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I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Hi, I'm KatieBU. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Hednota polyargyra, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. KatieBU (talk) 22:38, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Very fast article creation

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You are in some cases creating 3 or more pages per minute. How are you doing this? Ciao Mane (talk) 23:23, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Experience makes up the majority of it. Also, putting this formula: {{subst:PAGENAME}} wherever the full title of the page is meant to appear in the text helps. There was an old person of Rimini... (talk) 23:32, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 06 August 2014

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Asking your permission... ;-))

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Dear Wilhelmina,

I am in awe of your work here at the Wiki and also a great fan/admirer of your positive spirit and sense of humour.

Therefore, I would like to ask your permission to add the following userbox to my userpage, seeing as it would be a bit one-sided (not to say somewhat presumptuous) to do so without asking you first:

Thank you for your consideration.

With kindest regards;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 14:44, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user is a WikiFriend with User:Wilhelmina Will.
Sure thing! :) There was an old person of Rimini... (talk) 17:40, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! All very best wishes...
(My word, you are a *busy* lady!!!)
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 18:25, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

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We toast in Sir Wilhelmina's name, as he is ever present in the new pages feed. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) There was an old person of Rimini... (talk) 00:08, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations; but, surely, this should have been "Lady Wilhelmina" and "... as she is ever present ..."?!
Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 10:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Few things

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Hi Wilhelmina, first off: nice work on the Crambids! Regarding categories, when you start on the species in a new Subfamily, Tribe, etc. could you please check if there already is a category for this subfamiliy or tribe and use it? Saves me the time of having to recat. everything. Second: someone has been busy refining the 'Animals described in ...' cats to 'Moths described in ...'. I think you already do, but could you use these from now on? Thanks! Ow, and I am unable to finish the last batch you made, could you wait with the next until I finish these? Much appreciated..! Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 12:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okey-doke! :) Who said, 'Gracious! Goodness! Oh gimini!'... (talk) 17:25, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Wilhelmina, could I ask for another break? I think I will not be able to do much wiki-work the coming days. If you could wait with the next batch until I cleared these it would be much appreciated..! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing! :) Who said, 'Gracious! Goodness! Oh gimini!'... (talk) 17:12, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Rock 'n' Roll Cities

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Orlady has replied to your nudge here; there appear to be issues still remaining. Please respond soon. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:13, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wilhelmina Will, it has been two weeks now since Orlady replied noting that issues still remained with your nomination. We need you to take action soon. Thank you for your attention. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:53, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Writer's Barnstar
Dear Wilhelmina Will, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, especially your creation to Cyclopeplus peruvianus. Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, AnupamTalk 00:52, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Who said, 'Gracious! Goodness! Oh gimini!'... (talk) 00:55, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

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Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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The Signpost: 13 August 2014

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GOCE July drive and August blitz

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone!

Blitz: The August blitz will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30. Sign up here!

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HOP Ranch

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Hi Wilhelmina,

The subject article was recently published this past weekend, and I am trying to get it assigned to the most correct project. I think the one that fits best is American Old West. I'd be grateful if you can make that happen, and I would also be grateful to have the article reviewed for class. I humbly submit that it is beyond start class.

Thanks!

Dnforney (talk) 03:27, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, I apologize for the delay. I've taken care of the requested tasks. :) When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 22:55, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 August 2014

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A barnstar for you!!

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The Barnstar of Good Humor
Hello Wilhelmina Will recently you have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much for signing my guestbook.

