Hi,
Just wondering if there'll be a GOCE blitz this month?
Sincerely,
Mathijsvs (talk) 08:11, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:03, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
seems to have been quite the success. Congrats, and I'm not sure whether you people made any changes, but they seem to be working, maybe? Vanamonde93 (talk) 00:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Miniapolis,
I posted a section to Talk:List of nuclear reactors#Grammatical_consistensy:_.22Shutdown.22_or_.22shut_down.22_and_capitalization about how to correct grammatical issues on that page, and I am looking for more input on whether the page should be changed according to my suggestions. As a copy editor, do you have anything to say about it?
Thanks! Mechanic1c (talk) 11:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I'm new to editing Wikipedia, and think the best way I could make a contribution is to CopyEdit articles. I've done a minor one here. Is that a reasonable attempt? Is there any article you, as coordinator, could suggest I start next? Thanks! ghytred talk 12:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar | ||
Miniapolis, it is a pleasure for me to hereby award you with The Copyeditor's Barnstar for your extraordinary copyedit of Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia) which was no easy feat. I appreciate all your time and effort expended in improving this article's overall quality! -- West Virginian (talk) 18:36, 10 June 2015 (UTC) |
You've done an excellent work there; you've simplified the wording, but maintained the meaning. Thanks! :)
--AnulBanul (talk) 07:43, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your extensive work. I'll hopefully read through and make appropriate edits on Wednesday or the next Wednesday. My work schedule's pretty awful right now. Again, very much appreciated.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 01:32, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
The election of coordinators page no longer requires the nomination template, though I'm hesitant to remove it myself. Sorry for briefness, rather busy at this moment. Thanks. KieranTribe (talk) 09:42, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello friends! We have been hard at work these past two months. For this report:
For the first time, we are happy to bring you an exhaustive, comprehensive WikiProject Directory. This directory endeavors to list every single WikiProject on the English Wikipedia, including those that don't participate in article assessment. In constructing the broadest possible definition, we have come up with a list of approximately 2,600 WikiProjects. The directory tracks activity statistics on the WikiProject's pages, and, for where it's available, statistics on the number of articles tracked by the WikiProject and the number of editors active on those articles. Complementing the directory are description pages for each project, listing usernames of people active on the WikiProject pages and the articles in the WikiProject's scope. This will help Wikipedians interested in a subject find each other, whether to seek feedback on an article or to revive an old project. (There is an opt-out option.) We have also come up with listings of related WikiProjects, listing the ten most relevant WikiProjects based on what articles they have in common. We would like to promote WikiProjects as interconnected systems, rather than isolated silos.
A tremendous amount of work went into preparing this directory. WikiProjects do not consistently categorize their pages, meaning we had to develop our own index to match WikiProjects with the articles in their scope. We also had to make some adjustments to how WikiProjects were categorized; indeed, I personally have racked up a few hundred edits re-categorizing WikiProjects. There remains more work to be done to make the WikiProject directory truly useful. In the meantime, take a look and feel free to leave feedback at the WikiProject X talk page.
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The database report which lists WikiProjects according to the number of watchers (i.e., people that have the project on their watchlist), is back! The report stopped being updated a year ago, following the deactivation of the Toolserver, but a replacement report has been generated.
Miniapolis, TY for the copy edit on Utica, New York. Any general tips before it's taken up for a GA Review? Buffaboy talk 00:14, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
The article Mohammad Yaqoobi has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:
If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the ((prod blp)) tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Article proposed for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthisuseful (talk • contribs) 20:33, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello Miniapolis, I followed the guidance for biographies and I think that if you check you will see that the blog does not qualify as an independent source. I have added the article to the living biographies noticeboard after my edit removing the requirement for a copy edit 2014 was reverted. This article is not suitable for copy edit and the appropriate TAG has been placed on the talk page. Thanks, Isthisuseful (talk) 15:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
Please take a look at the article Per Holknekt that I have created. And also Caroline Grane. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:35, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I really cant thank you enough for that effort. I wouldn't be able to do it even if I studied English for the rest of my life. Thank you very much. Cheers.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 06:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for accepting the request to copy edit this article. I think that there may be some content that could be superfluous, but that was kept in the expansion as it was not related to the legends. If you find something that may seem redundant to the understanding of the topic, feel free to remove it without any concern. And, once again, thanks for your time. - Caribbean~H.Q. 16:59, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
...for your support over at my RfA. I shall do my best to be worthy of your trust.
(Archiving is coming at the end of the month; I'd like to stick to my old habits one last time, at least, before switching to a new scheme in the new month.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:33, 28 June 2015 (UTC)