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You need to remove the editorialization that you added about Ron Paul from his page. The citations you include do not include an admission by him of writing the articles. Therefore, you cannot say that he admitted to writing the articles. You can include statements by him about the articles but to say that he admitted to writing them without an actual admission cited is incorrect. Robotman666 (talk) 21:41, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- It's a citation from a reliable source, and in the source Ron Paul admitted to writing the newsletters. There are multiple sources saying the same thing, although "did not deny" might be a better phrase. I've added a few more direct sources as well. Drsmoo (talk) 06:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- Can you please show me by quoting from the article where he admits to writing the newsletters? I am failing to see anything besides allegations that he did, made by Charles Morris. Robotman666 (talk) 09:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Sure
- Can you please show me by quoting from the article where he admits to writing the newsletters? I am failing to see anything besides allegations that he did, made by Charles Morris. Robotman666 (talk) 09:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Paul, who earlier this week said he still wrote the newsletter for subscribers, was unavailable for comment Thursday.
- Paul said then that he opposed racism and that his written commentaries about blacks came in the context of ""current events and statistical reports of the time."
- Paul said allegations about his writings amounted to name-calling by the Democrats and that his opponents should focus instead on how to shrink government spending and reform welfare.
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- A campaign spokesman for Paul said statements about the fear of black males mirror pronouncements by black leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has decried the spread of urban crime.
- Paul continues to write the newsletter for an undisclosed number of subscribers, the spokesman said.
- Dr. Paul denied suggestions that he was a racist and said he was not evoking stereotypes when he wrote the columns. He said they should be read and quoted in their entirety to avoid misrepresentation. [...]
- "If someone challenges your character and takes the interpretation of the NAACP as proof of a man's character, what kind of a world do you live in?" Dr. Paul asked.
- In the interview, he did not deny he made the statement about the swiftness of black men.
- "If you try to catch someone that has stolen a purse from you, there is no chance to catch them," Dr. Paul said.
GOCE drive newsletter
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
  Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
| Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report
We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus). |
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GOCE March copy edit drive
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:33, 20 February 2012 (UTC) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
GOCE March drive newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update
 Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk)To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
GOCE March drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk)To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 21:59, 4 April 2012 (UTC) |
Dispute resolution survey
 Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Drsmoo. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 00:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC) |
Not sure how exactly to write this. Hope I am not violating any convensions here. Thanks for the notice about the attemot to move ny page regarding the ancient metal industry in the Levant. I think Levant is better name then Palestine since this is the common name for this area in the archiological literature. Palestine is a more recent construction. Do I need to do anything about it?
Thanks, Micky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Micky.holtzman (talk • contribs) 13:21, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
GOCE May copy edit drive
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The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<<
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GOCE May mid-drive newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
 Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<<
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GOCE May drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:25, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive
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The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<<
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GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles. Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<<
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GOCE July drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:55, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE news and September drive invitation
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GOCE September activities
| Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors
A quick reminder of our current events:
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GOCE mid-drive newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE fall newsletter
| Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
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GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update
Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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GOCE November drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-December newsletter
| End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
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GOCE 2012 Annual Report
| Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report
The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2012 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013
| Guild of Copy Editors January 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
We are halfway through our January backlog elimination drive. The mid-drive newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:58, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE February 2013 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2013 events newsletter
We are preparing to start our February requests blitz and March backlog elimination drive. The February 2013 newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the February blitz and March drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:03, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE news: February 2013
| Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2013 wrap-up
Participation: Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, BDD and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:08, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
We are halfway through our March backlog elimination drive. The mid-drive newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the March drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:35, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE April 2013 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
We have completed our March backlog elimination drive. The drive wrap-up newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the April blitz! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:33, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE April 2013 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors April 2013 events newsletter
We finished the April blitz and are preparing to start our May backlog elimination drive. The April 2013 events newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the May drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:22, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE May drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors May 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
We have completed our May backlog elimination drive. The drive wrap-up newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the June blitz! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:53, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE June/July 2013 events
| Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
We have completed our June blitz and are about to commence our July backlog elimination drive. The June/July 2013 events newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the July drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:19, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE July 2013 news report
Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
We have completed our July backlog elimination drive. The drive wrap-up newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the August blitz! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:10, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation
| Guild of Copy Editors August Blitz wrap-up
Participation: Out of sixteen people who signed up for this blitz, nine copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 26 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the September drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the September drive!
