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The Game of Life

Please be careful with what you call vandalism. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 17:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia

Hello, I saw your comment on the issue of requiring autoconfirmed status before creating new articles, and it impressed me as very perceptive for a new editor. I hope you stay around and ... create some new articles. Feel free to ask me for help at any time. One tip – sign your comments on discussion pages with four tildes at the end, like this: ~~~~

The Wikipedia software will add your signature, and a date and time stamp. Good luck! Cullen328 (talk) 15:09, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

William Asplin

Hello, Nightenbelle. Just a reminder that if you nominate an article for deletion, you should let its creator know. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 07:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

American Income Life Insurance Company

Thanks for your improvements to the American Income Life Insurance Company page! It looks so much better now! Mgbaker22 (talk) 13:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to MSG Varsity, did not appear to be constructive and has beenreverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you! -- Superman768 (talk) 19:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

--My Edit was not vandalism- I removed non-pov. Check the edit historyNightenbelle (talk) 14:40, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive awards!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Thank you for participating in WikiProject Wikify'sApril 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive! The backlog was reduced by over 1,500 articles, even though about 1,500 articles were added to the backlog in April 2011. For wikifying between 62 and 92 articles, you have been awarded the Barnstar of Diligence! Your contributions through WikiProject Wikify improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and encourage their growth on Wikipeida, the largest English encyclopedia in human history. Be sure to participate in our next drive! For WikiProject Wikify, Guoguo12--Talk--  16:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC).

GOCE drive update

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter. Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not 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 have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit. Progress report We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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Copy edit request

Hi. I've nominated an article for GA that is presently being reviewed for inclusion. The article isHowling Bells, and this is its second attempt at GAN. The reviewer feels that the prose is not up to par and has suggested that it undergo a copy edit. I've looked at your page and feel comfortable in asking for your assistance. Would you be willing to have a go at it?Mattchewbaca (meow) 21:38, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

--No Prob bob. :-) I'll look into it tonight (I'm getting ready to head out to a meeting) Or tomorrow at work. Thanks for thinking of me!! Nightenbelle (talk) 22:16, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

---No Prob bob. ;D make me laugh. I'm down with informality too. It's great. This world needs more of it. Thanks for your willingness to look at the article. Mattchewbaca(meow) 22:47, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

June 2011 Wikification Drive

Sumsum2010·T·C23:50, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started. Coodinator election The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second 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. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).

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WikiProject Wikify Discussion Invitation

Sumsum2010·T·C23:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive invitation

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". >>> Sign-up now <<<

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WikiProject Disney Role Call

Hi, WikiProject Disney has been rather inactive recently. I saw that you are a member of the project. If you still consider yourself to be an active member, leave a response on the Project's talk page. Hopefully we can get the project up and running again. Thanks!--GroovySandwich 23:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's August Newsletter

The Wikifier Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue IV, October 2011 Front Cover • From the editor • General news Membership • August drive results To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

GOCE drive newsletter

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. >>> Sign up now <<<

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Help please

Hi. I am Jivesh. I edit strictly Beyonce-related articles on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could do a copy-edit of Green Light (Beyoncé Knowles song) for me? Please reply on my talk-page. Waiting in anticipation. Jivesh • Talk2Me 10:25, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

October 2011 Wikification drive

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Survey

Hi Nightenbelle!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions – to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you!SarahStierch (talk) 18:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

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. >>> Sign up now <<<

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Happy Halloween!

Wilhelmina Will has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween! If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

Cheers! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 05:08, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to the December Wikification Drive

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GOCE 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. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! 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 theirMarch 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. 19:47, 20 February 2012 (UTC) >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

WikiProject Wikify March Mini Drive

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GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs 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 GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph 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) 22:13, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in theirMay 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 <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:42, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

F1 talk page

Hi there – don't take any offence at what I might say in that protracted discussion at the WikiProject F1 page – I certainly am not aiming any criticism at you. It's an unusually lengthy and ridiculous argument, for reasons which will no doubt become clear later, and I hope you'll understand. All the best, Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:12, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi again – just to say that the editor I was arguing against has been blocked as a sockpuppet of another blocked editor I had a run-in with a while ago. I couldn't say so at that time because it wasn't proven, but my suspicions were the only reason I was dragging out that ridiculous argument. I don't want anyone to think that kind of debate is typical of my contributions ;) I hope it doesn't stop you helping out next time you see my name somewhere! Cheers, Bretonbanquet(talk) 18:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

CVUA Enrollee!

