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GoCE BEDs

Hi Noraft, Trust this finds you well. I just saw your note and thought I would drop you a more personal message. When I was reading the discussions for the new drive here, I saw that your name was missing. I assumed that you must have discussed this with Diannaa and decided to drop out. Nothing is cast in stone yet, so do let me know if you want to participate in any way. Perhaps a role in PR? When I split the drives to include a main page, I ensured that each drive can have its own set of coordinators. One can coordinate a drive, take a rest for the next, and still return. Whatever your decision, I want you to know that as we were both the two initial instigators of the very first drive, I value your all your past contributions, and more importantly, your friendship, a lot. Thanks for everything and please don't feel that you've been ousted. Let me know if you want in. Cheers. – S Masters (talk) 06:45, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey man, don't sweat it. I actually was surprised to be appointed to head this last one, as you and Diannaa were doing all the work. I was more like a figurehead that would occasionally swoop in to make a decision or fix a problem. You all deserve to be coordinating. I'm thinking about starting a Wikiproject Backlog, that does BEDs for all the different backlogged areas, but if I do that, it will be down the road a bit. Anyway, enjoy! I'll watch the progress. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 06:51, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
OK, that's cool. Don't be a stranger and let me know if we can work together again. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 16:38, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, the main reason Noraft had his name on the banner in September was because I had to be out of town, and could not do it. Noraft with his, erm, dare I say encyclopedic knowledge was the perfect person to be available for pressing matters while I was gone. But he was already ready to move on even in September, and I realised that. Hope this clarifies. --Diannaa (Talk) 15:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Carlos Celdran

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HAPPY WIKIBIRTHDAY!!! EarthCom1000 (talk) 10:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels

Imperial triple crown: Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewels upon ɳorɑfʈ for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you very much for your generous time and diligence on behalf of the project. – S Masters (talk) 01:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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Talkbacks Go Here

So I see them right away.

Hi its Braydengerr, I have some free time again so i started editing again. Think you could help me get going again (haha if you remmember me).

What can I do for you? ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:27, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Essays/Categories/Category list

I added some cats at Wikipedia:WikiProject Essays/Categories/Category list. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:41, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Very cool! Thanks. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 03:48, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

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

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

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

GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive graphs
  • 58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive.
  • Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%.
  • 49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here.

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!

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GOCE Year-end Report

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.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 503 editors
  • 2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives
  • Our encounter with Jimbo Wales
  • Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned
  • Report on our inaugural elections
  • Guild Plans for 2011
  • New barnstars introduced
  • Requests page improved
  • Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive!
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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GOCE drive news

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.

Participation
GOCE January 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

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.

Progress report

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!

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Your GA nomination of Carlos Celdran

The article Carlos Celdran you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Carlos Celdran for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:10, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I took a look at the reassessment page, which says:
  • If you disagree with a delisting or failed nomination, read the review first. If you can fix the concerns, find them unreasonable, or the review inadequate, it is usually best to renominate the article at Wikipedia:Good article nominations, rather than requesting a community reassessment: there is no minimum time limit between nominations!
  • It is rarely helpful to request a community reassessment for an article which has not had a proper review: simply renominate it.
So I think maybe offering a reassessment isn't the best way to go about it. Maybe just invite them to talk to you? Anyway, I don't think the quickfail was justified. I've already fixed a couple of the issues, your concern about his blog as an unreliable source doesn't fit with WP:ABOUTSELF, and if you don't mind I'd like some more guidance about what in the article you consider to be "overly promotional" so I can fix that. Thanks for your review, as it had been a long time. Hopefully I can get this article up to snuff. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 06:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Over promotional? The whole tone of the article is promotional. There is no critical perspective of the subject just the subject's own statements on blogs and a few passing mentions in news articles, including some decidely dubious sources such as huffington pots, national inquirer and some Filipino web sites. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Um, okay. I asked you to point out some specific places/phrases that you felt there was promotional language specifically because I don't see it. You responded by being vague again, which means I can't improve the article, which is what we're here to do, right? I agree that there is no critical commentary. I'd be happy to write some if I could find any criticism of him in reputable sources. Regarding the sources, it isn't the National Inquirer. It is the Philippine Daily Inquirer which is one of the three big newspapers in the country. There is one Huffington Post article in the list of 23 references. Its right under TIME Magazine. And calling "some Filipino websites" "decidedly dubious sources" just because they're Filipino? Do you know what that sounds like? They're all reputable journalistic sources. I'm getting a better understanding of why you failed it, though. Don't bother answering my questions anymore. I'm going to renominate and find a reviewer who I feel is a little more neutral, and a little more multiculturally sensitive. Thanks anyway. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 13:12, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

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GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion

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.

