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GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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I have comment to your post on Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka. Can you please show How some one can write Pentagon should accept Obama's requests over Rachiels requests in a wiki page ? --Himesh84 (talk) 12:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I posted a comment on this issue on the article's talk page (see here). — Richwales 17:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

would you mind if I nominated United States v. Wong Kim Ark for the main page?

Hi,

I'm new at this, but I think it's a fine article and would like to nominated it for the main page. What do you think?

Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 18:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment. :-) In principle, I'd love to see Wong Kim Ark make WP:TFA someday. I'm not really familiar with the process (either?), but as I look at the scoring criteria at WP:TFAR, it seems this article would probably get about 2 (maybe 3) points on the scale. If I (the primary contributor to the article) were to make the request, I think that could give it one additional point. Would you like me to be the one to nominate it, in order to give it the extra point? — Richwales 18:50, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
great! Below I've copied a sample nomination that you can use if you want. I think Wong Kin Ark makes a nice variation from the usual main page, plus citizenship is an issue in the upcoming US election. Plus the US Supreme Court is currently in session! MathewTownsend (talk) 19:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Wong Kim Ark
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that virtually everyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen. This decision established an important precedent in its interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Wong Kim Ark, who was born in the United States to Chinese parents around 1871, had been denied re-entry to the U.S. after a trip abroad, under a law restricting Chinese immigration that prohibited immigrants from China from becoming naturalized U.S. citizens. He challenged the government's refusal to recognize his citizenship, and the Supreme Court ruled in his favor, holding that the citizenship language in the Fourteenth Amendment encompassed essentially everyone born in the U.S.—even the U.S.-born children of foreigners. (more...)
Thanks. I'll take a closer look at this when I get home from work tonight. One thing that occurred to me right away was that instead of the SCOTUS seal, a photo of Wong Kim Ark himself might be more appropriate. — Richwales 19:21, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
That's a good idea. MathewTownsend (talk) 19:25, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Guess we missed our chance, as the queue has filled up again. Too bad. It would've been a good one! Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 00:05, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm. OK, well, I'll keep an eye on it now, and I'll also work on getting up to speed on the process. Thanks for the suggestion/encouragement. — Richwales 00:20, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
I've substituted the photo as previously discussed. I also verified that the blurb (including all markup) is 1,183 bytes long (so under the limit). I'll keep an eye on the request queue and be ready to nominate this as soon as a space opens up. I calculate 2 points for no similar article in 6+ months, plus 1 point for a significant contributor's first TFA, for a total of 3 points. — Richwales 04:55, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
Regarding possibly similar articles, Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders was TFA on August 20, and Mumia Abu-Jamal was TFA on July 11, but I think it would be stretching things to say these other US law cases are "similar" to Wong Kim Ark. What do you think? — Richwales 05:08, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
I nominated Wong Kim Ark last night. One of the "nonspecific date" nominations had failed (per the rules), and I replaced it. — Richwales 01:01, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
Coming soon, Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 19, 2012 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Wonderful! MathewTownsend (talk) 13:08, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I think your change to the blurb is fine. I made sure the blurb was within the character limits (the important thing). We're all sort of winging it. The size is right and making the birth place more specific is fine. Only the two delegates, Raul and Dabomb87 have any final say in the matter! And Dabomb87 chose it. So all's ok. Best wishes and congratulations. MathewTownsend (talk) 22:30, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks. In my opinion, this issue has been adequately covered, and there is no need for my further participation. — Richwales 21:31, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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Congrats on the TFA!

Really nice work... it's great to see a well-written legal article on the main page, and as Matthew pointed out, it's very timely. Keep up the great work. Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 03:33, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Precious

law and massacre
Thank you for quality articles, such as United States v. Wong Kim Ark and Katyn massacre, for gnomish work and your belief in civility, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

You statement at arbitration

The SPI is being done off wiki as this particular master is highly proficent at evading detection. That is all I am willing to say on the matter. Darkness Shines (talk) 04:48, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

SPI help?

(copied from talk page of Timotheus Canens)

Hi. I was wondering if there might be some way I could get involved in the SPI process. I've skimmed through WP:SPI/C. I hope I'm not getting in over my head by asking about this. :-) — Richwales 06:01, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

We should be taking on a batch of new trainee clerks pretty soon. Feel free to post on WP:SPI/CN if you are interested. T. Canens (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)