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Hey?[edit]
Sorry, I posted my question on your profile. I want to know where did you get all of those {{ }} things like nethack or left handed? I want to put them on my page so is their a list?
- Teh Flying Corgi 18:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter[edit]
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SKA[edit]
Hello, I'm Sophus Bie. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to SKA Saint Petersburg because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Sophus Bie (talk) 19:42, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
it was theirs real nickname) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.204.82.76 (talk) 19:51, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Invasive arguta follow up[edit]
Hi Sophus Bie, thanks for your replies on this subject. Regarding what you wrote:
"If calling the plant "invasive" is not at all statistically supported, you can delete the section. Removing content is easily reversed, so if anyone disagrees, they can undo your removal."
This is exactly the situation we're in. Removing, re-posting, removing, re-posting. Is there no other way to resolve these contentions? Thank you. Iagohale (talk) 21:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war[edit]
One-sided Claims Of Human Rights Violations Against The Syrian Government
I have just added some reasonable comments (and corrections) to counter the over-the-top and one-sided text in the "Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war" section. And within seconds my comments were deleted - "wow"! I pointed out that the one links lead to something called the "Women’s Media Center" and not as stated to Amnesty International. Also, some of the incidents reported were "undated allegations, labeled unverified, from a Palestinian news outlet". Given this, on what grounds were my adjustments removed? 78.147.85.14 (talk) 13:50, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
OK, having lost track of time, your banning did seem to take seconds. That said, I do not just "believe" the article was biased - it is biased. So, while it might leave a VERY short article, are you really saying that one-sided text can be deleted? 78.147.85.14 (talk) 16:43, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
hey[edit]
I was in middle of working on it. and you delete it? i save alot during editing incase computer crashes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.181.247 (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war (follow up remark)[edit]
I do not just "believe" the article was biased - it is biased. So much so that it reads like a US State Department PR statement. Yet it appears that making counter-balancing edits is not allowed? 78.147.88.158 (talk) 12:58, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
GOCE April 2013 newsletter[edit]
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Thank you[edit]
Thank you for welcoming me. I am considering creating an account on Wikipedia, as you suggested. If I did so, would there be any way to “claim” my IP edits? (i.e., make it so that they are attributed under the new name in Edit History).
I would also like you to take a look at this article: Comparison of CRT, LCD, Plasma, and OLED. I think it should look more like this: [1] (lines starting with a capital letter and ending with a period, for proper grammar, thus making it easier to see where each comment begins/ends within a cell on the table). However, 174.118.142.187 (who recently created the table) thinks otherwise; since I really don't want to cause an edit-war on the issue, I thought I would get the opinion of an established Wikipedia editor. If it makes any difference, Comparison of graphics file formats is an example of what I'd like to do with the page (color coded, thin table, but also using proper grammar, particularly in the “application” column).
—76.6.164.233 (talk) 13:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Sadly, there is not a way to transfer user contributions between accounts, but you can put this userbox
| IP | This user's IP is 172.16.254.1. |
on your userpage to let people know those edits were yours, by typing {{user IP|IP ADDRESS GOES HERE}}. That's what I did for my pre-account edits, until my IP address changed when I moved. If you do decide to stick around, some good places for getting quick answers to questions are WP:Teahouse and WP:Help Desk. I also noticed that you've been doing copyediting, so you might enjoy joining the WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you do decide to get an account, send me a message so that I can connect the name with the number!
- I agree with you that capitalization on each line and periods looks better, and I like the formatting in Comparison of graphics file formats better as well, but Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables disagrees with us both. (Oh well.) Sophus Bie (talk) 09:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- I have finally created an account on Wikipedia — I thought I would let you know. Also, 174.118.142.187 and I have reached a level of agreement on the Comparison of CRT, LCD, Plasma, and OLED page, and the new table is filling out nicely.
