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I noticed this request was made by an IPv6 anon editor who doesn't appear to have contributed to this large article. Short of putting it on hold, I've left a note on the request and directed comments here. It's possible one of the major contributors made the request while logged out; i note couple of IPv6 edits in the history. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
I don't wish to make a fuss but the archiving bot just (correctly) archived a done request but did not include article title in its edit summary. here. There's nothing out of the ordinary in the request's subsec. It did include it in the archive page ES here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
I was about to accept this request when I noticed the requester Shahoodu has since been indef-blocked as a sockpuppet account; see this SPI. I've placed the request on hold pending discussion here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
User who requested the edit reverted part of my CE and left a note on my talk page saying that they were concerned with the changes, specifically a typo in the name, and asked to pause the CE. I placed the request on hold, assuming that was the proper response (it may not have been, as I'm getting back into the Guild after about 6-7 years). In terms of my involvement with the CE, typos happen, which is why I tend to do a final pass after making broader changes. I explained this to the requesting party, and haven't yet received a response. I'm not thrilled with the reaction that I received, however, and think it may be better for a different editor to handle this one. Kncny11 ( talk) 19:18, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Kncny11, I don't blame you; sometimes requesters forget that we're volunteers. FWIW, I don't think that editor is a regular at GOCE/REQ. All the best, Mini apolis 20:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi fellow copy editors - Another editor at the help desk pointed out that "Institute" is misspelled 92 times as "Insititute". Here's the post. Wikipedia:Help_desk#Insititute_Institute_92. I confirmed and fixed one. The poster was directed to seek help at the language reference desk. I wonder if this is more a copy editor guild project, or perhaps could be a simple global search and replace bot for a programmer. Or is the guild more focused just on individual tagged articles? What's the best way to handle this? TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 19:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA declaration; text in this section moved from REQ here by me, Baffle☿gab 02:07, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Would like to take the article to FA (FAC). Needs some copyedits before it does though. The Ultimate Boss ( talk) 22:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
I was very tempted to put this request here on hold the other day because I think it needs a complete overhaul rather than a simple copy-edit. The requester points out it has a {{ essay-like}} template, and it's now also tagged with {{ rewrite lead}}. One has to draw a line between cleanup and copy-edit so I'm not sure what to do with this one! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Just a note that I removed a request from the same requester here and I've informed the editor on his or her talk page. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 07:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
When I went to continue my copyedit today, I discovered that it's been fully protected for two weeks due to edit warring; the walls of text on the TP were a sign of trouble in paradise. Although I can continue the copyedit, IMO it would be a waste of time. Tagged the TP with {{ GOCEreviewed}}, and pinged requester TeenAngels1234 and fellow edit-warrior FelipeFritschF. Suggest we decline. Stay well and all the best, Mini apolis 02:47, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
I've just WP:SNOW declined this request here; rejected draft in draftspace. Feel free to restore if inappropriate. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:50, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
I've just put the request for this article on hold; it has been nominated for deletion; see its AfD. Baffle☿gab 02:47, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
The article has since been moved to
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, but I've placed the request on hold as the requester,
AmericanRescuePlan2021, has been blocked after a CheckUser request. I'm inclined to procedurally decline. —
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I've just placed the request for this article on hold because much of its text unreferenced and subject to removal per WP:VERIFY. I note {{ citation needed}} tags from April 2019 and a {{ Rewrite}} template from the same month; and I've just added {{ Unreferenced-section}} templates where necessary. I also note the requester @ Gnominite: (courtesy ping) has not edited the article. Baffle☿gab 00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Thanks for your comments all; I've cleaned up the article and templated unreferenced sections as appropriate. Request declined. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:11, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
I ran List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia through Earwig which indicates anywhere from 47.6% to an 80.5% "similarity" to the cited websites, mostly those of UNESCO. It would appear the article will need to be completely rewritten. Am I wrong in thinking this is outside our remit and we should decline the copy edit? The problem appears to have been first spotted in 2014. I guess I'm willing "to yawn... over [a] large pile of words" if necessary, Twofingered Typist ( talk) 14:19, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
This part of North Sulawesi was undergone multiple geologic stages.). I think the proper thing to do is to reduce each description to a single sentence or phrase, and then do whatever WP does with revisions that contain copyvio text. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:48, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Bilorv removed the request for this article here because the requester is a blocked sockpuppet account. I've restored the request and Declined so it can be archived as normal. I'm not asking for comment here (but feel free if you wish); this post is for the record. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
We have a new editor, @ B.KaiEditor, who has recently gone through some of the requests on this page. While I applaud their enthusiasm, I am concerned that their copyedits do not meet certain status requirements like GA or FA. One of the requesters disagreed with some of the changes made, and revised it accordingly. B.KaiEditor, I recommend working on the backlog, which is less scrutinised. Please take your time when copyediting, and peruse the Manual of Style from time to time; a common issue I'm seeing is the use of logical quotation marks and not leaving quotes verbatim. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:06, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Note: I've de-templated the statuses of the requests so they don't get automatically archived before they've had a chance to be reviewed. I can help with that when April starts. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 07:07, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I'd suggest unless B.KaiEditor wants to revisit those articles, the requests under review are tagged with {{ Partly done}} so other editors can continue, and give B.KaiEditor joint c/e credit for the work the editor has done on them. The requests would need to be archived manually; I don't think the archiving bot can handle joint credits. I've re-threaded the above discussion, btw, feel free to correct it. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
I've put the request for the article Environmental racism in Europe on hold ( diff) ; copy-editor @ Buidhe: (courtesy ping) points out it is essay-like and non-neutral, and thus unsuitable for copy-editing. I agree and also note the requester @ Editoneer: (courtesy ping) has not edited the article. I suggest a decline without prejudice to relisting once these problems are fixed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 22:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Declined per above. Baffle☿gab 23:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Arbitration Committee
