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Hi Utahraptor, just wondered if you saw my comment at T:TDYK about Sulphurdale. I saw you're away for a few days so there's no problem if you can't sort it for a few days but I thought it would make an interesting hook. Hope you have a good new year! SmartSE ( talk) 12:42, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
[1] [2] Hello. When you pass articles, you also need to list them at an appropriate sub page of WP:GA. Gimmetoo ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
For beating me to reverting Vandalism on HJ Mitchell's userpage, grrr. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 02:43, 31 December 2010 (UTC) |
Season's Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
![]() 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 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast. |
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hitmixes (2nd nomination) Contribute to the discussion, please!-- Blackjacks101 ( talk) 22:27, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sulphurdale, Utah, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 02:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
It's several hours late, but the year is still new, so happy 2011!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 09:44, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
You mentioned that the word count script does not work under the vector skin on Wayne Slam's talk page. However, It works just fine for me under vector skin. "Page size" appears under the "Toolbox" drop-down menu on the sidebar. (Just remember to restart FireFox ;)
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Reaper Eternal (
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-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
I have decided to copy edit the Double layer (biospecific) article. The next one is the Fryer (surname) article. The next is the Core four article. After that the next is the Babayaga dj article. The next one is the Dynamic strain aging article. The following is the Microsoft Office 365 article. After that is the Subfluvial tunnel ESPO and Lena River. WAYNE SLAM 01:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know (since your comment at Talk:Norhill, Houston/GA1 is a little confusing) that articles are considered orphans if they have no links coming in from other articles, not because they don't have many links going out. That article is an orphan as it is not currently linked to by any other. Anyway, both of those things (links going out and coming in) are easily fixable. It's perhaps not fair to list them as reasons for quick-failing an article. I completely agree with you that the article is not at GA standard, but if you're not going to do a full review, it's probably best to only point out major failings of the GA criteria. (Especially for new editors who might not really know how GA works. :) ) -- Beloved Freak 02:11, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey mate, I just now noticed that you had provided a review for Halo: Reach at Talk:Halo: Reach/GA1. My apologies for missing it, I'll be getting on making changes this week. Thanks for the review. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 18:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I reviewed the DYK nomination for John Graham (racing driver). The article depends extensively on an unreliable source which is the same one used to cite the hook. This makes it a poorly referenced BLP. While I don't think it's acceptable as is, I don't think it would take long to fix given the right sources. -- Pnm ( talk) 23:43, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
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Lear's
Fool has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
Once more, thanks for your support and kind words, Utahraptor, they went some way to making this week (actually 12 days, but who's counting?) easier. -- Lear's Fool 02:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. If you do not want to recieve a monthly message please put an * before your name on the members page.-- Kumioko ( talk) 05:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind looking over my copy Editing of Soul, it was basic and far from perfect, I just want to know what else I should have done. Thanks. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 16:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
— Spike Toronto 23:49, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor,
I'm working on a story for the Deseret News on Wikipedia's tenth anniversary. I'd like to feature your contributions to Wikipedia and your plans to celebrate at NYPD pizza in an story to be published this Friday or Saturday. Please let me know if you're interested at 801-309-7542. We can discuss protecting your identity in the article when you call.
