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Hey, thanks for your fantastic copy-edit work on the article, I really do appreciate all that you have done! Take care and have a great day, AJona1992 ( talk) 21:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Out of interest, how would you have rated this effort? It was given a light copyediting but I believe that a deeper clean-up was warranted. I left a note to the effect on the editors talk. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:05, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
I believe this is an example of lazy and substandard copyediting. The editor basically only worked on one section, where proseline was converted into prose by removing the bullets and making minimal language to adapt. He also linked terms which were linked to in preceding sentences. The result is a mess which does not encourage reading. How ought I to deal with it? -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
I've done some more copyediting to Jagiri Lal Sareen and Bielefeld Opera. I suspect it's because of my pedantic nature. ;-) -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 08:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, I just copyedited Playa Salvaje on the todo list from September 2009. Quite by accident, I discovered two other articles Rosalinda y Primitivo and ¿Dónde está Elisa? which are identical bar the copyedit tag. My guess is that both Playa Salvaje and Rosalinda y Primitivo should be deleted, bearing in mind that Playa Salvaje now contains a copyedited version of what should be the ¿Dónde está Elisa? article. What do you think? ► Philg88 ◄ talk 01:29, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
If its possible could you give We R Who We R a quick copy edit, it shouldn't take too long the prose just needs improved slightly. Also, i dont know if you deal with MOS, but on its FA nom (which is in process) someone claimed WP:HYPHEN violation and im not sure how to correct it. If you could give it a look that'd be great =] Thanks in advance. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 23:25, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the copy edit. The article needed it. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 19:24, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the copy edit. Looks a lot more fluent now. -- Pass3456 ( talk) 19:51, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Helpful Userpage there, indeed. I signed up for the backlog drive after reviewing edit policies for these past two weeks. Not sure exactly what the next step is. Bard गीता 22:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update
Greetings from the
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May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to
talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the
Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit.
We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
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fyi, I actually meant to link to Barong... as a way of referring to Barong (mythology). 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 10:40, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
But I gotta be honest with you, your recent actions have been pretty inscrutable and if you wish to make changes here you are going about it the wrong way, in my opinion. Your current jackassery will not win you any friends or allies, so sorry. I think that the climate here actually can be changed if we go about it the right way. People do the drama because just hanging around improving the encyclopedia can be a little too much like doing homework. So they start treating it like a game. And they start acting the same way they do when they are driving their cars: all bully-like. Because they feel anonymous, and because there's no accountability. Not sure how to fix this, but I do know your present course won't help make a change. Actually I don't know that and will support you no matter which way you want to do it. :)
Someone has a colorful spreadsheet subpage about you; where is it, do you remember? -- Diannaa ( Talk) 15:38, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to see you are once again blocked for edit-warring to keep your post on a page. Was this removed as a personal attack, or vandalism, or what? Or was it removed because an IP posted it?
That's a righteous delete; it was about attack, about seeking to just evade G10, and about fostering a battleground mindset to the inclusion schism. Colonel Warden should be indef'd as the bad-faith warrior that he is and you should be de-sysop'd for your bad-faith support of such trolls. 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 06:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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Sorry I haven't replied but time restrictions have not allowed me much online time, most of which has gone to the UK article.
Thanks goodness I have finished the first run - lots of comments and a difficult article and as it is such a prominent article a lot of scrutiny was to be expected. Anyway my comments are here Talk:United_Kingdom#Copy_edit_May_2011
Hope all is well and maybe I can get back to some more normal editing over the next few days :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 05:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
[1]. Thank you. Dr.K. λogos πraxis 21:52, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for copy-editing. It's now open for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Campus of University of the Philippines Los Baños/archive1. Moray An Par ( talk) 03:24, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with "Utah House of Representatives". Your edits were reverted, but now reinstated. There are many more of these, see Category:State legislative templates, almost all with gratuitous colouring. Frietjes ( talk) 15:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to copyediting and am getting acquainted with the manual of style I was hoping you could help me become a good copyeditor. Ryan Vesey ( talk) 17:38, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa,
Somebody posted this on my talk page:
Shared IP at the Peabody Orlando hotel. Would you kindly soft block? --
74.203.136.2 (
talk) 13:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Please can you decide if it's warranted.
Best,
► Philg88 ◄
talk 20:28, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
I think the copy editing guild page says you're available for mentoring. Will you mentor me in participating in the May copyediting effort? I'm an experienced proofreader, but have no editing experience other than my few blogs and a handful of minor(mostly grammatical)here at WP. I'd like to help in this current drive and support some "instant editor growth" during it with your aide. While the mentoring page says you are available I notice that you just agreed to another earlier today. I'm hip to the step-by-step and am reading it as and after this post. Thanks. Mckaywiii ( talk) 21:03,18 May 2011 (UTC)
...Thank you for undertaking the copyedit task on Scream. Darkwarriorblake ( talk) 20:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Dianaa,
The other day you repeatedly removed a list of the names of hundreds of winners of NVSL diving championships dating 2009 back to 1960. I did not upload that list. It had been on Wiki for years, placed there by an official of the league charged with the task on behalf of the league and the winners. I myself merely added ten names - the years 1960 and 1967 which had been inadvertantly omitted from the league's permanent record decades ago, and corrected some spellings. I have proof of those 1960 and 1967 results from local newspapers, articles published within days of the events, info I HAD intended to include as citations the following day. The article has never had citations, so I was not overly concerned about one more day's time passing without any.