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GOCE September 2013 drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors September 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive
| Guild of Copy Editors October Blitz wrap-up
Participation: Out of eleven people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we copy edited 42 articles from WikiProject Film's backlog, reducing it by a net of 34 articles. Hope to see you at the November drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the November drive!
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November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up
| Guild of Copy Editors November 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation
| December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors
The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page! The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:25, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE 2013 Annual Report
| Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report
The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Jonesey95 Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
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GOCE February blitz wrapup
| Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2014 wrap-up
Participation: Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 16 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by
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March GOCE copyedit drive
| Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors
The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE March drive wrapup
| Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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| Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here. Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles. Blitz!: The April blitz will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the Requests list. Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE June 2014 newsletter
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Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone! Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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GOCE July 2014 newsletter
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Participation: Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone! Blitz: The August blitz will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30. Sign up here! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
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December 2014 GOCE newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter
 Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter
Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE 2014 report
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February 2015 GOCE newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2015 Newsletter
Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone! Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE March newsletter
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Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The blitz removed 16 articles from the requests list, and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone! Drive: The month-long March drive begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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April 2015 GOCE newsletter
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March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 19–25. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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GOCE June 2015 newsletter
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May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Coordinator elections: Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Southern Levant
Please could you explain what you think should be in the Southern Levant category? For example, why should Category:Images of Holyland tourism posters be in there? Do you think everything related to the region encompassing Israel, Palestine, and Jordan should be in there? Including, to pick a random example, Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan? Oncenawhile (talk) 17:40, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- I was not involved with adding categories for those articles, so I'm not familiar with why specific categories were added and it's not my place to make that decision. You went wholesale removing Southern Levant and Levant from dozens of pages in a span of seconds, which speaks for itself. Even removing the word Southern Levant from an article dealing with it directly. That is disruptive, not constructive editing. Drsmoo (talk) 17:43, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- "which speaks for itself"? Please AGF. The only thing it speaks for is that I have a view as to what that category should be used for, and that view is narrow.
- For us to progress, you need to provide a view as well (since this question has never been discussed before). Otherwise it feels like this.
- Oncenawhile (talk) 20:28, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- You contradict yourself, claiming once you prefer a more specific description of locations, but then in articles related to southern levant, doing a find and replace to remove the term with "this region." My view is that wikipedia articles should be accurate and neutral. Drsmoo (talk) 21:19, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- That article was not consistent with its sources, many of which were focused on differently defined regions (ie they didn't use the term "southern levant"). It was my attempt to find a solution without requiring a full rewrite. Since you took the initative to revert me, I look forward to you putting in the effort to fix the underlying problem.
- Since you are unwilling to state your position on what the category should show, I will go ahead and proceed as appropriate. Oncenawhile (talk) 13:34, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- It is not constructive editing for you to "ask a question" wait a minuscule amount of time for an answer, and then use that as "validation" for your edits. I have seen you do this several times and it is disruptive. Why not state your opinion on what should be removed and why first? And I don't consider your edits to be equivalent to "stating your opinion". Looking through the Nonferrous Archaeometallurgy in the Southern Levant article, It is extremely well sourced. Your claim that a source that describes a region in the southern levant must specifically use the words "southern levant" to be in the article is not constructive, reasonable, or valid. For example, you could use that same logic to then remove the article as a whole, after you had just removed every reference to the word "southern levant" from the entire article. Your logic in this case doesn't work and is not consistent with wikipedia citation standards Drsmoo (talk) 15:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Before this comment i had already opened a talk page at the category page.