As another article Editoneer has requested to be copyedited, buidhe pointed out that the article
Looks unsuitable for copyediting; the cleanup tag is about more widespread issues than prose issues. Article also has other cleanup tags such as citation needed Requester has not edited the article, so I recommend putting on hold or declining. ( t · c) buidhe 22:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
I've put it on hold for now, but am leaning towards a decline. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 23:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Declined per above. Baffle☿gab 23:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
I was about to inform the requester
Gnominite of my acceptance of this request when I saw the account is blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet; see
this SPI. I've put the request on hold and suggest we decline per
WP:DENY. Also, the requesting account has not edited the article and the sockmaster
CuriousGolden only has one two. Cheers,
Baffle☿gab
01:25, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
I hope either Miniapolis or Bafflegab takes it after the former declined to c/e Christian ethics. -- Kailash29792 (talk) 05:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
I have a request. WIkicup 2nd round deadline is on 28th Apr, and to secure my spot for the next round, the only option I have is to promote this to GA. If possible please copyedit this. Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 08:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
I have submitted George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign for copy-editing. A user has already done a cursory copy editing ( see edit), but it was advised that there's still much more copy editing to be done. If possible please copyedit this for GAN. Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 05:16, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I had submitted a request for c/e of this article for future GAN, with emphasis on paraphrasing direct quotes wherever possible. It appears that an editor has copy-edited it yesterday but has not taken care of the issues raised. I'd really appreciate if another editor could take a look at it. Apologies for any inconvenience. Thank you. -- Ashley yoursmile! 11:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I've placed this request ( diff) on hold; the article is about an ongoing television series and the article is still being added to (unstable; in development). I suggest a decline until the series has ended and the article is ostensibly more complete and more stable. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:46, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
( ←) The same requester has just posted another c/e request for the same article. I'm going to put it on hold again. The show has apparently four weeks to run so it might stabilise after that. I'm not sure, however, keeping a request on hold at REQ for that long is a good idea. What do you think? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 17:54, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
With just about four weeks to the finale, I would need someone to help maintain or watch the article weekly to fix the grammar once the episode was released on every Thursday(emphasis added). If I were going to help copyedit the article, I would rather have a one-and-done deal rather than checking in every week. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Good evening,
I have been working on Lithuanian Crusade and I would like to request a review of my work from a more experienced GOCE member. This is my first "real" attempt at a Requests-page article. (There was one time many, many years ago that doesn't really count because I did such a poor job.) I also want to apologize to @ Wingedserif for taking so long. Jarmihi GOCE ( talk) 01:06, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi all; @ Buidhe: (courtesy ping) recently declined the requests for Island of San Simón ( diff) and Manuel Lezama Leguizamón Sagarminaga ( diff), without bringing the issue here for discussion. I didn't spot this because I've been away from REQ for a bit. The requester CommanderWaterford (CW) has recently been banned from Wikipedia for copyright violations (see that editor's user page) but I'm unsure these pages were part of that problem. I'm raising this here because although we've agreed in the past to decline requests from indef-blocked sockpuppet / sockmaster accounts and non-contributing IP editors (example above), this seems like a new thing to me. I'm not arguing the requests should be honoured and I won't revert the archiving bot but I'd have liked to see the matter discussed here first; CW was a fairly regular requester here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:32, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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( ←) I've now finished my cleanup of Manuel Lezama Leguizamón Sagarminaga, converted the extended refs to {{ efn}} format and fixed up some of the grammar, spelling etc. There doesn't appear to be a copyvio problem with this one. The request can now be archived as needed. Thanks to everyone for your comments here. I'll formally decline it in 24 hours from my timestamp in no-one else wants to do so. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:37, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Just wondering: is the "two requests at a time" limit enforced, or is it one of those customs more honored in the breach than in the observance? I'm just curious because I see that one editor has nine separate requests currently pending. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 21:13, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
I currently have two articles in waiting list ( Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign from 21 May and Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign from 27 May) I wish to interchange the positions of both articles, so that Ronald Reagan's article is considered for copy-editing before Jimmy Carter's. Will that be fine, and are there any rules related to it? Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 14:36, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
The requestor, an IP address, has had the edits they made to the article in February reverted for various reasons. (See talk page where an attempt was made to discuss them.) The few edits made at the end of April were reverted with the comment "misguided Brazillian". I suggest declining this request. This individual appears to be a nuisance with an agenda. Twofingered Typist ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Only a matter of time before a WP:NOTHERE indef. In the meantime, WP:DFTT. All the best, Mini apolis 12:54, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Okay, so this is going to be the first time I'm proposing this, but I think we should decline any further requests from this user with prejudice, as this is starting to look more and more like a waste of copyeditors' time. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:31, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
The requester ( Nincompoopian) has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet. Sounds like a procedural decline to me. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:28, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Done. I've gone ahead and
declined it. —
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18:38, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
user:epicsnek has just started the copyedit of sustainable energy, which I hope to nominate for FA. While I'm always grateful for help, I had hoped for a more experienced copyeditor intricately familiar with our manual of style. Coordinators: could this be set to unreviewed? Thanks! FemkeMilene ( talk) 06:47, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Correcting ping: User:TheEpicSnek FemkeMilene ( talk) 06:52, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
User:Femkemilene
Although I am quite familiar with the matter of sustainable energy and have already partially copy writed the page. I see that it may seem that I am inexperienced and you would prefer someone of more experience to copy edit.