I'm sure there will soon be many winners who'll not be thrilled to find their names inexplicably jettisoned by someone who considered the post an "invasion of privacy". And I've suddenly lost the appetite for contributing any more of what I know to Wiki. That's a shame, too, because after over 200 hours of research through microfilm of local and national newspapers from 1945-70, and interviews of more than seventy former participants from those years, I probably know more about the early diving league than any other person. Now, rather than be accused in the future af actions I did not commit, I'd rather just wash my hands of Wiki and concentrate on self-publishing my findings.
~~Inatlast~~ Arlington, Virginia, USA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inatlast ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the recent Starbureiy family of hoaxes. bobrayner ( talk) 21:04, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Seeing as you're a member of the GOCE, I was wondering if you would like to give Moonrise (Warriors) a copyedit, as has been recommended in its GA review. Bramble claw x 23:54, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey :> I know there's a huge backlog over there and all that, but if I asked the most respected admin I know for his advice on how to get it reviewed it wouldn't be "jumping in line" or "canvassing" would it? He's as likely to fail it as pass it, and certainly might not even take on the case himself. He's a very good content creator and very neutral - should I ask for his help? This article's got so many references and I'm obviously the #1 pusher for GA over there. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks... Doc talk 03:28, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. I started investigating and then blocked before I saw your comment. The IP in question had removed some vandalism warnings from their talk page, so it was not just a 3RR warning. They were also previously editing disruptively from another IP that also received a warning. Please feel free to let me know if you disagree with my block, though. Thanks! Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 15:22, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa! Just in case you won't see it, I've raised an issue with the italicization you introduced at {{ lang-el}}, explained at the talk page :). Best regards, Constantine ✍ 21:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for copyediting another of my GA-candidates. Much appreciated! Also, if you don't mind, could you leave some feedback on a list I've nominated for FL-status? Thanks! Crystal Clear x3 05:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
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@FAC, and needs ce help. ;) 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 15:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Re. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive697#"Future wrestling"
I know you said you'd keep an eye on this,
Just to keep you aware;
Chzz ► 20:46, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The same user has recreated a PROD-deleted article, today; I've listed it at AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KOK Europe GP 2011 in Lublin. I don't know the best action to take; possibly a warning, but I can see a competence block on the horizon. I won't warn them myself - it already looks a bit like I'm 'victimising' them, because I've PROD/AfD'd several of their creations - although, I hope, appropriately. Please advise. (No rush on this though; hope you're having a nice break). Cheers, Chzz ► 00:21, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Saw the list, liked it, stole it! lol - click my smiley :¬) (back after Grand Prix) Chaosdruid ( talk) 12:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Sven Manguard Wha? 07:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm The Train Enthusiast, a newbie here on Wikipedia. I was patrolling Recent Changes when I noticed your edit to a page that had to do with the guild of copyers (something like that, can't remember the exact name). What does the guild do, and what are their backlog drives for? TheTrainEnthusiast ( talk) 00:18, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh dear, looks you did the same as me lol, luckily mine was only changing my watch :¬)
"30 days hath September, April, June and November..."
Hope you had a good weekend, I love the Ninja Diannaa moniker - imagining you in all-black running around silently copyediting posters and public notices without anyone spotting you made me laugh... Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:35, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I have been trying to update my stats since 23:50 but oould not due to server access errors.
I have logged in on the secure server now, but cannot dump my edits to the last article as the pages will not load on the normal server. If I quit Firefox I will lose all my edits!!! :¬(
I have just updated my stats, but need to update the table as well, 13x 5k and 91,648 total words.
Bloody computers! I have my hammer at the ready! Chaosdruid ( talk) 00:25, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Well, I managed two (I think I did them correctly?) and then a req editor posted his replies to my copyedit notes on my talk page so I have to deal with that before bed...
Red House, one of my fav Jimi tracks :¬) Edinburgh? I thought you were a Canuck? (don't take that the wrong way, Frasier was a hero of mine - no not that simpering psychoanalyst, the mountie lol - as well as a close friend being Dene, 1/2 Chipewyan/ 1/2 Dogrib, from Yellowknife) Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:01, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Hmm I may have responded too strongly to the editor, must be off to bed now as it is past 04:30 - dawn is here and the sun is nearly up again lol, g'night, I will continue where you leave off when I awaken... Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:42, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I was just trawling through the stats, came to Master of Mayhem and checked the last two articles - as they were over 2000 words each.
I have penalised again and removed the articles to the top "not done" section. The diffs are [4] and [5].
The first is obviously not complete, the second one is particularly notable as Utahraptor had just done an extensive copyedit a couple of days beforehand [6].
That also begs the question, why did UR not update their drive page totals? (and should we do it for them?) - It had a copyedit needed tag on it, UR ce'd it, but there is only one article in their stats ?!?
As you are the most experienced I will let you work out that one :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 13:56, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi. My username is Timeinabottle8615. I am new to wikipedia. I cannot thank you enough for your recent edits to The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. I am trying to clean it up but have been having a tough time getting things right. Again, thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timeinabottle8615 ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, Diannaa! I'm here because I wanted to point out that I'm not listed with the participants who copyedited a 10K article, here, but I copyedited a 10K article during the May 2011 Guild of Copyeditor's backlog elimination drive; Early Earth Federation mobile suits in the Gundam universe. I listed myself in the leaderboard at 5th place under the 5K articles category because I had read that a 10K article counts towards that category as two 5Ks. Anyway, the article, as per an AfD discussion, has been redirected to a similar article on its topic, but if an article that was copyedited but later redirected still counts, do I also get a 10K barnstar? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 22:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
The newsletter seems fine to me.
