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Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter
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March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news
Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. 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, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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I had not viewed your talk page comments before my last message. I just had a chance to review the guidelines you forwarded.
The people at the info email also sent me the conflict of interest guidelines as well. I will act accordingly regarding future edits.
Thank you.Xianelda (talk) 14:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Lonne Elder III and Judyann Elder
David,
Hi. You have recently reverted accurate revisions I've made to both my father and mother's pages. As a representative at the estate's request, I ask that you undo both revisions. The information is erroneous, particularly in reference that I am an actor which I am not on my mother's page.
I do wish you will comply and undo these changes.
Thank you.Xianelda (talk) 14:21, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
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Carole Lombard edit
I noticed your removal of "1942" where the infobox in Carole Lombard shows her marriage to Clark Gable. The edit summary says, "(Omission per template instructions)". I am curious about that change because the Template:Infobox person documentation for the "spouse" line says, "... For deceased persons still married at time of death, close the date range with death year." Am I misunderstanding that guideline? Eddie Blick (talk) 23:59, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
- So...kind of complicated. I go based off Template:Marriage instructions, which at the bottom of said article states under "Date ended" the following: Date the marriage was dissolved (just meaning divorced, I think?) or the spouse of the article's subject died. Notice no mention of when the marriage ends by death of subject of article. Also, there've been multiple discussions on said article regarding this exact debate, and the general consensus was to omit the year the marriage ended if it was due to the death of the subject of the article. Long story short, I don't think you misunderstood anything, but the instructions on Template:Infobox person do contradict those on Template:Marriage. I go based off Template:Marriage because that template is commonly used. At the end of the day, though, I have far more important things in life to worry about, so whatever happens will happen. Davejohnsan (talk) 01:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter
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June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news
June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter
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Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports
September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news
Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Dave,
I noticed you edited our contribution to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_California
Here is a link to verify our candidacy:
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8CA00515/
If you would be kind to instruct us on any rules and or instructions to have our additions be verified.
Thank you in advance.
jbradleymba — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbradleymba (talk • contribs) 19:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Potential candidates must be listed with reliable sources. I can't imagine an issue with an FEC filing. You're welcome to reinstate your change with the addition of a proper citation. Davejohnsan (talk) 08:04, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
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GOCE June 2021 newsletter
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Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports
January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news
Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Name of son in Peter Mark Richman infobox
Your edit summary when you reverted my removal of piping from Lucas Richman posed the question: "They share the same last name; why is it necessary to repeat it?" Here are some thoughts in that regard:
- I have seen many Wikipedia biographies of entertainers whose children do not have the same last name as the father or mother. For the sake of clarity and uniformity, it seems good to me to show each child's name in the infobox as it appears in the title of his or her article, rather than leave a reader to wonder whether the last name is the same or different.
- Wikipedia style rarely (if ever) has people referred to by first name only. I don't know why children in an infobox should be an exception.
- Template:Infobox person documentation does not specify how to show the names of children, but two items above that paragraph, the documentation for "spouse" says "Use article title (if linking) or common name." If a first-name-only principle had been intended for the "children" parameter, it seems that the documentation would have specified so. Without that specification, it seems to me that the principle stated for "spouse" carries down to "children".
Here are a couple of other thoughts about whether the last name should be repeated:
- Helen Richman does not have an article on Wikipedia, so why not remove "Richman" from the "spouse" line, since they share the same last name?
- What about an article like Lionel Barrymore? Should his father be listed as only Maurice in the infobox? The infobox documentation for "parents" has similar wording to that for "children". Eddie Blick (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. I wanted to search around and see what I could find in the infoboxes. I personally don't see the need to list list name of children in infoboxes, but I see your view point. Since there's really no guidance from the template instructions, I'll leave your edit be if you go back and revert the change. Davejohnsan (talk) 02:44, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate your taking the time to search for a definitive rule or guideline. I wish we had something specific in writing that would eliminate differing interpretations. I will remove the piping again. If more specific guidance comes up to support using only the first name, it can always be changed later. Eddie Blick (talk) 00:00, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. I wanted to search around and see what I could find in the infoboxes. I personally don't see the need to list list name of children in infoboxes, but I see your view point. Since there's really no guidance from the template instructions, I'll leave your edit be if you go back and revert the change. Davejohnsan (talk) 02:44, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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Consensus on suicide -- "committed" vs. "died by"
In your edits to the article on Avicii, you mention there's a long-standing consensus about describing suicide on Wikipedia. Can you point me to that consensus? Also note that the topic was under discussion on the talk page, but I didn't see you contribute to that discussion before making edits -- I believe that would be a good place for you to share any information you have about consensus here. Thanks! Stack (talk) 14:16, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter
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September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports
June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news
June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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In Plain Sight
I added links for a reasons because Universal Media Studios and Universal Cable Productions are previous names of the two before being renamed in 2011 and 2019. 85.255.237.91 (talk) 19:57, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
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