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Hi Mitchell, regarding your addition, [1], it's a repeat of what is written in the first paragraph of 2019 El Paso shooting#United States. In a speech from the White House on August 5, Trump said: "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America." starship.paint (talk) 01:29, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

  Resolved

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Speaking of repetition, there's no need to thank me seven times in three days, just doing my job. Appreciate the support, but enough's enough and it's time for a change, eh? I prefer to assume my admirers just let their silent contemplation do the cheering, like Japanese wrestling fans; you're verging on American pop idolatry, but there's still time to dial it down a bit. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:44, August 12, 2019 (UTC)
WP:LOL ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 00:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
Just seeing if you were paying attention ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 00:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
No worries, I still am. Thanks for resurrecting that video and giving it purpose. Omniscience alone can never replace that sort of great power. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:53, August 12, 2019 (UTC)
yyyYea ~ nnnNo pppProblem ~ nice to meet you. ~mitch~ (talk) 00:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Check mail

What I just forwarded may provide a little more insight to WP groups. We have quite a few universities in the heart of Texas ranging from DFW to Austin that we can recruit for project involvement. If you're still interested, perhaps a Waco meetup is something to consider? Atsme Talk 📧 12:38, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

@Atsme: Thanks, I will look at it later today ~ (probably have over two hundred emails {I don't look at that box everyday}). ~mitch~ (talk) 12:50, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
@Atsme: can you re-send that ~ does not seem that I got it ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 22:02, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Done.  Y Atsme Talk 📧 22:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Got it. Thank you ~mitch~ (talk) 22:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Italics for periodicals (newspapers, journals, magazines)

Do you have something (diff) against italicization? Actually, periodicals (newspapers, journals, magazines) should be italicized per MOS:ITALICTITLE (English Wikipedia's Manual of Style). --Russian Rocky (talk) 14:23, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

@Russian Rocky: ~ so The Times of India is not a periodical? ~mitch~ (talk) 15:49, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Oh I see your talking about the lead word The Economic Times ~ your description was vague ~ my bad I'll fix it ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:53, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Never mind you already did ~ I guess I should read minds also ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:54, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

It's okay, Mitchellhobbs. Sorry for bothering you, it seems you're quite familiar with MoS. Have a nice day!--Russian Rocky (talk) 20:32, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
By the way @Russian Rocky: ~ Nice to meet you! ~mitch~ (talk) 21:10, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, it's very nice to meet you as well.--Russian Rocky (talk) 21:14, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adityabelnekar (talkcontribs) 22:09, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

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I just wanted to say thank you. I dont know if that is proper etiquette or if this is the place to do it. But here i am, testing and learning...so thanks!

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The Red River Showdown ( or Rivalry, or Shootout) is the annual football game between The University of Texas and The University of Oklahoma.  It occurs on the first or second weekend of October during and part of the Texas State Fair.  It is not anytime The University of Texas and Oklahoma play football.  It dos not occur on the first weekend of December.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thesabrerattler (talkcontribs) 00:53, 11 October 2019 (UTC) 

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My condolences

Mitch, I know I'm just some text on a screen but I wanted to let you know I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. I'm not a religious person but thoughts and prayers for you and your family. Springee (talk) 22:37, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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I saw you reverted my edit on CLCstudent's talk page, why is this? James The Bond 007 (talk) 23:57, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

@James The Bond 007: ~ It was probable a mistake ~ let me see ~ I don't don't revert on other peoples talk pages ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 00:01, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh, no bigge, have a happy new year :) James The Bond 007 (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

You too ♫ ~mitch~ (talk) 00:08, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

oops! It said last revision by Mitchellhobbs, not reverted by Mitchellhobbs, though i can't remember me reverting my edit, I must have accidentally reverted it, sorry James The Bond 007 (talk) 00:17, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

@James The Bond 007: ~ No problem, By the way Nice to meet you! ~mitch~ (talk) 00:19, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Nice to meet you too! James The Bond 007 (talk) 00:23, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much for the tip on my talk page, I will certainly use it! James The Bond 007 (talk) 00:39, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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  The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Thank you so much for your tip! James The Bond 007 (talk) 00:39, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Actions are not accidents

James the Bond 007 (also under former name Gumshoe97) has repeatedly made edits and deletions on other editors' Talk pages, has been cautioned repeatedly on own Talk page about transgressions (which JTB 007 deletes), and in general puts far too much effort into leaving content on editors' Talk pages and Teahouse versus contributing to the encyclopedia. Also seems to be focusing on accruing power, as in asking how to get Twinkle and Rollback, and be an Administrator or Bureaucrat. David notMD (talk) 02:16, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks @David notMD: ~ seems to me that he/she is really excited about editing here on Wiki ~ (I may be wrong of course) ~ but I tend to always give the benefit of the doubt ~ once again Nice to meet you! ~mitch~ (talk) 02:22, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Excited is one thing. Interfering with other editors' Talk pages, and then deleting cautions about that on his own Talk page is another. Let's both hope that going forward, JTB 007 channels enthusiasm into productive article editing. David notMD (talk) 14:34, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
@David notMD: I agree with you ~ but if deleting cautions on your own talk page ~ (which is not against policy) ~ you know they have at least read the cautions ~ from what I have seen, User:James The Bond 007 has only been editing for a couple of months ~ with a group of other young editors ~ that do the same to each other ~ I would give examples but I've got other things to do ~ if you need them, let me know and when I have the time I'll gather them for up you ~ regards ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 14:43, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

