November copy edit drive[edit]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

GOCE 2011 Year-End Report[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261
  • Report on coordinators' elections
  • Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives
  • Guild Plans for 2012
  • Requests page report
  • Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive!


Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012!
– Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:46, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Fiji Mermaid[edit]

Dear Recognizance,

Could you please tell me where you sourced the Cruikshank mermaid print? I would like to obtain a high-resolution copy.

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loveandliberty (talk • contribs) 22:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Today's Featured Article[edit]

This is to inform you that Ostend Manifesto, which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 9 October 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. – Tim riley talk 09:07, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious[edit]

hedonistic intellectual reasons
Thank you, sloth with "hedonistic intellectual reasons" and a "desire to improve", for quality articles such as Ostend Manifesto, for fighting vandalism with polite warnings and explanation, for improving Chinese culture, such as Second round of simplified Chinese characters, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 9 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia:PITCHFORKS listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:PITCHFORKS. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:PITCHFORKS redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Softlavender (talk) 03:13, 25 February 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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