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Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk)To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:23, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.
Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.
There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.
Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012
For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 13:12, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:57, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Chinese to English translators and wondered if you could translate some of the stub articles for the King of Eastern Zhou at Template:Kings of Zhou? Thanks.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 16:57, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
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Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report
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Guild of Copy Editors January 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2013 events newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2013 wrap-up
Participation: Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, BDD and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:38, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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Hello WeijiBaikeBianji,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ceiling effect/workpage for deletion, because it doesn't seem to have any encyclopedic content.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors April 2013 events newsletter
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In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.
To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!
Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.
Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
Dates: Saturday, June 1
Saturday, July 6
Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+
For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.
This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 14:21, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
You added your name as unable to attend to an event that happened earlier this year, rather than one of the future ones. There are two scheduled events (and the Wiknic which has not been finalised), so maybe one of those times works? —innotata 15:39, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Lova Falk talk 08:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, WeijiBaikeBianji. I've just got around to reading your message. I appreciate the overview and notice regarding article talk page discussion. Please do not interpret my tardy response as anything but a difference in priorities. I will be glad to weigh in as my abilities allow but I must tell you that article content is not my strong suit. Most of my time on this project has been spent on maintenance and clearing up graffiti. It's good to know that there are conscientious contributors such as yourself monitoring Wikipedia's articles. Thank you for your efforts. Regards Tiderolls 08:26, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
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I saw your note that you were inspired to edit by How Wikipedia Works. I'm so glad the book was useful to you! Let me know if I can ever help out. best, -- phoebe / (talk to me) 19:04, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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Hello! Your submission of IQ classification at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --FoxyOrange (talk) 14:58, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
I think this is a very important and valid entry/article. Since such a group would only really appeal to 1% of the population, I don't think it's really surprising that it's difficult to find popular sources that mention it. However, I noticed there are a number of published books, news articles, and scholarly journals mentioned in the "Sources and References." It seems that since all of this is verifiable material and there isn't actually that much publicly available on the internet, that is precisely why you should keep this entry. This organization still clearly exists and is unique in its own right, and many high profile people and intellectuals know about it. Just my feedback. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.160.130.39 (talk) 19:55, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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Hi WeijiBaikeBianji: When nominating an article for deletion, please look at WP:AFDHOWTO and follow all three steps. Alternatively, the WP:Twinkle gadget automates the whole process making it very quick and easy. Your nomination of Intertel (group) wasn't completed and so hasn't been acted upon; I've relisted it now. –Wine Guy~Talk 17:35, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors August Blitz wrap-up
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The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Psychology for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 01:14, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Hey WeijiBaikeBianji. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.
We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.
Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 22:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi WeijiBaikeBianji. I just saw your post over on Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota. I think that innotata had been organizing these, but I believe he was perhaps unable to do so for this month. If we don't end up having an event this month, hopefully we'll do something in September for Wikipedia Loves Libraries. Gobōnobō + c 21:26, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
The information was not correct, it completely contradicts information from the ACS, the only source of such information. http://hmongstudies.org/2011ACS1YearEstimateHmongUSProfile.pdf This clearly shows 24.5% poverty rate, not a 2/3 poverty rate as was claimed. Again this is the ONLY valid source of such information. 98.255.208.10 (talk) 05:32, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
... just wanted to say hello, and keep up the good work. I'm glad you're back and editing after your break last year - I was worried we'd lost you. MastCell Talk 18:31, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I noticed it's been more than 3 years since you added a banner to the Regression toward the mean article requesting expert assistance. Would you say this banner is still needed or is it safe to remove it? Regards. Gaba (talk) 19:32, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
I had no idea. I had been very busy, but I had just started editing a couple of articles again and to finish the day, I read the village pump, the signpost. Oh interesting, “Psychology on Wikipedia”… and I was totally unsuspecting of what I was about to read.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I am still quite shocked and very happy. Thank you! Lova Falk talk 17:58, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Heey WeijiBaikeBianji,
On the 22nd of September you added "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (September 2013)" to the Wikipedia page of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raun_Kaufman. i was wondering if you could clarify the changes necessary to comply to the content policies, specific examples would be really appreciated.