NickGibson3900 Talk Sign my Guestbook Contributions 07:30, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) Who said, 'Gracious! Goodness! Oh gimini!'... (talk) 17:33, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cerambycid articles

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Hi. First off, I sincerely compliment the amount of work you put into getting so many of the names in Larry Bezark's catalog online. I know how much effort is involved in projects like that, as I have over 10,000 WP edits, many of them of a similar nature, and have authored a cerambycid field guide. However, you evidently were not aware that the catalog you were using was only the half used exclusively for New World taxa. A lot of the tribes and genera you pasted into Wikipedia have OTHER members in the Old World, in Larry's OTHER half of the catalog. This has led to some troublesome and incorrect entries, e.g., your article on Dorcaschematini, which stated that the only included genus was Dorcaschema. There are, in fact, 12 genera in the tribe, 11 of them Old World exclusively. I had to rebuild both the tribal page and the Dorcaschema genus page to reflect this. This pattern is repeated for nearly every tribal list you created, some of them omitting dozens of genera (such as Monochamini - compare your list with this). I hate to ask this, but I can't spare the time to fix all of this presently, but at the very least you need to work through all the tribal pages you created to add all the missing Old World genera. There promise to be hundreds, all told. Since there are numerous exclusively Old World tribes, they aren't necessarily in the list of tribes, either, but adding those is a second-tier priority. I have not checked to see if the lists in Wikispecies are complete; if so, this may greatly speed up the process of revision. Peace, Dyanega (talk) 07:29, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Heats

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In Swimming, "heats" are the eliminatory section. We have a lot of swimmers to try a time, and only 8 can swim each time (this happens in Athletics too, the track is not big enough to put everybody together). So, we have heat 1,2,3,4... and the 16 best times go to the semifinal or 8 go to the final (longer events like 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m). Junperson (talk) 00:39, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the clarification! :) When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 22:55, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Requests

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Hi Wilhelmina Will. The Instructions for copy editors on the GOCE/REQ page requests "Please do not accept more than one request at a time." Please observe: other people might like to take some of those requests, and you can't possibly do them simultaneously. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 00:10, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, if you want to be the one who does those requests, I'll withdraw from them. One less thing to skyrocket my blood pressure over. When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 00:12, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Stfg: I'm pretty sure there were only three; I've withdrawn from these. You can go ahead and take them on now. When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 00:16, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, in this version of the requests page, there were six, all marked {{working}} in the space of three minutes. I didn't say I wanted to take them on; there are other people apart from me. --Stfg (talk) 00:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but you're one of/the most diligent participants the guild's got. :) What I meant was that while I signed on for six of the reviews, there were only three unattended at the time of your post. When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 01:16, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

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A brownie to you for reviewing at least 15 submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation June 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for contributing to the backlog elimination drive!
Posted by (t) Josve05a (c) 01:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation.[reply]

I am also sorry that there were some sort of a mishap and trouble with your reviews. The problem was that you didn't sign up for the drive under [[1]], which caused you to fall of the lists.

Happy editing! (t) Josve05a (c) 01:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Josve05a. :) I was always under the impression that once a user's page for logging submissions has been started, they're added to the participant's list by a machine, but now I'm starting to doubt I assumed right. Thanks again! When they said, 'Please be still'... (talk) 01:12, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, once you add your name to the participants list and start the page for logging reviews, a machine (User:Excirial/AFCBuddy) will then start automatically logging your reviews for you. It will also update your drive totals so that the coordinator can give you an award. Mz7 (talk) 21:31, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Cup

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Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

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The Signpost: 27 August 2014

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August GOCE blitz

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The Modest Barnstar
Thanks for copyediting a total of 2,964 words during the August Guild of Copy Editors blitz! Miniapolis 17:07, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) She ran down a hill... (talk) 20:55, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

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The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2. Scotland Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
  3. Nepal Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
  6. Florida 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
  7. Colorado Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8. Canada Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Herm Matty.007 (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), United States WikiRedactor (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), Portugal Prism (submissions) and Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

HOP Ranch updated

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Wilhelmina,

First I hope your stress will reduce as soon as possible and that you can return to a less stressful mode quickly.

I wanted to thank you for evaluating the HOP Ranch article recently and bringing it into the Old West project area where I think it fits best. I noticed you assigned it a quality level of start class, and I have since made the following improvements to the article.

