User talk:Dtgriffith
Copy edit request[edit]
I am in the process of getting a FA review for Quicksilver (novel). Several editors commented that it needs copy editing and was wondering if you would be willing to copy edit it, to help me get the article passed? Sadads (talk) 19:16, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for the edit request. I am happy to help though I need some time to work through the article. What is your timing for completion? Dtgriffith (talk) 23:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- As soon as you can, hopefully I can address most of the issues made by the reviewers before the review closes (pass or fail).Sadads (talk) 18:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
- Can you please give me an idea on a deadline? I would very much like to help but I need to plan this around a busy schedule and make sure I can do it within the specified timeframe. Dtgriffith (talk) 12:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- They closed the review, so by mid next week would be great. Sadads (talk) 20:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- Sounds good, I will get started tonight or tomorrow and do as much as I can. Dtgriffith (talk) 23:57, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- They closed the review, so by mid next week would be great. Sadads (talk) 20:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- Can you please give me an idea on a deadline? I would very much like to help but I need to plan this around a busy schedule and make sure I can do it within the specified timeframe. Dtgriffith (talk) 12:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- As soon as you can, hopefully I can address most of the issues made by the reviewers before the review closes (pass or fail).Sadads (talk) 18:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Follow up[edit]
Thank you very much, you did a very good job. I didn't realize how many little things I had overlooked. I hope to spend some considerable time working on the Boroque Cycle stuff this summer, and hopefully will have a thorough series of articles, which will definitely need copy-editing. I will keep you in mind for anything else I work on. Sadads (talk) 17:15, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive[edit]
Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:21, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Copy edit request for Penelope Cruz[edit]
Hey, I don't mean to bother you or anything but I was wondering if you could copy-edit the article and current GAN Penelope Cruz. The GA reviewer said that if the article does not get a copy-edit by Monday May 3, they will fail the article due to prose problems. I left a copy-edit request on the request page but I have not gotten any feed-back. I would be very grateful if you could do a copy-edit on the article. Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 00:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Hey, so you superb copy-editing skill at Quicksilver brought you to mind. I am doing a GA review of February Shadows, and it's part of a classroom assignment. The students writing is not the best, and it could really use some cleanup. Would you mind taking a look at it before Tuesday? I kindof want to get alot of the review done before she loses responsibility for the classroom assignment. Sadads (talk) 21:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Very good job, that makes the article much more approachable. Now hopefully she will come back and make some of the other changes. I am going to leave it open a little longer because it is a classroom assignment. Sadads (talk) 02:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
On copyediting[edit]
Hi Dtgriffith! Just to give you some perspective: last summer I asked a veteran copyeditor about the degree to which we should be improving the articles in the backlog here. Here's the
response. Generally I've found copyediting to be a thankless job that's nonetheless necessary. Some of the articles I've found in the backlog are now at GA status, but not many editors bother to take the holistic approach as you call it. Also, I want to apologize for sounding curt earlier, but I've had some reservations about the quality of the copyediting on a drive such as this, which are best not articulated. For your edification, you will also find that frequently editors ask for articles to be copyedited in a short period of time, in hopes the article will pass a GA or FAC review. In my view, rush jobs are seldom effective, and these days I turn down such requests. In fact, Sadads approached me at the same time he/she approached you. I wanted to wait until the article was no longer in the FAC review, and by that point you began your copyedit. Unfortunately, however, often a good copyedit is not all that's needed for an article to pass FAC—as is the case with Quicksilver. I apologize again for my tone which may have sounded a bit shrill, and I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. Once the drive is done, I don't expect to be an active member of the GOCE, but I'm always happy to answer questions. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 16:30, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Timex Group USA[edit]
Don't forget to mark your entries from the Requests page[edit]
| On behalf of the coordinator of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive for May 2010, ɳorɑfʈ Talk!, I would like to thank you for your active participation in the Drive.
I am writing to inform you that we have introduced additional Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Awards for the drive. To qualify, you will need to add an asterisk to all the full copyedits you have completed from the Requests page. More information can be found in the awards section of the Drive. If you have any questions, please post them to the Drive's talk page. Once again, thank you for participating, and we look forward to a meaningful drop in the numbers due to your hard work and efforts. |
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GOCE tag[edit]
Hi Dtgriffith, Just wondering what happened to the Template:GOCEreviewed. Have you abandoned it? :-) - S Masters (talk) 10:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
GOCE Newsletter[edit]
 Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far.