I have left a note on The Utahraptor's talk page to clarify if they definitely do not want credit for the article we discussed above.
Hope you are getting some relaxation in before getting stuck into the Wikification drive! Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. Hope you're well. I was wondering if you could do a copy-edit on this. I know I'm doing a lot of Simpson articles recently, and I hope I'm not causing you any nuisance. Novice7 ( talk) 10:49, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Right! I'll have to fix the reference to the Yellow Gold Rolex Datejust. Working on that this weekend. Have another question, too. I hope it will take only a little of your time. A page on which you made some edits recently ( The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection) has been nominated for deletion, but I can't understand why. Is there any way you could take a look at it, and possibly either discern why user ttonyb (talk) says it should be deleted, or if possible, point me to someone with a lot more experience than this user that can shed light on the page. Help! :) Timeinabottle8615 ( talk) 20:52, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I got one other message regarding a block notice...but no block. I always place the block first before I place the notice. I'm nurgling around during some downtime here at work and we're having a problem with one of the routers. It's causing all sorts of weird reactions, including false virus alerts. Thanks for letting me know. PMDrive1061 ( talk) 22:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report
Greetings from the
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May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating!
There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.
During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started.
The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), Tea with toast ( Talk), Chaosdruid ( talk), and Torchiest ( talk). |
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Revdel requested for recent IP edits (vandalism) at Edward Norton, naming a private person and providing enough location information to allow identification. Appears to be standard adolescent pranking intended to embarrass the target. Thanks. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 14:57, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Diannaa! I stumbled upon your user page while doing some work for the Wikification drive. I notice that you're a member of WikiProject Military History, so maybe you can answer a question for me. I was about to Wikify Radiation Training when I grew suspicious of its content. It doesn't reference any outside sources, and when I Googled it to see whether it really is what the article says it is, I found no related results. I did click the external link in the article, which is only a blog. Have you ever heard of "radiation training" (not to be confused with radiation safety training) or encountered it in other military articles you've edited? I'm a new user, so I don't want to overstep my boundaries and tag it for deletion if it really is legitimate and just unreferenced. I do, however, suspect that the whole article is just original research. What do you think about it? Armadillopteryx ( talk) 04:41, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Dianna,
Just had a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2011/Barnstars. Just for the record, Kingdom of Galicia was 10,643 words. Cheers, -- jjron ( talk) 13:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Hope you had a good weekend as well - mine turned a bit sour on me lol, we had work problems which meant I spent 14 hours driving around England on Saturday ferrying staff around and then had to spend another 3 hours on Sunday which messed my whole internet weekend up, as I had a visitor for most of the rest of the day. I have got today off though to make up :¬)
I think that's all the bstars done and I have removed my votes (DOH! *blushes*) from the elections page.
Are you standing for the lead-coordinator role? If not, I am afraid I am going to have to add that you are (and put several votes in there!) Chaosdruid ( talk) 14:24, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Is the Guild going to have another coordinator election soon? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 16:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I got the cc lic, & ul it to commons~ К3вину ( RSVP) ( What) 16:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Diannaa, I noticed that you manually added a tab for the July 2011 Backlog elimination drive to every single GOCE page. Wouldn't it be easier if we made the tab bar into its own Guild subpage (kind of like this page) and just updated that so it wouldn't be so tedious to update the tab bar? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 22:49, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I have created the page here, and have tagged all relevant pages. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 13:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
DeadSend4 ( talk · contribs) has multiple issues, including harassment of Crohnie ( talk · contribs), WP:OWN, WP:COMPETENCE, probable WP:SOCK and pretty blatant trolling. Do I need to take this to AN/I for "enlightenment", or would you just be a dear and address this issue as an administrator? I would appreciate your input on this matter. Cheers :> Doc talk 05:43, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
There is not enough for a block here right now. That's the short story. Though DeadSend4 will probably not last on this wiki as they seem temperamentally unsuited. I looked through a lot of the diffs for the block they received in April and they are not one of the people who get it. And the edits to the Cate Blanchett article are not improvements; they are the opposite of improvements. But I am not gonna edit there so I can remain available to help admin-wise if needed. Ok. Now I am going to fearlessly wander into TLDR territory here, and give you three an analysis of the recent events and what could have been done differerently to avoid or minimise the drama.
DeadSend4 returns to the wiki after a months absence and posts on Crohnie's talk demanding that she fulfill a promise to collaborate on the Blanchett article. But when he begins to actually edit the article, it becomes apparent that what he has in mind is a full re-write. The article does not actually need a full re-write and doing one when it is not needed will actually not be a helpful thing to do. People don't like wholesale changes. What you need to do here, is if you have further sourced information, add that to the article along with your sources and leave the rest alone.
DeadSend4, a quick look at Crohnie's edit history in the last six weeks or so would have showed you she is not actually doing intense work on articles at this time. Crohnie did not collaborate with other editors on the Blanchett article or any other article during the last six weeks so the notion that you are intentionally being excluded from ongoing discussions is untrue. (It is also untrue that she was somehow responsible for your block.) Your whole approach here was wrong; you come across as demanding and needy, and people are not going to want to work with you on articles if you exhibit these unpleasant traits, so sorry.