1. Outlined the prose of the article and added an entirely new section "Dangers" to provide a backdrop of life on the Colorado prairie at the time. The new outline has created a helpful, albeit small, TOC for the article. (This is a low stress article :-) )

2. Reviewed and modified every reference to better adhere to MOS Citation Templates and provided links to all online sources (definitely not infringing on copyrights) so it easier to check reference material.

I do have the article in peer review and am awaiting comments. So I'm wondering. Do you have suggestions that will help move this out of Start Class?

Thanks in advance! Dnforney (talk) 07:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

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A Well-being Award for you! ;-))

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Dear Wilhelmina;
Welcome back to the community where I'm sure many of your friends have been missing you! I am glad your absence was only a brief one and I hope you are now feeling fully refreshed and ready to continue your most excellent work here, albeit a little less intensely, perhaps?

Please keep well and joyful.
With kindest regards.
Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 13:42, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, thank you, very much! :) She ran down a hill... (talk) 17:10, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Jon Carnegie

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I wonder if you realise that, when you reviewed the draft, you did not complete the template properly. I have done so for you. You also did not notify the submitting editor of the fact that you declined it, leading them to wonder what had taken place and when. They asked at the AFC Help Desk.

Please, when you review, perform 100% of the steps. There is a script that will assist you. Fiddle Faddle 08:30, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Glaphyriinae

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Hi Wilhelmina, and nice to see you are back. Regarding the creation of Glaphyriinae species pages: it seems this subfamily has been subject of a lot of research, and thus much info is available. This means more work for me, so might I ask you limit the number of new species articles to 20-30 a day so I can keep up? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okey-doke! :) She ran down a hill... (talk) 17:40, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

August 2014 wikification awards

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The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For scoring 3rd place on the leaderboard during the August 2014 Wikification Drive, SarahTheEntwife, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Congratulations, and keep up the good work!
The Iron Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying a total of 12 pages, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work!
Benzband has given you a cupcake!
Thankyou for your ongoing efforts to keep Wikipedia wikified! Cheers, benzband (talk) 10:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) She ran down a hill... (talk) 18:28, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

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Crambidae

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You made a lot of Crambidae page, Wilhelmina. I just want to mention at least once, that these are often helpful for me. Thanks & good continuation User:Tonton Bernardo

Second that! :) One thing though: could you use the Glaphyriini category for the remaining species belonging to that tribe? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 10:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup

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WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

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October 2014 Wikification Drive

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I'm Still alive

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Hello Wilhelmina, I was offline for some time and had no time to message you, because I just became a first time father of a baby boy named Pim. I wont be able to edit much the coming period, so would you mind to stick to the beetles for some time? I will let you know when I will be back at Wikipedia. Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 19:29, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, how wonderful! Congratulations! :D As for the moths, of course I'll wait to make more pages, but I hope when you get time for them you'll notify me when they're done; I wiped them out of my watchlist when I was cleaning them. Thanks! And was never more heard of at Rimini. (talk) 22:13, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Nearly done with the last batch. I will not be able to spend much time on Wikipedia up to October 21st. Might I suggest you finish the Anania species to start with? I will let you know when I am done with them! Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Ruigeroeland:  Done Now I'll sit back and wait! :) "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 18:48, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
These are done! I still don't have much time, so could you again make a batch and wait until I finish them? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 10:40, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

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In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE September 2014 bling

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The Modest Barnstar
Thanks for copyediting a total of 4,392 words during the Guild of Copy Editors September drive! All the best, Miniapolis 17:27, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! :) "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 05:32, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Apomecynoides

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Hi, I'm Metheglyn. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Apomecynoides!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. It's not clear from the linked citation that the listed species are indeed members of this genus.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Metheglyn (talk) 21:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Ancornallis cristatus

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Hi, I'm Metheglyn. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Ancornallis cristatus!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. The linked page doesn't appear to support the text in this article, since the link only goes to a general taxonomic profile. Additional information about the particular species and its discovery would be beneficial.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Metheglyn (talk) 21:22, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Cup -Round 1 Newsletter

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1

As we move into the middle of Round 1, we wanted to report some of the lessons we've learned thus far, as well as announce a major rule change going into Round 2, which begins November 1. Remember, sign-ups for this year's Cup ends on September 15.

