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October 2019 GOCE blitz bling

		The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Bobbychan193 for copy edits totaling over 15,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 11:02, 22 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Endorsements

Hey just a note that I'm not trying to belabor the disagreement from the list of endorsements page or throw you under a bus. I appreciate the "you removed 50k of stuff; maybe we should take that through first" perspective FWIW. :) The reason I'm bringing it up (more than once) at the RfC is because it's my most ready-to-hand example(s). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:34, 23 October 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Rhododendrites: No worries, I appreciate you taking the time to write up the RfC. It's usually just me and one other user ( Only699WordsToGo ( talk · contribs)) fighting the constant addition of non-endorsements, the vast majority of which come from tweets/social media. The influx was so high at one point that I even requested a one-week period of semi-protection in September. People have approached me asking about the criteria, and I've even received requests from other users to add endorsements. So if anything, I'm glad that we're doing a formal RfC to get community consensus on this.

I'm also glad to see that there is consensus on most of the criteria and nuances you've laid out. We essentially only disagree on one point. I appreciate that you're constructive and reasonable in your points. After the RfC closes (regardless of the outcome), we can work together to determine removals. Bobbychan193 ( talk) 19:47, 23 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Ross School of Business

Hello, Bobbychan193. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Ross School of Business at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:06, 27 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Hi Bobblychan, I've done as much with this article as I can; I've added cn and unreferenced templates where no refs were found, and I've reduced the puffery somewhat. I really should have removed all of the lists of names that are unreffed but as a c/e that's not my job. What I haven't done is bring it anywhere near GA standard, which I think will require substantial work. Regardless, I wish you good luck with your planned nom. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:06, 27 October 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Baffle gab1978: Thanks for the help. What do you think about splitting the alumni list into a separate article? It will take me quite some time to find citations for every alum. Bobbychan193 ( talk) 05:38, 27 October 2019 (UTC) reply

No worries; I think there's enough material to warrant a separate article for the alumni but the lack of references will be a problem. Yes, finding the refs will take time but it needs to be done before a GA nom. You can use references from the alumni's linked articles; just check it says he or she graduated from Ross School of Business then copy it over, leaving an acknowledgement in the edit summary—something like "CC-BY-SA: copied over reference from [article name]" will suffice. Names of people who can't be linked to the school through reliable sources should be removed, per WP:BLP. Thanks for taking on this article, good luck with developing it. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:09, 27 October 2019 (UTC) reply

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One-Punch Man

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article One-Punch Man has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

You'll note that I moved citations out of the lede and made sure the appropriate text appeared with them in the body of the text. I did not do anything with this sentence: "The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children's character Anpanman,[5] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi ("one punch").[6] I was unsure where this should go in the main article. In the lede it says there have been 20 tankōbon volumes published (no citation), in the Manga section it says there are 18. This will need to be clarified and possibly cited.

In the production section you'll see two "citation needed" and "dead link" tags. I went to check the citations out of curiosity and discovered they are now both dead links. When I checked the archived urls, I discovered that for some reason the Wayback Machine did not archive the citations even though it provided urls. New citations will have to be found for these statements.

Best of luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist ( talk) 22:05, 7 November 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Twofingered Typist: Thanks for the c/e and suggestions, TT. I haven't taken a closer look at the article yet, but your advice will be a great starting point. Bobbychan193 ( talk) 22:16, 7 November 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Bobbychan193: You're most welcome. Twofingered Typist ( talk) 22:22, 7 November 2019 (UTC) reply

Your GA nomination of Sun Yang

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Your GA nomination of Sun Yang

The article Sun Yang you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sun Yang for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lizzy150 -- Lizzy150 ( talk) 23:21, 18 November 2019 (UTC) reply

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November 2019 GOCE drive bling

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Bobbychan193 for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 04:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC) reply

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Bobbychan193 for copyediting 8 old articles during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 04:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC) reply

GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles.

October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests.

November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog.

Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles.

Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{ Done}}, {{ Withdrawn}} or {{ Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates.

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DYK for Sun Yang

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The Teamwork Barnstar

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		On behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors, I hereby award The Teamwork Barnstar to Bobbychan193 for initiating discussions which resulted in the creation of YiFeiBot to archive our Requests page, liaising between programmer Zhuyifei1999 and the GOCE throughout the approval process and trials. Your thoughtfulness helped make for a painless changeover, and is very much appreciated! Reidgreg ( talk) 22:52, 23 December 2019 (UTC) reply