When Crohnie sees the posts by DeadSend4 she responds, but she also reports the post to several other users. This leads to a bunch of drama on several different talk pages. DeadSend4 apologised at one point, but rather than accepting the apology and getting on with writing an encyclopedia, Crohnie copies the remarks to her talk page and invites people to continue this non-productive discussion for yet another day. This behavior has predictable results: DeadSend4 posts an incredibly ill-considered remark on her talk page. (He then removes the worst part of the post when asked to do so.) So the take-away message to Crohnie: you over-reacted here when you solicited help from four different users, and made the editing environment here worse, not better, with your reaction to DeadSend4's behaviour. When someone apologises in the future, please grab that opportunity to graciously stop teh drama.
Doc9871, some of your actions have been helpful here, and some, not so much. I admire your intention to protect your friend from what you perceive as an attack, but your remarks were a little too judgemental and aggressive, and this fed the drama machine rather than shutting it down. The last exchange on your Talk shows that both you and DeadSend4 insist on having the last word. If he gets the last word, it doesn't mean he was right. If doesn't mean anything at all, in fact. You could just disengage. I do it all the time. Not so hard once you get the hang of it.
Opportunities to disengage:
Ok, behavioural changes for DeadSend4: People won't want to work with you if you seem demanding or needy. People don't like wholesale changes to the articles for no reason. Talk page discussion should not be "I'm going to make a wholesale re-write if no one objects". What you need to do is propose your changes, one at a time, and give a valid reason for your change. If you can't come up with a valid reason why your version is better than the old version, then don't change it. Don't even propose it. Take the time to learn a bit about the people you are collaborating with on articles. Look at Crohnie's edit history and you will see her actions are in a holding pattern right now of protecting a few favourite articles from vandals and participating in political discussions. That's all. It is obvious her health is precarious and you would be better off taking that into account when dealing with her, or at least demonstrating that you have taken the time to find out that fact. It would show that you care, and would lead to a more pleasant editing experience. Would you speak to an ill person this way in real life? Think about it. Refusing to walk away from the discussion and repeatedly posting on Doc's talk page was a form of trolling; your mocking laughing tone demonstrates that. There is not enough for a block at this time, but you're in a precarious situation here, and need to demonstrate that you are capable of improving the encyclopedia and of working well with others, or your time here will soon draw to a close. -- Diannaa ( Talk) 15:09, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
-- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 18:32, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh! Sorry I didn't notice the page being edited already. -- Commander (Ping Me) 17:06, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, please take notice of this. I'm sure you, never mind it doesn't matter, I'm leaving because you and others want me to. Have a nice life, -- CrohnieGal Talk 13:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that there are only four candidates this time, and since there's four positions, I think we need at least one more candidate. Perhaps we could keep the nominations open for an extra five days, along with keeping the voting period open. What do you think? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 00:54, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
With this, there are now only four candidates again. H3llkn0wz isn't interested and Lfstevens hasn't edited since last month. Do you just want to pull the plug on the elections now, since it doesn't look like we're going to get any more nominees? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 01:06, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Could you please restore a file you deleted on April 20? It is File:AeroMéxico Logo.svg, which was removed by an IP vandal user. The template was restored but not the image. Thank you so much. ۞ Tbhotch ™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 02:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I took that ORIGINAL digital photo myself from an ORIGINAL photo my father took (he was Keith's mechanic). It's totally original work and I said so when I uploaded it - why the delete?!? Please put it back! I went to some trouble to dig that photo up too... Grrr!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuneas ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the copy-edit on Super Meat Boy! -- Pres N 18:09, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the copyedit. It is very much appreciated. Moray An Par ( talk) 06:57, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for you efforts so far. I think I can go through the main body of the article with that in mind; however, I have an additional problem in the lead with regard to length. It is already pushing the acceptable limit, and I'm worried further explanation would make it too long. Since you're more experienced, is it possible you could have another look specifically at the lead? I've looked it at enough times myself to see what can removed, but it generally comes at the loss of simple sentence structure which is another problem. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 19:43, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
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I saw that you and other admins had taken down my changes on pankration. I wishing to know how edit the page with out getting marked as vandalism. Some of the current informtion up is misiformation propigated by modern Mixed martial artists to gain more crediblity and many of the sources they cite are baised and use pseudo historical information as fact, such as Shaolin creation myth and alexander the great possibly bring greek martial arts to india and then they assume that it went to china through buddhism(all these scenrios are high unlikely to any seriosu historian and athropologist). I've recently been in touch with member http://www.acta-archeo.com/html/4-11582-Nos-recherches.php to obtain a more accurate image of the ancient sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.187.148 ( talk) 03:31, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Can I atleast change that part where they try to claim similarity to modern MMA that has no physical evidence to back up, while the many pictoral evidence left by the greeks show in great detail how they fought. the archeological society i got my information from has this up their researched section in french
"The Greek pan, Pankration, and kratein, having the control, is a discipline of combat "total" that disappeared after the fall of the Roman Empire. Defined by Plutarch and Philostratus to the 2nd century as "an imperfect wrestling and boxing union", it is yet in its meaning ancient, defined and consists of a set of postures, techniques and rules specific and very different from what is today located in the so-called fighting in modern Pankration (UFC, Vale Tudo,...)."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7Zb3z8RQs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scGmiyvtAhA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.187.148 ( talk) 13:37, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hey, thanks for your fantastic copy-edit work on the article, I really do appreciate all that you have done! Take care and have a great day, AJona1992 ( talk) 21:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Out of interest, how would you have rated this effort? It was given a light copyediting but I believe that a deeper clean-up was warranted. I left a note to the effect on the editors talk. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:05, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