All the best,
Spencer Garn Reporter, Deseret News 801-309-7542 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.147.141.10 ( talk) 00:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks, I've created the page as requested. Regards, Giant Snowman 17:37, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I don't like essays because they can be created by just one user and then that user can point to them during discussion, causing it to appear that it is a consensus. For example, a user can see keep/delete (afd) support/oppose (rfa) per (the user's own essay). I believe Wikipedia is a community, and as such discussions, policies, etc should have community involvement and consensus from the community, not just one user creating an essay, and then using it as a reason to support their position on issues. CTJF83 chat 19:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
You get this for taking so much time to go over my copy edit, I really appreciate the help, keep up the good work. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 21:40, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts? has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
--Happy Wikipedia day! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please vote here? Thanks. Rodrigo15 ( talk) 01:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Isn't it bad luck to toast someone with a half-full glass? <grin> -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:27, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Perseus, Son
of Zeus has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
-- Perseus, Son of Zeus 18:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
All the problems according to GreatOrangePumpkin have been solved. Rodrigo15 ( talk) 22:53, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I want to run for adminship and be a better DYKer. WAYNE SLAM 20:59, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions, guys! WAYNE SLAM 15:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the
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January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. ![]()
![]() So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't 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 haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can
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We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), The Utahraptor Talk to me, and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Hello! I have fixed the article according to you GA review. Thank you. — My December ( talk) 05:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
You asked the other day about this, so here's a list:
All of them are about non-places, but they are still Utah-related. :) ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look here and please put your name if you are interested. Jivesh • Talk2Me 19:16, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to see you are "temporarily not editing as much as usual slash have lost interest in wikipedia". I'll miss your name in my watchlist....and thanks for the Barnstar :P. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 02:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
yes( Curiouscorey ( talk) 16:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC))
Hello!
Yes please, I would like to be an admin. I think it only fair though that I should tell you that I won't be on Wikipedia this weekend, funeral to attend. Just in case it makes any difference :) -- 5 albert square ( talk) 23:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm planning on going for a third RfA in February (my second RfA was in August), but I'd like some advice from other Wikipedians before I make a third one. Do you think that it has a chance of succeeding, and do you have any suggestions for what I can do to improve its chances of succeeding? -- Slon02 ( talk) 01:26, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Can somebody realign the links to my archives so they're aligned to the right instead of to the left? Thanks, The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 22:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping me before, but now there's no table of contents. Is there any way it can be restored? Also, is there a way to make the archive box smaller? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 00:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Utahraptor. I've done a few more copy edits, including a longer article (as you suggested). Have you had a chance to look at them? If so, do you have any comments? So far, I've edited Machine embroidery (not 100% happy with the result, but it's better than it was), Internal passport, and International Shotokan Karate Federation. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. Thanks! Yourstruly42 ( talk) 16:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you changed from retired to semi-retired. Are you really back? -- Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 16:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
-- HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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The Cleanup Barnstar | |
This barnstar is awarded to The Utahraptor for copy editing articles totalling over 12,000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa ( Talk) 18:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC) |
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Back in November last year, you copy-edited the Loaded article prior to me nominating it for good article status. It was finally reviewed and passed today: Talk:Loaded (band)/GA1. Still waiting for Velvet Revolver to be reviewed. HrZ ( talk) 15:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Seem to have come into a dispute over Velvet Revolvers lead sentence amongs other issues. Started a discussion on the talk page. Don't want to turn it into an edit war which wouldn't help the articles chances of GA status. Is it possible you could give your opinion on the matter? Thanks. HrZ 14:28, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive
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If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( talk), The Utahraptor ( talk), and Tea with toast ( talk) |
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I'm working on a master's class project in Environmental Economics, as part of the WikiProject United States - Public Policy. I was looking through the mentor list, and remembered when I was a kid I read a book told from a utahraptor's point of view, so I figured you must be pretty cool... I'm mostly looking for editing to make sure what I add in/edit makes sense, as I've found that often enough what I say doesn't... thanks Bkmertz ( talk) 03:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi
I think that I have made a little woopsie lol
For some reason (probably due to a page update without me refreshing) when I clicked on the links on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests it was giving me the link above the ones I was clicking on. As a result I have just double copyedited The_Heroes_of_Olympus - I was half watching Revenge of the Sith while I was starting the edits and the battle scene got the better of me, which is I suppose why I did not notice it was the wrong page - DOH!
If you feel I have over edited it (as I do not know what state it was in when you started on it) - feel free to undo my changes!
I have refreshed the page now and am starting on the one I should have done, as well as pausing the film :¬)
Sorry about that Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:11, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a new member of WP:AOW. I've noticed that the stub templates have been proposed for rename ... no problem, but the stub categories have also been nominated for deletion. Could I get your help to oppose the category deletions (here: Wikipedia:Stub_types_for_deletion/Log/2011/February/15) -- Hutcher ( talk) 17:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.
Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!
If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 20:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Just thought I would inform you that Velvet Revolver has now achieved good article status! =) HrZ ( talk) 13:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Votes are needed on the Thomas Jefferson talk page, (1st section) Gwillhickers ( talk) 02:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care... Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi - there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what I was actually proposing here - hopefully my latest comments have explained things a bit better - could you have a second look, please? Grutness... wha? 23:38, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
March 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
![]() So far, 79 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 64 have participated. Interest is high due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page, and many new and first-time copy editors have joined us for the drive. If you signed up for the drive but haven't 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 haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the
Requests page. We have assisted in the promotion of seven articles to
Good article status so far this month.
We have already achieved our target of reducing the overall backlog by 10%; however, we have more work to do with the 2009 backlog. We have almost eliminated May 2009 and we only have some 700 articles left from 2009. It is excellent progress, so let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!
The Utahraptor Talk to me has decided to step down from his position as project coordinator due to real-life issues. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk) and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{ The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Thanks! -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Sure and it's my pleasure - always happy to be of help. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 02:38, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor! I'm trying to find mentors for each of the groups in the Energy Economics and Policy course. Would you be willing to mentor this group (actually, just a group of one)? If so, please sign up on the course page and introduce yourself to the student. If not, let me know so I can find someone else. Thanks!-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 14:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events.
![]() There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.
Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% 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 April drive has started.
On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid ( talk) and Torchiest ( talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk) and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Hey Raptor, I finally got around to creating the Desert Lake article we talked about three or four months ago. When (if!) you ever get a break from real life, see what you can add. Seems I also recall that your birthday was in March, so I hope that you had a great one! GreenGlass (talk) 21:54, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
The April 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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![]() | On 10 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article West Weber, Utah, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the land at West Weber, Utah, was reported in 1903 to have a reputation as one of the poorest soils between the Great Salt Lake and Ogden? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
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Is there a chance you could copy-edit the James A. Garfield article? There is a plan to submit for a good article review. Your help is needed, valued, and appreciated. Cmguy777 ( talk) 17:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Utahraptor. Diannaa has edited the James A. Garfield article, however, another editor is always welcome. Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:11, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 09:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
The May 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Hi The Utahraptor/Archive 3,
Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated!
Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 17:15, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor, I was wondering if you wrote the Fielding Garr Ranch article yet? OldWestHistorian ( talk) 21:07, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
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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You might like to comment here. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:29, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! This is the last call for signing on for a Wikipedia Ambassador hooded sweatshirt (in case you missed the earlier message in one of the program newsletters about it). If you would like one, please email me with your name, mailing address, and (US) sweatshirt size. We have a limited number left, so it will be first-come, first-served. (If more than one size would work for you, note that as well.)
Cheers, Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 19:43, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ambassador,
We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors.
WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk
Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You!
Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 20:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I know you are saying that you didn't complete the copyedit but the work you did may still count. Normally when an article is tagged for copyedit and the editing is only in part of it, the editor takes the word count of the parts they edited. If the tag was at the top of the article and one only edited the first half the word count would be a word count on the first half instead of the whole article word count.
Please can you respond at User_talk:Diannaa#MofM_and_The_Utahraptor to say whether or not you still wish to remain uncredited.
Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 14:21, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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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Hi Utahraptor,
How are you? I found you on the mentor page for Copy Editors. I can imagine you are usually really busy. I am a newbie to Wikipedia and wrote an article. I was wondering if you could give me your quick feedback on the article. No need to dedicate a month to it like the mentor program I read as I don't want to take too much of your time on a subject that you probably are not interested in. But if you could check it out, that would be great.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mtstaffa/GALA_Group
Thanks very much for your feedback. Mtstaffa ( talk) 10:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your detailed message!!! Mtstaffa ( talk) 14:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Every user's contributions, no matter how small, all make a big difference in Wikipedia. So don't consider yourself a "small contributor", because there's no such thing as a small contributor. No matter how many contributions you make, and no matter what type of contributions you make, you will always make a big difference. Nice work, by the way. I'm glad to have assisted you. If there's anything else I can do for you, you know where to find me. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 13:12, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Make sure you follow this link, as it goes to a different discussion I would like your input on. ;) Thanks -- Diannaa ( Talk) 23:51, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The June 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
![]() Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today. |
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And now you know why I opposed. I would have been much more harsh than SandyGeorgia. He was a little kid who had no reason to be an admin. However, it's worse than that. I figured someone would figure it all out. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 18:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
{{ helpme}} How can I align my userbox display to the left? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:34, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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I have to go to an out-of-town event on the Canada Day long weekend. Since my travel day is June 30 I will be unable to launch the drive and close off the election (if we don't close if off early). Would you be able to do these things? You would have to be available more or less exactly at 23:59 UTC on the 30th of June. I will be on an airplane at that time. Please check your schedule and let me know if you can do it or not. Thank you. -- Diannaa ( talk) 01:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Wiknik this weekend if you're interested. Looks like Pioneer Park farmers' market. Nijonjoe, Useight, and some others will be there. GreenGlass (talk) 04:36, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
It was recently suggested that WikiProject American Old West might be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. I have started a discussion on the projects talk page soliciting the opinions of the members of the project if this project would be interested in being supported by WikiProject United States. Please feel free to comment on your opinions about this suggestion. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:38, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Hope you have a nice holiday and return refreshed :¬)
Silver reef looks great, like a Sergio Leone film set! - though the goings on I have seen on TV from a town called Eureka would make me wary of going there lol Chaosdruid ( talk) 20:14, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi
An unusual and interesting problem has arisen: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators#Aichikawa_-_May_drive_totals_edited_today Chaosdruid ( talk) 02:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you are on the mentorship list and was wandering if you could mentor me as far as copy editing is concerned. I copyedited my first article a few days ago and, reading through it today, I don't think I did as good a job on it as I could have done (even though, as yet, there have been no real problems highlighted except for a little mishap over some dates which was quickly reverted). Thanks in advance -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 22:34, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Chaosdruid ( talk) 12:16, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback. I will go through the article again with those points in mind. One thing I forgot to ask about was that users were adding new information to the article, despite the copy edit tag I left at the top. How would I deal with that when copy editing. -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 16:31, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I believe I have finished the majority of the points you made with one exception. I am still confused about the tone of the article and how that should be changed, even after reading the link you sent me on the subject. Any helpful pointers would be appreciated so that I can finish going over it. -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 21:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 01:01, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Thanks for the reminder, you just make sure you have a good time and refresh those batteries before returning :¬)
I am going to do some checking of the drive articles tommorrow, though I might give Diannaa's the first look - 190 articles! (and that's before she puts today's list in...) Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Utahraptor. I hope you are having a great trip. I have made a first draft of a mid-drive newsletter and it is available here for further work. If you have time to check it over that would be great. Thanks. -- Diannaa ( talk) 17:21, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive update
![]() Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
July 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
So far, 45 people have signed up for the drive, of which 30 are actively participating, a very high participation rate. 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.
