have revised and improved the draft Draft: Vanchinathan T by making the content more neutral and encyclopedic.
All the information and details provided in the draft are accurate and based on verifiable sources to the best of my knowledge.
At present, there are limited independent sources that focus directly on Vanchinathan T. However, I have added two additional reliable news sources that mention major investments by his companies (Jeanuvs and Yeemak) in Tamil Nadu, which are closely related to his professional work and public impact.
These sources highlight large-scale industrial and defence-related investments that contribute to regional development.
I kindly request you to review the updated draft and let me know if further improvements or sources are required.
Thank you for your time and guidance.
The Signpost: 17 February 2026
- In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.
- News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.
- Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.
- Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.
- Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
I'll have the usual!
- Opinion: Incoming Incurables
A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.
- Crossword: Pop quiz
Sharpen your pencil. How well do you really know Wikipedia?
- Comix: herculean
efforts.
The Signpost: 10 March 2026
- Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
Part 2.
- News and notes: Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
Dormant worm awakes; a sketchy archiving site struck; ether burns.
- Special report: What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?
- In the media: Indonesian government blocks Wikimedia logins; archive site scoured from Wikipedia after owner runs malware
As well as controversy over LLM translations.
- Recent research: To wiki, perchance to groki
Comparisons continue.
- Obituary: Madhav Gadgil, Fredrick Brennan, Mark Miller, Chip Berlet
Rest in peace.
- Opinion: Interface administrators and trusting trust
Potential attacks are the logical consequence of giving a group of users unlimited control over JavaScript.
- Technology report: English Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
After the archive site launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started, with consensus to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times.
- Op-ed: Why is "Trypsin-sensitive photosynthetic activities in chloroplast membranes" cited in "List of tallest buildings in Chicago"?
The answer is slop.
- Essay: The pursuit of a button click
Volunteering for Wikipedia has its rewards. The thank-button, for example.
- In focus: Short descriptions: One year later
A discussion of the challenge set forth to the Wikipedia community one year ago!
- WikiProject report: Unreferenced articles backlog drive
Unreferenced articles in English Wikipedia - help us in the backlog drive!
- Community view: Speaking of planning ...
The WMF planning process is underway.
- Traffic report: Over the mountain, kissing silver inlaid clouds
Death and the Winter Olympics.
- Crossword: "It will never happen"
Want to take a break?
- Comix: BRIEn't
Or is it.
Question regarding Draft:Presolv36
Hi AlphaCore, thank you for reviewing Draft:Presolv360. I am a paid editor and have disclosed this on my user page per WP:PAID. I have rewritten the draft significantly to remove promotional language. Could you point to specific sentences that still read as promotional so I can address them precisely? Legalwiki123 (talk) 09:33, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Legalwiki123 Hi, I see that you have disclosed your interest. Refer WP:NPOV for writing in a neutral point of view and adding from and citing reliable sources, WP:RS.
- refer WP:YFA for getting a better idea of writing for the first time.
- Once you think all set to go for a review, hit the submit and wait for other reviewers. Happy editing.! AlphaCore talk 23:35, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
Please advise
Please advise on the Draft:Rajeev Bhattacharyya as you reviewed one of his book here. I don't have much information about him but in my faith, he passes WP:AUTHOR criteria.
Kindly suggest me if I can add or remove something more. SatnaamIN (talk) 07:35, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
Regarding Draft:Sagi Sree Hari Varma
Hi AlphaCore! I have significantly revised the draft for Sagi Sree Hari Varma following your feedback on independent coverage. I have removed the local/brief mentions (AInvest, Coastal Times) and focused the article on five feature-length biographical profiles from The Hindu, Eenadu, and Sakshi, which provide the independent analysis and detail required by WP:BIO.
I have also added a recent 2026 recognition from the Indian Panorama International Film Festival and included an External links section with IMDb and an official website for verification. Could you please re-evaluate the draft for notability based on these national-level secondary sources? Thank you for your time and guidance Hv2567 (talk) 18:20, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 March 2026
- News and notes: Entirety of Wikinews to be shut down
All languages to be shut down in May; first AI agent blocked; new name for AfD?
- In the media: AI ban, newspapers disrupt archiving; and antisemitism complaints
Perennial challenges with AI, demographic representation, and attacks from people buying media influence.
- Community view: Videos from WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC
In attendees' own words.
- Disinformation report: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
Countering the edits of the rich and dangerous.
- WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC review
About the conference series, and this conference particularly.
- Obituary: Dr. Subas Chandra Rout
Rest in peace.
- Traffic report: Call in the dogs of war, soldier of fortune
Though of course the picture needs to be Chuck Norris...
- Gallery: Canadian Rangers participate in Operation Enduring Encyclopedia
Analogies between how Wikipedia works and how Canada works.
- Comix: n00bsitting
...!
The Signpost: 21 April 2026
- News and notes: Six Serbian Wikipedia editors banned following controversy about political bias
Plus, new bans for AI-generated content in place, a new drop in active admins, pranks on pranks, May admin election, and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- In the media: Could Wikipedia be involved in Massachusetts' proposed social media ban for minors?
Another regulate-the-internet attempt casts a wide net.
- Gallery: March equinox
The progression of seasons in March.
- Traffic report: Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!
What catches the reader's eye? Death and film, per usual, and a loop around the moon per unusual.
- Comix: Of skirts and articles
When significant coverage is only skin deep.
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?
Concern regarding Draft:Neelamudi (film)
Hello, AlphaCore. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Neelamudi (film), a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 12:08, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 June 2026
- From the editors: Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism
Pointing the way to your contribution to The Signpost!
- News and notes: Community Tech development team disbanded
And English Wikipedia reaches a milestone in number of highly active editors.
- Disinformation report: PR for the people?
Or, "PR using PR for PR"?
- Recent research: Proposed tagging system for AI involvement; successful and unsuccessful AI tools for contributors
And other new research publications.
- In the media: Who won a 14th century battle and who won the 2026 Iran war?
Media take issue with portrayals of recent and medieval history on Wikipedia. Plus a team supporting Wikipedians gets dissolved, and a few other things.
- Community view: Putting the Wish into the Wishlist
A history of the Wikimedia community's request process to Foundation developers.
- In focus: A global standard for Neutral Point of View
Wikipedians are commenting on a proposed global standard for neutral point of view.
- On the bright side: Flowers, blue helmets, reefs, pride, and Juneteenth
Nice things around the world.
- Op-ed: Breathe, Don’t Panic, there is a different story about Wikimedia + AI futures
We can build a strategy about AI that doesn't just center on readers; there are still plenty of humans to write the encyclopedia and work on diverse global knowledge.
- Opinion: Wikimedia Foundation staff develop union and Wikimedia user community reacts
Why should editors support the Wiki Workers United union drive? Lessons the Wikimedia movement can learn from other labor struggles.
- Technology report: Community Tech team is disbanded, controversy erupts
WMF disbands Community Tech, sparking community backlash over the future of the Wishlist and concerns about unionization.
- Traffic report: 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Horror movies and Michael Jackson dominate theaters in the lead-up to the World Cup.
- WikiConference report: Report of Volunteer Supporters Network Annual Meeting 2026
Outreach staff of Wikimedia chapters host a global discussion.
- Comix: Take your turn
In a maze of twisty little edits, all alike.
- Humour: Group of banned T-shirt makers comes out of hiding to sell new Wikipedia-themed merchandise
It ain't WikiProject United Nations, but you will find some PUNs.