- Let's discuss the Nonferrous question at that article. Your opinion sounds like WP:OR to me. We should follow sources as closely as we possibly can. Oncenawhile (talk) 15:27, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- So I'll be blunt, your assertion that sources in an article about metallurgy of the southern levant must all include the word "southern levant" even when clearly describing regions in the southern levant is not valid. Drsmoo (talk) 15:41, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Here is an example then. Your edit added back: "their products were found in the Southern Levant.[ref] Shalev, S. 1996. Archaeometallurgy in Israel....". The implication from the text as written is that these products were found across the whole region. But the source refers only to Israel. That is (a) confusing, (b) misleading, and (c) wrong. Oncenawhile (talk) 23:21, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- That is not the text's implication. That is your personal interpretation. Israel is located in the Southern Levant. Drsmoo (talk) 04:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Yes you are correct, it is my personal interpretation, and I am sure many other readers will have interpreted the same, which is precisely the problem. It is therefore better to say "the region" so as not to allow readers to make incorrect interpretations. Oncenawhile (talk) 07:53, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Using your personal interpretation to assume what others think is not good editing. The article is extremely well-written, well-sourced and accurate, and there is literally ZERO excuse for doing a "find and replace" and removing all references to Southern Levant as you did. Drsmoo (talk) 16:10, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- That is not the text's implication. That is your personal interpretation. Israel is located in the Southern Levant. Drsmoo (talk) 04:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Here is an example then. Your edit added back: "their products were found in the Southern Levant.[ref] Shalev, S. 1996. Archaeometallurgy in Israel....". The implication from the text as written is that these products were found across the whole region. But the source refers only to Israel. That is (a) confusing, (b) misleading, and (c) wrong. Oncenawhile (talk) 23:21, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- So I'll be blunt, your assertion that sources in an article about metallurgy of the southern levant must all include the word "southern levant" even when clearly describing regions in the southern levant is not valid. Drsmoo (talk) 15:41, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- It is not constructive editing for you to "ask a question" wait a minuscule amount of time for an answer, and then use that as "validation" for your edits. I have seen you do this several times and it is disruptive. Why not state your opinion on what should be removed and why first? And I don't consider your edits to be equivalent to "stating your opinion". Looking through the Nonferrous Archaeometallurgy in the Southern Levant article, It is extremely well sourced. Your claim that a source that describes a region in the southern levant must specifically use the words "southern levant" to be in the article is not constructive, reasonable, or valid. For example, you could use that same logic to then remove the article as a whole, after you had just removed every reference to the word "southern levant" from the entire article. Your logic in this case doesn't work and is not consistent with wikipedia citation standards Drsmoo (talk) 15:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
GOCE August 2015 newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter
July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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October 2015 GOCE newsletter
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September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar! The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter
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March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now! 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, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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| For collaborating with me to bring the article Southern Levant to a well sourced and balanced outcome. Oncenawhile (talk) 16:20, 26 April 2016 (UTC) |
I just remembered this. As I have said before, I think you are a good editor and your heart is in the right place. I hope that we can find a way to reach a final conclusion on this topic, as I believe we could collaborate well in many areas across the encyclopedia. If there is anything I can do that will help you trust me more and rebuild a little good faith, I would be happy to. Oncenawhile (talk) 07:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Deleting a Section from ANI
It appears that you deleted your report of disruptive editing from WP:ANI after being told that an open report at another forum was inconsistent with proceeding at WP:DRN. You maybe didn't know that you shouldn't do that. Deleting of posts to talk pages can be very confusing, especially if other editors have been notified of them or have responded to them. You may either strike a post to a talk page with the <del> and </del> , or, in some cases, collapse it or box it. Deleting of posts to administrative noticeboards is sometimes seen as vandalism. In this case, since it was your own post, it was a good-faith deletion, but it violates various guidelines to delete posts to talk pages or noticeboards. Don't do that again. I am assuming that you didn't know any better. Now you do. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:09, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know. I wasn't aware it would be an issue, otherwise I wouldn't have closed it. What's the correct way to delist an AN/I report in the future, if there is one? Also, there was a talk page discussion that had my username in the topic title and was, in my opinion, personally attacking me. That's what I opened the AN/I about. After closing the AN/I, I changed the talk page title citing the talk page guidelines which said having a username in the title wasn't allowed. I thought that that would be preferable to dragging everything through AN/I, and would just get the ball rolling on debating the issues, but maybe that was a mistake, in which case I'd be happy to undue it. Please let me know? thanks. (Ed. I've since undone it, pending feedback) Drsmoo (talk) 03:20, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter
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Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes! May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography. Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! 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, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC). 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, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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Nomination of Southern Levant for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Southern Levant is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southern Levant until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Oncenawhile (talk) 17:09, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Your support
Thank you for this edit. Perhaps you would care to comment at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Debresser as well? Debresser (talk) 15:24, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Please note that the Wikipedia policy on WP:Wikihounding is actionable with blocks and bans if it gets out of control. Please desist from this. Oncenawhile (talk) 21:56, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
1RR
You just crossed it. Oncenawhile (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
- My understanding is that a revert is undoing or negating someones work, which is not what I did Drsmoo (talk) 20:52, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
- I agree - you are right. Oncenawhile (talk) 07:13, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. 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, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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Milli Vanilli
Just saw [1]. It reminded me of this famous song. Oncenawhile (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
- I suppose there is a correlation between dishonesty on Wikipedia and dishonesty in pop music. Drsmoo (talk) 22:45, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
- Are you saying that you are lip-synching someone else's words? Oncenawhile (talk) 22:47, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
| Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. 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, Corinne and Tdslk. |
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Lashed out
bit dramatic, don't you think - please take a good read of WP:BLP policy - we are guided to be and report conservatively about living people - Govindaharihari (talk) 22:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
| Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter! December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part. January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words). February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated! Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone." Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Gilad Atzmon
Hi.
Would you mind undoing the reversion you did on the Gilad Atzmon topic relating to Alan Dershowitz's comments.
Far from being "notable information", it's been shown to deliberately false and willfully misrepresentative
See here https://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/dershowitz-lies-and-glitches-by-gilad-atzmon.html where Atzmon checks the quote Dershowitz used and found that
many did not even exist, that others were incomplete or taken out of context, and others related to comments made by others.
I understanding biographies of living people have special requirement of accuracy and these are clearly inaccuracy and unduly emphasised.
Thank you. --Crissedcrossed (talk) 23:39, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey @Crissedcrossed: A writer's blog can't be used as a source on a BLP article except to denote the author's opinion. That's why we use reliable secondary opinions from notable people. I also disagree with the idea that the text is misrepresentative. Drsmoo (talk) 03:27, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Except that we aren't using the subject's blog, we're using the book from which Dershowitz misrepresents his quotes. If one checks the given references, one finds that the statements as they are represented do not exist.
In short, that they are wrong misconstrued, non-existent or false and from a clearly non-neutral party.
If something is proven to be wrongly misconstrued, non-existent or false, do we still use it?
Thank you. --Crissedcrossed (talk) 11:49, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
User:Crissedcrossed
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 15:54, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
DRN
See Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Tel_Dan_Stele.23Unrelated_sources
Oncenawhile (talk) 09:52, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Tel Dan
Please note this thread Talk:Tel_Dan_Stele#Attempt_to_resolve, to allow us to continue our discussion from the DRN.