Thank you very much for your participation so far! This newsletter by Diannaa (writer) and SMasters (writer and typesetter).
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Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up[edit]
| Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.
Moving forward The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!! Stats
Gold Star Award
Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) |
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Barnstar[edit]
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| For your copyediting efforts during the May 2010 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive, editing 7 articles with a combined total of 13225 words, I hereby award you this Cleanup Barnstar. Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work! --Diannaa TALK 03:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC) |
Grab some glory, and a barnstar[edit]
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. In order to do that, we're going to need more participants. Is there anyone that you can invite or ask to participate with you? If so, we're offering an award to the person who brings in the most referrals. Just notify ɳorɑfʈ Talk! or Diannaa TALK of who your referrals are. Once again, thanks for your support! Diannaa TALK 02:18, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao[edit]
Hi,
Thanks for your feedback. With your permission, I'd like to move your comments to the review page. Then I'll make the corrections you suggested. I need all the support I can get on this one. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 04:13, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Absolutely, whatever you need to do. Best of luck! dtgriffith (talk) 12:20, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Hi, thanks so much for your review of St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao. I was wondering if you could go back to the article review page here, strikethrough any objections that have been resolved to your satisfaction, and then add your support vote, if you think it warrants one. Thanks! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 06:20, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Backlog Elimination Drive Has Begun[edit]
Hello, I just wanted to take a moment and announce that the July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive has started, and will run for a month. Thanks for signing up. There's a special prize for most edits on the first day, in case you've got high ambitions. Enjoy! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 03:58, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
GOCE Newsletter[edit]
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 Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update. Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board. The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), and The Raptor Let's talk. |
Regarding the Transfer of learning article[edit]
I can see that this article's copy edit is not done, so I'm going to go through a couple sections today and do some copy editing. Do you think we should both get credit for it, since we're both working on it? The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 12:57, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm open to whatever the admins for the drive decide is fair. I am having difficulty finding time to complete this or any major edit right now, too many unanticipated things in real life are getting in the way, unfortunately. And I am about to be out of commission later this week for medical reasons. Please feel free to run with it and I am happy to do another full pass afterwards one of these next evenings as time allows. It's written in an overly complicated style so it would only help to have the attention of two editors. dtgriffith [talk] 13:45, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- Didn't they say on the talk page of the drive that we would both get credit for copy editing? The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 13:52, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- There was a mention of that but it did not appear to be concrete. I will raise the question as a new topic so we can get a clear answer. dtgriffith [talk] 13:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- Alright. The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 14:00, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- There was a mention of that but it did not appear to be concrete. I will raise the question as a new topic so we can get a clear answer. dtgriffith [talk] 13:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- Didn't they say on the talk page of the drive that we would both get credit for copy editing? The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 13:52, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Copy edit request[edit]
So I have a request, since you did such a good job on Quicksilver (novel). I am currently doing work with the United States Army Center of Military History and part of the work has led me to encounter a couple editors who are writing either formally or informally for Army military units all over the place. Recently, User:Damon Cluck, an Arkansas Guard historian, has been working on 206th Field Artillery Regiment (United States). I have given it a look for him and am not sure if my basic copy-editing will do a whole lot of good, would you be interested in copy-editing it, if you are not too busy with other pages? Sadads (talk) 19:20, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- Hey Sadads, thanks for thinking of me. I would be interested but can't do it immediately. If time is not a factor, as in no review deadlines, then I can absolutely help out fairly soon. Let me know what works. dtgriffith [talk] 01:35, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think time is a factor, he has been working on this for an extended period and hasn't gone up for any reviews. But I thought I would head off the big error stuff early if I can, Sadads (talk) 02:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- Hey Sadads, I finally had the chance to glance over the article and Talk page. I saw the recommendation for a copy editor outside of the military, which applies to me. I will start working on the article soon, feel free to give the Military History editors a head's up. I am sure the copy edit will span a good period of time as the article is very long and my usual availability comes in small pockets of time. Do you plan to work on the article as well? dtgriffith [talk] 05:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think time is a factor, he has been working on this for an extended period and hasn't gone up for any reviews. But I thought I would head off the big error stuff early if I can, Sadads (talk) 02:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
I have finished copy editing transfer of learning, but I would like you to go through it first, since we were working on it together, before I remove the goce and copy edit tags. The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 13:57, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks Raptor. I will run through it as I am able, sometime soon. I am recovering from knee surgery right now, having a hard time focusing on reading or writing between the pain and medication. I should be back to normal in another few days. dtgriffith [talk] 14:57, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Take your time, and feel better soon. :) The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 14:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks again, recovery is painful at times but moving along. I am finally back to work on this article. There are two primary things I am not sure how to tackle and would like to get your thoughts:
- Heavy inconsistent use of "i.e." It is used within parenthesis and following semicolons. I cannot find a clear direction on how to address this in MOS, though I might just be missing it.