Hence I set the request to Unreviewed. Thanks EpicSnek Talk to me here 07:18, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Is there a good reason why the "submit a request" button is configured not to leave an edit summary? This makes it impossible to see at a glance in the page history what pages have been nominated. Also, it has terrible consequences for those of us with a fetish for edit summary usage. — Kusma ( talk) 22:43, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
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mw:Extension:InputBox. It'd be easy enough to give it the same default summary for every use (assuming this is allowable for new sections) but customizing it to automatically include the section header (article submitted) is something I'm not sure about. Feel free to sandbox it if you have an idea. At present, any additional edits to that section will list the section name (article title) in the edit summary on the history page, and these are also linked on the archive pages. –
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13:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)I have had a preliminary look at this article. I checked one citation (#19) which was in an unusual location and discovered that some of its text was reproduced verbatim (and uncited so CopyVio doesn't pick it up) within the section. At first glance, there appears to be a lot of work involved in editing this article anyway. Now every citation will need to be checked to rule out plagiarism within the text, and the article needs to be cited properly. This strikes me as a complete rewrite job, not a copy edit, and perhaps should be declined. What do others think? Twofingered Typist ( talk) 13:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
With no further input from Lord Belbury, I'm going to go ahead and decline this, as checking sources to determine copyvios goes beyond the GOCE's intended purpose. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 11:08, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
A message from one of your coordinators: I have noticed recently that there are sometimes objections or comments by GOCE editors when a requester does not have a significant edit history in a requested article. My sense is that there has been a bit of a de facto expansion of our decline criteria, and I would like to explore, neutrally, without casting any aspersions, whether there is consensus that a requester should have a significant edit history with a requested article.
Our instructions say: No request by an unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP has done significant work on the article. Drive-by IP requests already on the list may be declined by any editor.
My impression is that GOCE editors have been interpreting or remembering/misremembering this to read No request by an
Or maybe there has been a discussion that I do not remember, and the instructions have not been updated.
unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP editor has done significant work on the article.
What is the sense of GOCE request editors, and GOCE coordinators past and present, on this instruction, and whether it should apply to registered editors? If there has been a discussion already, please link to it so as to jog my memory. I will reserve my opinion until later, so as not to bias the responses in advance. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 16:18, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I'm the person who highlighted the lack of editing history from two requesters at the Requests page, and yes I must have mis-remembered that IP-centric restriction. My point was that if someone notices some poorly written text in an article but has no intention of doing any further work on it, that person should tag it with {{ copy edit}} rather than bring it to REQ, which has a specified purpose rather than being a general cleanup board. Most of Wikipedia (>6,000,000 articles) could probably use a copy-edit but we can't do everything. I should stop doing coordinator tasks since I'm no longer a coordinator! I'm sorry for the trouble; I've struck my comments. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 10:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
The request has been up since May and had been copy edited by
Leoseliv, who marked it as "partly done" and left
a section at the talk page talking about questions they had. Taking a quick look at the article it looks mostly alright, though §Differences between novel and screenplay may have a few voice issues remaining (i.e., differentiating what is said by Jenkins and what is in Wikipedia's voice).
@
Magical Blas: Is there anything in particular that you're still hoping to see in terms of copy editing, or would it be fine to mark the request as complete? —
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←) Done; sorry for the delay. Thanks for fixing my balls-ups Dhtwiki, I'm out of practice. I guess you can close this section now. Cheers,
Baffle☿gab
03:14, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
I didn't want to intercede here but I've put Zhiar Ali On hold because it's being discussed at AfD. TT has also noted the AfD on REQ. There it is, anyway. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone, Flora Kaai Hayes is a request from an indefinitely banned editor. I suggest that we decline the request, especially given the state of the backlog. Speaking of which, would a coordinator like to reach out with a friendly reminder to the editors who have been working on the last two June articles for over a week? Cheers, Tdslk ( talk) 20:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
Requesting some copy edit support @ newly added article section #2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault.