It was an accident, and there is nothing wrong on deleting a caution on my talk page after I have read it, the only thing I have done wrong was reverting an edit, but I was testing out twinkle, and I promise this won't happen again --Sir Bond 007 (James The Bond 007) (talk) 15:06, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

@James The Bond 007: ~don't worry about it we all make mistakes ~ Cheers ~ by the way, Happy Holidays ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

I had also left an apology about the incident--Sir Bond 007 (James The Bond 007) (talk) 15:17, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays to you to Mitch! --Sir Bond 007 (James The Bond 007) (talk) 15:17, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Cheers

  Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry

This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.

No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well M. MarnetteD|Talk 04:26, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

@MarnetteD: ~ so I guess what your telling Santa Clause is ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ You want Diamonds for Christmas ~ Good Luck ~ :)~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:30, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

You got it M. They are all for Gammer O'Neill though :-) MarnetteD|Talk 17:08, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Hope it brings a smile

 
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  FWiW Bzuk (talk) 02:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

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Reverting talk page edits

As you know reverting or editing other edits comments on a talk page is verboten, unless for vandalism or to correct an error. AGF you perceive that I made an error, however you did not offer an explanation of the improper edit that I made. Could you please clarify. I tried to revert your revert and somehow deleted 33k of comments. Favonian reverted my revert. I am inquiring on Favonians talk page as to what happened. Meanshile please inform me of exactly what was improper with my edit? Presupposing that since it was a survey, I was supposed to support or oppose, but that is not the cases with surveys.. I have seen too many where comments were neither. In my case my comment was valid. The survey is now useless as events have overtaken it.Oldperson (talk) 20:28, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Oldperson: here is what your edit looked like after your edit here
"[14] Another source and subject matter expert saying he hasn't been impeached. AppliedCharisma (talk) 15:22, 27 December 2019 (UTC)The Fox News is not a reliable source. Fake News, Pure Trump."
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    "[14] Another source and subject matter expert saying he hasn't been impeached. AppliedCharisma (talk) 15:22, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
    ::The Fox News is not a reliable source. Fake News, Pure Trump (with your signature here) ~ regards ~mitch~ (talk) 21:07, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. It looks as the only thing that I did was to not sign it with tildes. Is that so? If so then forgetting to sign an edit is not justification, at least to my knowledge, for reverting an edit. In any event I redid the edit this time with signature. It is not often that I forget to sign my posts.Oldperson (talk) 21:25, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
@Oldperson: Your welcome ~ The signature is not a big deal ~ but where you put your edit made it look like AppliedCharisma made the edit ~ that is why it was an error ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 21:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Understood. I will strive to be more careful next time.anyway another editer hat habed the whole discussion.Oldperson (talk) 21:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

United States Air Force Security Forces

How would you reccomend dealing with their flair up. Obviously we established consensus a few months ago, but how would you suggest dealing with this disruptive editing from IPs? Garuda28 (talk) 02:10, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

I would ask User talk:El C to page protect for a few weeks ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 05:48, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

World leaders bios.

Howdy. Indeed, it would help if you'd de-link on all the bios of US presidents and US vice presidents. Note however, this goes against the linking in the content of all other world leader bios. GoodDay (talk) 15:03, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

@GoodDay: Nice to meet you! ~ sounds great ~ gives me something to do next year ~ Thanks for the note! ~mitch~ (talk) 15:05, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Would suggest that you'd make the de-linkings today on the US prez & vice prez pages, though. If you are going to go on this editing campaign? without getting a consensus first? You're likely to hit road bumps along the way. Having Bill Clinton different from the others, looks quite sloppy. GoodDay (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
PS- I've informed editors at Donald Trump, of your plans. Since it relates to that article. GoodDay (talk) 15:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
@GoodDay: Pressure does not work for me ~ revert all you want and forget I even mentioned policy ~ regards ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:37, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
I'm more concerned with keeping a 'hard cover encyclopedia practice' of consistency, in group articles. GoodDay (talk) 15:40, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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File:Happy New Year 2020 Images HD Download (5).jpg ~ Happy New Year ~
I learned the craziest thing now that you led me to this page. here ("In Puerto Rico") -- I learned that it's not so much Auld Lang Syne but an eleven-minute long monologue honoring one's mother. Could you imagine??! Being a little tipsy or drunk and having to listen to an 11-minute monolugue honoring one's mother, even absent mothers- that's a little different - Anyway, I'd actually never seen or heard the El Brindis del Bohemio (the toast of the Bohemian) a poem largely dedicated to our moms.. recited on New Year's Eve in P.R. but I believe it. For me New Year's Eve is all about trying to stay clear of the drunk men trying to kiss me.