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Annual Report

Hi Bobbychan, I'm working on the GOCE's 2019 Annual Report and I wondered whether you might like to contribute to a piece about the introduction of the REQ archiving bot. It might take the form of a straight piece of prose or a text interview with me. I'd also like to ask Zhuyifei1999 to contribute. Is this something you'd like to take part in? It's fine if you'd rather not! The report usually goes out in the last week of January. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:30, 27 December 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Baffle gab1978: Hey, sorry for the late reply, but I've been traveling and won't be active until 1/8. I can definitely help out with the report once I get back! Thanks. Bobbychan193 ( talk) 09:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC) reply

No worries; thanks for the reply. I hope you enjoy your travels, I'll think of a few questions to ask when you return. It's not a big deal but I think it would be nice to have something more than stats about drives and requests to send out. :) Happy New Year. and cheers, Baffle☿gab 15:14, 31 December 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Baffle gab1978: I'm back now. Feel free to ask away! Bobbychan193 ( talk) 06:30, 9 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Thanks; I'm sorry for the delay, my head has been elsewhere but I'll get something sorted out in the next couple of days. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:33, 10 January 2020 (UTC) reply

( ←) Hi again;here we go then.. :)

Q1: What prompted you to think about automating the Requests page?

A: I joined the GOCE around July 2019 and found the GOCE Requests page soon after. I copy edited quite a few requests, but I only archived like one or two myself before I got too lazy and gave up. I noticed that Baffle gab1978 and Twofingered Typist were doing most of the archiving. I felt bad that they were archiving pretty much all of the completed requests (not just the ones I completed, but requests other copy editors completed as well). The existing talk page archiving bots were what really got me thinking... "Wouldn't it be nice if the GOCE had their own lowercase sigmabot III?" I decided to reach out to Zhuyifei1999, an admin on Wikimedia Commons who also happens to be a good offline friend of mine. I knew he had a lot of coding experience, so I asked him to help create a bot to archive requests.

Q2: Were there any difficulties in setting up the archiving bot?

A: I think the overall process was pretty smooth. During the initial brainstorming process with GOCE coordinators and other community members, there were a few minor disagreements, but they were quickly resolved through constructive discussion. The bot approval process took a while, but was relatively straightforward. I wasn't really involved in the programming or technical side of the bot, so I can't really speak to how that aspect went. However, given that Zhuyifei1999 is a prolific coder, I imagine he probably did not encounter any major difficulties.

Q3: Are you happy with YiFeiBot 2? Any further thoughts?

A: Yes, I am very happy with how the bot turned out. It is very predictable and methodical. Depending on the situation, it can correctly detect multiple acronyms and credit multiple copy editors. The bot has an intentional one-day delay to allow GOCE members to double-check requests before the bot archives them. It can also handle a variety of edge cases and special situations; it can even delete the month header after all of a given month's requests are done. Overall, I think Zhuyifei1999 did an outstanding job, and I'm really glad that the bot can handle mundane archiving while GOCE members can focus on fun things, like copy editing! :)

Thanks for responding; I hope you don't mind if I elide or shorten your responses but I'll keep them as intact as possible. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:23, 11 January 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Baffle gab1978: It took a few days, but I've answered the questions. I'm assuming that my answers will be after a section explaining how the bot works, so I didn't explain some things (e.g. "acronyms"). Definitely feel free to adjust my answers as needed, and let me know if there's anything else I can do! Thanks. Bobbychan193 ( talk) 16:35, 13 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Yes, I've drafted a short paragraph there but I probably need to re-write it. Thanks for your answers and help, they'll add lots of interest to the report, which can be fairly 'dry' reading. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 07:15, 15 January 2020 (UTC) reply

( ←) Thank you for this; you can view the pasted interview at the Annual Report page; feel free to correct or amend anything if necessary, or let me know if you're unhappy with anything. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 09:09, 17 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Help request for Singer

Hi there, I am one of the contributors to the Singer articles but there are something I need you to help us monitor the articles for Singer since there are recent vandalism over false information, which i reflect below:

For I Am a Singer (Chinese TV series), the Seasons column should not have a third place name for the first two seasons ( Aska Yang and Shila Amzah are not third place finish, they were part of the finalists but that does not mean their finish is 3rd)
For Singer 2018 and Singer 2019, Li Xiaodong and Sam Lee (2018), and Zhang Xin and Angela Hui (2019), DO NOT HAVE their placements in the breakout rounds since they were eliminated earlier and their placements were neither shown on air or broadcast, or referenced.

I need your help and do not want any misinformation for these three articles; if any IP addresses or anyone add the placements (without a source), it will be treated as vandalism. The hidden text earlier inform the editors not to add the placements because it was unsourced, but lately there was an IP address edit who included the placement and vandalised it.
P.S. Also, I can't wait to help out Singer 2020 since its coming. Thanks ( 203.78.15.150 ( talk) 04:09, 28 December 2019 (UTC)) reply

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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!);
Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
Automated archiving of requests;
Membership news and results of elections;
Annual leaderboard;
Plans for 2020.

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GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!