Many thanks. Oncenawhile (talk) 09:05, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
- Already resolved. A consensus has been established after multiple editors have contributed. Continuing to ping/address only me and pretending the consensus doesn't exist will not change the reality. I suggest engaging with the other editors if you wish to change this consensus. Drsmoo (talk) 09:14, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
- It is your responsibility to discuss your reverts. Noone else's. If you revert, you answer for it. This debate is continuing because you refuse this responsibility. I look forward to continuing this discussion for as long as it takes to get a sensible answer to my challenge. Oncenawhile (talk) 23:10, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- The discussion is over and will remain over unless the consensus changes. Just a reminder that Wikipedia is based on consensus, editing against consensus is disruptive editing, and it will be reverted. Drsmoo (talk) 23:49, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- Consensus needs more than just you. Extrapolating other people's answers to a different question doesn't change that. Oncenawhile (talk) 07:56, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
- The discussion is over and will remain over unless the consensus changes. Just a reminder that Wikipedia is based on consensus, editing against consensus is disruptive editing, and it will be reverted. Drsmoo (talk) 23:49, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- It is your responsibility to discuss your reverts. Noone else's. If you revert, you answer for it. This debate is continuing because you refuse this responsibility. I look forward to continuing this discussion for as long as it takes to get a sensible answer to my challenge. Oncenawhile (talk) 23:10, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
AN/I
I suggest only responding to the uninvolved admins on my report. More text makes it less likely someone will bother to even read it, and there's really no need to counter every silly claim someone makes and nobody seriously picks up. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 01:30, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Khamenei and apartheid analogy
Hello. I think this tag should be removed, since there's no discussion in talk page to justify it. Also take a look at this discussion, where the known POV warrior removed sourced content without consensus. It's not realistic that a POV warrior will change a long-standing version until "there's new consensus" to put it back. It's like if you start removing people from the 'support analogy' section based on non-wikipolicy nonsense and then demand that before restoring them, a "new consensus" should be achieved in the talk page. Do you see the stupid logic behind this? Please, restore Deng, he's the only one objecting it, he removed it without consensus or Wikipedia's rules, like he tried to do in many other ARBPIA articles, also adding stupid tags. He was almost banned for it (see articles of Zionism, Ariel Sharon, Human rights in Israel, Israel Defense Forces, etc). Could you please restore it now before he decides "to clean" other sourced content he doesn't like or doesn't fit his political agenda? Thanks--Newer wiki (talk) 02:46, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank is now the official name ...after a prolonged RfC (see the talk page.) So please follow that, as accepted policy, cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:31, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
- That's nice, it has no relevance to the fact that it was an occupation, and that the source provided in the article describes it as an occupation. It is also described as an occupation throughout the article you just linked to. Drsmoo (talk) 23:15, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, the article is lousy, but that doesn't mean that the name is wrong. The West Bank was occupied for 2 years, then annexed in 1950. To call that whole period for an occupation is clearly wrong, and something one would only do to make a political statement, not a factual one. Huldra (talk) 23:47, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
- I disagree, feel free to discuss it on the relevant talk page(s) however. Drsmoo (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
- And the relevant talk page was on Talk:Jordanian annexation of the West Bank: we had the RfC there, so we didn't have to have the same discussion over, and over, and over again, Huldra(talk) 20:06, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- No, the article describes it as occupation, as does the source. Drsmoo (talk) 00:13, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
- The only source you are referring to is, AFAIK, an Israeli statement. Even if official Israeli statement refer to, say, East Jerusalem as Israeli territory, does not mean that we, that is, Wikipedia, use the same language. We try to, (I hope!) to use a neutral language, and not the language of just one part in a conflict, Huldra (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
- Archiving this discussion. This is not the article's talk page. Drsmoo (talk) 19:21, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
- No, the article describes it as occupation, as does the source. Drsmoo (talk) 00:13, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
- And the relevant talk page was on Talk:Jordanian annexation of the West Bank: we had the RfC there, so we didn't have to have the same discussion over, and over, and over again, Huldra(talk) 20:06, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- I disagree, feel free to discuss it on the relevant talk page(s) however. Drsmoo (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, the article is lousy, but that doesn't mean that the name is wrong. The West Bank was occupied for 2 years, then annexed in 1950. To call that whole period for an occupation is clearly wrong, and something one would only do to make a political statement, not a factual one. Huldra (talk) 23:47, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
Please mind WP:1RR. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 12:09, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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