As always, you teach me stuff. Happy New Year! My coquito finished. I may need another bottle of that so I can drink it while I listen to the Toast of the Bohemian, of course... because I guess that's what we do.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 13:38, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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The pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the captain in a typical two- or three-pilot aircrew, or "pilot" if there is only one certificated and qualified pilot at the controls of an aircraft.
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Draft:Celebrity Apex

Hi Mitchell. I was wondering if you are open to having Draft:Celebrity Apex moved to the main space. The ship is nearing its launch date, and I am hoping to preempt other editors seeing a redlink and creating Celebrity Apex, thus likely forcing us to conduct a HISTMERGE between your draft and the hypothetical new article. Let me know if you are open to conducting this move. Thanks. SamHolt6 (talk) 06:40, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

@SamHolt6: ~ Nice to meet you ~ sounds great, The additions look awesome! Can you do that for me or is it something I have to do? I have not tried to convert a draft to main space, with out submitting for review in the past ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 11:38, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
@SamHolt6:, I went ahead and submitted for review here Thanks again! ~mitch~ (talk) 12:51, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
@Mitchellhobbs: nice to meet you as well. I have accepted the draft through AfC, and it is now in the main-space. Thanks for creating it, and have a great day. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:47, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

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The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region located in northern Tanzania, Africa. It spans approximately 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi), and hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. Pictured is a leopard in a tree in the Serengeti.
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The The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
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The Pyramid Texts are the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts dating to the Old Kingdom.
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The metric length of one kilometre is equivalent to the imperial measurement of 0.62137 miles.
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White's use of the f-word t, meaning the f-word that's traditionally used as an anti-gay slur, is in ta YouTube video and the use of that word is also mentioned in the Bleacher Report cite. That Youtube video has now been added back in as a cite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afm2105 (talkcontribs) 06:09, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Afm2105: Nice to meet you I see you know how to edit "|ref name=" but all three of your cites are bare. I left you a message on your talk page giving you examples of how to do it properly. ~mitch~ (talk) 09:52, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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Nice to meet u, also. I was wondering why u removed the YouTube cite. It does ACTUALLY show what he said, after all, as well showing the year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afm2105 (talkcontribs) 20:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Afm2105: I'm sorry it was my bad ~ I did not know that John Pollock was a journalist ~ I thought it was some guy with copyrighted material on YouTube ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 20:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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A company is a legal entity made up of an association of people, be they natural, legal, or a mixture of both, for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.
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Hey Mitch, Old News

I've been reaccepted into society, just needed to promise to sign real shit in a [given name]-[surname] format again. Thanks for reminding me how it's done. And for your wonderfully bad timing! InedibleHulk (talk) 03:27, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@InedibleHulk: What the hell did I do wrong now? ~mitch~ (talk) 20:28, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Nothing, you're golden. But back when my goat died, you pre-empted the bad news with some clever misindentry. It was wrong, but just on one level, not so many. Anyway, I'm off to seek my fortune. If that includes another buck, his middle name shall be Mitch. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:20, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
@InedibleHulk: ~ Yea, I went back and refreshed my memory and thought What an Asshole ~ I see you undid that whole conversation ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 23:06, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Great, now we're both confused. Are you the supposed asshole, or me? I didn't "undo" anything in a revert sense, but I may have been the whole conversation's "undoing". That's why I'm leaving, though, to rediscover communication. I'll explain more efficiently when I'm eloquent, dammit! InedibleHulk (talk) 23:21, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
@InedibleHulk: I'm sorry ~ you nor I am the Asshole ~ I was only speaking of someone that I asked "why are you so mean to InedibleHulk" ~ I hope I don't have the wrong conversation in mind ~~ ~ ~~ then again I might have ~ Anyways you are a good inspiration to me ~mitch~ (talk) 23:25, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
I see. In any case, no apologies needed, I am an asshole (sometimes). Just remember whatever piece of of me sticks with you and I'll do the same! InedibleHulk (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

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Date formats

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A beer for you!