- Best regards, Techie007 (talk) 13:07, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
GOCE April 2013 newsletter[edit]
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Why did you restore it It wasn't mistake I want you to make it back to the one that I edited last. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.161.102.177 (talk) 07:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
get a life[edit]
do you even have a life? or are you constantly on wikipedia? do you even sleep? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigboycanuck7 (talk • contribs) 07:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Re; Notifications[edit]
You should get 1 or 2 notifications now! See if it is working. If you want "edit revert notification", make any edit in this page User:Titodutta/sandbox, I'll revert that so that you get a notification! --Tito Dutta (contact) 13:31, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Check now! --Tito Dutta (contact) 13:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Cheers, and thank you! Sophus Bie (talk) 13:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Welcome! --Tito Dutta (contact) 13:48, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Hang on, hang on, I am in vector, not Monobook! --Tito Dutta (contact) 13:50, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Cheers, and thank you! Sophus Bie (talk) 13:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks[edit]
for your reversion on my talk page. However, I've reverted your reversion. It was his own post he removed, and he's a young editor that I'm trying (with difficulty) to get onto the straight and narrow. I think he was probably embarrassed about that post, and I don't blame him... It would disappear into the archive soon anyway, but he wouldn't know that. Peridon (talk) 11:25, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Butoh edit[edit]
Hi,
I'm new to wikipedia editing and just wanted to add the information on Ken Mai's contribution to a recent music video to the article about butoh.
It was not meant to be advetising, but if the link to the actual video makes it that then feel free to edit it out. Anyhow, I am not a bot. If this okay, can you please undo the edit you did?
Best wishes,
Netsent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netsent (talk • contribs) 12:13, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
No Problem (Actually Yes)[edit]
As far as I know, this particular anonymous editor is a persistent vandal who has been making primarily unconstructive edits by spamming pages with nonexistent and or inappropriate categories for years, using and changing different IPs.--Mr Fink (talk) 13:41, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Welcoming cookie[edit]
Hi, Sophus Bie, I'm here to thank you on your cookie that you gave me. Thanks a lot! It really means a lot to me.(Especially since I'm only like, a month old((This account,not me!))) P.S. If you gave me a cookie virus thingy I swear, I will hack your account and delete all your work.}:)(Just kidding) Alright, see ya! BookGuardian (talk) 13:53, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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A beer for you![edit]
 | Thanks for the welcome. Just trying to get my bearings around here. SulfuricRed (talk) 15:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks![edit]
Thanks a lot!! By the way, I love cookies! Rauzaruku (talk) 19:04, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Denny Fitch[edit]
I'm sorry you feel hurt. I was looking at it from Mrs Fitch's point of view. She had not edited the article, or apparently thought of doing so, and she came to the Help desk asking for help. You suggested she might fix it herself, and then gave her five lines of daunting restrictions on doing so. I did not think that was very friendly or helpful, and said so, to her. I do't bear you any ill-will, and I hope you don't me. --ColinFine (talk) 09:04, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Re: Barnstar[edit]
Hello. You have a new message at PartTimeGnome's talk page. – PartTimeGnome (talk | contribs) 15:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. You have another new message at PartTimeGnome's talk page. – PartTimeGnome (talk | contribs) 18:17, 19 May 2013 (UTC)- Hello. You have a further new message at PartTimeGnome's talk page. (And it's not from me this time!) – PartTimeGnome (talk | contribs) 13:43, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Barnstar for creating the new barnstar[edit]
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My talk[edit]
Thanks (lol). I thought user talk pages were autofiltered from 'live' categories... My bad. Revent (talk) 18:12, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Coal Ridge High School[edit]
About my recent edit to the page, I was serious. I go there and our mascot is the Titans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.255.176 (talk) 22:49, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Talkback[edit]
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Banana[edit]
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GOCE May drive wrap-up[edit]
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group 11 edit[edit]
Hi sophie sorry i did not notice a comment section my bad, next time i will leave a reason on the editing page. i edited the section purely because the toxicity of the gold compounds that were referenced was to due with the cyanide present in the compound, gold itself being biologically inert i thought better to remove the section as i thought it misleading. hope that clears it up thanks Samt167 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samt167 (talk • contribs) 12:39, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
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PGP-Key[edit]
Hello Sophus Bie,
you tell us on your user-page that you have a PGP-key, but you don’t provide it. Could you please use a pgp-template with an ID-field (like Template:User PGP)? Also it would be great if you could send me your key-ID by wiki-mail or leave it on my talk-page. Thanks :-). --DaB. (talk) 20:43, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Telecommunication hoax concern in the Philippines[edit]
Hi Sophus Bie, thanks again for the Telecommunication Barnstar that you've award to me. I guess I need your help though, this user continues to input vandalised things, and of course, I've proposed a deletion for some of the articles he/she contributed (like DWNP, DYPE, DYIL, DYRV, and most notably, my suspected hoax article DXAJ). I keep removing his edits by the use of manual editing since my Twinkle tool restricted in my office where I've worked for. My concerned as well is, that user continues to vandalized WIkipedia by using IP addresses, try to look for the History of those articles that I've linked inside the parenthesis, and also look for this one and another one. I keep removing his contributions because this is clearly a vandalism and a hoax. Please review it properly to avoid an abusive use of this site just to trick others. Thanks and cheers. Hamham31Heke!KushKush! 01:59, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, Hamham! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply; I've caught the flu, which has put me out of commission for a bit. I'll watch the articles you've listed, but I'm afraid I know very little about radio, so I probably wouldn't recognize vandalism when I saw it.