I believe this is an example of lazy and substandard copyediting. The editor basically only worked on one section, where proseline was converted into prose by removing the bullets and making minimal language to adapt. He also linked terms which were linked to in preceding sentences. The result is a mess which does not encourage reading. How ought I to deal with it? -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
I've done some more copyediting to Jagiri Lal Sareen and Bielefeld Opera. I suspect it's because of my pedantic nature. ;-) -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 08:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, I just copyedited Playa Salvaje on the todo list from September 2009. Quite by accident, I discovered two other articles Rosalinda y Primitivo and ¿Dónde está Elisa? which are identical bar the copyedit tag. My guess is that both Playa Salvaje and Rosalinda y Primitivo should be deleted, bearing in mind that Playa Salvaje now contains a copyedited version of what should be the ¿Dónde está Elisa? article. What do you think? ► Philg88 ◄ talk 01:29, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
If its possible could you give We R Who We R a quick copy edit, it shouldn't take too long the prose just needs improved slightly. Also, i dont know if you deal with MOS, but on its FA nom (which is in process) someone claimed WP:HYPHEN violation and im not sure how to correct it. If you could give it a look that'd be great =] Thanks in advance. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 23:25, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the copy edit. The article needed it. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 19:24, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the copy edit. Looks a lot more fluent now. -- Pass3456 ( talk) 19:51, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Helpful Userpage there, indeed. I signed up for the backlog drive after reviewing edit policies for these past two weeks. Not sure exactly what the next step is. Bard गीता 22:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update
Greetings from the
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May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to
talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the
Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit.
We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
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fyi, I actually meant to link to Barong... as a way of referring to Barong (mythology). 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 10:40, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
But I gotta be honest with you, your recent actions have been pretty inscrutable and if you wish to make changes here you are going about it the wrong way, in my opinion. Your current jackassery will not win you any friends or allies, so sorry. I think that the climate here actually can be changed if we go about it the right way. People do the drama because just hanging around improving the encyclopedia can be a little too much like doing homework. So they start treating it like a game. And they start acting the same way they do when they are driving their cars: all bully-like. Because they feel anonymous, and because there's no accountability. Not sure how to fix this, but I do know your present course won't help make a change. Actually I don't know that and will support you no matter which way you want to do it. :)
Someone has a colorful spreadsheet subpage about you; where is it, do you remember? -- Diannaa ( Talk) 15:38, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to see you are once again blocked for edit-warring to keep your post on a page. Was this removed as a personal attack, or vandalism, or what? Or was it removed because an IP posted it?
That's a righteous delete; it was about attack, about seeking to just evade G10, and about fostering a battleground mindset to the inclusion schism. Colonel Warden should be indef'd as the bad-faith warrior that he is and you should be de-sysop'd for your bad-faith support of such trolls. 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 06:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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Sorry I haven't replied but time restrictions have not allowed me much online time, most of which has gone to the UK article.
Thanks goodness I have finished the first run - lots of comments and a difficult article and as it is such a prominent article a lot of scrutiny was to be expected. Anyway my comments are here Talk:United_Kingdom#Copy_edit_May_2011
Hope all is well and maybe I can get back to some more normal editing over the next few days :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 05:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for copy-editing. It's now open for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Campus of University of the Philippines Los Baños/archive1. Moray An Par ( talk) 03:24, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with "Utah House of Representatives". Your edits were reverted, but now reinstated. There are many more of these, see Category:State legislative templates, almost all with gratuitous colouring. Frietjes ( talk) 15:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to copyediting and am getting acquainted with the manual of style I was hoping you could help me become a good copyeditor. Ryan Vesey ( talk) 17:38, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa,
Somebody posted this on my talk page:
Shared IP at the Peabody Orlando hotel. Would you kindly soft block? --
74.203.136.2 (
talk) 13:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Please can you decide if it's warranted.
Best,
► Philg88 ◄
talk 20:28, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
I think the copy editing guild page says you're available for mentoring. Will you mentor me in participating in the May copyediting effort? I'm an experienced proofreader, but have no editing experience other than my few blogs and a handful of minor(mostly grammatical)here at WP. I'd like to help in this current drive and support some "instant editor growth" during it with your aide. While the mentoring page says you are available I notice that you just agreed to another earlier today. I'm hip to the step-by-step and am reading it as and after this post. Thanks. Mckaywiii ( talk) 21:03,18 May 2011 (UTC)
...Thank you for undertaking the copyedit task on Scream. Darkwarriorblake ( talk) 20:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Dianaa,
The other day you repeatedly removed a list of the names of hundreds of winners of NVSL diving championships dating 2009 back to 1960. I did not upload that list. It had been on Wiki for years, placed there by an official of the league charged with the task on behalf of the league and the winners. I myself merely added ten names - the years 1960 and 1967 which had been inadvertantly omitted from the league's permanent record decades ago, and corrected some spellings. I have proof of those 1960 and 1967 results from local newspapers, articles published within days of the events, info I HAD intended to include as citations the following day. The article has never had citations, so I was not overly concerned about one more day's time passing without any.
