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My extreme Wikibreak has ended[edit]

My fellow editor,

You may have noticed that I have been on a huge wikibreak over the entire summer, or you may not have. I am dreadfully sorry if my unexplained, unannounced, unplanned absence has caused harm to the project involving Outlines of Knowledge, but I am confident that you have recognized my absence and have delegated tasks to this project's additional staff. I have no real excuse for my absence; I haven't suffered some sickness or injury, nor a family emergency. I can't really say that I decided to take a wikibreak...it really just happened. I stopped checking my talk page, stopped editing, moved to other "hobbies". This is really just reflective of my style when editing...I have been through relapsing/recurring cycles when editing before. This was just the first time that I was engaged in an active project.

But enough self explanation. I am sorry for disappearing without notice, and while I can't say that it won't happen again (it most likely will), I can say that I will give due warning if I decide to take another break. With that said, I can start doing work again, although I will be limited to working in the evenings (Mountain Time) as usual. My bot is still functional; it still has its bot flag, and work with AWB should still be no problem. I look forward to your response, and hope that you can forgive my "discrepancy." Thank you very much, Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:59, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads up, and welcome home! I've also been on wikibreak for the past couple of months, with occasional sessions online to keep an eye on things. We have lots of work left ahead of us, though not any bot or AWB work at the moment. All the work right now seems to be manual, but you might be able to figure out a way to speed it up. I've been using WP:LINKY to speed up work on similar tasks on multiple pages, and I can use as much help as I can get because there is a great deal of this type of work. I'll be in touch again soon. The Transhumanist 01:12, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
P.S.: while you are waiting for your next assignment, please take a look at Outline of space exploration and see if you can improve it. Thank you. -TT
P.P.S.: see User talk:Colds7ream/Archive 1#Keys to the kingdom. -TT

Task request[edit]

Please move all of the pages from Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge to Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of Knowledge. (Just capitalize "knowledge").

The WikiProject has a lot of subpages, and subsubpages (most of which are under /Drafts/).

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist 22:44, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get right on that. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:08, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and did it, but please check for any I missed. Move just the pages that haven't been moved yet (not the redirects!). The Transhumanist 23:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Copy that, now checking the subpages. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:18, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New task request[edit]

In the contents of the pages that have titles that start with "Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of Knowledge", please change the string:

"Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge"

to

"Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of Knowledge"

(without the quotes, of course)

(and also of course, do not move/rename the pages).  :)

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 23:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Doing...I'm assume I'm not to touch mainspace articles; I'll instruct AWB to skip redirects. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:32, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. There aren't any "wikipedia:" links in those anyways, as far as I know. The Transhumanist 23:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. 20 edits in total. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:57, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Availability[edit]

How much do you want me to pile on?  :)

The Transhumanist 23:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the task. During the weekdays I can only work nights (MT) but on the weekends I'm pretty free. The more automated the task is, the easier I can get it done. So, you should prioritize when you want any tasks done, since I'll be working sequentially on the aforementioned schedule. To make a long story short, pile on as much as you like, but remember when I can work on it and that I will work sequentially. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:45, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Renames[edit]

Cool.

You want a big pile.

Congratulations! You've just won a new...

Big pile...

  1. We need to track down all the lists with "topics" in their titles, and save them to a list. (Not redirects). One good place to start is http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&num=100&q=allintitle%3A+list+topics+-Category+-Template+-Talk+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
  2. Then we need to change the names of those that are outlines to "Outline of x" (where x is the topic).
  3. Then we need to add their names to the OOK.
  4. Then we need to convert their contents to OOK format. (Not as bad as it sounds, maybe 10 to 15 minutes each to start - faster once you get the hang of it).

In cases where an "Outline of" article already exists, we need to merge the corresponding topics list into it. However, the renames/conversions are more important because they'll expand the topic selection on the main OOK page. There are a bunch of (extensive) country topics lists, and they will be a bitch to merge (1 to 3 hours each). We should pick away at those, but for now we should conserve most of our energy for things we can change rapidly, like renames and conversions.