Progress has been less than that needed to meet our target for the drive (which would reduce the backlog by about 400 articles). Remember though, if everyone copy edits one or two articles every day, we will easily meet our goal. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. Reducing the number of articles on this list has been a major success of this drive. Thanks for participating! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters |
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Good job on the new Silver Reef pictures. With a bit of elbow grease and spit polish, I think this article may be good enough for FA. Cheers! NielsenGW ( talk) 19:59, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
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The Photographer's Barnstar |
For your photographic contributions to Silver Reef, Utah. SMasters ( talk) 03:00, 22 July 2011 (UTC) |
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Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 |
Hi Utahraptor, just wondered if you saw my comment at T:TDYK about Sulphurdale. I saw you're away for a few days so there's no problem if you can't sort it for a few days but I thought it would make an interesting hook. Hope you have a good new year! SmartSE ( talk) 12:42, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
[1] [2] Hello. When you pass articles, you also need to list them at an appropriate sub page of WP:GA. Gimmetoo ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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For beating me to reverting Vandalism on HJ Mitchell's userpage, grrr. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 02:43, 31 December 2010 (UTC) |
Season's Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
![]() 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 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast. |
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hitmixes (2nd nomination) Contribute to the discussion, please!-- Blackjacks101 ( talk) 22:27, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sulphurdale, Utah, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 02:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
It's several hours late, but the year is still new, so happy 2011!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 09:44, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
You mentioned that the word count script does not work under the vector skin on Wayne Slam's talk page. However, It works just fine for me under vector skin. "Page size" appears under the "Toolbox" drop-down menu on the sidebar. (Just remember to restart FireFox ;)
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Reaper Eternal (
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-- Kumioko ( talk) 20:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
I have decided to copy edit the Double layer (biospecific) article. The next one is the Fryer (surname) article. The next is the Core four article. After that the next is the Babayaga dj article. The next one is the Dynamic strain aging article. The following is the Microsoft Office 365 article. After that is the Subfluvial tunnel ESPO and Lena River. WAYNE SLAM 01:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know (since your comment at Talk:Norhill, Houston/GA1 is a little confusing) that articles are considered orphans if they have no links coming in from other articles, not because they don't have many links going out. That article is an orphan as it is not currently linked to by any other. Anyway, both of those things (links going out and coming in) are easily fixable. It's perhaps not fair to list them as reasons for quick-failing an article. I completely agree with you that the article is not at GA standard, but if you're not going to do a full review, it's probably best to only point out major failings of the GA criteria. (Especially for new editors who might not really know how GA works. :) ) -- Beloved Freak 02:11, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey mate, I just now noticed that you had provided a review for Halo: Reach at Talk:Halo: Reach/GA1. My apologies for missing it, I'll be getting on making changes this week. Thanks for the review. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 18:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I reviewed the DYK nomination for John Graham (racing driver). The article depends extensively on an unreliable source which is the same one used to cite the hook. This makes it a poorly referenced BLP. While I don't think it's acceptable as is, I don't think it would take long to fix given the right sources. -- Pnm ( talk) 23:43, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
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Lear's
Fool has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
Once more, thanks for your support and kind words, Utahraptor, they went some way to making this week (actually 12 days, but who's counting?) easier. -- Lear's Fool 02:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. If you do not want to recieve a monthly message please put an * before your name on the members page.-- Kumioko ( talk) 05:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind looking over my copy Editing of Soul, it was basic and far from perfect, I just want to know what else I should have done. Thanks. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 16:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
— Spike Toronto 23:49, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor,
I'm working on a story for the Deseret News on Wikipedia's tenth anniversary. I'd like to feature your contributions to Wikipedia and your plans to celebrate at NYPD pizza in an story to be published this Friday or Saturday. Please let me know if you're interested at 801-309-7542. We can discuss protecting your identity in the article when you call.
All the best,
Spencer Garn Reporter, Deseret News 801-309-7542 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.147.141.10 ( talk) 00:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks, I've created the page as requested. Regards, Giant Snowman 17:37, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I don't like essays because they can be created by just one user and then that user can point to them during discussion, causing it to appear that it is a consensus. For example, a user can see keep/delete (afd) support/oppose (rfa) per (the user's own essay). I believe Wikipedia is a community, and as such discussions, policies, etc should have community involvement and consensus from the community, not just one user creating an essay, and then using it as a reason to support their position on issues. CTJF83 chat 19:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
You get this for taking so much time to go over my copy edit, I really appreciate the help, keep up the good work. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 21:40, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
HJ Mitchell |
Penny for your thoughts? has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
--Happy Wikipedia day! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please vote here? Thanks. Rodrigo15 ( talk) 01:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Isn't it bad luck to toast someone with a half-full glass? <grin> -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:27, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Perseus, Son
of Zeus has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
-- Perseus, Son of Zeus 18:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
All the problems according to GreatOrangePumpkin have been solved. Rodrigo15 ( talk) 22:53, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I want to run for adminship and be a better DYKer. WAYNE SLAM 20:59, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions, guys! WAYNE SLAM 15:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. ![]()
![]() So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't 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 haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now.
