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Jonesey95 (
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Hey
User:Mechanic1c! Nice to know that you feel you can come to me for advice in the copyediting area, haha. Apologies for the long wait - I've been busy in real life today and finally settled down to raid in WoW and fix up Wikipedia.
The 'Working in Words' blog states that shutdown is the noun form, and the verb is to 'shut down', which makes the most sense grammatically, in my opinion. I've also checked my dictionary and it states the same - this is an issue I was unsure on. In terms of the capitalization of terms - I would stick with the rules for editing Wikipedia page titles - First should be capital unless it's a specific piece of literature or something of the sort that begins with a lower-case. However, in the case of the ones with full stops in the line, I would capitalize the first letter after the full stop. That said, I agree with your idea of using semicolons for separation, so no capitalization there would be needed. Thus, I agree with all your changes except the changing of shutdown to shut down - I would argue that it's not a verb in this case.
That was an unneeded long paragraph, but it's interesting that we have the same town name! I believe Andover, Hampshire is paired with the American variant, and also with a town in France. (citation needed ;P)
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June blitz bling
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Miniapolis 17:16, 28 June 2015 (UTC)reply
... and welcome aboard as coordinator! All the best,
Miniapolis 17:16, 28 June 2015 (UTC)reply
... for stalking my talk page. The Indian film editors generally want their articles copyedited yesterday :-), and like me you'll get good at gently (but firmly) saying "no". Often. All the best,
Miniapolis 15:10, 3 July 2015 (UTC)reply
This is why the GOCE need a time machine ;) Keira1996Keira1996 17:24, 3 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira1996, on 11:11, 21 July 2015 (UTC) you accepted a request made at the
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Miniapolis 20:58, 29 July 2015 (UTC)reply
As I'm about to say on both this talk page and the coordinators page, I'm going to be less active for about a month from now (there's court cases and whatnot going on and WP isn't really a priority for me atm). I'll do some work on the article whenever I get the chance, however. Thanks for the reminder.
31.52.117.237 (
talk) 19:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)reply
No problem. Since it's been on the list for a while, should we free it up for another editor with more time? All the best,
Miniapolis 22:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)reply
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WikiBreak over
Title explains it. I'm active again. God save you all. Keira1996Keira1996 10:04, 3 September 2015 (UTC)reply
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Miniapolis 18:56, 11 September 2015 (UTC)reply
Halfway through it in a word document. I'm slipping >.< (joking aside, real life has been pretty torturous lately and just haven't found the time to do the latter half. I'll get it done soon-ish hopefully)
Keira1996 08:54, 14 September 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira, I've accepted this article for copy-edit. I hope RL is treating you well and you'll be back soon. :-) Cheers,
Baffle gab1978 (
talk) 21:38, 1 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Thanks baffle. I'm hoping the same things, not looking up at the moment but I should be able to be here for a few hours a week at least.
Keira1996 12:59, 8 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira, it's good to see you back and active on Wikipedia and the GOCE again. I hope things are well with you.
Happy editng,
Baffle gab1978 (
talk) 23:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Thanks baffle. Getting better at least!
Keira1996 13:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC)reply
This is update is being done according to a request for comments on the
WikiProject Computer Security talk page.
Be sure to state your status at the User status section in the
WikiProject Computer Security talk page before the end of four weeks as this will state your status as inactive in the project if not done before then.
Hey I did not add this delete tag to the article, but noticed it and thought you might want to know as I would like to see the article saved. The deletion tag was added yesterday as a result of an ongoing deletion debate for the
One Love Party.
Hi Keira,
You have had a "working" tag for the above article on the
Guild of Copy Editors Requests page for over a month. Could you please either complete the copy edit or remove the working tag so that another editor can finish it? Thanks,
Tdslk (
talk) 22:36, 24 July 2017 (UTC)reply
As I mentioned on the coordinators talk page, I took a break from WP due to real life commitments. I intended to remove the working tag when I left, but completely forgot - since I still have the article tagged I'll resume work on it now, but had (falsely) assumed that someone else had taken the article and left it. Sorry!
Keira1996 04:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)reply
Thanks, Keira. Glad to see you back!
Tdslk (
talk) 23:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)reply
RfB oppose
Hope you don't mind me popping up here.