The Transhumanist 23:53, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.: some of the topics lists are alphabetical indexes. I've been renaming those as I come across them to "Index of x articles". For example, see Index of architecture articles. For the rest, see Portal:Contents/Index. -TT

For the first step, is there some general category that I can get all of the lists from? Or are we going to rely on searches? Querying the API returns a huge amount of results...it doesn't help that non-sysops can only ask for 50 pages at a time. I got to result 600...see User:Robert Skyhawk/Workspace. Ideas? Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 01:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid not. I've pulled the first hundred from that search link I included above into User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox75. I used the search replace feature of WP:WikEd to disable the non-article links in the search results. Then I loaded them into Firefox tabs using Linky, so I can jump to the next one in line just by nuking the current tab with Ctrl-W. Pretty fast.
Start on the second hundred, because I'll be through these pretty fast. The Transhumanist 01:29, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Caveat! Beware! - skip List of opera topics. There's been a local conflict over that one, so we'll leave that to a future time. Maybe next year. The Transhumanist 01:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at how I've been keeping track of the topic lists as I process them (see the expansion section and below):

here's the list I pulled that comes after the last result here...there are so few (32) because most of the Google results were in the Project or User namespace. I've also put the raw results you got on that Workspace page that I linked to, so it's a relatively comprehensive list. I'll start moving the pages I got to their proper titles (step 2). Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 23:36, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I'm skipping over the country-related lists, since we already have outlines for those. I'm not sure whether you want to merge or what, but for now I'm leaving them. -RS

(outdent)Moves are  Done; the renamed pages have also been added to the project. I've skipped some, including countries and lists that I think were false positives. Feel free to go over the results, of course. I should tell you that if there is any controversy over any of the moves, my plan is to revert immediately and then work on solving the problem. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 02:50, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Outline Update - expanding the Outline of Knowledge - 2009-10-05[edit]

Time for some catching up...

Special award and thanks to Buaidh

Congratulations and kudos to Buaidh, the first recipient of the Wikipedia World Developer Award, and the first inductee into the Outline of Knowledge WikiProject's Hall of Fame.

The award was announced about 2 months agos on the WikiProject's talk page, and on Wikipedia's Community Bulletin Board.

Buaidh created the historical outlines for all of the U.S. States, the U.S. capital, and most of the U.S. insular areas. He has also worked indefatigably day after day, improving all of the outlines of the U.S. States, and the outlines of all of the countries of the world!

Who's been up to what?
  • Buaidh, working hard on the country outlines.
  • Highfields, MacMed, and I worked on the see also sections of the subject articles corresponding to the outlines (adding or updating the links to the relevant outlines and indexes).
Wiki-Zombies

Discussions can sure be frustrating - try getting a proposal through on a guideline's talk page sometime. Most of the time, it seems like the opposition is mindlessly following each other, like...

Zombies. (You've got to see this).

Outline of Knowledge

Yes, it's a proper noun. It's only proper, since we also have an article called Outline of knowledge which is about knowledge generically.

OOK expansion!

After a couple month vacation, I'm ready to slam the gas pedal to the floor. Are you?

Things are speeding up!

Take a look...

New to the OOK

The following outlines have been added to the OOK within the past couple of months or so. Some of them were renames, some of them brand new, and some of them recently discovered after sitting in article space for awhile as orphans.

Here's some more pages that have been renamed to outlines even more recently, but that need to be converted to OOK format:

Lists to merge into outlines

The following pairs of pages are content forks and need to be merged:

Not sure what to rename these to
Rough outlines, renamed/moved to draft space
Lists that can be structured into decent outlines

Only a few hundred more to go.  :)

The Transhumanist 04:46, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moving lists to outlines[edit]

Hi, you recently renamed a lot of established "List" articles to the "Outline of" format without first discussing the moves or getting any consensus for the renames. Although this is fine per WP:BOLD, doing so many at a time would usually require some discussion - and WP:OUTLINE is a failed/disputed-proposed policy. Per WP:BRD I have undone your recent moves, and would ask you not to carry out any more moves to "outline of" without first showing a consensus of some form. There is discussion about starting an RfC on this topic or a centralised discussion. Thanks, Verbal chat 15:32, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. I can only say that I hadn't really thought about how unilateral my actions (and potentially those of other editors) were; I believed that I was moving those pages under at least minor consensus. I should have investigated further and for that I am sorry. If I had considered the fallout these moves were to have, I probably wouldn't have done them; honestly it is against my editing philosophy to make changes before seeking consensus. On a related note, thank you for going through the work required to revert these moves. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 15:04, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy call - you've been named in a discussion[edit]

You have been named in the discussion at User talk:Jake Wartenberg#Outline of water.