I'm sure there will soon be many winners who'll not be thrilled to find their names inexplicably jettisoned by someone who considered the post an "invasion of privacy". And I've suddenly lost the appetite for contributing any more of what I know to Wiki. That's a shame, too, because after over 200 hours of research through microfilm of local and national newspapers from 1945-70, and interviews of more than seventy former participants from those years, I probably know more about the early diving league than any other person. Now, rather than be accused in the future af actions I did not commit, I'd rather just wash my hands of Wiki and concentrate on self-publishing my findings.
~~Inatlast~~ Arlington, Virginia, USA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inatlast ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the recent Starbureiy family of hoaxes. bobrayner ( talk) 21:04, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Seeing as you're a member of the GOCE, I was wondering if you would like to give Moonrise (Warriors) a copyedit, as has been recommended in its GA review. Bramble claw x 23:54, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey :> I know there's a huge backlog over there and all that, but if I asked the most respected admin I know for his advice on how to get it reviewed it wouldn't be "jumping in line" or "canvassing" would it? He's as likely to fail it as pass it, and certainly might not even take on the case himself. He's a very good content creator and very neutral - should I ask for his help? This article's got so many references and I'm obviously the #1 pusher for GA over there. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks... Doc talk 03:28, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. I started investigating and then blocked before I saw your comment. The IP in question had removed some vandalism warnings from their talk page, so it was not just a 3RR warning. They were also previously editing disruptively from another IP that also received a warning. Please feel free to let me know if you disagree with my block, though. Thanks! Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 15:22, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa! Just in case you won't see it, I've raised an issue with the italicization you introduced at {{ lang-el}}, explained at the talk page :). Best regards, Constantine ✍ 21:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for copyediting another of my GA-candidates. Much appreciated! Also, if you don't mind, could you leave some feedback on a list I've nominated for FL-status? Thanks! Crystal Clear x3 05:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
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@FAC, and needs ce help. ;) 125.162.150.88 ( talk) 15:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Re. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive697#"Future wrestling"
I know you said you'd keep an eye on this,
Just to keep you aware;
Chzz ► 20:46, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The same user has recreated a PROD-deleted article, today; I've listed it at AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KOK Europe GP 2011 in Lublin. I don't know the best action to take; possibly a warning, but I can see a competence block on the horizon. I won't warn them myself - it already looks a bit like I'm 'victimising' them, because I've PROD/AfD'd several of their creations - although, I hope, appropriately. Please advise. (No rush on this though; hope you're having a nice break). Cheers, Chzz ► 00:21, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Saw the list, liked it, stole it! lol - click my smiley :¬) (back after Grand Prix) Chaosdruid ( talk) 12:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Sven Manguard Wha? 07:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm The Train Enthusiast, a newbie here on Wikipedia. I was patrolling Recent Changes when I noticed your edit to a page that had to do with the guild of copyers (something like that, can't remember the exact name). What does the guild do, and what are their backlog drives for? TheTrainEnthusiast ( talk) 00:18, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh dear, looks you did the same as me lol, luckily mine was only changing my watch :¬)
"30 days hath September, April, June and November..."
Hope you had a good weekend, I love the Ninja Diannaa moniker - imagining you in all-black running around silently copyediting posters and public notices without anyone spotting you made me laugh... Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:35, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I have been trying to update my stats since 23:50 but oould not due to server access errors.
I have logged in on the secure server now, but cannot dump my edits to the last article as the pages will not load on the normal server. If I quit Firefox I will lose all my edits!!! :¬(
I have just updated my stats, but need to update the table as well, 13x 5k and 91,648 total words.
Bloody computers! I have my hammer at the ready! Chaosdruid ( talk) 00:25, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Well, I managed two (I think I did them correctly?) and then a req editor posted his replies to my copyedit notes on my talk page so I have to deal with that before bed...
Red House, one of my fav Jimi tracks :¬) Edinburgh? I thought you were a Canuck? (don't take that the wrong way, Frasier was a hero of mine - no not that simpering psychoanalyst, the mountie lol - as well as a close friend being Dene, 1/2 Chipewyan/ 1/2 Dogrib, from Yellowknife) Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:01, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Hmm I may have responded too strongly to the editor, must be off to bed now as it is past 04:30 - dawn is here and the sun is nearly up again lol, g'night, I will continue where you leave off when I awaken... Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:42, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I was just trawling through the stats, came to Master of Mayhem and checked the last two articles - as they were over 2000 words each.
I have penalised again and removed the articles to the top "not done" section. The diffs are [4] and [5].
The first is obviously not complete, the second one is particularly notable as Utahraptor had just done an extensive copyedit a couple of days beforehand [6].
That also begs the question, why did UR not update their drive page totals? (and should we do it for them?) - It had a copyedit needed tag on it, UR ce'd it, but there is only one article in their stats ?!?
As you are the most experienced I will let you work out that one :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 13:56, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi. My username is Timeinabottle8615. I am new to wikipedia. I cannot thank you enough for your recent edits to The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. I am trying to clean it up but have been having a tough time getting things right. Again, thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timeinabottle8615 ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, Diannaa! I'm here because I wanted to point out that I'm not listed with the participants who copyedited a 10K article, here, but I copyedited a 10K article during the May 2011 Guild of Copyeditor's backlog elimination drive; Early Earth Federation mobile suits in the Gundam universe. I listed myself in the leaderboard at 5th place under the 5K articles category because I had read that a 10K article counts towards that category as two 5Ks. Anyway, the article, as per an AfD discussion, has been redirected to a similar article on its topic, but if an article that was copyedited but later redirected still counts, do I also get a 10K barnstar? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 22:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
The newsletter seems fine to me.