Statistics
  • 54 people signed up for the year's first Backlog elimination drive. Of these, 40 participated.
  • One of our goals was to reduce the size of the backlog by at least 10%. We managed to reduce the backlog by 633 articles, or about 12%.
  • Another goal was to eliminate as many 2009 months as possible from the queue. We eliminated January, February, March, and April—4 out of 12 months is not bad! In addition, we eliminated 37% of all remaining 2009 articles from the queue.
  • Chaosdruid copy edited Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya for 32,711 words, which is the largest single article completed in one of our drives so far. This article counts as six 5000-K articles, and Chaosdruid wins the "most 5000-K articles" leaderboard category. Way to go! A complete list of individual results is here.
Barnstars

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Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March.

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011



This is the second issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.


  • Userboxes and profiles - Add an ambassador userbox to your page, and make sure you've added your mentor profile!
  • Be a coordinating ambassador - Pick and class and make sure no students fall through the cracks.
  • New screencasts - Short videos on watchlists and a number of other topics may be useful to students.
  • Updates from Campus Ambassadors - Ambassadors are starting to report on classroom experiences, both on-wiki and on the Google Group.
  • Other news - There's a new on-wiki application for being an Online Ambassador, and Editing Friday #2 is today!
  • Things you can do - This is just a sample; if you're eager for something to do, there's plenty more.

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please add your profile to the Online Ambassadors mentors page

Hi Noraft!

If you're still interested in being a mentor this term, please add your profile to Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors. If you have any questions about the ambassador role or what you're interested in doing as an Online Ambassador (whether mentoring, pitching in in other ways, or something else), please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I've been having trouble adding my profile. The code isn't parsing right for some reason. Probably my error, but I'm not sure. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 20:59, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I'll add a slot for you and you can fill in the details. Sorry; I know tables are awful.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 00:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

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Mentoring students: be sure to check in on them

This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.

Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!

If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, My name is Griffin Michalczyk and I am in a Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication course at James Madison University that works on wikipedia editing and creating articles related to United States Public Policy. I was curious if you would be my mentor during this process.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michalge (talk • contribs) 21:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

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groups of students in need of mentors

Hey Noraft. One of the classes working with the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, Jonathan Obar's Media and Telecommunication Policy, is working in small groups and would like us to assign a mentor to each group (rather than having students request the mentors they'd like, as other classes are doing).

I invite you to sign on as the mentor for one or more groups, especially if any of the topics catch your interest. To sign up, go to the course page and add yourself as "Mentor: you" in the section for that group. They students and/or professor or campus ambassadors should be cleaning things up soon to list all the usernames for each group and add a few more groups. Once you know who the students are in the group, you can leave them each a quick introduction to let them know you'll be mentoring their group.

Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:12, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Sage, I just picked up an individual a couple days ago, and I'd like to see how time intensive that is before I take on more work, if that's okay. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 07:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, my name is Trang Pham and I am a student in the Public Policy school of Indiana University. I'm currently taking a course of International Trading Policy and interested in writing about economics, public policy and other topics on Wikipedia. I'm a totally new user and would like to ask you as my Wiki mentor. Thank you.1betterworld (talk) 21:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)1betterworld

mentor request

Hello! I was wondering if you would be my mentor on Wikipedia. I am a masters student and will be writing/editing mainly in international economics and trade and public policy. Thanks! kathy Nadajoy (talk) 00:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

I'd be happy to be your mentor. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:53, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

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Online Ambassador Program

Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I think you can. I've had a number of people requesting mentors ask me either via my talk page, or direct email, and I've answered them, letting them know I'd be happy to mentor them, and then I never hear from them again. Is this common? Is there something else I should be doing? ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 04:20, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Not sure really. I think alot of the students aren't sure they can begin editing unless they have the greenlight from Wikipedia. So the Campus Ambassadors are giving the greenlight and alot is moving along, at least in my project. We are getting mentors with students right now. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:52, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, generally students get very active just before their assignments are due. So requesting mentors was an early assignment for many of them, and now they have some space while they learn enough to write intelligently about their topics before they get back to editing. But most that have requested mentors will become active and complete their assignments of significant article contributions. By the way, did you respond off-wiki to this request below from Enveconmatt? --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I am a first time contributor to wikipedia and I am looking for a mentor for a class project. I am a grad student at Indiana University and will be working on a policy project. Will you be my mentor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enveconmatt (talk • contribs) 21:28, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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Marking articles students are working on

Howdy, Online Ambassador!

This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:

  1. Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
  2. If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
  3. Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.

And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011



This is the third issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.