Thus far, we're very happy with the results of the competition. One of our major goals, reducing the long backlog at GAN, is well on the way to being accomplished, mostly due to the enthusiastic efforts of Jonas Vinther, who has earned over 250 points. Over 80 reviews have been made thus far. Thank you all for your efforts and for your part in making the GA Cup a success.

However, this is the inaugural year of the GA Cup, so there have been some unforeseen circumstances that have come up. One has been a glaring inadequacy with the rules, which the judges feel makes the competition unfair. As a result, there will be a major change in the rules, starting at the beginning of Round 2:

  • Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification.

What this means is that you must provide some feedback to the article's nominator, and must wait for him or her to respond before passing the article. If the nominator has not responded in the standard 7 days, you can fail the article. We're instituting this rule change to prevent the possibility of competitors passing articles for the sake of passing articles (or failing them) and to gain more points. We believe that the change will make it more fair to all competitors in the GA Cup.

Also, in case you haven't noticed, we increased the "guarantee" for Round 2 to 25 participants. The exact number will be decided in the near future.

We thank your for your participation, and for your flexibility and understanding as we learn what works and what doesn't work in this competition.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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GA Cup Newsletter Correction

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Hi everyone,

It was brought to the attention of the judges that there was an error in the newsletter sent out earlier today.

Sign-ups for the GA Cup will close on October 15, 2014, not September 15, 2014 (as mentioned in the newsletter).

Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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GA Cup - Round 1 Newsletter #2

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1

Hello GA Cup competitors!

The judges have learned a great deal in this first part of the competition, and we appreciate your patience with us as we've figured out what works and what doesn't work. As we reported in our last newsletter, an inadequacy in the scoring system has been illuminated in the past 15 days, which has resulted in a major change in the rules. It has also resulted in one withdrawal.

To ensure fairness, we've decided to further increase the number of participants moving onto Round 2. Everyone who has reviewed at least one article will automatically be moved forward, and will be placed in pools. You have until October 29 to take advantage of this opportunity. It is our hope that this will make up for the unforeseen glitch in our scoring system.

Best of wishes to all of you as you continue to help improve articles and make Wikipedia a better place.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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GOCE October 2014 newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors October 2014 newsletter is now ready for review. Highlights:

– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis.

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A barnstar for you!

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The Writer's Barnstar
For creating all those helpful articles. -- EvilLair (✉ | c) 03:07, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@EvilLair: I'm sorry, I only noticed this now. Thank you, very much! :) "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 02:37, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE October Blitz award

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The Minor Barnstar
Hi Wilhelmina Will, thank you for copy editing 1,731 words in 2 articles during the Guild of Copy Editors’ October Blitz. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:09, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Halloween cheer!

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Happy Halloween!

Hello Wilhelmina Will:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    –  ΤheQ Editor  Talk? 18:23, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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The Barnstar o'Lantern
You deserve this barnstar after spreading the Halloween spirit around Wikipedia. Your work is greatly appreciated!  ΤheQ Editor  Talk? 18:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Aw, well thank you! :) "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 18:36, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Wilhelmina;
I second that sentiment! Thank you very much for sending me your 'Happy Halloween' wishes; it felt good to be remembered and appreciated. I hope you had a good time too, and that you were not too scared...
With kindest regards;
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Absolutely! ;) Best wishes! :) If I had to guess... (talk) 17:58, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Cup - Round 2

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 2

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Jaguar took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 238. In a tight race for second, Peacemaker67 and Ritchie333 finished second and third with 152 and 141 points, respectively.