Thanks for the support
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 11:34, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
It's a new section, couple of months to stabilize. I suppose we need to make request there for bit stabilized content. That I will do after couple of months. As of now I am looking for just first level primary copy edit. Thanks anyways Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 16:17, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
@ Baffle gab1978: Thanks for your copy edit support. I suppose mostly there would not be much doubts about notability of the incidence so I did update Draft:2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault so as per your suggestion we can have a short summary and a hatnote linking to Draft:2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault @ the article Minar-e-Pakistan. I think we would afford some space for Women related Wikipedia projects to be involved in respect to how much summary would be relevant in the article Minar-e-Pakistan. Warm regards
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 11:46, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
What Magical Blas seems to want is a GAR, not a copyedit. Suggest we decline; I dropped them a note on their talk page. All the best, Mini apolis 22:54, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
The requester, Amir Ghandi, has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet but is appealing his block. What do other coordinators think about this request? — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Hope you're right, although it sounds like they knew they were evading a block. Mini apolis 01:35, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
Note: It seems that Baffle gab has already declined those two articles and had them archived. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:48, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Didn't notice that the requester had requested another article ( Khosrow Mirza) further down, so I'll mark that as on hold as well. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:39, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
There is also a third article ( Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi) even further down requested by the same user, so I'm thinking of declining that one as a breach of our instructions. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:43, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA; text in this section is copied from the Requests page [3]. Baffle☿gab 00:35, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I recently wrote
Feetloaf (and expect it to be on DYK for Haloween). I'm having trouble finding a better way to phrase Using a small handsaw instead of a knife, and a quarter-size sheet pan mimicing a laboratory tray was offered as a serving suggestion
. The problem is, there's two things (the saw and the sheet pan), but since they're a single composite suggestion, I used the singular "was offered". Technically, I think that's correct, but it's clumsy. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to make that flow better. --
RoySmith
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15:22, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
"The use of a small handsaw, instead of a knife, was suggested; a quarter-size sheet pan (mimicking a laboratory tray) was offered as a serving suggestion"sound? (I think "mimicking" is spelled with a k.) In future, {{ Copy edit inline}} is useful for requesting a tweak. All the best, Mini apolis 15:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm doing a GA review of Squatting in the Czech Republic. The author uses the word "evicted" in a way I'm not familiar with, but I'm not 100% sure it's wrong. Is it OK to say, "The building was evicted"? I had suggested either "The occupants were evicted" or "The building was cleared", but maybe it's correct the way it is? -- RoySmith (talk) 13:15, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, I've just struck two requests here and here. Feel free to review and revert if needed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:12, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Today, I heard the sad news about User:Twofingered Typist :-( We were in the middle of a conversation. I would greatly appreciate it if another member of guild would answer my questions: User_talk:4nn1l2#Ayşegül_Coşkun. Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 10:15, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
She told the Akşam Daily that because she is a Gemini, she felt herself a different person every day she woke up and that was why her works were so different from each other., I believe the emphasized verbs are correct. She told the newspaper in the past about something that continues into the present ("is a Gemini"; "was" would have to be explained further). Dhtwiki ( talk) 11:51, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Titles of shorter works should be enclosed in double quotation marks ("text like this"). It particularly applies to works that exist as a smaller part of a larger work.If you want a definitive answer, your best bet is Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Titles. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 16:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
She told the Akşam Daily that because she is a Gemini, sheI intentionally excluded the last verb, because I think she can't predict the future. Sorry if I come across pedantic. I'm really baffled by verb tenses in English. I always have doubts which tense is best to use. Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 01:14, 30 November 2021 (UTC)feltfeels herself a different person every day shewokewakes up and thatwasis why her works were so different from each other.