The Transhumanist 22:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ISS FAC4.[edit]

Hello there! As an editor who has posted a comment in one of the recent Peer Reviews, GANs or FACs of International Space Station, or who has contributed to the article recently, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind commenting in the current Featured Article Candidacy with any suggestions you have for article improvements (and being bold and making those changes), whether or not you feel any issues you have previously raised have been dealt with, and, ultimately, if you believe the article meets the Featured Article guidelines. This is the fourth FAC for this article, and it'd be great to have it pass. Many thanks in advance, Colds7ream (talk) 16:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...[edit]

... for the barnstar!  fetchcomms☛ 00:37, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive[edit]

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 18:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive[edit]

Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:09, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cat:psychology for hidden messages[edit]

Hi! I'm cleaning up cat:psychology. As the message on the page says, articles in this category should be moved to subcategories when appropriate. Having the cat:psychology on the hidden messages template gets way too many "wrong" articles into this category. You wrote in your edit motivation that the cat can be omitted if desired. But how? I tried to remove it from the article Hidden message (it already has the cat:perception, which is a subcat of a subcat of cat:psychology), but I don't know how. Could you tell me? Lova Falk talk 18:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the template so that if you type {{Hidden messages|nocat=y}}, the category will be removed. See the documentation for more info, and if you disagree with the change, I can undo/modify it. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 19:05, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Please also see your entry on the Help desk. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 19:09, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Now I read all your messages to me. I would appreciate it if you would remove cat:psychology for this template, because all articles on it would belong either to a subcat of cat:psychology, or not to psychology at all. Lova Falk talk 19:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I'll remove all trace of Category:Psychology from the template, and remove the nocat parameter from the two articles you mentioned on the help desk. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 19:17, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for fixing it & for being so totally easy about it. Lova Falk talk 19:22, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) No problem. If you ever need any more help with templates or categories or anything like that, I'd be glad to help you. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 19:30, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Grab some glory, and a barnstar[edit]

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 15:18, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ten Commandments[edit]

Hello i was editing the Ten Commandments page and you said that i was expressing a person opinion but the page itself says the same thing

Christ simplified the Ten Commandments into two which are the moral foundation of Christianity.[1]

the page itself says later about christianity

In the New Testament, Jesus repeated some of the commandments in Matthew 19:16–19[2] and condensed them into two general commands in another:

‘“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’

— Matthew 22:34–40

Here Jesus is quoting the Hebrew Bible, namely Deuteronomy 6:5[3] and Leviticus 19:18[4] respectively.

To be honest, I'm not very familiar with religion or Christianity (being an atheist myself), so I don't really feel like I can decide whether this is a valid statement. Therefore, I suggest that you do the edit again, and I'll let someone else review it. Thanks for bringing this up. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 00:04, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thank you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Case547 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Changing article title[edit]

I just wanted to thank you for correcting the Anthony Terlato page title and for taking the time to explain the redirect and semi-protected pages. I really don't know how I made either mistake. I'm afraid, as this was my first article, I don't have the skills to do it right or the knowledge to understand what I've done wrong. I will try to do better in the future. Best regards, Pete May —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petemay (talk • contribs) 01:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<duplicate message removed> I'm happy to help. Wikipedia may seem like a strange, confusing place at first, but with time and practice you'll come to understand all of the intricacies here. If you ever have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask me on this page, or via any of the other methods that I listed on your talk page.
P.S. When you make posts like the one above on talk pages, always remember to "sign" them by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thanks, Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 04:02, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please understand my situation[edit]