At the RfB, we have people opposing the candidate because he's too inflexible with policy and we don't want an automaton, and others opposing because he's too flexible and rides roughshod over consensus. You were good enough to support initially and have unsurprisingly been worried by the opposes. Can I ask you to look through a bit more of his contrib history (try a bunch of AfD closes, as they're the best way of assessing a candidate's attitude to consensus I can think of) and re-rethink?
Yes, that's fine. I supported initially due, indeed, to the first opinion you mentioned. I'm less worried about his "riding roughshod over consensus" as you put it, and more worried about his utter inflexibility even in the face of common sense and already established norms. Probably the most important role of a 'crat is to judge how strong a consensus is within a specific margin, and or that you need some modicum of flexibility. A !vote is quite literally a "not vote" - if we were counting democratically the job could be performed by a robot, or just by one person considering how rarely we have an RfA. My main issue really, though, is that there's a very disturbing voice slowly developing that if a request for de-sysop was begun, many people who are supporting his 'cratship would support that, and I'm uncomfortable supporting a candidate for even further rights who is "not suitable for admin" -
User:Iridescent's comment to this effect is, I have found, most illuminating. However, as requested, I will perform a more rigorous examination of the candidate's AfD closes and the like, and reconsider my !vote as the RfB draws to a close.
Keira1996 02:54, 28 July 2017 (UTC)reply
You reverted my edit, and left message on talk about giving explanation, but I gave explanation on entry's talk page (referenced in edit summary). New additions are not appropriate or balanced for article, and our of all proportion. Editor has admitted they were direct response to ongoing complaint made by mosque. Wiki entry is not the place to fight that battle.
2A02:C7F:C626:400:8C28:8FB6:8048:A337 (
talk) 05:59, 10 August 2017 (UTC)reply
This is well sourced information, albeit with too long a quote. Removal of sourced information from the article reeks of PoV pushing and attempting to censor. While I see your point about not giving
WP:UNDUE weight to it, blanking the content is not the path to go down.
Keira1996 09:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Are you still working on this one? It was requested at the beginning of June; you picked it up again at the beginning of August, but haven't made any edits for a week. All the best,
Miniapolis 13:40, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
I... In theory I'm still working on it, I've had very little motivation to, however, and basically knocked out a paragraph every so often for the past few weeks. I'll finish it by the end of the week; it's definitely not a good example to be setting. Sorry.
Keira1996 14:41, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
No problem; we all feel like that sometimes. I just didn't want to leave the requester hanging :-). All the best,
Miniapolis 23:24, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Microsoft is still at the top of the Requests page. How close are you to finishing? If not, we maybe could just remove it, since the requester has since "retired" in a fit of pique.
Tdslk (
talk) 01:33, 21 September 2017 (UTC)reply
User:Tdslk -- I see you've already removed it. I'll probably continue to potter in the article as I have been... I've been struggling through it slowly on occasion, I think about halfway through. Not a fun article to c/e at all (half the sections are "20 October x y z. 31 October a b c." and that's rather painful to rephrase while keeping info) and I very much lost motivation to do it. Wholly support removing the ugly stain from the requests page... Sorry!
Keira1996 12:06, 22 September 2017 (UTC)reply
I couldn't bear to step on these.Aye, gathered as much. I should probably edumacate m'self on SPI at some point -- I don't want to step on anyone's toes by blundering in. See your talk page, they've also popped up at Corinne's talk page.
Keira1996 12:55, 12 September 2017 (UTC)reply
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Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.
Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year.
March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017
Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.)
April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).
May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).
June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).
2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!
July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).
August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).
September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).
October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).
November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).
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The WoW-server project
Talk:Nostalrius might have to be reassessed, seeing there will be an official "Classic" version of WoW, and/or merged (seeing how highly-popular Elysium Project has become). Looked at Video Games WikiProject but the reassess list is outdated
Category:Wikipedia_video_game_articles_for_reassessment so no idea where to post for good visibility.
AufdieSocks (
talk) 11:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)reply
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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!
Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June.
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.
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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since
March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in
UTC.
Current events
Election time: Nomination of candidates in our
mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June.
GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them
here.
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'sMay News and Notes page.
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).
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.
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)
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.
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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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!
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.
*All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
our mailing list.
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) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
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.