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Elements of the human body by mass. Trace elements are less than 1% combined (and each less than 0.1%).
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The beach promenade in Kühlungsborn, Germany runs along the coast of the Baltic Sea.
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The original map by John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854, which is a classical case of using human geography.
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Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
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An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process, and the invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process.
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Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

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April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Anna Holmlund in 2015 at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup 2015 Finals
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May I know why are you reverting my edits Ktdk (talk) 12:06, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Good morning @Ktdk:, I will use this one for an example KLM. You can not leave just a link to another article for the whole section, the section has to be more than just a sentence. Also you are not leaving any summaries explaining why you are deleting whole sections ~ by the way Nice to meet you! ~ regards ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 12:37, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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The Panama Canal is an example of a ship canal.
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Hope I've done correct edit this timeif anything wrong accept my apologies Ktdk (talk) 02:14, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Give me an example for consensus in Wikipedia I've read the article but I didn't understood Ktdk (talk) 17:00, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

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William Mariner was an Englishman who lived in Tonga from 29 November 1806 to (probably) 8 November 1810. He later published Tonga Islands, an account of his experiences that is now one of the major sources of information on Tonga before it was significantly influenced by European culture and Christianity. Pictured is Mariner in Tongan attire.
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removal of references

I would like to discuss your removal of the references to the Shipler Report in the article on the declaration of independence and Thomas Jefferson. Since David Shipler is a well-recognized author and the material of the blog entry is very relevant to the articles from which you have deleted them, I question the removal and wish to reinstate them. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 13:13, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

83d40m ~ Nice to meet you ~ I'm not questioning the author or the material ~ the site you have linked to has a Trojan virus attached to it ~ I wrote that in the summary. Clean the virus up and reinsert if you like. regards ~mitch~ (talk) 13:24, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
  • In case you need it you can check it out here> (chrome-extension://ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee/app/eventpages/block.html?referrer=null&url=https%3A%2F%2Fshiplerreport.blogspot.com%2F2020%2F07%2Fthe-paragraph-missing-from-declaration.html&host=shiplerreport.blogspot.com&type=malware&subtype=trojan&tabId=1513&filename=undefined) ~mitch~ (talk) 13:30, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, am glad that it is not for content or author grounds. Am not very tech savvy -- can I do this or does it have to be done by the blog? Any guidance to how I would do it, would be most appreciated. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 14:36, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
I went to the link you provided, but am blocked from it, have no idea of how to proceed. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk)
83d40m the blog has to take of it. It's something that your anti virus program should have caught for you. I use a free type of virus protection. Malware bytes and Avast they should be able to give you more information about the site you visit. very simple to follow instructions ~ I'm not very tech savvy either. ~mitch~ (talk) 15:48, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks -- I will try to resolve both issues. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk)
Communications with the blog site indicate they requested guidance from Google and were told that it was because of the secure "s" being missing... I wonder, because the history indicates that it was present in the post that gave you the warning. Now, maybe that is a solution at the site. Could you please test the link again to see whether you obtain the same warning?

https://shiplerreport.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-paragraph-missing-from-declaration.html I would rather not post it again until it looks safe to you. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 01:24, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Good morning 83d40m, I just tested the link and it is still being blocked ~ I'm sure that the blogger will have to fix it on their end. ~mitch~ (talk) 11:04, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I even cleared all my cookies to before I tried the first time ~ let me get some coffee and I'l try to work on it after my brain gets out of bed. WP:Humor. ~mitch~ (talk) 11:09, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I can identify with that! Thank you, anything you can do to figure this out will be greatly appreciated. Is the warning exactly the same again? I will send it to the blogger and note that it is not resolved. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 11:33, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
83d40m,thanks, yes it is the same warning, I don't know what to say. to make sure it wasn't something on my end, I ran both my anti-virus programs just in case it was in my memory, the page is still being blocked and not just the article but even the home page. ~mitch~ (talk) 11:35, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Mitchellhobbs, I will let the blogger know all of that. Will let you know when the blogger advises that a correction has been made. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 12:11, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Mitchellhobbs, I took the issue to the best technician I know and here is the response,

I ran a security check on that blog (https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/https/shiplerreport.blogspot.com) It found no problems with it. Not sure why Wikipedia is flagging it.

Reading that scan report shows that it is clean by all of the noted standards. So that obviously is why I get no warning with the blog or its article. You know, when I posted the link as a reference, a generic warning from Wikipedia about the dangers of blogs appeared and made me make the post again as a precaution, so I am wondering whether that is what you are getting. That entry stood for some time without any other editor reversing it. That makes me suspect that no one else found the post dangerous. And on top of that, the link to the blog is on the author's WP article page. It has been there for a long time. Can you please check with more technically advanced editors at WP about your reversal of the posts I made with the same links? It looks safe for me to post the references again, but obviously you must agree. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 13:43, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