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), The Utahraptor Talk to me, and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Hello! I have fixed the article according to you GA review. Thank you. — My December ( talk) 05:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
You asked the other day about this, so here's a list:
All of them are about non-places, but they are still Utah-related. :) ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look here and please put your name if you are interested. Jivesh • Talk2Me 19:16, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to see you are "temporarily not editing as much as usual slash have lost interest in wikipedia". I'll miss your name in my watchlist....and thanks for the Barnstar :P. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 02:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
yes( Curiouscorey ( talk) 16:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC))
Hello!
Yes please, I would like to be an admin. I think it only fair though that I should tell you that I won't be on Wikipedia this weekend, funeral to attend. Just in case it makes any difference :) -- 5 albert square ( talk) 23:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm planning on going for a third RfA in February (my second RfA was in August), but I'd like some advice from other Wikipedians before I make a third one. Do you think that it has a chance of succeeding, and do you have any suggestions for what I can do to improve its chances of succeeding? -- Slon02 ( talk) 01:26, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Can somebody realign the links to my archives so they're aligned to the right instead of to the left? Thanks, The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 22:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping me before, but now there's no table of contents. Is there any way it can be restored? Also, is there a way to make the archive box smaller? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 00:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Utahraptor. I've done a few more copy edits, including a longer article (as you suggested). Have you had a chance to look at them? If so, do you have any comments? So far, I've edited Machine embroidery (not 100% happy with the result, but it's better than it was), Internal passport, and International Shotokan Karate Federation. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. Thanks! Yourstruly42 ( talk) 16:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you changed from retired to semi-retired. Are you really back? -- Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 16:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
-- HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to The Utahraptor for copy editing articles totalling over 12,000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa ( Talk) 18:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC) |
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also:
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Back in November last year, you copy-edited the Loaded article prior to me nominating it for good article status. It was finally reviewed and passed today: Talk:Loaded (band)/GA1. Still waiting for Velvet Revolver to be reviewed. HrZ ( talk) 15:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Seem to have come into a dispute over Velvet Revolvers lead sentence amongs other issues. Started a discussion on the talk page. Don't want to turn it into an edit war which wouldn't help the articles chances of GA status. Is it possible you could give your opinion on the matter? Thanks. HrZ 14:28, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive
![]() Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( talk), The Utahraptor ( talk), and Tea with toast ( talk) |
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I'm working on a master's class project in Environmental Economics, as part of the WikiProject United States - Public Policy. I was looking through the mentor list, and remembered when I was a kid I read a book told from a utahraptor's point of view, so I figured you must be pretty cool... I'm mostly looking for editing to make sure what I add in/edit makes sense, as I've found that often enough what I say doesn't... thanks Bkmertz ( talk) 03:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi
I think that I have made a little woopsie lol
For some reason (probably due to a page update without me refreshing) when I clicked on the links on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests it was giving me the link above the ones I was clicking on. As a result I have just double copyedited The_Heroes_of_Olympus - I was half watching Revenge of the Sith while I was starting the edits and the battle scene got the better of me, which is I suppose why I did not notice it was the wrong page - DOH!
If you feel I have over edited it (as I do not know what state it was in when you started on it) - feel free to undo my changes!
I have refreshed the page now and am starting on the one I should have done, as well as pausing the film :¬)
Sorry about that Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:11, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a new member of WP:AOW. I've noticed that the stub templates have been proposed for rename ... no problem, but the stub categories have also been nominated for deletion. Could I get your help to oppose the category deletions (here: Wikipedia:Stub_types_for_deletion/Log/2011/February/15) -- Hutcher ( talk) 17:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.
Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!
If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 20:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Just thought I would inform you that Velvet Revolver has now achieved good article status! =) HrZ ( talk) 13:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Votes are needed on the Thomas Jefferson talk page, (1st section) Gwillhickers ( talk) 02:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care... Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi - there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what I was actually proposing here - hopefully my latest comments have explained things a bit better - could you have a second look, please? Grutness... wha? 23:38, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
March 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
![]() So far, 79 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 64 have participated. Interest is high due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page, and many new and first-time copy editors have joined us for the drive. If you signed up for the drive but haven't 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 haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the
Requests page. We have assisted in the promotion of seven articles to
Good article status so far this month.
We have already achieved our target of reducing the overall backlog by 10%; however, we have more work to do with the 2009 backlog. We have almost eliminated May 2009 and we only have some 700 articles left from 2009. It is excellent progress, so let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!
The Utahraptor Talk to me has decided to step down from his position as project coordinator due to real-life issues. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk) and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{ The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Thanks! -- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 18:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Sure and it's my pleasure - always happy to be of help. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 02:38, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor! I'm trying to find mentors for each of the groups in the Energy Economics and Policy course. Would you be willing to mentor this group (actually, just a group of one)? If so, please sign up on the course page and introduce yourself to the student. If not, let me know so I can find someone else. Thanks!-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 14:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events.
![]() There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.
Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% 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 April drive has started.
On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid ( talk) and Torchiest ( talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk) and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 14:39, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Raptor, I finally got around to creating the Desert Lake article we talked about three or four months ago. When (if!) you ever get a break from real life, see what you can add. Seems I also recall that your birthday was in March, so I hope that you had a great one! GreenGlass (talk) 21:54, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
The April 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Kumioko (
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![]() | On 10 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article West Weber, Utah, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the land at West Weber, Utah, was reported in 1903 to have a reputation as one of the poorest soils between the Great Salt Lake and Ogden? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
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Delivered by EdwardsBot ( talk) 16:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Is there a chance you could copy-edit the James A. Garfield article? There is a plan to submit for a good article review. Your help is needed, valued, and appreciated. Cmguy777 ( talk) 17:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Utahraptor. Diannaa has edited the James A. Garfield article, however, another editor is always welcome. Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:11, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 09:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
The May 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Kumioko (
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02:51, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi The Utahraptor/Archive 3,
Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated!
Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 17:15, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Utahraptor, I was wondering if you wrote the Fielding Garr Ranch article yet? OldWestHistorian ( talk) 21:07, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
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 |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:58, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
You might like to comment here. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:29, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! This is the last call for signing on for a Wikipedia Ambassador hooded sweatshirt (in case you missed the earlier message in one of the program newsletters about it). If you would like one, please email me with your name, mailing address, and (US) sweatshirt size. We have a limited number left, so it will be first-come, first-served. (If more than one size would work for you, note that as well.)
Cheers, Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 19:43, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ambassador,
We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors.
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Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You!
Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 20:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I know you are saying that you didn't complete the copyedit but the work you did may still count. Normally when an article is tagged for copyedit and the editing is only in part of it, the editor takes the word count of the parts they edited. If the tag was at the top of the article and one only edited the first half the word count would be a word count on the first half instead of the whole article word count.
Please can you respond at User_talk:Diannaa#MofM_and_The_Utahraptor to say whether or not you still wish to remain uncredited.
Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 14:21, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
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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Hi Utahraptor,
How are you? I found you on the mentor page for Copy Editors. I can imagine you are usually really busy. I am a newbie to Wikipedia and wrote an article. I was wondering if you could give me your quick feedback on the article. No need to dedicate a month to it like the mentor program I read as I don't want to take too much of your time on a subject that you probably are not interested in. But if you could check it out, that would be great.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mtstaffa/GALA_Group
Thanks very much for your feedback. Mtstaffa ( talk) 10:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your detailed message!!! Mtstaffa ( talk) 14:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Every user's contributions, no matter how small, all make a big difference in Wikipedia. So don't consider yourself a "small contributor", because there's no such thing as a small contributor. No matter how many contributions you make, and no matter what type of contributions you make, you will always make a big difference. Nice work, by the way. I'm glad to have assisted you. If there's anything else I can do for you, you know where to find me. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 13:12, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Make sure you follow this link, as it goes to a different discussion I would like your input on. ;) Thanks -- Diannaa ( Talk) 23:51, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
The June 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Kumioko (
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23:40, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
![]() Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today. |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 08:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
And now you know why I opposed. I would have been much more harsh than SandyGeorgia. He was a little kid who had no reason to be an admin. However, it's worse than that. I figured someone would figure it all out. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 18:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
{{ helpme}} How can I align my userbox display to the left? The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:34, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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I have to go to an out-of-town event on the Canada Day long weekend. Since my travel day is June 30 I will be unable to launch the drive and close off the election (if we don't close if off early). Would you be able to do these things? You would have to be available more or less exactly at 23:59 UTC on the 30th of June. I will be on an airplane at that time. Please check your schedule and let me know if you can do it or not. Thank you. -- Diannaa ( talk) 01:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Wiknik this weekend if you're interested. Looks like Pioneer Park farmers' market. Nijonjoe, Useight, and some others will be there. GreenGlass (talk) 04:36, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
It was recently suggested that WikiProject American Old West might be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. I have started a discussion on the projects talk page soliciting the opinions of the members of the project if this project would be interested in being supported by WikiProject United States. Please feel free to comment on your opinions about this suggestion. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:38, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Hope you have a nice holiday and return refreshed :¬)
Silver reef looks great, like a Sergio Leone film set! - though the goings on I have seen on TV from a town called Eureka would make me wary of going there lol Chaosdruid ( talk) 20:14, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi
An unusual and interesting problem has arisen: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators#Aichikawa_-_May_drive_totals_edited_today Chaosdruid ( talk) 02:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you are on the mentorship list and was wandering if you could mentor me as far as copy editing is concerned. I copyedited my first article a few days ago and, reading through it today, I don't think I did as good a job on it as I could have done (even though, as yet, there have been no real problems highlighted except for a little mishap over some dates which was quickly reverted). Thanks in advance -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 22:34, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Chaosdruid ( talk) 12:16, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback. I will go through the article again with those points in mind. One thing I forgot to ask about was that users were adding new information to the article, despite the copy edit tag I left at the top. How would I deal with that when copy editing. -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 16:31, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I believe I have finished the majority of the points you made with one exception. I am still confused about the tone of the article and how that should be changed, even after reading the link you sent me on the subject. Any helpful pointers would be appreciated so that I can finish going over it. -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 21:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 01:01, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Thanks for the reminder, you just make sure you have a good time and refresh those batteries before returning :¬)
I am going to do some checking of the drive articles tommorrow, though I might give Diannaa's the first look - 190 articles! (and that's before she puts today's list in...) Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Utahraptor. I hope you are having a great trip. I have made a first draft of a mid-drive newsletter and it is available here for further work. If you have time to check it over that would be great. Thanks. -- Diannaa ( talk) 17:21, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive update
![]() Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
July 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
So far, 45 people have signed up for the drive, of which 30 are actively participating, a very high participation rate. 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.
Progress has been less than that needed to meet our target for the drive (which would reduce the backlog by about 400 articles). Remember though, if everyone copy edits one or two articles every day, we will easily meet our goal. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. Reducing the number of articles on this list has been a major success of this drive. Thanks for participating! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 05:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Good job on the new Silver Reef pictures. With a bit of elbow grease and spit polish, I think this article may be good enough for FA. Cheers! NielsenGW ( talk) 19:59, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
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The Photographer's Barnstar |
For your photographic contributions to Silver Reef, Utah. SMasters ( talk) 03:00, 22 July 2011 (UTC) |