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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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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UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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This barnstar is awarded to Keira1996 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words during the
GOCE May 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 03:25, 3 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Hey
User:Mechanic1c! Nice to know that you feel you can come to me for advice in the copyediting area, haha. Apologies for the long wait - I've been busy in real life today and finally settled down to raid in WoW and fix up Wikipedia.
The 'Working in Words' blog states that shutdown is the noun form, and the verb is to 'shut down', which makes the most sense grammatically, in my opinion. I've also checked my dictionary and it states the same - this is an issue I was unsure on. In terms of the capitalization of terms - I would stick with the rules for editing Wikipedia page titles - First should be capital unless it's a specific piece of literature or something of the sort that begins with a lower-case. However, in the case of the ones with full stops in the line, I would capitalize the first letter after the full stop. That said, I agree with your idea of using semicolons for separation, so no capitalization there would be needed. Thus, I agree with all your changes except the changing of shutdown to shut down - I would argue that it's not a verb in this case.
That was an unneeded long paragraph, but it's interesting that we have the same town name! I believe Andover, Hampshire is paired with the American variant, and also with a town in France. (citation needed ;P)
Keira1996 (
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June blitz bling
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Miniapolis 17:16, 28 June 2015 (UTC)reply
... and welcome aboard as coordinator! All the best,
Miniapolis 17:16, 28 June 2015 (UTC)reply
... for stalking my talk page. The Indian film editors generally want their articles copyedited yesterday :-), and like me you'll get good at gently (but firmly) saying "no". Often. All the best,
Miniapolis 15:10, 3 July 2015 (UTC)reply
This is why the GOCE need a time machine ;) Keira1996Keira1996 17:24, 3 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira1996, on 11:11, 21 July 2015 (UTC) you accepted a request made at the
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Miniapolis 20:58, 29 July 2015 (UTC)reply
As I'm about to say on both this talk page and the coordinators page, I'm going to be less active for about a month from now (there's court cases and whatnot going on and WP isn't really a priority for me atm). I'll do some work on the article whenever I get the chance, however. Thanks for the reminder.
31.52.117.237 (
talk) 19:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)reply
No problem. Since it's been on the list for a while, should we free it up for another editor with more time? All the best,
Miniapolis 22:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)reply
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WikiBreak over
Title explains it. I'm active again. God save you all. Keira1996Keira1996 10:04, 3 September 2015 (UTC)reply
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Miniapolis 18:56, 11 September 2015 (UTC)reply
Halfway through it in a word document. I'm slipping >.< (joking aside, real life has been pretty torturous lately and just haven't found the time to do the latter half. I'll get it done soon-ish hopefully)
Keira1996 08:54, 14 September 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira, I've accepted this article for copy-edit. I hope RL is treating you well and you'll be back soon. :-) Cheers,
Baffle gab1978 (
talk) 21:38, 1 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Thanks baffle. I'm hoping the same things, not looking up at the moment but I should be able to be here for a few hours a week at least.
Keira1996 12:59, 8 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Hi Keira, it's good to see you back and active on Wikipedia and the GOCE again. I hope things are well with you.
Happy editng,
Baffle gab1978 (
talk) 23:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Thanks baffle. Getting better at least!
Keira1996 13:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC)reply
This is update is being done according to a request for comments on the
WikiProject Computer Security talk page.
Be sure to state your status at the User status section in the
WikiProject Computer Security talk page before the end of four weeks as this will state your status as inactive in the project if not done before then.
Hey I did not add this delete tag to the article, but noticed it and thought you might want to know as I would like to see the article saved. The deletion tag was added yesterday as a result of an ongoing deletion debate for the
One Love Party.
Hi Keira,
You have had a "working" tag for the above article on the
Guild of Copy Editors Requests page for over a month. Could you please either complete the copy edit or remove the working tag so that another editor can finish it? Thanks,
Tdslk (
talk) 22:36, 24 July 2017 (UTC)reply
As I mentioned on the coordinators talk page, I took a break from WP due to real life commitments. I intended to remove the working tag when I left, but completely forgot - since I still have the article tagged I'll resume work on it now, but had (falsely) assumed that someone else had taken the article and left it. Sorry!
Keira1996 04:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)reply
Thanks, Keira. Glad to see you back!
Tdslk (
talk) 23:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)reply
RfB oppose
Hope you don't mind me popping up here.