Two users have scored the maximum five bonus points for article length (60,000 characters+). Anotherclown reviewed Spanish conquest of Yucatán (77,350 characters) and MrWooHoo reviewed Communist Party of China (76,740 characters). The longest review was by Bilorv who reviewed Caldas da Rainha. The review was approximately 22,400 characters which earned s/he two bonus points (20, 000 - 29, 999 characters).

In Round 1, 117 reviews were completed, making the first round of the GA Cup a success! A total of 86 articles were removed from the backlog during the month of October! We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 2 so we can lower the backlog as much as possible.

To qualify for the second round, one completed review was needed, which 28 users accomplished. Participants have been randomly put into 7 pools of 4; the top 2 in each pool will move onto Round 3. There will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 15th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 2 will start on November 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on November 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here

Also, remember that a major rule change will go into affect starting on November 1, which marks the beginning of Round Two. Round 1 displayed a weakness in the rules, which we are correcting with this new rule. We believe that this change will make the competition more inherently fair. The new rule is: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. The judges will strictly enforce this new rule.

Good luck and remember to have fun!

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WikiCup 2014: The results

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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

November 2014

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Thank you! If I had to guess... (talk) 19:09, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Thanks for reviewing Pterolophioides, Wilhelmina Will.

Unfortunately Kethrus has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

Red links need to be fixed.

To reply, leave a comment on Kethrus's talk page. — Preceding undated comment added 19:38, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scientifically named moth articles

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You have added a number of new pages for moth species name using their scientific names like Leptosteges decetialis. One,articles should use their common name not official names. Secondly, an article must meet notability rules to receive an article which means significant coverage in major general news outlets. Finally, there is [Wikispecies] project for all this information about individual species. So most of these article will have to be deleted. Spshu (talk) 23:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Spshu: No, they do not. If the species does not have a common name, then the only name it can go by is its taxonomic name. Furthermore, a colleague of mine takes care of the expansion of the articles. I wish you'd leave them alone. If I had to guess... (talk) 23:06, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And on top of that, taxonomy are automatically considered notable. By your logic, a very large chunk of Wikipedia would have to be wiped out. If I had to guess... (talk) 23:07, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

October 2014 wikification awards

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The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar is given to Wilhelmina Will for scoring 4th place on the leaderboard in the October 2014 Wikification drive. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Iron Wikification Barnstar
The Iron Wikification Barnstar is also given to Wilhelmina Will for completing 12 articles in the October 2014 Wikification drive. Thank you very much and keep up the great work! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I award The Tireless Contributor Barnstar to you for all your tireless and wonderful work on Wikipedia! Thank you so very much! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All the best[est] & happy editing! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) If I had to guess... (talk) 16:18, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:September Morn/GA1

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Short break

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Hi Wilhelmina, I found a paper about the genus Donacaula. Since this contains a lot of info, which takes some time to add to the articles, could you wait with the next batch of moth articles until I finished these? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing! :) "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You were probably planning too, but could you please wait with new articles until I catch up? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 07:44, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
One more thing: it seems you are working through the subfamilies in alphabetical order? In that case, you missed the subfamily Odontiinae. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 13:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, okay. If it's all the same, I'll finish the one we're on right now, and get to that afterwards - I might get confused otherwise. Thanks for the notification! :) If I had to guess... (talk) 16:20, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Soderberg

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Robert Soderberg is an American TV writer.

He was born in Lakewood, Ohio and died in Santa Barbara, California in 1996.

Career: In 1969, he co-wrote the teleplay for an unsold television pilot called 'Shadow Man' about a man who has plastic surgery and assumes the identity of a multi-billionaire to do good for all humanity.

He has thirteen credits to his name, including being the Head Writer of CBS Daytime's As The World Turns (1973-1978), One Life To Live, General Hospital (1989) [2] and Guiding Light.