Hi! I noticed you have noted that you would like to enroll with the CVU Academy! I would be happy to take you on as my enrollee if you are interested? If you are, please leave a note at my talk page MrLittleIrish ^(talk) © 13:28, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Nightenbelle, I have just had a look through your contributions, and it does look like you have a pretty good grasp of what vandalism is. Have you tried to apply for Rollback?. Feel free to reply here, as I have your talk page watchlisted now. MrLittleIrish ^(talk)© 13:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I have and make very happy useage of Rollback :-) Just finished a rollback when I got this message as a matter of fact :-)Nightenbelle (talk) 13:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I just had a look at that one, you must remember that Rollback is only to be used for reverting explicit vandalism, spelling mistakes aren't vandalism. Try to be careful in that respect. So I see you use Twinkle at the moment, have you tried Huggle? Huggle reverts, then places a warning, and if needed reports them at WP:AIV. MrLittleIrish ^(talk) © 14:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

The one I had rollbacked before I posted was obvious vandal. The spelling mistake- I didn't even think before I hit the Vandal- You're right- I should have just reverted that one. I have not tried huggle- and if it can do all that without the six steps I go through now- I would be thrilled! I can't download at work however- so I have to do things the "hard" way here. I will download and experimient with it tonight. Then I can ask questions when (not if I'm sure) I get confused?Nightenbelle (talk) 14:09, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Huggle is awesome. One click does it all. You just have to be super careful because if you revert something in error, you have to manually undo everything. But if it's not vandalism, it's not a rollback, it's an undo :) And yes, if you have any questions, ask me! That's what I'm here for as your instructor! MrLittleIrish ^(talk) © 14:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I guess I'll jump in again on this little conversation too. Huggle is amazing! Just make sure you read the manual[1] because I couldn't get it to work and it turned out I didn't follow the directions :D Dan653 (talk) 23:39, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

• Hi Nightenbelle, Just looking through your reverts again, I noticed that you're not warning all vandals you revert. You should probably do that incase they are consistantly vandalising. MrLittleIrish ^(talk) © 10:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

When I go to warn them, sometimes cluebot or another has already warned them for the exact revert I just did- its like cluebot and I got there at the same time, but I got the rollback and he got the warning- should I re-warn them then? And do you warn for even small changes? I got yelled at for that before too. If I'm supposed to- I'll do it and damn the screamers after, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the help! Nightenbelle (talk) 12:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

If they've been warned for the same, no, don't warn again. And what do you mean by small changes? If it's an outright vandalism edit you are reverting, make sure there is a warning (by anybody, E.g. Cluebot) on their talk page. If it's a simple undo because the previous version was better, include the reason in the edit summary, but don't warn. If you do get stuck, I'm here to help :) MrLittleIrish ^(talk)© 12:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Just a note, ClueBot won't leave a warning unless it does the revert, so if you see an note from ClueBot on a page you've just reverted, that means that the Vandal is attacking the same page more than once (very common). Also, for "small edits" (like adding "HI" to a page) you can use {{uw-test1}} as opposed to {{uw-vandalism1}}, which has softer language and Assumes Better Faith. Achowat (talk) 13:28, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Will do. :-) Nightenbelle (talk) 15:18, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

So aparently I'm a moron, and I thought I had rollback, but all I really had was Twinkle. I put in a request for Permissions, and I feel dumb. Nightenbelle (talk) 16:08, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

How are you finding Rollback? Have you had a chance to use Huggle yet? MrLittleIrish ^(talk) © 09:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Your rollback request

Hi Nightenbelle, I have granted rollback rights to your account in accordance with your request. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam/blatantly unconstructive edits, and that using it to revert anything else (such as by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with) can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, depending on the admin who becomes aware of any misuse. If you think an edit should require a reason for reverting, then don't use rollback and instead use a manual edit summary. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 19:21, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Hunting permit in Germany

It is a fact that not everybody can easily get a hunting permit in Germany, as the German cuisine page seemed to imply. Unlike America, you can't just walk up to some local office, pay a fee and get one. The exam is known as "the green diploma" because it requires some serious studying. Maybe you could argue that saying so doesn't belong on that page, but even then it hardly constitutes vandalism. Thanks. -- 92.230.209.90 (talk) 19:46, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I re-added it with source now, I hope it's OK that way? What about my previous edits, may I reinstate them too? --92.230.209.90 (talk) 19:59, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Rollback Errors