I noticed this request was added with a {{ Partly done}} template that seemed to have been added in error here. After checking the requester actually wanted a c/e, I left a message at the talk page here. I got no reply but removed the template. The requester has now been checkuser hard-blocked for incompetence and trolling, see here, so I've put this request on hold and suggest we decline it. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:45, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
( ←) c/e done and tags removed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:05, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi all; I've abandoned my attempted c/e of Yuko Ichihara because I found the text too confusing to fully understand. I hope someone else will do a better job than I can. It's quite a word salad in places. I'm sorry. Baffle☿gab 23:14, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
The requester for Crew resource management, NightWolf1223, has been blocked under claims of sockpuppetry. Shall we procedurally decline the request? — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:24, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
( ←) The requester's account has been unblocked after an appeal to the ArbCom. See the block log. Should the request be restored? Baffle☿gab 04:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
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I noticed this request was made by an IPv6 anon editor who doesn't appear to have contributed to this large article. Short of putting it on hold, I've left a note on the request and directed comments here. It's possible one of the major contributors made the request while logged out; i note couple of IPv6 edits in the history. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
I don't wish to make a fuss but the archiving bot just (correctly) archived a done request but did not include article title in its edit summary. here. There's nothing out of the ordinary in the request's subsec. It did include it in the archive page ES here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
I was about to accept this request when I noticed the requester Shahoodu has since been indef-blocked as a sockpuppet account; see this SPI. I've placed the request on hold pending discussion here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
User who requested the edit reverted part of my CE and left a note on my talk page saying that they were concerned with the changes, specifically a typo in the name, and asked to pause the CE. I placed the request on hold, assuming that was the proper response (it may not have been, as I'm getting back into the Guild after about 6-7 years). In terms of my involvement with the CE, typos happen, which is why I tend to do a final pass after making broader changes. I explained this to the requesting party, and haven't yet received a response. I'm not thrilled with the reaction that I received, however, and think it may be better for a different editor to handle this one. Kncny11 ( talk) 19:18, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Kncny11, I don't blame you; sometimes requesters forget that we're volunteers. FWIW, I don't think that editor is a regular at GOCE/REQ. All the best, Mini apolis 20:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi fellow copy editors - Another editor at the help desk pointed out that "Institute" is misspelled 92 times as "Insititute". Here's the post. Wikipedia:Help_desk#Insititute_Institute_92. I confirmed and fixed one. The poster was directed to seek help at the language reference desk. I wonder if this is more a copy editor guild project, or perhaps could be a simple global search and replace bot for a programmer. Or is the guild more focused just on individual tagged articles? What's the best way to handle this? TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 19:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA declaration; text in this section moved from REQ here by me, Baffle☿gab 02:07, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Would like to take the article to FA (FAC). Needs some copyedits before it does though. The Ultimate Boss ( talk) 22:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
I was very tempted to put this request here on hold the other day because I think it needs a complete overhaul rather than a simple copy-edit. The requester points out it has a {{ essay-like}} template, and it's now also tagged with {{ rewrite lead}}. One has to draw a line between cleanup and copy-edit so I'm not sure what to do with this one! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Just a note that I removed a request from the same requester here and I've informed the editor on his or her talk page. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 07:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
When I went to continue my copyedit today, I discovered that it's been fully protected for two weeks due to edit warring; the walls of text on the TP were a sign of trouble in paradise. Although I can continue the copyedit, IMO it would be a waste of time. Tagged the TP with {{ GOCEreviewed}}, and pinged requester TeenAngels1234 and fellow edit-warrior FelipeFritschF. Suggest we decline. Stay well and all the best, Mini apolis 02:47, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
I've just WP:SNOW declined this request here; rejected draft in draftspace. Feel free to restore if inappropriate. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:50, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
I've just put the request for this article on hold; it has been nominated for deletion; see its AfD. Baffle☿gab 02:47, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
The article has since been moved to
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, but I've placed the request on hold as the requester,
AmericanRescuePlan2021, has been blocked after a CheckUser request. I'm inclined to procedurally decline. —
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I've just placed the request for this article on hold because much of its text unreferenced and subject to removal per WP:VERIFY. I note {{ citation needed}} tags from April 2019 and a {{ Rewrite}} template from the same month; and I've just added {{ Unreferenced-section}} templates where necessary. I also note the requester @ Gnominite: (courtesy ping) has not edited the article. Baffle☿gab 00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Thanks for your comments all; I've cleaned up the article and templated unreferenced sections as appropriate. Request declined. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:11, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
I ran List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia through Earwig which indicates anywhere from 47.6% to an 80.5% "similarity" to the cited websites, mostly those of UNESCO. It would appear the article will need to be completely rewritten. Am I wrong in thinking this is outside our remit and we should decline the copy edit? The problem appears to have been first spotted in 2014. I guess I'm willing "to yawn... over [a] large pile of words" if necessary, Twofingered Typist ( talk) 14:19, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
This part of North Sulawesi was undergone multiple geologic stages.). I think the proper thing to do is to reduce each description to a single sentence or phrase, and then do whatever WP does with revisions that contain copyvio text. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:48, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Bilorv removed the request for this article here because the requester is a blocked sockpuppet account. I've restored the request and Declined so it can be archived as normal. I'm not asking for comment here (but feel free if you wish); this post is for the record. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
We have a new editor, @ B.KaiEditor, who has recently gone through some of the requests on this page. While I applaud their enthusiasm, I am concerned that their copyedits do not meet certain status requirements like GA or FA. One of the requesters disagreed with some of the changes made, and revised it accordingly. B.KaiEditor, I recommend working on the backlog, which is less scrutinised. Please take your time when copyediting, and peruse the Manual of Style from time to time; a common issue I'm seeing is the use of logical quotation marks and not leaving quotes verbatim. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:06, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Note: I've de-templated the statuses of the requests so they don't get automatically archived before they've had a chance to be reviewed. I can help with that when April starts. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 07:07, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I'd suggest unless B.KaiEditor wants to revisit those articles, the requests under review are tagged with {{ Partly done}} so other editors can continue, and give B.KaiEditor joint c/e credit for the work the editor has done on them. The requests would need to be archived manually; I don't think the archiving bot can handle joint credits. I've re-threaded the above discussion, btw, feel free to correct it. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