Greetingss Floflorisris (talk) 15:05, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi! Please fill out this short form to receive your Cochrane access in about 1 week. Best, Ocaasi t | c 17:38, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
I, JethroBT drop me a line 16:33, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
On 2 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article IQ classification, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "genius" has not been a term used in IQ classification since 1937? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/IQ classification. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Good work. I support your improvements to the article. I'm generally skeptical of ethnic technology claims as an editor who has done extensive work cleaning up dubious or misused sources in Indian, Chinese, and Islamic history articles. Reviewing the source in question, The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence is a reliable text written by leading researchers in the field, listed and starred on your userpage as one of your recommended citations for psychology. But to reiterate what you've said, the problem then is not reliability but verifiability. The handbook may be a reliable source for psychology, but unverifiable as a source for sinology. If there are no Western sinologists making the claim, then it's likely spurious and must be removed. Your research and background as a sinology major has been immensely helpful. Cheers,--Rurik the Varangian (talk) 23:25, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
...小米科技CEO雷军今日在腾讯微博诠释了公司名称由来的背后故事,他表示,小米要做移动互联网公司,并且要完成不能完成的任务。 “很多人问小米这个名字怎么来的?大家第一时间想到的是小米加步枪。其实,小米这个问题还有不少故事,首先小米拼音是mi, Mobile Internet,小米要做移动互联网公司;其次是mission impossible,小米要完成不能完成的任务。最后,“小米”这个名字亲切可爱,你周围有叫小米的人吗?” “‘佛家一粒米 大如须弥山’小米,我们希望去掉高大全,从小处着手。”雷军特意强调。
Hi, I've volunteered a 3rd opinion at Talk:Xiaomi where the last translation request came from. The dispute is largely resolved and we're working on finalising the text but there's one bit of Chinese that Google/Bing aren't giving me a clear enough translation of: 佛家一粒米 大如须弥山’小米,我们希望去掉高大全,从小处着手。”雷军特意强调。 It's coming back as "Buddhism a grain as big as Mount Meru ' millet, we want to get rid of tall, start small. "Lei June stressed." This is in reference to the meaning of the company name "Xiaomi". I assume it just means that millet is smaller than rice and this symbolises the company starting out small and toppling bigger competitors, but the Buddhism/Mount Meru ref makes me think it might be mistranslated and/or have a deeper meaning from a proverb or story that I'm unaware of.
If you have time to give me your translation and any relevant context you know of that'd be great. It's not being used to decide an argument, just to help decide the text we'll be using in the article to give the CEO's explanation of the name. You can see the discussion here if needed: Talk:Xiaomi#Third_opinion
Tobus2 (talk) 02:47, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
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Why this edit[[1]]? I know you say in the edit summary "to update sources" but you removed Cattell Culture Fair III without explanation. Thanks. Tstrobaugh (talk)
abilities in childhood]?Tstrobaugh (talk)
I have read that paper. I am familiar with the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth because an immediate relative is a study participant and because one of the lead investigators is a friend and fellow alumnus of my alma mater. So in general I follow the research literature on mathematically advanced learners very closely—teaching such learners and advising their parents is my occupation. By the way, what part of "Let's take this to the article talk page of the article(s) you desire to edit" did you not understand from my previous post? -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 13:11, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
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Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
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I don't guess you can find “The Pharos of Alexandria,” Proceedings of the British Academy 30: 277–92 for me, could you? I've asked at Resource Requests to no avail. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 16:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for getting this to you late. I got busy and then the holidays came.
Due to the completion of the mapping of the Human Genome in 2003, you will find a lot of sources on this topic around the 2003-2005 time period. I tried to limit the list to only cream of the crop sources as I know you only want very high quality sources. Arguably you can't get any higher or better than "Nature" journals so I found you three from there. The sources discuss the findings from the Human Genome Project and its relationship to race. They discuss varying perspectives in the scientific fields from both scientists that accept the existence of biological races and from scientists that don't. They offer a lot of insight to the most common questions. These sources should greatly assist in improving the wikipedia articles on this topic and I hope they are what you were looking for. If you need anything else, I'd be glad to help.
Bamshad, M., Wooding, S., Salisbury, B. A., & Stephens, J. C. (2004). "Deconstructing the relationship between genetics and race." Nature Reviews Genetics, 5(8), 598-609.
Jorde, L. B., & Wooding, S. P. (2004). "Genetic variation, classification and 'race'." Nature genetics, 36, S28-S33.
Mountain, J. L., & Risch, N. (2004). "Assessing genetic contributions to phenotypic differences among 'racial' and 'ethnic' groups." Nature Genetics, 36, S48-S53.
BlackHades (talk) 20:47, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
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The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs) 16:48, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your comments at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Deprecated cauthors field does not have the same meaning as author2 and wanted to discuss. As I was going through I was skipping some that were problematic, but for the most part I was allowing the change for parameters with multiple coauthors because it displays the same way. I can skip these instances moving forward if you're reopening the discussion about the coauthor psarameter but I'd like to understand your argument re: the CS1 templates. Thanks! — TAnthonyTalk 21:02, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! Could you please correct the reflist of Marilyn vos Savant. It broke with your edit on 11 September. --Pxos (talk) 17:30, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I should give the links on the sources about disorders of geniuses, right? Commandos-rus (talk) 13:34, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Please read WP:DEL-REASON. We don't cite essays as a rationale for deletion. Also, your claim that there is a "general tendency on Wikipedia to not have stand-alone Wikipedia articles on minor primary research studies that are themselves not reliable sources" is something that you completely made up. That it is "minor" is of course your opinion, but it has been given significant coverage in RS. As for in being a primary research study, that is neither here or there. We have a great many articles on research studies, essays, books, and other types of publications. This is no different. As for it being a reliable source, your statement is tantamount to nonsense. Let me break it down for you so that even you can understand it: a notable author publishes a notable paper in a notable journal that is covered by notable sources. Any questions? Viriditas (talk) 23:02, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
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