- However, if they are the IP vandal on the pages you linked, then there is a quick solution to stop their vandalism. Their actions count as sock puppeting, and thus you can report the evidence to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. (Check out Wikipedia:Signs of sock puppetry to see what sort of evidence you'd want to compile.) If they're found to be using IPs for shenanigans, then their account and any IP addresses they are misusing will be blocked, and furthermore, the user themselves will be banned.
- I hope this helps! Sophus Bie (talk) 08:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation[edit]
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Thanks[edit]
Thank you for the Welcome message. I'm learning haphazardly. I mostly copy and paste the code. It seems to be going by the wayside with the new beta editing program. Still, I will probably need it if I ever go wild and try to create tables and other features myself. Sonofawoman (talk) 02:48, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Sophus Bie - I noticed that you are a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. Please take a look at Woody's Chicago Style, the useless link and compare with revision of this page, as edited by GoingBatty at 2 August 2012. The contributions of User:Norman1938 and his photos seem to me as strong vandalism. Please revert his edits and warn or block him. MbG (Mit besten Grüßen) - Herzlich Frze > talk 12:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
A barnstar for you![edit]
 | The Special Barnstar |
| For detecting mystery Google Translator errors. <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> How did you find it? Frze > talk 12:38, 25 September 2013 (UTC) |
I think you meant to hit someone's user page, not newly create a talk page for the article. Chris857 (talk) 02:46, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Talkback[edit]
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Bigger, longer, and uncut[edit]
From the link in your nice message I'm not sure you were reading the final, R-rated version. [2] EEng (talk) 14:57, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
We need a new Wikipedia:References Team or a BACKLOG OF THE WEEK[edit]
Hello Sophus Bie - thank you very much for your answer. You often fight off the vandal hordes, as I do repairing pages with citation errors. If I didn't - there would be a large backlog in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting and in Category:Pages with missing references list as in Category:Pages with broken reference names (more than 1500 yesterday). But it is impossible to work it alone. Do you know how to do a "Blitz" (excuse the comparision) to find willing editors to work on it. It is much more easier to repair references if you do it one hour, one day or one week ago after the errors were made instead of months and years after the error was done. Very, very difficult to find these errors.
See example:
Cite error: The named reference bx0121 was invoked but never defined
Only with WikiBlame Search it is possible to find and repair such errors.
 | The Typo Team Barnstar | |
| Maybe you could create a new Reference Team Barnstar ? |
Best wishes and thank you for help. --Frze > talk 05:17, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
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Merry X-Mas[edit]
... to you and your relatives - best wishes --Frze > talk 21:55, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC) |
December 2014 GOCE newsletter[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter  Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE 2014 report[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors 2014 Annual Report Our 2014 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights:
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February 2015 GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2015 Newsletter Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone! Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE March newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors March 2015 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The blitz removed 16 articles from the requests list, and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone! Drive: The month-long March drive begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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April 2015 GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors April 2015 Newsletter March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 19–25. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE June 2015 newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors June 2015 News May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Coordinator elections: Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE August 2015 newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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October 2015 GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar! The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review. Highlights:
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Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes! May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography. Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. |
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter! December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part. January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words). February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated! Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone." Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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GOCE February 2018 news[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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June 2018 GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
August GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here. The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
ArbCom 2018 election voter message[edit]
Hello, Sophus Bie. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
December 2018 GOCE newsletter[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz ( |