I've put the request for the article Environmental racism in Europe on hold ( diff) ; copy-editor @ Buidhe: (courtesy ping) points out it is essay-like and non-neutral, and thus unsuitable for copy-editing. I agree and also note the requester @ Editoneer: (courtesy ping) has not edited the article. I suggest a decline without prejudice to relisting once these problems are fixed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 22:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Declined per above. Baffle☿gab 23:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Arbitration Committee
As another article Editoneer has requested to be copyedited, buidhe pointed out that the article
Looks unsuitable for copyediting; the cleanup tag is about more widespread issues than prose issues. Article also has other cleanup tags such as citation needed Requester has not edited the article, so I recommend putting on hold or declining. ( t · c) buidhe 22:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
I've put it on hold for now, but am leaning towards a decline. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 23:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Declined per above. Baffle☿gab 23:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
I was about to inform the requester
Gnominite of my acceptance of this request when I saw the account is blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet; see
this SPI. I've put the request on hold and suggest we decline per
WP:DENY. Also, the requesting account has not edited the article and the sockmaster
CuriousGolden only has one two. Cheers,
Baffle☿gab
01:25, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
I hope either Miniapolis or Bafflegab takes it after the former declined to c/e Christian ethics. -- Kailash29792 (talk) 05:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
I have a request. WIkicup 2nd round deadline is on 28th Apr, and to secure my spot for the next round, the only option I have is to promote this to GA. If possible please copyedit this. Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 08:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
I have submitted George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign for copy-editing. A user has already done a cursory copy editing ( see edit), but it was advised that there's still much more copy editing to be done. If possible please copyedit this for GAN. Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 05:16, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I had submitted a request for c/e of this article for future GAN, with emphasis on paraphrasing direct quotes wherever possible. It appears that an editor has copy-edited it yesterday but has not taken care of the issues raised. I'd really appreciate if another editor could take a look at it. Apologies for any inconvenience. Thank you. -- Ashley yoursmile! 11:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I've placed this request ( diff) on hold; the article is about an ongoing television series and the article is still being added to (unstable; in development). I suggest a decline until the series has ended and the article is ostensibly more complete and more stable. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:46, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
( ←) The same requester has just posted another c/e request for the same article. I'm going to put it on hold again. The show has apparently four weeks to run so it might stabilise after that. I'm not sure, however, keeping a request on hold at REQ for that long is a good idea. What do you think? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 17:54, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
With just about four weeks to the finale, I would need someone to help maintain or watch the article weekly to fix the grammar once the episode was released on every Thursday(emphasis added). If I were going to help copyedit the article, I would rather have a one-and-done deal rather than checking in every week. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Good evening,
I have been working on Lithuanian Crusade and I would like to request a review of my work from a more experienced GOCE member. This is my first "real" attempt at a Requests-page article. (There was one time many, many years ago that doesn't really count because I did such a poor job.) I also want to apologize to @ Wingedserif for taking so long. Jarmihi GOCE ( talk) 01:06, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi all; @ Buidhe: (courtesy ping) recently declined the requests for Island of San Simón ( diff) and Manuel Lezama Leguizamón Sagarminaga ( diff), without bringing the issue here for discussion. I didn't spot this because I've been away from REQ for a bit. The requester CommanderWaterford (CW) has recently been banned from Wikipedia for copyright violations (see that editor's user page) but I'm unsure these pages were part of that problem. I'm raising this here because although we've agreed in the past to decline requests from indef-blocked sockpuppet / sockmaster accounts and non-contributing IP editors (example above), this seems like a new thing to me. I'm not arguing the requests should be honoured and I won't revert the archiving bot but I'd have liked to see the matter discussed here first; CW was a fairly regular requester here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:32, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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( ←) I've now finished my cleanup of Manuel Lezama Leguizamón Sagarminaga, converted the extended refs to {{ efn}} format and fixed up some of the grammar, spelling etc. There doesn't appear to be a copyvio problem with this one. The request can now be archived as needed. Thanks to everyone for your comments here. I'll formally decline it in 24 hours from my timestamp in no-one else wants to do so. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:37, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Just wondering: is the "two requests at a time" limit enforced, or is it one of those customs more honored in the breach than in the observance? I'm just curious because I see that one editor has nine separate requests currently pending. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 21:13, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
I currently have two articles in waiting list ( Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign from 21 May and Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign from 27 May) I wish to interchange the positions of both articles, so that Ronald Reagan's article is considered for copy-editing before Jimmy Carter's. Will that be fine, and are there any rules related to it? Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 14:36, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
The requestor, an IP address, has had the edits they made to the article in February reverted for various reasons. (See talk page where an attempt was made to discuss them.) The few edits made at the end of April were reverted with the comment "misguided Brazillian". I suggest declining this request. This individual appears to be a nuisance with an agenda. Twofingered Typist ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Only a matter of time before a WP:NOTHERE indef. In the meantime, WP:DFTT. All the best, Mini apolis 12:54, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Okay, so this is going to be the first time I'm proposing this, but I think we should decline any further requests from this user with prejudice, as this is starting to look more and more like a waste of copyeditors' time. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:31, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
The requester ( Nincompoopian) has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet. Sounds like a procedural decline to me. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:28, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Done. I've gone ahead and
declined it. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
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18:38, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
user:epicsnek has just started the copyedit of sustainable energy, which I hope to nominate for FA. While I'm always grateful for help, I had hoped for a more experienced copyeditor intricately familiar with our manual of style. Coordinators: could this be set to unreviewed? Thanks! FemkeMilene ( talk) 06:47, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Correcting ping: User:TheEpicSnek FemkeMilene ( talk) 06:52, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
User:Femkemilene
Although I am quite familiar with the matter of sustainable energy and have already partially copy writed the page. I see that it may seem that I am inexperienced and you would prefer someone of more experience to copy edit.