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April–May 2020 GAN Backlog Drive

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Your GA nomination of One-Punch Man

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Million Award

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	For your contributions to bring One-Punch Man (estimated annual readership: 2,250,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg ( talk) 13:49, 6 June 2020 (UTC) reply

GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

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Current events

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June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.

Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.

Current and upcoming events

Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now.

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive.

October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz.

November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests.

Other news

Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above).

Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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December 2020

Hi Bobbychan193! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at The Queen's Gambit (miniseries) that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. CapnZapp ( talk) 21:48, 14 December 2020 (UTC) reply

Help with article on Supreme People's Procuratorate

Hello! I am an university student currently undertaking a course in Wikipedia writing. As part of my course, I have made significant additions to the Supreme People's Procuratorate article. I noticed that you are an experienced Wikipedian and a member of WikiProject: China, with skills in article improvement and copy editing. I just wanted to reach out and ask if you have a quick moment to take a look at my article and potentially help with re-assessing its quality. Thank you in advance and hope you have a lovely day! Frangipani13 ( talk) 00:39, 29 May 2021 (UTC) reply

@ Frangipani13: Thank you for reaching out! Apologies for the delay, and further apologies that I can't go super in depth on the review, but after a brief read, it seems that you did a really good job with the article! The structure is solid and makes the article easy to navigate, and it seems that you included many citations throughout, which is great.

One suggestion I have is to spread out the images across the article, and make sure that they are all under the "Politics of the People's Republic of China" template.

Best of luck with the course! Bobbychan193 ( talk) 17:26, 2 June 2021 (UTC) reply

@ Bobbychan193: Hi, thank you so much for taking the time to read my article! Thank you also for the great tips regarding the article's images- I'll make sure to implement your feedback. Hope you have a lovely day! Frangipani13 ( talk) 23:56, 2 June 2021 (UTC) reply

Please help me with my expanded article: Gourd mouth organ

Hello there, I'm currently working on expanding the article Gourd mouth organ as a part of my university unit. I can see that you are an expert in Chinese culture, can you please help me improve my article by giving any feedback, advice or assessment? Thank you very much! And hope you have a lovely day. Ryssian ( talk) 11:37, 31 May 2021 (UTC) reply

@ Ryssian: Thank you for the message; it is very flattering, but I wouldn't consider myself to be an expert by any means. In fact, I myself was still in university not too long ago :P

After a brief look, it seems that you expanded the article substantially. Great job!

I've done some light copy-editing in the lead section. If you want an experienced copy editor to make an in-depth copy edit of the article in its entirety, I highly recommend the requests page of the Guild of Copy Editors WikiProject. Grammar, flow, and tone are their specialty. (The requests page does have a bit of a backlog, so it might take a month or two for someone to get around to your request. But this is a helpful process for improving the article, especially if you eventually want to nominate it for a good article.)

I saw that another user, Jacqke, has responded on your talk page about the assessment. Seeing as they've also made several contributions to the page's history, I'm sure they'll be able to give you more in-depth insight.

Finally, best of luck with the unit and with university! :) Bobbychan193 ( talk) 17:12, 2 June 2021 (UTC) reply

Hi @ Bobbychan193: thank you so much for your suggestion and advice and also for your edition of the lead section! Ryssian ( talk) 05:44, 7 June 2021 (UTC) reply

GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

Current events

Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here.

June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

Drive and blitz reports

January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. ( full results)

February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. ( full results)

March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. ( full results)

April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. ( full results)

May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. ( full results)

Other news

Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg.

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.

Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{ cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive).

Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

Current and upcoming events

Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before " Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now!

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

Other news

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021.

Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators.

January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. ( details)

February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. ( details)

March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. ( details)

April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now!

Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo.

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I disclosed a conflict of interest and requested some edits regarding uncited content on a BLP here. However, the article history infers the page does not have any active watchlisters. I saw that you know English and Chinese, so I thought you might be willing to collaborate on it. He is a Chinese investor and a lot of the available source material is in Chinese. Phil2600 ( talk) 16:22, 29 November 2022 (UTC) reply

Hi Bobbychan193. Thanks so much for your prompt response regarding the uncited early life content on the Zhang Lei (investor) page. I was wondering if you would also be willing to look at the other changes I requested at Talk:Zhang_Lei_(investor)#Requested_Edits. Understand if you're busy with x-mas festivities. Phil2600 ( talk) 22:28, 27 December 2022 (UTC) reply

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 21:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC) reply

GAR Notice

Shanghai has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 00:56, 19 January 2023 (UTC) reply

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Our 2022 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Overview of Backlog-reduction progress
Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page
Membership news and results of elections
Closing words

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes.

Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo.

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Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen ( Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page.

Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself!

June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here.

August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Introduction
Membership news, obituary and election results
Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
Closing words

– Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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