Topic on Help talk:Growth/Tools/Suggested edits

I'd like to understand where and how an article is being suggested as a "suitable article for newcomers"? In particular, I'd like to remove WASH from the list if that is possible, for the reasons I've explained on its talk page. I don't think it's particularly suitable for newcomers and find myself continuously "mopping up'" after them... ~~~~

I've added w:Template:no newcomer task to that article which should shut that down. See w:Special:CommunityConfiguration/GrowthSuggestedEdits for the technical details of how newcomer tasks are set up.

Thanks a lot! That's great. - I still don't understand how this particle article ended up on some sort of list or within the growth tool, so that so many newcomers received this one as a suggestion for their first edits? ~~~~

Hi @EMsmile, newcomer tasks are populated based on maintenance templates that are present in the article. As @Pppery said, the list of templates is managed by the community. Any administrator can change it at any time via Community Configuration.

Specifically, the WASH article was included, because it included the Verify spelling template, which is currently used to populate articles for copyediting.

I hope this answers your question. If there is anything else we can help with, please feel free to ask here.