83d40m, you don't have to ping me on my own talk page, wiki lets me know anytime someone leaves a message here ~ I did not just follow your link. I googled "shiplerreport.blogspot.com" and then went to the link on google. I would be weary if I got a flag from wiki ~ I can't tell you which way to go ~ if you reinsert, I will not undo . ~mitch~ (talk) 14:41, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks -- I'll go ahead and post the references again. I'll revert if there have been no entries following yours -- otherwise I will make a new post. Wiki merely cautions one to be sure that the blog is not a problem, a good caution to editors and perhaps discouraging many with problem links -- but the decision is left to the editor to complete the post. Sucuri may be the best double check to use, I know I will keep it for future use. It was a pleasure working this out with you. _ _ _ _ 83d40m (talk) 15:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an example of a New World crop, a crop native to the New World (mostly the Americas) before 1492 CE and not found anywhere else at that time.
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The history of Asian art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Pictured is Buddhist Temple in the Mountains, 11th century, China, ink on silk, by Li Cheng.
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September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

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June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Many species can live at high altitudes. For example, the Himalayan pika lives at altitudes up to 4,200 m (13,800 ft).
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The Bells are ringing

Dear Mitchell,

I expected, when I got your ping, that you had fixed a mistake that I'd made and consequently I appreciated that. I was surprised to see that I hadn't. The format I used for the cite was perfectly acceptable I believe, just as was your substitute. I prefer the briefer form which requires less thought and consumes less time, but it communicates all the necessary info. I'd have written this note to your private email, as I'm not trying to be publicly critical, but you don't have one connected. I do think that Kruse deserves a page and if I have to, I'll create one. Given the latitude that the current U.S. administration has given corporate malfeasant players and the strange time lag for prosecution, I'm quite surprised that Kruse is being prosecuted at all. There is an article for a different person with the same name, which is why I left the red linked name to reflect that. My intended return was to make sure the descriptor "businessman" was appropriate. I'm going to restore that and hope that you would read that article from which I'll be citing. Lastly, I don't know why you put the descriptor, "alleged," in quotes, and I'll be removing them. I'm baffled as to what you are inferring with the unreferenced term "copyrighted." Feel free to erase this message, of course. Activist (talk) 20:44, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

@Activist: The format you use as a cite does not allow the bots to restore any cite, that is why I use the example I gave you and as far as Kruse being red line ~ fine with me. As far as being copyrighted it seems that you are just putting information out with out a NPOV. Regards ~mitch~ (talk) 14:21, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
@Activist: Your edits here and here look fine with me! Regards ~mitch~ (talk) 14:27, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. Also, thanks for the info about the cites. I presume that you mean that if a bot was going to try to cure a problem, if one existed, with the cite, it couldn't accomplish that. I expect that in the case of a link going dead, that the bot couldn't, add say a Wayback Machine URL that would get the reader to a useful cite/live link. Is that the case? I'm still not clear about giving me a heads up on a possible NPOV violation or copyright situation. Can you clarify? Thanks again, especially for handling this in a professional manner. I'll get to the Cruse article when I can, but I'm way behind. I've started to create articles on numerous bios that have been dormant for months because I haven't been able to spare the time. Activist (talk) 18:30, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

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Institutions and organizations of the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization
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An example of Chinese folklore is The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, a Chinese folk tale. Pictured is a depiction in the tale of the reunion of the couple of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd on the bridge of magpies. The artwork displayed is in the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace in Beijing.
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An illustration of the Pre-Columbian abacus, the Nepohualtzintzin, one of the many pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of indigenous Americans.
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Um, can you explain how Johnny Appleseed could possibly plant trees in the early eighteenth century when he wasn't born until the century was three-quarters done? 108.39.223.134 (talk) 15:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, now I see that you got rid of that wording. 108.39.223.134 (talk) 15:53, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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In macroeconomics, an industry is a branch of an economy that produces a closely related set of raw materials, goods, or services. Pictured is a cement factory in Malmö, Sweden, which is a part of the manufacturing industry.
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in 2013 Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was celebrated for being the artist in Latin music with the most records sold in history.
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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.

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Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now.

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive.

October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz.

November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests.

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Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above).

Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February.

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Some (hopefully) edible things
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Happy Holidays - it was some year!

  Lover of small pleasures
Santa Claus is coming to town. Enjoy! The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 03:34, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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Fish processing is a significant part of the fishing industry. Pictured is frozen Tuna being cut using a band saw in the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
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MAX groundings

See my reply in the article Talk page. .DonFB (talk) 02:24, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

2021

  Happy New Year 2021!
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Thanks ~ The Eloquent Peasant! ~ ~ ~ Bb bb ack at.. Yy yyou! ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Hey Mitch, Good News!