I have left a note on The Utahraptor's talk page to clarify if they definitely do not want credit for the article we discussed above.
Hope you are getting some relaxation in before getting stuck into the Wikification drive! Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. Hope you're well. I was wondering if you could do a copy-edit on this. I know I'm doing a lot of Simpson articles recently, and I hope I'm not causing you any nuisance. Novice7 ( talk) 10:49, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Right! I'll have to fix the reference to the Yellow Gold Rolex Datejust. Working on that this weekend. Have another question, too. I hope it will take only a little of your time. A page on which you made some edits recently ( The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection) has been nominated for deletion, but I can't understand why. Is there any way you could take a look at it, and possibly either discern why user ttonyb (talk) says it should be deleted, or if possible, point me to someone with a lot more experience than this user that can shed light on the page. Help! :) Timeinabottle8615 ( talk) 20:52, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I got one other message regarding a block notice...but no block. I always place the block first before I place the notice. I'm nurgling around during some downtime here at work and we're having a problem with one of the routers. It's causing all sorts of weird reactions, including false virus alerts. Thanks for letting me know. PMDrive1061 ( talk) 22:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report
Greetings from the
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May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating!
There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.
During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started.
The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), Tea with toast ( Talk), Chaosdruid ( talk), and Torchiest ( talk). |
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Revdel requested for recent IP edits (vandalism) at Edward Norton, naming a private person and providing enough location information to allow identification. Appears to be standard adolescent pranking intended to embarrass the target. Thanks. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 14:57, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Diannaa! I stumbled upon your user page while doing some work for the Wikification drive. I notice that you're a member of WikiProject Military History, so maybe you can answer a question for me. I was about to Wikify Radiation Training when I grew suspicious of its content. It doesn't reference any outside sources, and when I Googled it to see whether it really is what the article says it is, I found no related results. I did click the external link in the article, which is only a blog. Have you ever heard of "radiation training" (not to be confused with radiation safety training) or encountered it in other military articles you've edited? I'm a new user, so I don't want to overstep my boundaries and tag it for deletion if it really is legitimate and just unreferenced. I do, however, suspect that the whole article is just original research. What do you think about it? Armadillopteryx ( talk) 04:41, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Dianna,
Just had a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2011/Barnstars. Just for the record, Kingdom of Galicia was 10,643 words. Cheers, -- jjron ( talk) 13:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Hope you had a good weekend as well - mine turned a bit sour on me lol, we had work problems which meant I spent 14 hours driving around England on Saturday ferrying staff around and then had to spend another 3 hours on Sunday which messed my whole internet weekend up, as I had a visitor for most of the rest of the day. I have got today off though to make up :¬)
I think that's all the bstars done and I have removed my votes (DOH! *blushes*) from the elections page.
Are you standing for the lead-coordinator role? If not, I am afraid I am going to have to add that you are (and put several votes in there!) Chaosdruid ( talk) 14:24, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Is the Guild going to have another coordinator election soon? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 16:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I got the cc lic, & ul it to commons~ К3вину ( RSVP) ( What) 16:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Diannaa, I noticed that you manually added a tab for the July 2011 Backlog elimination drive to every single GOCE page. Wouldn't it be easier if we made the tab bar into its own Guild subpage (kind of like this page) and just updated that so it wouldn't be so tedious to update the tab bar? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 22:49, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I have created the page here, and have tagged all relevant pages. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 13:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
DeadSend4 ( talk · contribs) has multiple issues, including harassment of Crohnie ( talk · contribs), WP:OWN, WP:COMPETENCE, probable WP:SOCK and pretty blatant trolling. Do I need to take this to AN/I for "enlightenment", or would you just be a dear and address this issue as an administrator? I would appreciate your input on this matter. Cheers :> Doc talk 05:43, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
There is not enough for a block here right now. That's the short story. Though DeadSend4 will probably not last on this wiki as they seem temperamentally unsuited. I looked through a lot of the diffs for the block they received in April and they are not one of the people who get it. And the edits to the Cate Blanchett article are not improvements; they are the opposite of improvements. But I am not gonna edit there so I can remain available to help admin-wise if needed. Ok. Now I am going to fearlessly wander into TLDR territory here, and give you three an analysis of the recent events and what could have been done differerently to avoid or minimise the drama.
DeadSend4 returns to the wiki after a months absence and posts on Crohnie's talk demanding that she fulfill a promise to collaborate on the Blanchett article. But when he begins to actually edit the article, it becomes apparent that what he has in mind is a full re-write. The article does not actually need a full re-write and doing one when it is not needed will actually not be a helpful thing to do. People don't like wholesale changes. What you need to do here, is if you have further sourced information, add that to the article along with your sources and leave the rest alone.
DeadSend4, a quick look at Crohnie's edit history in the last six weeks or so would have showed you she is not actually doing intense work on articles at this time. Crohnie did not collaborate with other editors on the Blanchett article or any other article during the last six weeks so the notion that you are intentionally being excluded from ongoing discussions is untrue. (It is also untrue that she was somehow responsible for your block.) Your whole approach here was wrong; you come across as demanding and needy, and people are not going to want to work with you on articles if you exhibit these unpleasant traits, so sorry.