I have been watching these Johnny Test articles for a long time, and I feel like I'm the only person concerned about the quality in these articles. It's the same problems I'm having to deal with over and over and over again with countless different people. Cruft, fake episodes, etc just over and over again. So please understand if I get frustrated, quite simply, there are more bad edits to these pages than good edits. Heavydata (talk) 02:43, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can indeed understand why you would get frustrated. In the interest of full disclosure, I left the note in part because the other user placed a {{helpme}} template and asked how to deal with the situation. We all have moments of frustration while editing, and it's not against the rules to be frustrated. I would simply recommend that we all try to be polite and civil, even when criticizing others' edits. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 02:48, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter[edit]

Could you say me why is important to Twitter, that his creator Jack Dorsey, whom has his own article, has born in <no wiki>Saint Louis, Missouri</nowiki>? TbhotchTalk C. 21:05, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it isn't important, but I found it interesting. Feel free to remove it if you disagree, I won't revert. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 21:09, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See history and you'll find why I cannot revert you. TbhotchTalk C. 21:12, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid I don't understand. The latest revsion is accepted, and you are autoconfirmed. You should be able to revert to your version without any trouble. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 21:14, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
WP:3RR TbhotchTalk C. 21:18, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, of course. Ok, I've removed that addition myself. Happy editing. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 21:24, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Making first letter in article title lower case[edit]

Thank you, Robert, for the prompt reply on titling. Your advice worked perfectly.

65.73.74.184 (talk) 02:30, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's my pleasure to help. Please let me know if you have any more questions! Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 18:19, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hudson Utility Coupe[edit]

Hey Robert, Actually I do need help with one tiny thing. I've noticed that the Hudson Utility Coupe article TITLE is incorrectly written and it's not immediately obvious how to fix it or even if I have the authority to fix it. It's currently in mostly lower case where, I believe, upper case initial letters are called for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_hudson_utility_coupe. Is there any chance you could reply on my talk page? Thank you.--Georgiasouthernlynn (talk) 14:39, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replied to at User talk:Georgiasouthernlynn#Yes, I do need help. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 21:29, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up[edit]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!


Stats
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars.

GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 July
  • Eight people will receive The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Barnstar (100,000+ words): Chaosdruid, Diannaa, Ericleb01, Lfstevens, Shimeru, S Masters, The Utahraptor, and Torchiest.
  • Bullock and Slon02 will receive The Order of the Superior Scribe (80,000+).
  • The Barnstar of Diligence (60,000+) goes to Derild4921, GaryColemanFan, kojozone, and Mlpearc.
  • The Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (40,000+) goes to A. Parrot, AirplanePro, Auntieruth55, Bejinhan, David Rush, and mono.
  • Nobody will receive The Old School League of Copy Editors award (30,000+).
  • The Tireless Contributor Barnstar (20,000+) goes to Backtable, Cindamuse, dtgriffith, Duff, e. ripley, Laurinavicius, NerdyScienceDude, and TEK.
  • The Cleanup Barnstar (12,000+) goes to Brickie, Casliber, cymru lass, December21st2012Freak, Nolelover, TheTito, Whoosit, and YellowMonkey.
  • The Working Man's Barnstar (8,000+) goes to Bsherr, Duchess of Bathwick, HELLKNOWZ, Mabeenot, noraft, Pyfan, and Richard asr.
  • The Modest Barnstar (4,000+) goes to Adrian J. Hunter, Airplaneman, Annalise, Camerafiend, Cricket02, Fetchcomms, Gosox5555, LeonidasSpartan, Paulmnguyen, Piotrus, SuperHamster, Taelus, and TPW.


Gold Star Award

Gold Star Award Leaderboard
Articles Words 5k+ Articles
1. Diannaa (248) Shimeru (200,392) Shimeru/Ericleb01 (13)
2. Slon02 (157) Diannaa (164,960) Chaosdruid (8)
3. GaryColemanFan (101) Chaosdruid (130,630) Derild4921 (7)
4. Torchiest (100) The Utahraptor (117,347) GaryColemanFan/Slon02 (6)
5. Shimeru (80) Ericleb01 (114,893) Bejinhan/The Utahraptor (5)

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) | Newsletter by: The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions

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GOCE Invitation[edit]
There are currently
2,860 articles in the backlog.
You can help us! Join the
September 2010 drive today!