Awards/Nominations: He has received three Daytime Emmy Awards. [3]

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WikiCup award

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Awarded to Wilhelmina Will for participating in the 2014 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:10, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Per your note on my talk page- sorry I forgot! J Milburn (talk) 22:10, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problems, just remembered myself! Thanks! :) If I had to guess... (talk) 22:16, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Short break again

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Since there are many sources online for Scoparia species, might I ask you put moth article creation on hold untill I clear my backlog? This batch is taking some more time to expand... Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 10:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing! :) If I had to guess... (talk) 19:17, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And again, cant keep up! These last two batches contain a lot of North American species which have quite some info available.. Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:30, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Cup - Round 3

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 3

Greetings, all! We hope that all of our American GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

Friday saw the end of Round 2. Two from 7 pools, plus a tie score and one wildcard (16 in all) moved onto the next round. Some pools were more competitive than others. Round 2's highest scorer was 3family6, with an impressive 255 points. Good888, who came in second place overall with 202 points, reviewed the most articles (19). The wildcard slot for Round 2 went to Jaguar. Congrats to all!

Round 3 will have 15 competitors in three pools. The key to moving forward in Round 2 seemed to be reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; almost everyone who moved forward nominated at least one article from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). The GA Cup was also used to promote a group of articles about The Boat Race, a rowing race held annually since 1856 between Oxford University and Cambridge University, on the River Thames. 17 Boat Race articles were promoted to GA in November.

In Round 2, 110 reviews were completed, as compared to 117 in Round 1. The GA Cup continues to be a success. This month, we got a report from User:AmericanLemming, who maintains the GA statistics, that in October, there was a net gain of 201 articles nominated for GA. He thought that more open GANs could mean that more editors are submitting more of their articles to the GAN process. In addition, having a high-throughput of GANs means that more articles get reviewed more quickly, which reduces the frustration of potentially waiting several months to get an article reviewed. The activity in Round 2 of the GA Cup seems to bear that out. It's our hope that the competitors' enthusiasm continues in Round 3, and we can continue to make a difference in helping more editors improve their articles.

For Round 3, participants have been randomly put in 3 pools of 5 contestants each; the top two in each pool progressing, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users. Round 3 will start on December 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on December 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here.

There have been a couple of rules clarifications to announce. We're slightly changing the wording to the second bullet in "General rules", which now reads: You may only score points in a round for reviews which have been completed in that round. We're also including this clarification: Only reviews started during the competition are eligible. We have also lost a judge, so there are now only three judges.

Good luck and remember to have fun as we move into the holiday season. It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup has a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year.

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Couple of days?

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Hi Wilhelmina, I cannot seem to clear the backlog of your created species pages, mainly because you have been picking up the pace considerably, but also because there is much info available for species in this family. I probably wont have much time to work on wikipedia the coming days, so would you please wait with the next batch until I cleared these? Thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 13:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okey-doke! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 18:34, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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GOCE November copy editing drive awards

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The Minor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words during the GOCE November 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 19:07, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

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Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

  • We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
  • In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
  • The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Hi, I'm Viewmont Viking. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Diacme finitalis, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. VVikingTalkEdits 00:07, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem keep as you wish, tis your talk page. I don't know how it happened, I must have clicked twice. Thank you for all of your work. I like having all the articles on all animals if possible. VVikingTalkEdits 00:12, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Has Wikipedia gotten so civil that we are thanking ourselves? LorChat 00:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE coordinator elections

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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you.

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Error in last batch

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You forgot to replace the name of the species in the body of the text in all articles you created in the last batch. They all read Epipagis algarrobolis. Coul you go back and correct them please? Ruigeroeland (talk) 18:09, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't believe it. Oh well, I'll get that fixed now. Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 04:56, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Thanks for the notification. Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 05:10, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 2014 GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter

Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone!

Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here!

Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis.

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LorHo ho ho is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

LorHo ho ho 23:37, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[What a great idea, Lor! Thanks! ]
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Wilhelmina!
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk) 13:47, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE December blitz award

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The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words during the GOCE December 2014 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:37, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here!

Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

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The Signpost: 24 December 2014

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GA Cup - Round 4 (Semi-Finals)

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 4

Happy New Year! We hope that all of our GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable and safe holiday season.