- Style formatting of the two disciplines used in "versus" form. First, there is the question of whether to italicize the whole versus statement or just the disciplines. Secondly, "versus" appears spelled out and abbreviated inconsistently. I know both are acceptable per MOS but the context may dictate the full word spelling in some cases.
- I am about half way through the article now. I think it will be safe to call this finished after today. Remember to get the word count I have posted on the Drive page, I counted all text in the bullets and tables prior to beginning the edit. Thanks for working together on this! Sorry if I came across indignant when I posted the request on the Drive page to editors to check for activity on an article before claiming, I realize I may have come across in a somewhat negative way and that completely not my intention. dtgriffith [talk] 17:20, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Just finished the entire article. Other than the two points listed above I feel it's ready to remove the copy edit tag. Let me know what you think. dtgriffith [talk] 18:31, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I just got back from a trip. I'll try to take care of those things you pointed out, then I'll remove the tag and we can both finally mark it as done. The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 21:49, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Update: I just did some outside research and found the answers to my questions above. The i.e. usage is acceptable in all methods it is presented in the article. As for versus, just leave it to context. I will remove the tags so we can declare the article complete. Thanks again! dtgriffith [talk] 21:51, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Looks like we were editing at the same time. We're all set! dtgriffith [talk] 21:51, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks again, recovery is painful at times but moving along. I am finally back to work on this article. There are two primary things I am not sure how to tackle and would like to get your thoughts:
- Take your time, and feel better soon. :) The Raptor Let's talk/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 14:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
GOCE drive[edit]
Are you still working on Bathhouse Row? I went to work on it, but your tag is still there from the 25th. Let me know and I will either delete the tag and claim your work or let you finish working on it. Okay, just kidding. ; ) Cindamuse (talk) 20:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, I have every intention on finishing it this week. I am recovering from knee surgery and playing catch up with my life, so I am running a little behind. I will change the tag to {{GOCEuc}}. dtgriffith [talk] 00:06, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Ouch! Take it easy, I understand pain. Hope you heal quickly. Cindamuse (talk) 00:37, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! Much appreciated. dtgriffith [talk] 00:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Cindamuse, you are welcome to take over the article. Real life is preventing me from finishing, unfortunately. I will remove the GOCEuc tag. Best! dtgriffith [talk] 13:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! Much appreciated. dtgriffith [talk] 00:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Ouch! Take it easy, I understand pain. Hope you heal quickly. Cindamuse (talk) 00:37, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
South Britain Historic District, and Fairfield NRHPs[edit]
Hi DtGriffith -- I am about done with starting new NRHP articles in National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and I wonder about improving the list and any of the articles linked with new photos. Have you had a chance to visit any and snap pics? I haven't checked your contrib history to see if you upload photos, but if you haven't yet it is pretty straightforward. Best to do so at commons.wikimedia.org. Also, I would be glad to help develop South Britain Historic District in New Haven county, further, but there too it would be great to have any photos available. No big problem if you haven't had a chance, though. Thanks! --doncram (talk) 18:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Doncram, good to hear form you. This has been on my mind, though I am have been inundated in my real life with several things, some of which are medical, so my time dedicated to Wikipedia is lean and sporadic lately. I have some photos of South Britain houses/buildings which I took earlier this year. I will upload them to Commons and link them to the page when I find the opportunity. I am recovering from knee surgery with a second surgery scheduled in four weeks, so walking the neighborhood with a camera is not an option for me until sometime in October.
- I have been brainstorming on how to approach writing this article and finding it challenging, perhaps breaking it down by street may work. I am very happy that you are offering to help. If you wish to get started and want to run questions/ideas about the area by me I would be happy to do at least that to start with. I am familiar with a few published sources we can pull info from. Please bear with me as I sort things out and slowly get my life back on track. Thanks! dtgriffith [talk] 05:40, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up[edit]
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!