Nightenbelle, I just wanted to give you a friendly reminder to double-check facts and changes if they appear to be legit before mashing your "Q" key. You've made several errors in rollbacks in the past half hour. I've cleared a few of them up for you, but it would be appreciated if you slowed down and took your time while going through recent edits. Most recentlyKim Myong-Won – If you did a quick Google search, you would've noticed that Kim indeed switched from a North Korean team to a Mongolian team. Just wanted to leave a simple reminder – keep up the good work. --Slazenger (Contact Me) 20:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

Hey Nightenbelle, how are things? I see you've been given some feedback in regards to rollback, and I was just wondering how you were getting on? Are you comfortable with finding and identifying vandalism? If you get stuck, give me a shout :) MrLittleIrish ^(talk) ©08:35, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I feel like I'm getting on fine. The mistake that the above user corrected me on was odd. The name of the Team the guy joined is like Baaaanaaaata or something close too that, I think mistaking it as Vandalism is understandable. But I'll slow down and google more often. Nightenbelle (talk) 16:39, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the April 2012 Wikification Drive!

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Your efforts are appreciated!!! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 22:11, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello :)

Hi, how are things going? MrLittleIrish ^(talk)© 16:19, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Hiya!!! I think things are going much smoother- I am much more cautious about labeling vandalism, and if I am unfamiliar with the subject and its not obvious cursing or what have you- I take the time to do a little research. I'm figuring out the tagging options in huggle now- this is SUCH a great tool- makes life SO much easier!Nightenbelle (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

That's great! I'm glad you're getting to grips with the tool, and the vandalism :) MrLittleIrish^(talk) © 16:23, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Graduation!

CVU Academy Graduate

Hey, I think you earned this. It's obvious that you have got to grips with identifying, reverting, warning and reporting vandalism. On behalf of all the instructors at the CVUA I want to wish you the best in the future and congradulate you on graduating from the academy. If you have any more questions, you get stuck, or you just fancy a chat, you can drop a line on mine, or the other instructors talk pages, where we will be happy to help. All the best :) MrLittleIrish (talk) ©15:37, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your guidence!

Po (river)

Good day,

I'm wondering why you reverted my rollback on the above, using Huggle which is a vandalism tool? Note I rollbacked the other editors edit as they removed a reference, which is an non-constructive editor to Wikipedia and can be deemed upon as vandalism. Also, if you wish to do that it is best to notify the editor in the appropriate place, which is usually excepted (well, I always do it!). Thanks! --Chip123456 (talk) 16:59, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

What looks like happened, is my computer was lagging, and I clicked rollback right after you did- and was attempting to rollback the same thing you were, but before my computer registered the click, it updated. I've had this happen where my computer is lagging with an update, and it freezes for a second, but I've never had it put an action through while frozen. I am so sorry! Nightenbelle (talk) 17:01, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

No problem! I have reverted your revert and explained in the edit summary. --Chip123456 (talk) 17:09, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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 <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

June Wikification Drive!

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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, andStfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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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 <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:47, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive

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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) 00:11, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify and the future of wikification

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GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, andTorchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:01, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors A quick reminder of our current events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC). The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg,Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:26, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. 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—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:13, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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. TheSeptember 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) 23:47, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

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Hi Nightenbelle! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge – through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:45, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}}belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics andWikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is 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). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. 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 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered byEdwardsBot (talk) 19:24, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. 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 on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us! The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both. The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote! November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:56, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify: November Newsletter and December Drive

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle

Decemmber 8 – Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle – You're invited

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Date Saturday, December 8, 2012 Time 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104 Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand. Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki. Registration http://wll-seattle.eventbrite.com or useon-wiki regsistration. Yours, Maximilianklein (talk) 04:21, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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. TheDecember 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) 20:30, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-December newsletter

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GOCE 2012 Annual Report

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GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013

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February 2013 Wikification Drive

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GOCE February 2013 newsletter

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Question

Odd question, but do you edit fiction? Rather than write, I'm looking at a bunch of people who are listed as readers of Alt History. BenWilson (talk) 18:48, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

yes I have before, and as an English major and former English teacher I have lots of experience as such. But it’s by no means something I do full time anymore. What are you needing? Nightenbelle (talk) 19:52, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Josip Runjanin