It's 2021, time for unity, togetherness and compl...oh, you've heard. Well, I for one agree with the overall notion, a cause for celebration straight across the turtle's back, from Shanghai to Dubai and right back atcha, from ground control to Captain Tom, major medical advances to general spiritual creep, Bob's your uncle and happy happy joy joy. Since you already have a socially virtual parade, have a 🍄, it might make them seem different, brother! InedibleHulk (talk) 05:26, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@InedibleHulk: Yes, I bought the socially virtual parade, without the fireworks although probably, Trump, in his creepiness, would love to think he's a spicy firecracker. Happy New Year! --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
In the 70s, he wasn't delusional, creeps were spicy! But yeah, in his 70s, I feel bad for Melania. I hope she winds up with Brigitte Bardot next, that'd still be hot. Or if not hot, a kinder fate. "Neat" at least. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
As I read and reread this all I can do is nod my head and say out loud, "that's true, it's all true." If she were smart she could play him. She could move on. All eyes are on Melania in 2021.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 13:18, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
  • The Eloquent Peasant ~ I like the one you reverted better ~ LOL ~mitch~ (talk) 14:43, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
    Couldn't agree more. No offense, Peasant, but that ain't music! Maybe Europe can't give Melania what she needs after all, not the way Old Montreal could. Fifty on the humidex, sax on the hill, the smell of smoked meat in the air and the sights of strange brew down the street...ah, I still remember the day she first smiled upon our Prime Minister. Such unbridled things left unspoken she did flutter, I dare not repeat them amongst gentlemen. But oh, what a wonderful world! InedibleHulk (talk) 15:33, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
    Winston Churchill was a great prime minister. Glad Boris made it through COVID-19. Unfortunately, Trump didn't. He lost. My bet is that Melania's been conditioned to stay. And I most likely don't like the music you like. Music is all a very personal choice. It is a beautiful world! --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 17:17, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
    We like some of the same tunes, statistically speaking, just started on the wrong note. Anyway, if she's staying south of the border, it wasn't meant to be, c'est la vie. They'll always have Ottawa. Besides, Trudeau's official partner was fine before catching the superbug, and she's still fine after developing those hot new antibodies everyone's talking about. If I were the Prime Minister of Canada and she were my wife, I wouldn't risk a romantic rendezvous with anyone less than the Governor General herself, I'd stay home. Anyway, keep an eye on that First Lady, she could be the next Becky G, with or without a significant other, she's got "it". It was nice meeting you, adios for now! InedibleHulk (talk) 19:15, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
    Mitch said, "I like the one you reverted better." And had I not reverted it, the link to the song by Becky G would have made more sense. Take the old man for all he's worth and go live it up with a young man! Or something like that is what I first said. But communication has never been my forte.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 20:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
    I hear you fine, it's her who has the problem. Becky G, I mean, lay off the Autotune, you don't need Dr. Luke to make your pitch shift, you were born with the chords inside you all along, sing for real or get lost in the mix. Melania, stay golden, girl! InedibleHulk (talk) 01:23, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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Cooked pork chops
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Sani Pass in Mokhotlong, Lesotho is an example of a mountain pass.
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A Television Market Area is an example of a media market. This map depicts Television Market Areas in the United States as of 2013.
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Gordon Ramsay Michelin stars

I agree that it is valid to show "a cumulation of all the stars in their restaurants", which would reflect someone's standing as a restaurateur, instead of a rating of a chef, which Michelin does not do. But then shouldn't it show seven stars? A cumulation of Michelin stars for Ramsay's current restaurants would be 2 [Restaurant Gordon Ramsay] + 1 [Pétrus] + 1 [Versailles] + 2 [Le Pressoir d'Argent, Bordeaux] = 7. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephs758 (talkcontribs) 14:20, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

@Stephs758:, Nice to meet you! ~ I agree it should be current stars. which is seven ~ feel free to make that edit if you like ~ once again ~ Nice to meet you!~mitch~ (talk) 14:58, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Texas freeze

 
 

Never thought I'd say this to a Texan, but sending you warm thoughts, my friend! El_C 03:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

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The Maidi Road pedestrian overcrossing in Huizhou, southeast Guangdong Province, China
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Emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies (preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery). Pictured is a mobile emergency operations center operated by the North Carolina Air National Guard.
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A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time, not professionally and not for pay. An example of a hobby is rail transport modelling (pictured).
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Two charts from an Arabic copy of the Secretum Secretorum for determining whether a person will live or die based on the numerical value of the patient's name.
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Rich Purnell mixed climbing a route rated M9
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A recreation room arranged as a children's play area in a Chicago home
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Thai comics are comics written and produced in Thailand.
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A street performer in New York wearing a do-rag
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Watches are one type of fashion accessory.
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Tattooing among women of the Koita people of Papua New Guinea traditionally began at age five and was added to each year. The V-shaped marks on the chest, with certain others, indicate that the woman is marriageable. Photo taken in 1912.
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A computer lab equipped with desktop computers
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Cooked pork chops on a plate
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A trench digger being used in Baku, Azerbaijan
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200th Anniversary of Berlin Academy, 1900
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GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

Current events

Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here.

June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

Drive and blitz reports

January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results)

February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results)

March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results)

April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results)

May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results)

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Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June.