Monday saw the end of Round 3. Eight contestants moved forward to Round 4—the top two contestants from each of Round 3's three pools and the top two participants of all remaining users. It was an exciting competition, especially towards the end. Round 3's highest scorer was Jaguar, Round 2's wildcard, with an impressive 305 points, the highest score in the GA Cup thus far. Pool B was the closest race; J_Milburn and Cwmhiraeth switched places a few times in the final hours of the competition, although J Milburn edged out Cwmhiraeth by just 9 points. Pool A was, by far, the most competitive; four out of five moved onto Round 4, and its competitors earned a cumulative 935 points and reviewed 59 articles. Ritchie333, who came in second overall with 255 points, reviewed the most articles (17). Peacemaker67 and Wizardman earned the two wildcard slots, with 184 and 154 points, respectively. Congrats to all!

114 articles were reviewed this round, as compared to 110 in Round 2 and 117 in Round 1. The key to success in Round 3, like in Round 2, was reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; everyone who moved forward reviewed articles from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). Many of these articles had languished because their nominators had left Wikipedia and had little chance of passing to GA, so our competitors provided a great service by helping remove them from the queue. Also as in Round 2, The Boat Race articles proved to be popular review choices, with 10% of all the articles reviewed in December. We appreciate the competitors' continued enthusiasm, even during the busy holiday season. At least one competitor even reviewed articles while preparing for a holiday meal!

For Round 4, participants have been randomly put in 2 pools of 4 contestants each. The top two in each pool will progress to the finals, as well as the top participant (5th place) of all remaining users. The semi-finals will start on January 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 4 and the pools can be found here.

We received some excellent feedback about how to improve the GA Cup in the future, including the definition of "quickfails" and the use of pools, which we'll seriously consider as we move forward. As a result of this feedback and the experience we've gained, there will be some changes to the rules come next years GA Cup.

Good luck to all our semi-finalists! It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup continue to have fun and be enthusiastic about reviewing and passing articles to GA!

Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:09, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Allorapisma nominated for DYK!

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—Cerabot (talk) 11:10, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 2015!

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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time with your loved ones. Best wishes and a very happy New Year to you and yours! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:10, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Best wishes for you and yours as well! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 06:13, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Binomial authority for Ostedes ochreopicta?

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Hi Wilhelmina Will. My guess is that Stephan von Breuning (entomologist) is the binomial authority, but I can cite no references for this. What do you think? Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:17, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Could easily be. There's bound to be some publication which verifies this, in either the positive or negative. Cheers, and happy 2015!!! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 19:36, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Grrr! You were supposed to say, "Well done, you Citizen Scientist, that's obviously right, so go ahead and add it to the article". Instead, you are asking me to - gasp! - cite reliable sources. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:42, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh? But you C.S., it's just adding a few publications in professional format! How bad can it possibly be? Fellow editors, we are like keys in a cod... Oh, don't say that doesn't make sense! (talk) 19:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Skipped some?

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Welcome back and a happy 2015! You seem to have skipped some genera and species. Think you need to start at: Glyphodes. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:33, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okey-doke! Thanks, and happy 2015! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 19:35, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

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GOCE 2014 report

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Guild of Copy Editors 2014 Annual Report
Our 2014 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
  • Review the election results;
  • Membership news;
  • Changes around the Guild's pages;
  • Plans for 2015.
– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome!

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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
According to the database logs, you have thanked other editors for 5,582 edits. The next most thankful editor has 4,842 times, and only 18 editors have thanked others for more than 1,000 edits.

I feel like saying "don't mention it!" but that would be so mean. Cheers! EllenCT (talk) 09:42, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What a nice surprise! Now don't take it as a statistics measure, to be sure, but I feel it's the most appropriate way to express my gratitude... :) Fellow editors, we are like keys in a cod... Oh, don't say that doesn't make sense! (talk) 19:21, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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