I am buffled. Not all the editors agreed, per say. The final sentence is rather vague. Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Josip Runjanin Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 21:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Sadko So are you saying you don't agree to adding the daughter's statement? I'm sorry- if so, I'll re-open (unclose?) Nightenbelle (talk) 21:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I clearly said that we have a partisan source used and that a note might work. No problem Nightenbelle. Now we have this edit as a result – [2] Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 21:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I am as surpriced as Sadko. I do not see that the daughter's statement is even the central point in the discussion, and I certainly do not see any consensus for adding it. Mikola22 is the only one who has mentioned her in the discussion. --T*U (talk) 21:50, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I am home and don’t have access to a computer. I will reopen tomorrow to continue moving towards a compromise. I’m sorry for my quick action Nightenbelle (talk) 00:18, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Okay the discussion is reopened. Thank God for smartphones. Nightenbelle (talk) 00:25, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Conspiracy theories_related_to_the_Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal

Thank you, Nightenbelle, for your prompt response to my Dispute Resolution request, on the DR talk page. However, the reasons given for immediately closing the discussion are not altogether clear, and the apparently chief specific reason given, that I had not informed the other editor in the dispute, is incorrect. I did indeed inform the other editor in the dispute, Guy, of the filing of a DR appeal. I do not know how you could have missed that. I wrote the notice not only on the Talk Page of the article itself, evoking a query from another editor on the page and a response by Guy himself, so it really is there, and I also posted a notice of it on Guy's own User Talk Page, evoking some exchanges there. Had you checked those locations? You also wrote that there seemed to be no specific edit that needed an adjudication. That is not correct either (e.g., there was discussion relating to the title itself and its wording, which I had criticised, the use of pejorative adjectives by Guy for the viewpoints Guy disliked, such as "baseless," and "insane," both in the article itself and the Talk Page, Guy's rejections of articles by John Solomon and of OAN as a legitimate source, and other items), but the key issue was not any one edit but the non-NPOV slant of the entire article, so that in my opinion the whole thing needed a rewrite. However, you also wrote in your comment that DR might not be the best forum for this discussion. That may well be the case. Where should I go to get someone with the authority to assess the NPOV or POV nature of an entire article and, if it is not satisfactory, get it rewritten or deleted? What would be the best forum for this sort of request? 122.111.212.235 (talk) 11:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Nightenbelle, the dispute is actually quite simple. The IP keeps proposing changes to content based on sources Wikipedia does not consider reliable, or attempting to "balance" very high quality sources such as the Washington Post with dross such as One America News Network. I've pointed him to WP:RSN if he wants to check for himself. Guy (help!) 14:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Nightenbelle, perhaps you should simply re-open the Dispute Resolution forum you closed. As I have shown, the reasons given for closing it were simply incorrect. Since the entire article is loaded with bias, though, and that is the real problem unlike what Guy has written, perhaps there is a forum better suited to general editorial consideration of the article as a whole, and its acceptability under Wikipedia guidelines? 122.111.212.235 (talk) 23:17, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

ping\122.111.212.235 and JzG I'm sorry, let me be more clear. I understand the issue, both the political one and the WP:NPOV and neither of them have anything to do with why I closed the DRN, nor will explaining them convince me to re-open it. If you want a Dispute to be mediated by a DRN Volunteer you need to file it correctly. This isn't a bueurocratic power trip, but all involved editors- every, singly, one of them, must be listed and then notified on their individual talk pages. This ensures that everyone involved has the opportunity to participate and say their piece. The filing editor did neither of these things. So either of you is welcome to open a new Dispute, and as long as it is done correctly, a volunteer will be along shortly- not me though, because I wouldn't touch any American contemporary political dispute with a ten foot pole- and this, right here, is why. I clearly stated my reasons for closing the dispute which were procedural- not content related, and neither of you read them, you made assumptions and then demanded I undo my actions based on your assumptions of my misunderstanding. Nightenbelle (talk) 22:01, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

And for the record- I noticed you notified 1 person, but there were MANY more than that involved with the dispute. You either involve everyone who is involved with the discussion, or don't involve anyone. You can't just cherry pick who gets to have an opinion on WP. I did check Guy's TP. I checked every link you posted. I didn't miss anything. YOU however did. YOU missed that other people were involved. So if you want to re-open it, please be inclusive of every person in that discussion who had an opinion on the "issue" you are requesting mediation on, not just the one user you have a personal issue with. Nightenbelle (talk) 20:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