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A Finnish Christmas ham
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Participant countries of the 2019 International Army Games.
  Participants
  First time participants
  Previous games participants, but not this time
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The Hittite version of the Treaty of Kadesh, among the earliest extant examples of an international agreement
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Crème brûlée a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar.
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Crème brûlée a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar.
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An employee and customer at a grocery store in The Netherlands, April 1, 1955
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Mona Sahlin is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011. Pictured is Sahlin in 2010.
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The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. Pictured is the oil on canvas painting Everything is in the past, painted by Vassily Maximov in 1889.
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The history of art focuses on objects made by humans in visual form for aesthetic purposes. Pictured ia a dun horse from the Lascaux cave paintings.
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.

                 Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive).

Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. Pictured is The Geographer (1668-69), by Johannes Vermeer.
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Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. Pictured is Cambodian sweet fish sauce mixed with chopped chili peppers and slices of garlic.
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The Big Five personality traits is a suggested taxonomy, or grouping, for personality traits.
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The Portland Building (1982) in Portland, Oregon by architect Michael Graves is an example of Postmodern architecture.
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Isabel Adrian is a Swedish television personality, producer, author and model. Pictured is Adrian in 2013.
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Hang gliding is an example of an air sport.
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Dettifoss, located in northeast Iceland, is the largest waterfall in Europe in terms of volume discharge, with an average water flow of 200 m3/s.
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Lake Lyndon B. Johnson

Hi Mitchell, I added the link to the specific page that states the information cited. It's my first time editing so please let me know if I did anything wrong or if I need to add anything. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanmarsh12 (talkcontribs) 20:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

  • Ryanmarsh12, Nice to meet you! please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. The source you provided was a primary source. the best reference you should use is something from a media outlet, like newspaper articles, magazine articles .. etc... Please let me know on this talk page if you need help in doing that and I will be glad to help you! (also don't forget to use the four tildes to sign you edit). Thanks and once again nice to meet you !. ~mitch~ (talk) 22:06, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

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Wholesaling or distributing is the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional or other professional business users; or to other wholesalers (wholesale businesses) and related subordinated services. Pictured is the Birmingham Wholesale Markets at 4:00 AM.
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Proposed Lazarev Sea name (at top-middle of image) as part of the Southern Ocean
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Bushtits eating suet, which is usable as a bird food, from a bird feeder
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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

                 Current and upcoming events

Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now!

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

Other news

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above).

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2021)

 
People experiencing an adventure (close-up view)
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Goat meat being roasted as part of an asado
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Jack Palance

You deleted my updates as "improper" with no explanation as to why ([2]).

a) PALANCE, JACK was born 18 February 1920, received Social Security number 057-12-2514 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 10 November 2006 Check Archives.com for JACK PALANCE. ($) Source: Death Master File (public domain) (at [3])

b) https://www.ebay.com/itm/401741990048 -- copy of death certificate with correct year of birth (1920) and cause of death (pancreatic cancer)

NOT TO MENTION ANCESTRY.COM, WHICH I KNOW SOME DO NOT CONSIDER UNDULY RELIABLE: ([4], [5], [6], [7] and [8]).

Happy Holidays! Hope to hear from you. Yours,

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@65.88.88.200:, Nice to meet you! Happy holidays to you as well! Palance's birth year is being addressed on the articles talk page, as far as your other edits if you wish to re edit, please feel free to do so! There was so many edits with a Non- Reliable source, it was easier to just revert to the bot's last edit. Hope this helps. Regards ~mitch~ (talk) 13:52, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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Diagram of a prawn, with the carapace highlighted in red
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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2022)

 
A man playing the didgeridoo, an indigenous instrument of Australia that was developed at least 1,500 years ago. This is one of the myriad topics within the history of music.
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A NeXTstation graphics workstation from 1990
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January 2022

  Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Erwin Rommel. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. Throast (talk | contribs) 14:23, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

FYI ~ bundle ~ thanks ~mitch~ (talk) 14:29, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

My bad, you did! I did look at your edit but I seemed to have confused different sections with each other. Throast (talk | contribs) 14:31, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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Television ratings

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2022)

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Isabella I of Castile in the Rimado de la Conquista de Granada, by Pedro Marcuello
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2022)

 
Google's corporate headquarters is named Googleplex, and is also the headquarters of its parent company, Alphabet Inc.
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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2022)

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First Sudanese Civil War

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2022)

 
A letter is a segmental symbol of a phonemic writing system. Pictured are uppercase and lowercase Z with stroke letters.
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Tomba is a drink of Sikkimese cuisine made from fermented millet: warm water is added to the millet and the liquid is consumed.
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Pumpkin pie is a dessert pie with a spiced, pumpkin-based custard filling.
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Paddle ball is a one-person game played with a paddle and an attached ball.
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In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals at a wide range of frequencies and Internet traffic types, that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections. Pictured is a chart of global bandwidth concentration: 3 countries have almost 50% between them; 10 countries almost 75%.
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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021.

Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators.

January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details)

February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details)

March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details)

April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now!

Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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Some baklava for you!

  I'm so happy to see you're still here. Have a blessed weekend. The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:20, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
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Sometimes baklava is too sweet, don't you think? But still good. :) --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who is best known for several series of children's books. Pictured is Lindgren around 1960.
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Mountain pass

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A food court (in Asia-Pacific also called food hall or hawker centre) is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dinner.
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Soil profile: Darkened topsoil and reddish subsoil layers are typical of humid subtropical climate regions.
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A 500 dollar cheque of the Lithuanian Trade and Industry Bank with Vytis, circa 1920–1922
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A turkey in a field
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Pop music

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Squash is a racket and ball sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. The objective of the game is to hit the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
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Bulletproof glass window of a jeweler after a burglary attempt
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June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

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These flaming cocktails illustrate that some liquors can readily catch fire and burn.
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Temperature map of the United States during the Great Blizzard of 1899
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Nord department

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The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United States. Pictured above are four patrons and a flapper in 1921 awaiting the opening of the Krazy Kat Klub, a speakeasy.
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A retractable pen is a type of ink pen that has a spring-loaded ink cartridge which retracts and extends outside a protective housing.
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A home page of Wikipedia (in 2014) displayed in a web browser.
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Christmas market in Red Square in 2017
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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2022)

 
Kyushu, literally "Nine Provinces", is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).
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Your recent ID4 revert

I don't understand the edit summary for your recent rv on Independence Day. What's "not according to the sources provided?" John Lasseter's name? 70.163.208.142 (talk) 19:37, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2022)

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Islamic sexual jurisprudence

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School voucher

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

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Countries of the United Kingdom

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2022)

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Great Fire of Rome

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2022)

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Medjed

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2022)

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Human history

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2022)

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Central Bosnia

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2022)

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2023)

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Scarf

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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2023)

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Brochure

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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2023)

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The Sims (video game)

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2023)

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Waffle iron

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Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report
 

Our 2022 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page
  • Membership news and results of elections
  • Closing words
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Centrism

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2023)

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Textbook

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2023)

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Island

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2023)

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Manufacturing

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2023)

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Food

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter
 

 


Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes.

Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles.

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

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Voting

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2023)

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Offensive backfield

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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2023)

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St. Lawrence River

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2023)

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Sankebetsu brown bear incident

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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2023)

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Nike sweatshops

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2023)

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Meadow

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2023)

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Bible

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles.

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

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2023)

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2023)

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Water frame

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2023)

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Tai chi

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2023)

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Literal translation

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2023)

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Religious philosophy

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2023)

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Act (drama)

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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2023)

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Man

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2023)

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Goalkeeper

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2023)

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Miss

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2023)

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Physiology

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2023)

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Mashed potato

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

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Fishing industry

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page.

Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself!

June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here.

August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo.

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2023)

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Antebellum South

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2023)

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Juice

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2023)

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Motion

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2023)

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The arts

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2023)

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Superstition

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2023)

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Color calibration

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2023)

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Power (social and political)

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2023)

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Severe weather

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2023)

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Play (theatre)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2023)

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3dfx

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2023)

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Human-centered design

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2023)

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Sports science

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2023)

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East Sussex

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
 

 

Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo.

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2023)

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International trade law

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2023)

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Online encyclopedia

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2023)

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Carbon source (biology)

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2024)

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Fish slice

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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2024)

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Antacid

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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2024)

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Shovel

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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2024)

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Newton (unit)

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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2024)

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Hunger strike

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2024)

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Pâté

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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2024)

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Rigatoni

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2024)

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Foreign policy

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2024)

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Economy of South America

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2024)

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Community service

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2024)

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Religious music

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
 

Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Introduction
  • Membership news, obituary and election results
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
  • Closing words
– Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.
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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2024)

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Abdalá Bucaram

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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2024)

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Jean Gabin

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles.

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

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

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Antarctic

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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2024)

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Pool (cue sports)

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2024)

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Exploration

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2024)

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Ancient Egyptian architecture

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2024)

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Tax return

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2024)

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News program

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2024)

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Sun Management Center

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

State of emergency

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles.

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

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2024)

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National economy (Turkey)

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2024)

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Sports equipment

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Breaking wave

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Mechanism (engineering)

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2024)

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Applied science

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Ambush

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Cape (geography)

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Previous selections: Ambush • Applied science


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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2024)

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List of public art in Chicago

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Happiness

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Social experiment

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Keygen

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Once Upon a Time in the West

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Cancel culture

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Caroline Islands

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Polling station

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Human geography

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Currency of Spain

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Navy

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Longshore drift

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Previous selections: Navy • Currency of Spain


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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Image

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Slow living

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Previous selections: Space Age • Image


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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2024)

Hello, Mitchellhobbs. The article for improvement of the week is:

Stationery

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