Hence I set the request to Unreviewed. Thanks EpicSnek Talk to me here 07:18, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Is there a good reason why the "submit a request" button is configured not to leave an edit summary? This makes it impossible to see at a glance in the page history what pages have been nominated. Also, it has terrible consequences for those of us with a fetish for edit summary usage. — Kusma ( talk) 22:43, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
|summary=
of
mw:Extension:InputBox. It'd be easy enough to give it the same default summary for every use (assuming this is allowable for new sections) but customizing it to automatically include the section header (article submitted) is something I'm not sure about. Feel free to sandbox it if you have an idea. At present, any additional edits to that section will list the section name (article title) in the edit summary on the history page, and these are also linked on the archive pages. –
Reidgreg (
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13:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)I have had a preliminary look at this article. I checked one citation (#19) which was in an unusual location and discovered that some of its text was reproduced verbatim (and uncited so CopyVio doesn't pick it up) within the section. At first glance, there appears to be a lot of work involved in editing this article anyway. Now every citation will need to be checked to rule out plagiarism within the text, and the article needs to be cited properly. This strikes me as a complete rewrite job, not a copy edit, and perhaps should be declined. What do others think? Twofingered Typist ( talk) 13:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
With no further input from Lord Belbury, I'm going to go ahead and decline this, as checking sources to determine copyvios goes beyond the GOCE's intended purpose. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 11:08, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
A message from one of your coordinators: I have noticed recently that there are sometimes objections or comments by GOCE editors when a requester does not have a significant edit history in a requested article. My sense is that there has been a bit of a de facto expansion of our decline criteria, and I would like to explore, neutrally, without casting any aspersions, whether there is consensus that a requester should have a significant edit history with a requested article.
Our instructions say: No request by an unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP has done significant work on the article. Drive-by IP requests already on the list may be declined by any editor.
My impression is that GOCE editors have been interpreting or remembering/misremembering this to read No request by an
Or maybe there has been a discussion that I do not remember, and the instructions have not been updated.
unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP editor has done significant work on the article.
What is the sense of GOCE request editors, and GOCE coordinators past and present, on this instruction, and whether it should apply to registered editors? If there has been a discussion already, please link to it so as to jog my memory. I will reserve my opinion until later, so as not to bias the responses in advance. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 16:18, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
( ←) I'm the person who highlighted the lack of editing history from two requesters at the Requests page, and yes I must have mis-remembered that IP-centric restriction. My point was that if someone notices some poorly written text in an article but has no intention of doing any further work on it, that person should tag it with {{ copy edit}} rather than bring it to REQ, which has a specified purpose rather than being a general cleanup board. Most of Wikipedia (>6,000,000 articles) could probably use a copy-edit but we can't do everything. I should stop doing coordinator tasks since I'm no longer a coordinator! I'm sorry for the trouble; I've struck my comments. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 10:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
The request has been up since May and had been copy edited by
Leoseliv, who marked it as "partly done" and left
a section at the talk page talking about questions they had. Taking a quick look at the article it looks mostly alright, though §Differences between novel and screenplay may have a few voice issues remaining (i.e., differentiating what is said by Jenkins and what is in Wikipedia's voice).
@
Magical Blas: Is there anything in particular that you're still hoping to see in terms of copy editing, or would it be fine to mark the request as complete? —
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(
←) Done; sorry for the delay. Thanks for fixing my balls-ups Dhtwiki, I'm out of practice. I guess you can close this section now. Cheers,
Baffle☿gab
03:14, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
I didn't want to intercede here but I've put Zhiar Ali On hold because it's being discussed at AfD. TT has also noted the AfD on REQ. There it is, anyway. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone, Flora Kaai Hayes is a request from an indefinitely banned editor. I suggest that we decline the request, especially given the state of the backlog. Speaking of which, would a coordinator like to reach out with a friendly reminder to the editors who have been working on the last two June articles for over a week? Cheers, Tdslk ( talk) 20:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
Requesting some copy edit support @ newly added article section #2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault.
