Mudwater

Weir discography

Hi there. For background, the referencing tag at Bob Weir's discography stemmed from the page's "In the News" nomination. The WP:CIRCULAR policy reads:

Do not use articles from Wikipedia (whether English Wikipedia or Wikipedias in other languages) as sources, since Wikipedia is a user-generated source ... Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is backed up by citing reliable sources. Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly.

Regards. —Bagumba (talk) 17:29, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Mudwater. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:28, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello Mudwater,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

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Greatest Stories Ever Told

Hey! Just wanted to get a second opinion on the use of dead.net's "Greatest Stories Ever Told" pages on wiki articles. What I'm caught up on here is the fact that it consistently refers to itself as a "blog", and I know blogs are usually unreliable and self-published sources. But in this case, it seems like it's really more of an official column? It's sanctioned by the website, and considering David Dodd has a whole book out with a foreword by Robert Hunter himself, I think it’s safe to say he knows his stuff. (This is the same reason why I cited the "murder ballads" article for Victim or the Crime – even though it calls itself a “blog”, the page is an official column on Sing Out!, so I think it’s pretty safe to say it’s trustworthy). Just wanted to get confirmation on this, though. Thanks! Elephantranges (talk) 19:33, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

@Elephantranges: In my view, "Greatest Stories Ever Told" is a reliable reference for information about Grateful Dead songs. Mr. Dodd does use the B-word, but it's the Grateful Dead organization's website, not his and not a blogging platform's, so presumably he's subject to editorial oversight. I'm not sure everyone would agree, but that's how it seems to me. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 19:51, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good! Elephantranges (talk) 20:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles for Creation backlog drive

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WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in August!
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