If you wouldn't touch any politically charged article with a ten-foot pole, then perhaps you should not have acted so precipitously and harshly to shut the whole thing down, but should have left it to another more patient and/or neutral administrator to assess the issues and make a judgment on it. Actually, the editor I was in on-going dispute with was just one person. That one person with whom I almost solely interacted happened apparently to be the chief author of the problematic article, namely, Guy. No others interposed any comments, aside from BullRangifer who entered a comment on the article's Talk Page after I notified Guy on that page of my DR appeal. However, BullRangifer did not engage with the discussion, only advising me about the process. He obviously knew of the dispute, since he commmented on the process itself. He therefore didn't need notification. I hadn't made a critical comment on anything he had written earlier, nor he on my comments, so this was the first communication between us. When I go back to the article Talk Page, though, I do see that I had made one brief response to Koncord (not answered), and two or so other editors had recently visited the talk page and made other critical comments along the lines of my complaint elsewhere in the discussion that I could have cited if I had understood that that was necessary. But rather than complain further now about the muddled and clouded phrasing of your explanation on the DR page when closing the whole request, I would appreciate clearer advice about where I should appeal this question. However, I do labor under several disadvantages in this matter: I am not experienced in Wikipedia ways and processes; I do not want to waste my time and I have little time to devote to this anyway; I am not left-wing, and it is clear that if emphatically and self-confessedly highly politicized leftist editors have found a way to use NPOV to shut down NPOV, that write up and then manage specific articles on political affairs, even allowing themselves extremist slurs and demeaning adjectives when mentioning non-leftist persons, sources and evidence, and thereby turning articles into one-sided propaganda, the sheer number of such articles written and monitored by such editors already indicates that this must be OK with Wikipedia and no protest is likely to go far. It appears that the malaise is systemic. 122.111.212.235 (talk) 07:34, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Every editor involved gets a say- not just the one you cherry-picked to deal with- and there are dozens of editors arguing on the talk page over the neutrality of that article. You can not like my answer all you want, but its the way DRN works. Every. Involved. Editor. And we don't mediate content disputes anyway. So I should have closed it for two reasons instead of just picking one. Just because I don't want to mediate political non-sense does not mean I'm partial or impatient- it means I know my limits on time and availability. I'm on WP for maaaaaaybe 1-2 hours a day 5 days a week. An argument about politics cannot be handled in that time. Not to mention the tendency of those involved to lash out when they don't get their way. Like you have been doing on my talk page for how long now? You don't even know my political stance. You don't know which side I'm on or my opinion about that or any other Trump related article. You have assumed you are arguing with someone on "the other side" when in truth- you have no idea. But thank you. So much. I love being harassed for enforcing policy. Now, have a nice day and please find someone else to harass.You brought a DRN problem to my talk page, made assumptions and were generally condescending and rude, you don't get to question my ability to do the job I voluntarily do in spare time as an attempt to discredit me. You get to apologize and re-file correctly or go away.Nightenbelle (talk) 16:48, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	For initially handling multiple dispute requests, some of them poorly formed. For mediating properly formed dispute requests. For dealing with an angry unregistered editor, but mostly for other work at DRN. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!!!Nightenbelle (talk) 15:30, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

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Behavioural genetics

For my edification, regarding this edit, can you please point me to the place where it is stated that a GA is perfect and cannot be tagged for further improvement? In addition, did you take into account the fact that I have provided sources for my assertion that the article is unbalanced, whereas the counter argument is "it passed GA" and "when people talk about BG they mean human BG", without anything other to support this than the editor's opinion? Thanks for your clarifications! --Randykitty (talk) 17:19, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Randykitty As I said in the closing notes. Please tag specific sections for improvement needed, do not keep relisting to have someone review the GA status. Specific suggestions would be more helpful than a general "this article sucks" which is the equivalent of what you have done. No one said it was perfect, but we are asking you to follow accepted practices and tag specific improvements or work on the article yourself rather than request repeated unnecessary administrative intervention when you disagree with consensus. If you put all the time you have spent fighting the GA into fixing the problems you see- the article would be fixed. DRN is not needed when consensus has been reached and one editor disagrees. Nightenbelle (talk) 17:59, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