When Crohnie sees the posts by DeadSend4 she responds, but she also reports the post to several other users. This leads to a bunch of drama on several different talk pages. DeadSend4 apologised at one point, but rather than accepting the apology and getting on with writing an encyclopedia, Crohnie copies the remarks to her talk page and invites people to continue this non-productive discussion for yet another day. This behavior has predictable results: DeadSend4 posts an incredibly ill-considered remark on her talk page. (He then removes the worst part of the post when asked to do so.) So the take-away message to Crohnie: you over-reacted here when you solicited help from four different users, and made the editing environment here worse, not better, with your reaction to DeadSend4's behaviour. When someone apologises in the future, please grab that opportunity to graciously stop teh drama.
Doc9871, some of your actions have been helpful here, and some, not so much. I admire your intention to protect your friend from what you perceive as an attack, but your remarks were a little too judgemental and aggressive, and this fed the drama machine rather than shutting it down. The last exchange on your Talk shows that both you and DeadSend4 insist on having the last word. If he gets the last word, it doesn't mean he was right. If doesn't mean anything at all, in fact. You could just disengage. I do it all the time. Not so hard once you get the hang of it.
Opportunities to disengage:
Ok, behavioural changes for DeadSend4: People won't want to work with you if you seem demanding or needy. People don't like wholesale changes to the articles for no reason. Talk page discussion should not be "I'm going to make a wholesale re-write if no one objects". What you need to do is propose your changes, one at a time, and give a valid reason for your change. If you can't come up with a valid reason why your version is better than the old version, then don't change it. Don't even propose it. Take the time to learn a bit about the people you are collaborating with on articles. Look at Crohnie's edit history and you will see her actions are in a holding pattern right now of protecting a few favourite articles from vandals and participating in political discussions. That's all. It is obvious her health is precarious and you would be better off taking that into account when dealing with her, or at least demonstrating that you have taken the time to find out that fact. It would show that you care, and would lead to a more pleasant editing experience. Would you speak to an ill person this way in real life? Think about it. Refusing to walk away from the discussion and repeatedly posting on Doc's talk page was a form of trolling; your mocking laughing tone demonstrates that. There is not enough for a block at this time, but you're in a precarious situation here, and need to demonstrate that you are capable of improving the encyclopedia and of working well with others, or your time here will soon draw to a close. -- Diannaa ( Talk) 15:09, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
-- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 18:32, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh! Sorry I didn't notice the page being edited already. -- Commander (Ping Me) 17:06, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, please take notice of this. I'm sure you, never mind it doesn't matter, I'm leaving because you and others want me to. Have a nice life, -- CrohnieGal Talk 13:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that there are only four candidates this time, and since there's four positions, I think we need at least one more candidate. Perhaps we could keep the nominations open for an extra five days, along with keeping the voting period open. What do you think? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 00:54, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
With this, there are now only four candidates again. H3llkn0wz isn't interested and Lfstevens hasn't edited since last month. Do you just want to pull the plug on the elections now, since it doesn't look like we're going to get any more nominees? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 01:06, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Could you please restore a file you deleted on April 20? It is File:AeroMéxico Logo.svg, which was removed by an IP vandal user. The template was restored but not the image. Thank you so much. ۞ Tbhotch ™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 02:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I took that ORIGINAL digital photo myself from an ORIGINAL photo my father took (he was Keith's mechanic). It's totally original work and I said so when I uploaded it - why the delete?!? Please put it back! I went to some trouble to dig that photo up too... Grrr!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuneas ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the copy-edit on Super Meat Boy! -- Pres N 18:09, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the copyedit. It is very much appreciated. Moray An Par ( talk) 06:57, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for you efforts so far. I think I can go through the main body of the article with that in mind; however, I have an additional problem in the lead with regard to length. It is already pushing the acceptable limit, and I'm worried further explanation would make it too long. Since you're more experienced, is it possible you could have another look specifically at the lead? I've looked it at enough times myself to see what can removed, but it generally comes at the loss of simple sentence structure which is another problem. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 19:43, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
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I saw that you and other admins had taken down my changes on pankration. I wishing to know how edit the page with out getting marked as vandalism. Some of the current informtion up is misiformation propigated by modern Mixed martial artists to gain more crediblity and many of the sources they cite are baised and use pseudo historical information as fact, such as Shaolin creation myth and alexander the great possibly bring greek martial arts to india and then they assume that it went to china through buddhism(all these scenrios are high unlikely to any seriosu historian and athropologist). I've recently been in touch with member http://www.acta-archeo.com/html/4-11582-Nos-recherches.php to obtain a more accurate image of the ancient sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.187.148 ( talk) 03:31, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Can I atleast change that part where they try to claim similarity to modern MMA that has no physical evidence to back up, while the many pictoral evidence left by the greeks show in great detail how they fought. the archeological society i got my information from has this up their researched section in french
"The Greek pan, Pankration, and kratein, having the control, is a discipline of combat "total" that disappeared after the fall of the Roman Empire. Defined by Plutarch and Philostratus to the 2nd century as "an imperfect wrestling and boxing union", it is yet in its meaning ancient, defined and consists of a set of postures, techniques and rules specific and very different from what is today located in the so-called fighting in modern Pankration (UFC, Vale Tudo,...)."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7Zb3z8RQs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scGmiyvtAhA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.187.148 ( talk) 13:37, 20 June 2011 (UTC)