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Hello, I am working with Syracuse University with the Public Policy WIkipedia Project. We are editing wikipedia as a class. I was wondering if you would be my online ambassador for help with editing and such for wikipedia. I am also unsure if i am even doing this correctly so yes I am pretty new at this whole thing. If you could let me know that would be great! thanks. AbbeyTurt (talk) 20:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)AbbeyTurt

Hi Abbey, while I'd love to help you, I'm currently full! Please choose a different ambassador from the list. And by the way, you left this message for my just perfectly. Do it exactly this way again. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 08:22, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello Noraft,

My name is Fabiola Lara and I am a sophomore at Syracuse University studying International Relations and French. I am currently enrolled in the course, part of the Public Policy Initiative, Transnational NGOs in World Affairs and I would really appreciate it if you could guide and mentor me in editing the article on Primary Education. Growing up with a mother who has been an educator for 20 years, I always knew the importance of education that first started with building a strong foundation in early education. I am exceedingly passionate about the subject and am looking forward to researching and improving the article! Thank you and I will look forward to hearing from you very soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Falara (talk • contribs) 02:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Aww, I'd love to help, but I'm currently full, and can barely handle the mentees I have. Sorry! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 03:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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Platinum W

I notice you have had a flurry of editorial activity. I don't know if you are still paying attention to WP:GOLDENW. Also, I am not aware if you realize the WP:FL and WP:FS have been approved for the main page. I am trying to modify the GOLDENW page to account for this. Let me know if you have any thoughts.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:58, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I was not aware. Been busy in real life. Well, I'd say previously awarded W's should stay awarded, and the rules should altered to require FL's and FS's... What do you think? ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 01:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
I have sort of changed the rules that current Ws be a lower level than those with FL and FS. FL and FS are not going to be full-fledged main page sections at first, so the change is kind of tricky. Look at the award and see what I have done. Let me know if you have any problems.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:05, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Online mentor

Greetings Noraft, I wanted to ask if you would be an online mentor for me as I write an article for wikipedia as part of a graduate Environmental law class. The project will go for the next 6 weeks and is part of the public policy initiative at wikipedia. I am a graduate student at the Univ of San Francisco and will be choosing a topic of environmental law to add or edit on wikipedia. I am excited about researching a case / issue and contributing to wikipedia but am a little overwhelmed at all the code and impending barage of editing pens that may slash and burn my efforts.

I imagine I may need help setting up the page and maybe formatting. here is a link to our class page Spring_2011/Environmental_Law. hmm tried to link - hope it worked...

Please let me know if you have time, we are just getting started picking topics and I will be working with a campus ambassador as well.

Thanks for any feedback. Gbfalcone (talk) 22:22, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi! I'd love to help, but I've got a couple mentees now, and can't really take more on at this time. Sorry! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 01:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011



This is the fourth issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.


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GOCE drive newsletter

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
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

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 07:54, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Please help assess articles for Public Policy Initiative research

Hi Noraft/Archive 7,

Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated!

Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 17:13, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt

Hi! This is the last call for signing on for a Wikipedia Ambassador hooded sweatshirt (in case you missed the earlier message in one of the program newsletters about it). If you would like one, please email me with your name, mailing address, and (US) sweatshirt size. We have a limited number left, so it will be first-come, first-served. (If more than one size would work for you, note that as well.)

Cheers, Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

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Please take the Wikipedia Ambassador Program survey

Hi Ambassador,

We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors.

WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You!

Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:43, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Daphne Oseña-Paez

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi,
regarding that article, there are a few odd revisions of Qingdao in its history. I presume those were copy&pasted and can be deleted? Or should I move everything prior to the revision "New Article: Daphne Oseña- Paez" back to your sandbox?
Amalthea 12:55, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, that's a general sandbox page I use to prep articles for mainspace. You can delete anything in the article history that does not pertain to the subject, no need to move it back to my sandbox, thanks. I'll be more careful next time so that it isn't so messy. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 16:37, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
No worries. I did move them back to your sandbox after all, leaving them there deleted might have them get in the way with future history merges or some such.
Thanks & Cheers, Amalthea 19:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE elections

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.

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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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Ambassador Program: assessment drive

Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.

In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.

Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:28, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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RH Bill

Thanks for your efforts to clean up that article. It's a mess, but I don't even know where to start. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:33, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Its an issue that's important to me, and I want to see it represented fairly, without all the bias. I think the best place to start is by attacking bad references. The RS Noticeboard came out and said that National Perfidy was not a reliable source, so I think we need to put something on the talk page referencing that and stating that repeated inclusion is edit-warring or something. There are other poor sources as well. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:21, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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