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Barnstar[edit]
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GOCE drive has begun[edit]
| Hello, I just wanted to take a moment and announce that the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive has started, and will run for a month. Thanks for signing up. There's a special prize for most edits on the first day, in case you've got high ambitions. --Diannaa (Talk) 02:36, 1 September 2010 (UTC) | |
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WikiProject Connecticut Autumn 2010 Photo Contest[edit]
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As a member of WikiProject Connecticut, you are invited to participate in the WikiProject Connecticut AUTUMN 2010 Photo Contest! Rules:
Everyone who adds 15 pictures will earn a barnstar, and the editor who adds the most pictures will earn a special unique barnstar! To enter the contest, click here. Thanks for your attention and good luck! –Grondemar 04:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC) |
GOCE newsletter[edit]
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
 Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36. Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated. Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies. Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK, and The Raptor Let's talk. |
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September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion[edit]
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.
Barnstars
A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing! Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions. |
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Greetings, the Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.
Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! |
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!
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GOCE elections[edit]
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
 Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion[edit]
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats
Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk) |
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Merry Christmas![edit]
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Merry Christmas[edit]
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GOCE Year-end Report[edit]
| Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast. |
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Invitation to join WikiProject United States[edit]
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Hello, Dtgriffith! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!! |
--Kumioko (talk) 04:22, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive news[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. 
 So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk) |
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GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (talk), The Utahraptor (talk), and Tea with toast (talk) |
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GOCE drive newsletter[edit]
The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:16, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
GOCE elections[edit]
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today. |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:47, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive invitation[edit]
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 08:55, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive newsletter[edit]
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 16:18, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive newsletter[edit]
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. 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: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 01:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive newsletter[edit]
| 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. |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 10:34, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
GOCE 2011 Year-End Report[edit]
| 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). |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:07, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
GOCE March copy edit drive[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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) |
You're invited! New England Wikimedia General Meeting[edit]
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The New England Wikimedia General Meeting will be a large-scale meetup of all Wikimedians (and friends) from the New England area in order to discuss regional coordination and possible formalization of our community (i.e., a chapter). Come hang out with other Wikimedians, learn more about ongoing activities, and help plan for the future!
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Message delivered by Dominic at 08:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC). Note: You can remove your name from this meetup invite list here.
GOCE May copy edit drive[edit]
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
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. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC) |
GOCE May mid-drive newsletter[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
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. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:51, 21 June 2012 (UTC) |
GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:
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GOCE September activities[edit]
| Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors
A quick reminder of our current events:
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GOCE mid-drive newsletter[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up[edit]
| 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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You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard[edit]
| U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited! | |
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Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC) |
GOCE fall newsletter[edit]
| Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:
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GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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GOCE November drive wrap-up[edit]
| 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) 20:42, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-December newsletter[edit]
| End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:
Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:05, 12 December 2012 (UTC) |
GOCE 2012 Annual Report[edit]
| 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) 00:26, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013[edit]
| 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) 00:31, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE February 2013 newsletter[edit]
| 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) 23:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE news: February 2013[edit]
| 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) 21:07, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter[edit]
| 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) 14:34, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE April 2013 newsletter[edit]
| 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) 19:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE April 2013 newsletter[edit]
| 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) 04:21, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE May drive wrap-up[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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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2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting[edit]
You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 09:31, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
GOCE July 2013 news report[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
– Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. >>> Sign up now <<<
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GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up[edit]
| 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) 23:09, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Guild of Copy Editors September 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
– Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:21, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive[edit]
| 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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New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18[edit]
| NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5 | |
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Dear Fellow Wikimedian, You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) | |
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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March[edit]
| Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited! | |
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New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page. Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk) |
You're invited![edit]
| NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square | |
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Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk) | |
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Edit-a-thon invite[edit]
On May 3rd, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts will be hosting a Native American and Chinese Art edit-a-thon from 9:00-5:00 pm. You are more than welcome to attend, as there will be free food and drink, and an outing afterwards. If you are interested, please sign up here, as we would love to see you there!
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Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons[edit]
| Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England | |
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 As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows:
We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list. | |
New England Wikimedians summer events![edit]
| Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians! | |
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After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested:
Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list. | |
New England Wikimedians summer events![edit]
| Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians! | |
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After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested:
Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list. | |
MfD nomination of User:Dtgriffith/Timex Group USA, Inc.[edit]
User:Dtgriffith/Timex Group USA, Inc., a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Dtgriffith/Timex Group USA, Inc. and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Dtgriffith/Timex Group USA, Inc. during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 08:40, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA[edit]
You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:28, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge[edit]
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You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here! |
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]
Hello, Dtgriffith. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA[edit]
| Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic | |
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  You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC) | |
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