At the RfB, we have people opposing the candidate because he's too inflexible with policy and we don't want an automaton, and others opposing because he's too flexible and rides roughshod over consensus. You were good enough to support initially and have unsurprisingly been worried by the opposes. Can I ask you to look through a bit more of his contrib history (try a bunch of AfD closes, as they're the best way of assessing a candidate's attitude to consensus I can think of) and re-rethink?
Yes, that's fine. I supported initially due, indeed, to the first opinion you mentioned. I'm less worried about his "riding roughshod over consensus" as you put it, and more worried about his utter inflexibility even in the face of common sense and already established norms. Probably the most important role of a 'crat is to judge how strong a consensus is within a specific margin, and or that you need some modicum of flexibility. A !vote is quite literally a "not vote" - if we were counting democratically the job could be performed by a robot, or just by one person considering how rarely we have an RfA. My main issue really, though, is that there's a very disturbing voice slowly developing that if a request for de-sysop was begun, many people who are supporting his 'cratship would support that, and I'm uncomfortable supporting a candidate for even further rights who is "not suitable for admin" -
User:Iridescent's comment to this effect is, I have found, most illuminating. However, as requested, I will perform a more rigorous examination of the candidate's AfD closes and the like, and reconsider my !vote as the RfB draws to a close.
Keira1996 02:54, 28 July 2017 (UTC)reply
You reverted my edit, and left message on talk about giving explanation, but I gave explanation on entry's talk page (referenced in edit summary). New additions are not appropriate or balanced for article, and our of all proportion. Editor has admitted they were direct response to ongoing complaint made by mosque. Wiki entry is not the place to fight that battle.
2A02:C7F:C626:400:8C28:8FB6:8048:A337 (
talk) 05:59, 10 August 2017 (UTC)reply
This is well sourced information, albeit with too long a quote. Removal of sourced information from the article reeks of PoV pushing and attempting to censor. While I see your point about not giving
WP:UNDUE weight to it, blanking the content is not the path to go down.
Keira1996 09:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Are you still working on this one? It was requested at the beginning of June; you picked it up again at the beginning of August, but haven't made any edits for a week. All the best,
Miniapolis 13:40, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
I... In theory I'm still working on it, I've had very little motivation to, however, and basically knocked out a paragraph every so often for the past few weeks. I'll finish it by the end of the week; it's definitely not a good example to be setting. Sorry.
Keira1996 14:41, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
No problem; we all feel like that sometimes. I just didn't want to leave the requester hanging :-). All the best,
Miniapolis 23:24, 30 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Microsoft is still at the top of the Requests page. How close are you to finishing? If not, we maybe could just remove it, since the requester has since "retired" in a fit of pique.
Tdslk (
talk) 01:33, 21 September 2017 (UTC)reply
User:Tdslk -- I see you've already removed it. I'll probably continue to potter in the article as I have been... I've been struggling through it slowly on occasion, I think about halfway through. Not a fun article to c/e at all (half the sections are "20 October x y z. 31 October a b c." and that's rather painful to rephrase while keeping info) and I very much lost motivation to do it. Wholly support removing the ugly stain from the requests page... Sorry!
Keira1996 12:06, 22 September 2017 (UTC)reply
I couldn't bear to step on these.Aye, gathered as much. I should probably edumacate m'self on SPI at some point -- I don't want to step on anyone's toes by blundering in. See your talk page, they've also popped up at Corinne's talk page.
Keira1996 12:55, 12 September 2017 (UTC)reply
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Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.
Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year.
March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017
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April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).
May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).
June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).
2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!
July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).
August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).
September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).
October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).
November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).
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The WoW-server project
Talk:Nostalrius might have to be reassessed, seeing there will be an official "Classic" version of WoW, and/or merged (seeing how highly-popular Elysium Project has become). Looked at Video Games WikiProject but the reassess list is outdated
Category:Wikipedia_video_game_articles_for_reassessment so no idea where to post for good visibility.
AufdieSocks (
talk) 11:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)reply
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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!
Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June.
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
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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since
March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in
UTC.
Current events
Election time: Nomination of candidates in our
mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June.
GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them
here.
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'sMay News and Notes page.
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).
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.
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)
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.
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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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!
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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our mailing list.
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) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
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.
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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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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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.
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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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.
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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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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