I disagree. I have given quite some more detail than "this article sucks". I have argued that it is unbalanced and supported that with sources. I have not relisted it for GR review, so I really wonder where your remark that I should not "keep relisting [it] to have someone review the GA status" comes from. Consensus is 2 editors who say that the tag should go because the article passed GA (and no other arguments or sources), 1 editor who says that it should go to GAR if the tag is justified and that if it isn't, the tag should be removed (duh...), and 1 editor (me) who argues that the article is unbalanced and documents that with sources. That sounds far from a clear consensus to me. (Remember WP:NOTAVOTE?) As for fixing the article, I have some very strong personal reasons why I should not edit this article more than is necessary (hope you can WP:AGF on that). --Randykitty (talk) 18:07, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Randykitty The consensus I was referring to was reached when it passed GA the first time and was confirmed the second. I will AGF, but if you can't edit the article, and it seems like you are personally attached to it and may need to step away. Just my opinion- not a requirement/formal statement. Regardless, twice now a group has deemed this article to meet GA status, nothing significant has changed/been removed. So that consensus stands. Please mark specific things you would like to see improved and not just a general request for a third review until/unless the article has significant changes for the worse. Nightenbelle (talk) 18:36, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Some background for the discussion introduced yesterday at DRN (re. Wuhan data template)

Good afternoon Nightenbelle! I have recently come back to monitoring the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard (I used to assist there years ago and am trying to become active again), so I'm commenting on your talk page not as a participant in the dispute but as a fellow volunteer at DRN. I noticed that you recently assigned yourself to the Wuhan coronavirus data template discussion at DRN and are waiting for the dispute summaries by the involved editors. I'm not going to jump into that dispute (unless you would like my help, of course), but I did do a bit of looking into it and found something you may find helpful as you moderate the discussion. Apparently the issue at hand (at least as filed) is already addressed in the Manual of Style at MOS:NC-CN. The issue obviously appears a bit more complex than that, but it might be worth pointing the involved editors in that direction as they may not have known about it, depending on how their opening statements are. Regards, Sleddog116 (talk) 17:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Sleddog116 Thank you, They are actually arguing how to apply MOS:NC-CN on the talk page- editors see several applicable reasons for China, and mainland China- and one wants to know in which province is the "state" of Mainland China.... so they are already debating which 3 circumstances apply. I did just notice only 1 of the 3 editors tagged were notified, so I'm tempted to close it on those grounds anyway. Nightenbelle (talk) 17:38, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Help

What advise me to request mediation in the discussion?

The fact of opting for interference by third parties falls to conflicts caused in another Wikipedia, I do not feel confident in discussing with those involved and not even willing. I am looking for alternative solutions, thank you and greetings. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 22:05, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Conde Edmond Dantès Well as I said on the DRN- you can refile correctly there. Unfortunately, your sources on the subjects talk page are pretty much unacceptable by Wikipedia policy WP:RS. So I would find some appropriate sources then try to discuss on the subject's talk page. And if that doesn't work- then re-open a Dispute Resolution request and follow the directions there. Nightenbelle (talk) 15:16, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

The sources I added in the article are from books by trusted Brazilian authors, mainly Prandi. The fact that the focus of the article is present in the Brazilian religion Candomblé, makes the present spelling an information to appear in the article.

I would like to know why the sources are not "reliable" and the reason for excluding only the spelling, as I used similar sources, including the same author, to reference the rest of the content. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 01:58, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

If you want to know more about why sources are unreliable, and the policy isn't clear enough, I suggest you head over to the WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Nightenbelle (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Reiki

I was about to ask if this was a one-against-many dispute before you volunteered to mediate. If it is a one-against-many, then it would be good if you can help them compromise, but it might be more appropriate for the one editor to use a Request for Comments, which is a way for the community to tell them that the community thinks they are in a minority. Thank you. I suggest that you let them answer, and be ready to go to RFC. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice- I will be ready :-) Nightenbelle (talk) 20:38, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

HI!

Hi, can you help me set up a dispute resolution request here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard)? Edion Petriti (talk) 12:30, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Literally all you have to do is click open dispute and answer the questions. Nightenbelle (talk) 14:24, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for pointing to me where I should ask for help! Now I need to read in the WP:RFC, about how to do it. Gre regiment (talk)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. 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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