The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles.

Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars
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Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— ɳorɑfʈ Talk! and S Masters (talk).

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Outline of Saskatchewan has gone live[edit]

November copy edit drive[edit]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

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

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

November 2010 backlog elimination drive update[edit]

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!


Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Utahraptor (talk) at 16:35, 14 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]

GOCE elections[edit]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors via SMasters using AWB on 01:59, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion[edit]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated.

Stats

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!

Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

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Janet Jackson[edit]

Hi, sorry about accepting that revision by the IP, I miss read the wikilink and thought they were entering her role in Nutty Professor II Pol430 talk to me 18:29, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I didn't notice your accept, so you must have fixed it quickly. That being the case, no worries. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 18:35, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas![edit]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

/ƒETCHCOMMS/ 05:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Death of John Lennon[edit]

Hello, I reverted edits made by another editor that went against consensus after debate on the talk page. I should've said why, but this has been going on for a few weeks and I was just frustrated. The edits center around the unsubstantiated "fringe" opinion that Lennon's murder was part of a government conspiracy. While I included a mention of it, just for "completeness," it doesn't warrant it's own subsection which is what I reverted, which had been discussed on the talk page. So, please take a look. Thanks Hotcop2 (talk) 23:53, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see. In that case, I'll revert back to your version and allow discussion/editing to take its course. With all due respect, if your edit summary had included a note about acting on consensus, I wouldn't have reverted, but no worries. Happy editing! Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 00:19, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Like I said, I was frustrated. You know, this is a particularly sensitive time of year regarding this subject. Not an excuse, just an explanation. ;-) Hotcop2 (talk) 00:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

reply re. picture's license tag[edit]

Thanks for reply. So, I'll leave everything as is. Having the best "tag" to help prevent a deletion, is all that matters. I inserted those living years of the illustrator or artist on the template, just in case that would help establish the right to use the image. Yes, I have no reason to believe that it does not qualify for public domain, as the calendar company has been out of business for decades. Also, thanks for explaining why that error message showed up. Jim Percy (talk) 20:35, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS. It does seem a little confusing. There are two different pictures on the article: Paul Martin (illustrator). One is from Wikipedia and the other from Wikimedia Commons. I uploaded both pics from my scanner, months apart. I'll have to try to figure that out later. Jim Percy (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The one on Wikipedia probably could be moved to the Commons, but nobody has. The advantage of the Commons is that any project can use its images, whereas images stored here can only be used here. There is a multitude of images stored here that can be moved to the Commons--it's just a matter of doing it. As for why one is on Commons and one is not, that isn't clear...the page on Commons shows no indication that it was ever moved, and has you having made the upload in the first place. It's possible that you simply uploaded it to Commons without realizing. Robert Skyhawk (T C B) 20:51, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

reply no. two[edit]

Okay, that makes sense. I could have uploaded it to Commons without realizing it. I noticed that someone in the graphics lab at Commons, touched up the picture of the file: boy with pups. I never made that request, myself. So, maybe it was moved by some editor around that time. Or else I did it without realizing. Oh, well. Thanks again. Jim Percy (talk) 21:14, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nilufar Sherzod[edit]

  • News paper Pomir - 4.08.2010 by Raso Aslamshoev
  • News Paper Asia Plus - 12.2.2010 by Parvina Khamidova
  • Vip Zone Magazine - (is going to be published n the 28th of December)by Rukhshona Najmidinova
  • IN Magazine 10.20.2010 by Autum Thatcher

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Badakhshon (talk • contribs) 21:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Card[edit]

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Merry Christmas
At this festive time, I would like to say a very special thank you to my fellow editors, and take the time to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. And, in case you can't wait until the big day, I've left you each three special presents, click to unwrap :) Acather96 (talk) 10:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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GOCE Year-end Report[edit]

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.

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.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:42, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

  1. ^ Matthew 22:34–40
  2. ^ Matthew 19:16–19
  3. ^ Deuteronomy 6:5
  4. ^ Leviticus 19:18
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