Thanks for the support
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 11:34, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
It's a new section, couple of months to stabilize. I suppose we need to make request there for bit stabilized content. That I will do after couple of months. As of now I am looking for just first level primary copy edit. Thanks anyways Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 16:17, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
@ Baffle gab1978: Thanks for your copy edit support. I suppose mostly there would not be much doubts about notability of the incidence so I did update Draft:2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault so as per your suggestion we can have a short summary and a hatnote linking to Draft:2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault @ the article Minar-e-Pakistan. I think we would afford some space for Women related Wikipedia projects to be involved in respect to how much summary would be relevant in the article Minar-e-Pakistan. Warm regards
Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' ( talk) 11:46, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
What Magical Blas seems to want is a GAR, not a copyedit. Suggest we decline; I dropped them a note on their talk page. All the best, Mini apolis 22:54, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
The requester, Amir Ghandi, has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet but is appealing his block. What do other coordinators think about this request? — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
( ←) Hope you're right, although it sounds like they knew they were evading a block. Mini apolis 01:35, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
Note: It seems that Baffle gab has already declined those two articles and had them archived. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:48, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Didn't notice that the requester had requested another article ( Khosrow Mirza) further down, so I'll mark that as on hold as well. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:39, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
There is also a third article ( Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi) even further down requested by the same user, so I'm thinking of declining that one as a breach of our instructions. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:43, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA; text in this section is copied from the Requests page [3]. Baffle☿gab 00:35, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I recently wrote
Feetloaf (and expect it to be on DYK for Haloween). I'm having trouble finding a better way to phrase Using a small handsaw instead of a knife, and a quarter-size sheet pan mimicing a laboratory tray was offered as a serving suggestion
. The problem is, there's two things (the saw and the sheet pan), but since they're a single composite suggestion, I used the singular "was offered". Technically, I think that's correct, but it's clumsy. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to make that flow better. --
RoySmith
(talk)
15:22, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
"The use of a small handsaw, instead of a knife, was suggested; a quarter-size sheet pan (mimicking a laboratory tray) was offered as a serving suggestion"sound? (I think "mimicking" is spelled with a k.) In future, {{ Copy edit inline}} is useful for requesting a tweak. All the best, Mini apolis 15:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm doing a GA review of Squatting in the Czech Republic. The author uses the word "evicted" in a way I'm not familiar with, but I'm not 100% sure it's wrong. Is it OK to say, "The building was evicted"? I had suggested either "The occupants were evicted" or "The building was cleared", but maybe it's correct the way it is? -- RoySmith (talk) 13:15, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, I've just struck two requests here and here. Feel free to review and revert if needed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:12, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Today, I heard the sad news about User:Twofingered Typist :-( We were in the middle of a conversation. I would greatly appreciate it if another member of guild would answer my questions: User_talk:4nn1l2#Ayşegül_Coşkun. Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 10:15, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
She told the Akşam Daily that because she is a Gemini, she felt herself a different person every day she woke up and that was why her works were so different from each other., I believe the emphasized verbs are correct. She told the newspaper in the past about something that continues into the present ("is a Gemini"; "was" would have to be explained further). Dhtwiki ( talk) 11:51, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Titles of shorter works should be enclosed in double quotation marks ("text like this"). It particularly applies to works that exist as a smaller part of a larger work.If you want a definitive answer, your best bet is Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Titles. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 16:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
She told the Akşam Daily that because she is a Gemini, sheI intentionally excluded the last verb, because I think she can't predict the future. Sorry if I come across pedantic. I'm really baffled by verb tenses in English. I always have doubts which tense is best to use. Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 01:14, 30 November 2021 (UTC)feltfeels herself a different person every day shewokewakes up and thatwasis why her works were so different from each other.
I noticed this request was added with a {{ Partly done}} template that seemed to have been added in error here. After checking the requester actually wanted a c/e, I left a message at the talk page here. I got no reply but removed the template. The requester has now been checkuser hard-blocked for incompetence and trolling, see here, so I've put this request on hold and suggest we decline it. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:45, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
( ←) c/e done and tags removed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:05, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi all; I've abandoned my attempted c/e of Yuko Ichihara because I found the text too confusing to fully understand. I hope someone else will do a better job than I can. It's quite a word salad in places. I'm sorry. Baffle☿gab 23:14, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
The requester for Crew resource management, NightWolf1223, has been blocked under claims of sockpuppetry. Shall we procedurally decline the request? — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:24, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
( ←) The requester's account has been unblocked after an appeal to the ArbCom. See the block log. Should the request be restored? Baffle☿gab 04:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)